I thought it was probably worth us having one thread for all of the pre-season games.
Liverpool played their first game tonight, winning 1-0 (Ings) at Tranmere, with Mané, Matip and Karius making their 'debuts'.
Is anyone going to any of their club's games, or do you not bother?
We have our first cup game a week tomorrow, so not much in terms of friendlies at Ibrox.
The league cup final being in November is all kinds of great
When the International Club Cup shitefest starting?
I'm going to Wigan next weekend for the pleb 11.
The next AFCON is January. I'll probably skip wor friendlies in favour of trying to get to more league games.
I think I'll be at our friendly v Bielsa's Lazio.
I'll probably watch some of the International Champions Cup as it's on Sky Sports. Although I don't really understand why they've invited minnows like Inter and PSG when they'll just get shown up against Leicester.
Bielsa left Lazio.Originally Posted by Reg
Shit, so he did. Well leaving after two days is pretty Bielsa.
Well anyways I'll probably be there. I just won't get to link Lewis to my new Bielsa tactics blog post.
We have a typically batshit pre-season schedule. We begin topping up our fascist credentials with games at Rapid Vienna and Wolfsberger (not that one), before playing Liverpool in Pasadena, and then in perhaps the weirdest one yet, a match against Real Madrid in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Then it's a trip to the twin cities to take on fallen giants Meelan, before an utterly inexplicable sortie to Moscow on 7 August to play CSKA Moscow, which is incidentally also the last time we'll be playing outside Blighty this season. Pity the poor, poor foreign fans with their now useless EU passports and wadfuls of booming currency.
We're in that bollocks International Champions' Cup thing. Celtic, Barcelona and PSG. I won't be bothering unless it's pissing down outside. I'll go to a couple of Hinckley friendlies, starting a week today.
You don't like the idea of playing Barca, even if it's not competitive?
It looks like Manchester United vs Borussia Dortmund is the first game, on 22nd July, at 1pm UK time.
Celtic 1-0 down to Lincoln Red Imps. Great character on show though, so it's okay.
Are "Lincoln Red Imps" a real team, or something from Harry Potter?
It's not a friendly, it's a CL qualifier
I just saw that. Yeezus. Getting jiggered by some (almost literal) goat herders
United went 2-0 in a 'pedestrian' friendly at Wigan, and apparently haven't bothered since. The Mourinho Era.
6-0 up against Bohemians.
Ritchie, Thauvin, Aarons, Mitrovic, Wijnaldum and Gayle scoring.
Aarons injured himself scoring, of course. He's spent most of his career so far injured.
Bohemians Dublin or Prague?
The Irish.
Wonder what sort of a team they have out, they lost a league game last night.
Ronaldo Aarons
Lol at nobody celebrating with Thauvin or Wijnaldum.
Couple games that might be worth watching:
Bayern v Man City - 19:30 on BT
Celtic v Leicester - 17:30 Saturday on Sky
Not really a friendly (super cup) but thinking of getting tickets for Club Brugge vs Standard Liege. It's at 8PM though so might sack it off in favour of partying. Wish it was an early afternoon game like the community shield.
I'm a twit
Google led me here but it's foreign: http://clubbrugge.be/nl/matchen/veil...inwendige-orde
Can you drink beer at Clubbe Brugge games?
@Kikó @Davgooner
I'm a twit
It's mainland Europe. I'd say you are allowed drink beer in school.
Never watched football in Belgium but I'd imagine so.
Liverpool have brought some youth 'keeper on up front due to Lucas getting injured and every outfield sub having been used (after 67 minutes). There was a mini drone related hiatus as well. Exciting times.
89th minute penalty and they didn't let him take it.
BOOOO!
2-2 draw against Doncaster. Perez levelled in the last minute after that Arsenal lad whose name I've already forgotten pulled one back for us. Mat Sels gave up a penalty.
Amazing bit of goalkeeping.
I always thought they never counted as own goals, and that you just got a corner instead. Where have I got that from?
I feel like that was in something like Sensible Soccer years back.
Is that the rule if it goes in directly from a throw in?
Indirect free kick into your own net is a corner to the other team. Same as goal kicks and throws.
Mourinho OUT!
Sampdoria smashed some minnows 13-1 today. What can that sort of shitshow possibly teach you?
Schalke also destoryed two teams 13-0 and 9-1 in the past few days
Don't most Italian teams do that?
Lazio beat a team 19-0 the other week.
Im surprised teams still book games like that. I dont even do it in FM anymore.
We're currently losing 3-0 to Guisely.
Clubs need to make a stand with players with these funny clown haircuts. They should be banned.
Won 4-3. Still lol though. CHARACTER M
Pure filth from the boy Riyad. If we sell him ill cry. If we sell him for less than Ł65m I'm going off a bridge
We glassed Lokeren 4-0. Perez got two, Jonjo and Janmaat scored the others. Gamez sent off for some windmilling. Tiote's booking reminded me he's still here after all these years.
Yep.
https://streamable.com/yi3z
Borini's hair FFS
http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...ansea-hit-five
Proper filthy FIFA goal that from Mahrez
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