The Pre-Season Thread

[NikkiCFC 7,597]

TT: Even I cannot make players out of you guys.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[NikkiCFC 7,597]

Are antigen rapid test free in UK? 

And if not, how much? 

Clubs should provide them to fans for free. 

[NikkiCFC 7,597]

Based on other players return date Azpi, Christensen should be back this weekend. 

[Jase 43,479]

32 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Based on other players return date Azpi, Christensen should be back this weekend. 

On the contrary, both are back (assuming I did not misrecognize Christensen in the background).

 

[NikkiCFC 7,597]

42 minutes ago, Jas said:

On the contrary, both are back (assuming I did not misrecognize Christensen in the background).

 

Weekend starts on Friday!

[Jype 6,398]

Rest of the lads are back in training today. 

[Jase 43,479]

23 minutes ago, Jype said:

Rest of the lads are back in training today. 

Seems unlikely that they will feature against Spurs, leaving them without a pre-season game to play before the Super Cup next week.

[Milan 17,835]

4 minutes ago, Jas said:

Seems unlikely that they will feature against Spurs, leaving them without a pre-season game to play before the Super Cup next week.

  

16 hours ago, Jas said:

Okay. Thanks for telling us all. 

 

[Jype 6,398]

1 minute ago, Jas said:

Seems unlikely that they will feature against Spurs, leaving them without a pre-season game to play before the Super Cup next week.

Yea I wouldn't expect any of them to play against Spurs so quickly just like the Havertz, Werner, Kante etc. didn't feature against Bournemouth in last week's friendly.

A few of the latest arrivals will probably feature in the Super Cup to get some match fitness before the PL starts. 

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, Jype said:

Yea I wouldn't expect any of them to play against Spurs so quickly just like the Havertz, Werner, Kante etc. didn't feature against Bournemouth in last week's friendly.

A few of the latest arrivals will probably feature in the Super Cup to get some match fitness before the PL starts. 

Just curious, any idea when Ben White returned? Wasn't expecting him to play yesterday but he did. 

[Jype 6,398]

4 minutes ago, Jas said:

Just curious, any idea when Ben White returned? Wasn't expecting him to play yesterday but he did. 

His transfer to Arsenal was only confirmed last Friday, so at most he'll have had a couple of training sessions before yesterdays game. 

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Jype said:

His transfer to Arsenal was only confirmed last Friday, so at most he'll have had a couple of training sessions before yesterdays game. 

Hmmm. Wonder if Tuchel will try to squeeze those lads in on Wednesday, even though it's probably unlikely. 

[Superblue 6,331]

25 minutes ago, Jas said:

Hmmm. Wonder if Tuchel will try to squeeze those lads in on Wednesday, even though it's probably unlikely. 

It's a shortened summer break, so I'd be surprised if the players haven't at least got a reasonable level of base fitness to work from. The only two which might need a bit more work is James and Chilwell as they didn't feature much in the Euros so their match fitness will be in a worse position, but I don't think they'll all be a million miles away from being ready for the start of the season.

Also to note given the sheer numbers Tuchel has currently, I'm sure he can operate a number of competitive in-house games to get players up and running beyond the Spurs game.

[milka 3,308]

About Villareal 

 

 

[NikkiCFC 7,597]

They still did not win a game in pre season. Today against Leicester and Leeds in 3 days as preparation for us.

[Jase 43,479]

On 02/08/2021 at 18:14, Superblue_1986 said:

Also to note given the sheer numbers Tuchel has currently, I'm sure he can operate a number of competitive in-house games to get players up and running beyond the Spurs game.

Seems like there'll be one this weekend...

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