FT 1-4

Better second half for a while but dont think arry looked impressed think some moves might happen soon enough looked very sluggish good points Hutton first half 2nd half Giovani Walker and Parrett

Was only able to catch the last 15 or so minutes. Shocking scoreline and it could of been more. Looked like the same old dodgy Spurs defending. Harry needs to address that area ASAP!!! Benfica on Monday....

and adel only played the last 12mins so he cant be blamed but then jenas came off after 18mins so anyway
i though rose looked good along wiv walker hudd parrot
our goalie looked all over the place. gio needs to come and find the ball like crouch did

I know it's early days yet but the team look a long way from being ready and we need to hit the ground running or we will be chasing points from the beginning, especially with City our first game. Even though it was just a friendly,Villareal at WHL should be a win game for us and certainly not 1-4. Where did thy finish in La Liga last season 5th 6th.
I'm not sure Harry knows what his best side is at the moment and I think our strikers need to get their act together pretty quick. I don't think any of them are firing at the moment it was the same at the end of last season, Defoe, Crouch, Pav, not one of them seem to be on form right now and Harry needs to get a really class striker in. The trouble with our strikers are they all seem to be good impact players and look good coming off the bench, what we need is a player that can be good for 90 mins and I'm not sure that what we have can do that any more.
Some of our younger players look good for the future, maybe 2 years away but we need it now if we are to build on last season, otherwise we will slip back into the pack again. I'm not just saying this because we lost badly to Villareal, I was saying it at the end of last season aswell. We have good squad but not a great team and those supporters that think we don't need to buy and this team is good enough to challenge for top 4 and CL are looking through rose coloured glasses.
I would like to see the 2 from City, Bellamy and Richards here and if we could get Parker I think that would be great, forget all this bollox about "he turned us down for Newcastle" He did what they all do, go for the money, but he is just the type of player we need, tough and he scores some great goals, and then we need up front somebody like Fabiano.
I also worry about the stick Lennon took from the media about the WC effecting his form early part of the season.
As I said earlier we need to hit the ground running, as a bad defeat against City in our 1st game could blow a big hole in our confidence.
I'm sure Harry knows we have areas to fill and is planning moves already, but the season is only 2 weeks away and we need any new signings bedded in before then.

Mikey M

harry moanin about the games. hes moanin about jenas gettin injuried cos we got so many games. yet harry started hudd and jenas in every game so far
now hes sayin about all pre seasons and travellin like he didnt have a say in it
nuffin hes fault. he dont have to keep playin the same 2 in midfeild we have a huge sqaud

spurslegend wrote:city 1st up lol like their pulling up trees in pre season get a grip you fickle lot lol

It's not fickle it's fact. City have not played their top players yet and they haven't finished buying. Our defence in the last 2 or 3 games has looked woeful and if they play like that in our 1st few games we wont' get a point and our strikers have looked poor. What I said is is we need 3 or 4 players to be able to compete and I stand by that.
I'm like the rest of us I desperately want us to win something of importance like the Prem or the CL. But I just think that this team is just not good enough to get anywhere near this with the players we have. But as I have said before I believe Harry knows that aswell and will buy but I hope he makes it soon.

We finished 4th last year and it surprised everybody but the teams above and just below us are going to get stronger and we have to do the same otherwise a season ful of promise will be a season of disapointment.
This may sound strange to some of you considering we hav'nt kicked a ball in anger yet but we only got in 4th last year by the skin of our teeth and we need reinforcements. All this business that we don't need to buy we have a great squad, in my opinion is not true. I want to win something this year and I don't mean the Carling Cup.
I am probably the oldest of any of you on here and I have waited a lot longer to win the league again and I just think that with the right players we could do it this year. I saw the 61' side every week and remember the great times and want them back again NOW!

Mikey M

totally agree Mikey have a rep point spot on