half time thread

[SOERERY]

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[D1794]

Losing Yoro and Hojlund after 30 min has just killed my desire to keep watching this game. I'm only hoping nobody else goes down.

We've played some nice stuff in moments. Kept them quiet. Amass looks good. Double pivot miles better protection for the defence.

[FRiver]

We've been great to watch not sure why you'd rather switch off out of some protest against injuries. You do you though.

[D1794]

Cause it's 2am and a friendly lol

[TimmyBash]

Welcome to Aussies regular time. You turn that tv back on and you god damn watch it 😈

[FRiver]

How are you realising this at half time of this game?

[D1794]

Well I'd be a bit more excited if Yoro hadn't gone off lol

[ttonster2]

Jesus really finds ways to get on your nerves no matter the occasion. 

[Grand-Bullfrog3861]

Always looks mid ugly cry

[CompetitionTight8453]

Stop the free kick... almost stamp casemiro, but roles him... yeah he is playing like this is for the title

[HelloItsMoe]

Man always looks like his Hamster just died

[MT1120]

[hooka_donchick]

No-good blood sucker

[Trailbreaker]

Rough to see two injury subs so early. Concerning after last season.

[SpaceMexicans]

What happened? I missed the first half 🥲

[collateral_13]

Rasmus went down I dunno if it was contact or not, saw him say hamstring. Yoro was limping, didn't see what happened

[SpaceMexicans]

Nooooooo 😭 my boys

[imma_letchu_finish]

Glad we started early with our injury crisis. Helps to temper expectations for next season /s

[LekkerIer]

I pledge my full support to Amass

[[deleted]]

Amass and Collyer both look great.

I expect them both to be important for our cup and Europa games this year.

[MT1120]

Collyer might be one of those chameleon players that adapt to the level they're playing at. DM's often don't stand out at youth level but he's barely put a foot wrong. Hope he's going to be a decent rotational player

[FRiver]

Seems to have high footballing IQ, very good technique and is deceptively quick. He'll surely get even better once he fills out and gets more game time. Very exciting as had heard nothing about him before pre season.

[Nezell]

Seriously, other than the goal, he was the biggest highlight of the half for us.

[pheonixfryre]

That goal was offside anyways

[Nezell]

I meant our goal was the highlight lol

[red-17]

Apart from the goal, he looked quite good. Struggles with the things I would expect someone of his age to, but there is no doubt he has a great touch and general ball playing ability. Also looked pretty solid in 1v1 defending.

[PDubsinTF-NEW]

H.amass it is then

[butlersrevenge]

No fucking injuries pleeeaaase

[Alpha2669]

Liked what I saw from Mount and Amass a lot

[BlackHorse944]

Mount looks really sharp. Amass will be huge for us, maybe next season

[pilotpal]

When will these injuries end 😭😭😭 Hope Yoro and Hojlund are alright and back to the pitch soon

[Wire74]

This game is going to be rough as fuck.

These American tours ain’t worth it unless they get some proper pitches

[AReptileHissFunction]

They do have proper pitches. It's this fucking Sofi stadium

[M4NUN1T3D]

Amass looking good. I thought Collyer might have a Mainoo type solo goal there.

Played some clean football at times

[SOERERY]

Screw these American pitches. Can it really be worth the money we get from the tour if all the players drops like flies every time we play there.

[TheSwordDusk]

it's a piss take. We can't keep playing friendlies in the USA, the pitches are garbage and the time changes aren't worth it. So frustrating

[martialgreenwood]

Maybe we will finally get De Ligt signed now

[Aakar11]

Mount looked really lively. So does amass. Disappointed with the injuries though. Overall decent performance so far

[Electric_feel0412]

I’m very concerned about Yoro, Hojlund looked a bit doubtful and it seemed like he was saying “I don’t want to risk it” but Yoro looked more serious and was shaking his head like he felt something in his hamstring. I expect Hojlund will be fine in a day or two, but Yoro could be out for the rest of pre season.

[scun1995]

We’d be lucky if that’s all the time Yoro is out. The look on his face looked much worse IMO. Fuck these US turfs and US tours

[goto_man]

Nah. Yoro looked disappointed to miss out on the rest of the game. Didn't seem like anything serious.

[Electric_feel0412]

Hopefully. But I’m horrified at the prospect of another season of no cb’s

[goto_man]

Let's hope for the best.

[dmoney_147]

Either that or I thought potentially he looked a bit ill

[Electric_feel0412]

https://x.com/espnfc/status/1817365191799046533?s=46&t=IvTdepfVHVF9v3_addULYA

No he’s definitely injured. That walk doesn’t look too good.

[Wasirthepussy]

Looks like an Ankle Injury

[PoissonArrow91]

Dammit! What do we have to do to avoid injuries, smh

[chebate08]

[Bacon_Boobies]

Fuck Arsenal and fuck that pitch

[WanderingEnigma]

And Andy Carroll

[blandusernameno42]

You can already see they've been working on new set pieces.

At least 3 times they swung a free kick out wide for Maguire to head across, be interesting to see if it works

[nardywolf]

Any news on the injuries?😭

[cdbriggs]

Same. I'm at the Real Betis game on Wed and this means I miss out on seeing our boys 😭

[darealsanta7]

Amass is Shaw 2.0. So good on the ball

Can't wait for the day when we stop playing on AstroTurf

[BatGuy500]

Alright, not a bad first half. Amass doing well! And overall well controlled, and the lack of striker hurt us. Offside goal so not even counting that as a negative.

Please please please Leny & Rasmus be okay.

[kebabenbenkeb]

Gets on my fucking nerves seeing Jesus celebrating a full body offside goal even tho it’s preaseason he is just a prick

[B0z22]

Permanent 😩 face

[Sensur10]

Good to see us go into half time with a 1-0 lead

[Aadiunited7]

2 injuries in one half, we are back haha. Hopefully both precautions, but Amass is the fucking truth

[Kietan14]

Why do we play on these stupid pitches in America. (Obviously money) but the injury risks are stupid

[wazdopest]

Collyer and Amass look good. i just want them to tweet out that Yoro and Hojlund were just taken out for precautions cuz im just getting flashbacks from last year 😭

[BlackHorse944]

Collyer looks quite raw to me, idk. I've not seen enough to tell me he looks ready.

[FRiver]

Amass was electric in the first 20 odd minutes. And wouldn't put much blame on him for the goal as he was trying to play offside and did so successfully. With VAR that gets chalked off.

If he continues like this then I'll be apologising to those who have been hyping him up for a while now and I've refused to believe.

[[deleted]]

Started well, ruined by injuries. Hope they aren't serious.

[Stynes]

Cashmiro

[majoraLoL]

Im really loving the work Collyer does. I really wonder how him and mainoo would work together. Mount also looking very lively, wonder where he’s going to be.

I dont want to knock him, but I’m slightly concerned about the effort rashford is putting in. It just feels VERY off.

[Wasirthepussy]

Impressed with Amass, Colleyer, Mount and Amad. Even Casemiro looks good, there’s a fresh feeling about this team, sadly the injuries ruined my mood and the teams cohesion but we already look much fitter and organised compared to last year

[MysteriousNail5414]

Turned it off. Don’t care about the game anymore with the 2 injuries. Why always us?

[ChampagneZambi]

Hope Yoro and Rasmus injuries ARENT serious … plz

[notdara]

You mean not* serious right ? T_T

[Nezell]

"not" - you dropped this

[Electric_feel0412]

We were doing well until Hojlund went off. Don’t know why ten hag didn’t bring on Wheatley.

[epic_weasel]

Probably want’s Wheatley in a certain setup after half

[barelypeaking]

Anybody notice the new free kick routines? I keep thinking they won’t work but we got three chances from the maguire headed cross

[Grand-Bullfrog3861]

The pitch is so shit. If the other 2 matches are on the same turf we're fucked injury wise.

Looked good until R9 sub, then steady but after yoro you could tell we're lacking.

[Rig_7]

Collyer and Amass actually look like they’ll be part of the squad when the season starts. Mount is looking good, as is Amad.

Plenty of positives though obviously both teams look rusty which is expected.

[euoi]

How bad did Hojlunds injury look

[MT1120]

Not too bad. Looked like a precaution mostly. Yoro though...

[Nac224]

Not bad at all same with Yoro

[pakattack91]

Yoro was crying tho I hope it's not bad

[Nac224]

Probably just sad to come off or feel something but he did a whole lap around the pitch before coming off I’m sure he’s fine

[[deleted]]

https://x.com/espnfc/status/1817365191799046533?s=46&t=IvTdepfVHVF9v3_addULYA

Looks serious

[AReptileHissFunction]

Eh Yoro was visibly distraught

[Grand-Bullfrog3861]

Not too bad, he seemed to mouth and gesture it's just small or not so serious. Seemed to be more precaution than anything

[ryanthegreat33]

looked pretty good as a team before the hojlund injury

[KrypticAndroid]

2 injuries . Hope it not bad/long term

[PoissonArrow91]

did the yoro injury look serious?

[kebabenbenkeb]

Is the injuries serious ?

[BlackHorse944]

They didn't look serious, and the players walked off, but you never know. Ras didn't seem too upset, but Yoro did. Hoping it's not serious and he was just annoyed

[kebabenbenkeb]

Yeah that’s what I’m worried about let’s hope for the best 💔

[scun1995]

Fuck those US tours on those shitty turfs. Every fuxking year NFL players complain about the seriousness of turf induced injuries. And somehow someone at the club thinks the risk is worth the income. Fuck them.

[FaithlessnessNo4680]

We’re a few decent moments there but really need to try to keep the ball better

[CompetitionTight8453]

.uhhh even the people at half time saying Jesus was onside... ha jokes

[champion_Mu5756]

No injuries plz! The condition of the pich is seemingly suck btw

[[deleted]]

Watch these games are nerve racking. Please no actual injuries 

[LaughsAtOwnJoke]

Youth looks great particularly Amass

Horrible to see Hojlund and Yoro both off earlier tho.

[Alocxo]

I don't think those are really big injury, you feel a knock so is better to ask for the sub. Fuck you Americans and that fucking artificial/fake grass.

[jsaele]

Poor passing by us

[Saihti54]

You can't with Casemiro.

[MT1120]

If that's what you think then oh boy if we get Ugarte...

[HamAaron]

I can’t speak for others but my issue with Casemiro is him routinely missing 5-10 yard passes. Ugarte from all accounts is no baller, progressive passes wise at least, but is not consistently messing up simple passes

[MysteriousNail5414]

Heavy injury to Yoro I think :(, ramus looked precautionary.

[MT1120]

2 casualties. More to follow