Canary Wundaboy 1,358 Posted May 24, 2014 One thing is absolutely clear, the last 2 seasons pre-season has been an appalling failure and yet excuses have been thrown around from all quartters that it doesn''t matter, isn''t worth anything, doesn''t reflect the tactics and perfromances in real games etc etc. And yet when the real season kicks in those same failures have been on display for the world to see.This time we need to see a positive pre-season, scoring goals and playing attacking football. Only then will fans have the confidence to get behind the manager and become the 12th man again after 2 seasons of mediocre disappointment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
? 0 Posted May 24, 2014 Totally agree, it was obvious to most before the season started we would battle to score goals and that transpired! And for those that said preseason doesn''t matter- it does! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
splutcho 173 Posted May 24, 2014 Bryan Gunn won nearly every game in pre season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salopian 1 Posted May 24, 2014 I agree. The results of friendly matches are less important than the way we play. After al,l the two previous pre-seasons we beat Celtic on each occasion but hardly impressive, and the season which followed were very disappointing. Last August too many foreign players took too long to bed in.I hope that Adams will secure an improvement in passing, which was pretty poor, and that we shall see smooth inter-passing and rapid progress as we have done in our past, with fast raiding wingers. He suggested in his post-appointment interview that he has some transfer targets in mind, and had spoken (or the club had) to some of them. There was a strong hint that it might not be too long before he can report progress. This is great, and shows that appointing him has saved time, and more importantly means that we could have some new players early enough to involve in pre-season training and friendlies.Finally, there have been comments from the squad of higher tempo training under Adams, which they enjoyed, so we may see something of this pre-season and start the new season quickly! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,281 Posted May 24, 2014 OOOOH! Maybe we might get to see a top quality Premiership team like Leicester City at Carra for a pre-season friendly? That would be pretty amazing!......A stadium filler, if ever I saw one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland Canary 76 Posted May 24, 2014 Given we seem to have settled for Championship football Leicester will be as big as it gets now. Who knows we might get to see Hoolahan and Snodgrass again then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
