[Archived] Pre-Season Friendlies

[Ewood Spark]

Ipswich beat West ham 3-1 in a friendly today.

Big Sam Out!

[yoda]

You don't become a good manager overnight, even with resources we know just how bad Keans tactical brain is.

And just when did coco aquire a BRAIN ?

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

You could be right, Waggy76. I'm going to reserve judgement until we can get our first 11 on the pitch and the real action starts. With the amount of money we have invested and will continue to invest in several more players, and with the amount of quality players we have brought in, there really is no excuse for shipping goals like we did last season.

On paper we'll have the best team in the championship next season but I'm not confident kean can get that team into an organised unit.

That one made me chuckle Rovers11.

The money we've invested: minus £3m do you mean? (£3m for Best and made £6m on Hoilett)

Amount of quality players we've brought in: 3 if you count a Portugese grandad, while losing 3 better ones.

No excuse for shipping goals like we did last season: our defence will be worse than last season if Olsson leaves.

On paper best team in the Championship: Very optimistic. Hanley, Marcus Olsson, Gomes and Goodwillie wouldn't get a sniff at somewhere like Bolton or Leicester.

[DanielMB]

A start 11 of

Robinson, Orr, Givet, Dann, Martin Olsson, Vukcevic, Murphy, Etuhu, Gamst, Formica, Goodwillie/Rochina/Gomes should be a play-off quality side. It will be exciting to see if our reserves can come good. Especially the fifty new portuguese players

[Jock]

A start 11 of

Robinson, Orr, Givet, Dann, Martin Olsson, Vukcevic, Murphy, Etuhu, Gamst, Formica, Goodwillie/Rochina/Gomes should be a play-off quality side. It will be exciting to see if our reserves can come good. Especially the fifty new portuguese players

Wont happen with a sh!t for brains manager.

[PAFELL]

Ipswich beat West ham 3-1 in a friendly today.

I don't think you can read to much into friendlies. After all chelsea got beat 3 1 by brighton yesterday.

[Glenn]

Next pre-season is off due to potential crowd trouble!

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/9856869.Rovers_game_called_off/

What the hell is happening to our club!

[DE.]

Perhaps not, it's a result worth noting either way. Get the feeling Ipswich are going to give us a very harsh introduction to the Championship on August 18th.

[T.J.Newton]

Other than the the back 4 and goaly that pretty much pick themselves(providing they all stay) and Danny Murphy in center off midfield, i don't believe Kean has any idea what his best starting 11 is or even what formation to play, he just blags his way through match days.

[Salgado Is A Hero]

I don't think you can read to much into friendlies. After all chelsea got beat 3 1 by brighton yesterday.

I watched the first half of that....I know he had injury troubles but I have no idea why Vicente is still in the Championship.

[PAFELL]

I watched the first half of that....I know he had injury troubles but I have no idea why Vicente is still in the Championship.

Vicente is not a bad player to be honest. Can dictate games at times. As you say, injury problems.

[Roverdale]

If it makes anybody feel any better after the Rochdale loss.. They just smashed Burnley 3-1 as well. So as Poor as we are, at least Burnley are worse...

[Guest Wen Y Hu]

Parsonblue's match report on the Reserves' outing last Saturday at FC Halifax Town is now published to the front page here.

[Guest Wen Y Hu]

Parsonblue's match report on the match at Chorley last night is now published to the front page here. Discussion of the match is over on the Chorley thread here.

[Guest Wen Y Hu]

Parsonblue's match report of the final match in the Reserves' pre-season programme against Warrington Town on Tuesday is now published to the front page here.