Pre-Season Friendlies 2023/24

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Wood may well surprise a few. Jonno can’t play as a 9 yet - maybe in a couple of years like Ollie Watkins. We were better today but Worrall was a liability. I like him but bloody hell he was poor and has been poor all pre season. Shelvey hard and shoulders better than  horvath - and it was a perfectly good goal. Second half for 20 minutes we played further forward and looked better. I don’t want to see Danilo so isolated and he needs a run further back - he is not a 10! He needs to be trusted more. Our central defence needs improvement and can see why we have gone for Ibañez

If we had a back 4 of
Aina
Filipe
Ibanez 
Niakhate 

I thinks Danilo could play in the 2 CDM’s with Mangala he was played as a wide 10 today and looked lost , we have seen him hit first time pings from deep his passing range is so much better than Yates’y. If Sangare is signed its a toss up between him and Mangala for the 8 position.

Serge is not a wing back and a bit of a liability too don’t know what has happened to worral he seem to go to pot after a break .