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It was Atkinson who won the ball high up the field and played it forward to Weimann who made the run into the box. He was barged over by Chris Mephham and the ref pointed to the spot.

Martin then hammers it into the top right corner to give the visitors the lead. His second of pre-season.

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Just now, Logical-City said:

Exciting stuff beating a PL on their own patch this close to the seasons start, if Semenyo is the player we believe him to be once he’s back in who knows what we can achieve this season 

Great management....claim a 1-0 win when the "real" teams were out there and the rest of the match is a dead rubber unless we win 2-0.

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2 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

For those "practicing" losing their shit for when the real action starts these subs are an open goal......................

What is he doing?!!!!!!!!

FFS!

Need to give it a run out before the season starts.

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1 minute ago, Numero Uno said:

Great management....claim a 1-0 win when the "real" teams were out there and the rest of the match is a dead rubber unless we win 2-0.

 

Just now, SBB said:

Any goals after the subs don’t count. 

 

Exactly. 

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1 minute ago, GrahamC said:

Sort of ends the game as a meaningful contest when you’ve changed 9 or 10 of your outfield players.

Pearson has got what he wanted out of the first hour and can give the younger lads minutes against Premier League (bottom end admittedly) players. For the 17 year old left back though it's fantastic experience. If we end up getting gubbed 2-1 or 3-1 so what.......

I'm sure you get that......some won't.

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Just now, Numero Uno said:

Pearson has got what he wanted out of the first hour and can give the younger lads minutes against Premier League (bottom end admittedly) players. For the 17 year old left back though it's fantastic experience. If we end up getting gubbed 2-1 or 3-1 so what.......

I'm sure you get that......some won't.

I do, so if say we lost 2-1 now, it is academic.

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Just now, maxjak said:

Oh No...........if we win this, our kneejerker supporters will now expect a 4-0 triumph at Hull next week?

Don’t worry, you’ll balance it out by saying Pearson is shite.

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I'm not mad keen on the concept of changing a large chunk of the team- pre-season or not, the final preparation for Hull and  away from home vs a newly promoted PL side at that away from home. Good experience for younger players too of course but- I just want to win every game I guess! Maybe they'd win anyway even with full strength...

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1 minute ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

I'm not mad keen on the concept of changing a large chunk of the team- pre-season or not, the final preparation for Hull and vs a newly promoted PL side at that away from home. Good experience for younger players too of course but- I just want to win every game I guess!

I think regardless of the result now, it will feel like a win a good performance for the starting 11.

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Just now, Mr Popodopolous said:

I'm not mad keen on the concept of changing a large chunk of the team- pre-season or not, the final preparation for Hull and vs a newly promoted PL side at that away from home. Good experience for younger players too of course but- I just want to win every game I guess!

As an example, if Williams gets crocked after 15 minutes next week then somebody else needs to be ready. Also if Williams gets crocked in the last 15 of this one and is out for 12 weeks we are all moaning about why did he need to be kept on to win a "meaningless" friendly at Bournemouth. It's that simple in pre=season.........a very useful kickabout nothing else.

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4 minutes ago, SBB said:

I think regardless of the result now, it will feel like a win a good performance for the starting 11.

Yeah fair point. I'm just a believer in wins and results bring the confidence.

3 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

As an example, if Williams gets crocked after 15 minutes next week then somebody else needs to be ready. Also if Williams gets crocked in the last 15 of this one and is out for 12 weeks we are all moaning about why did he need to be kept on to win a "meaningless" friendly at Bournemouth. It's that simple in pre=season.........a very useful kickabout nothing else.

This is fair too.  Last thing we'd want is any needless injuries.

Otoh if we hold on to win or even draw despite the changes, that would do something for confidence and depth!

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Just now, Supersonic Robin said:

Anyone know how close to full strength Bournemouth's team is? (or at least was for the first 60 mins or so)

That team they've picked is a strong Championship side that would get obliterated in the Premier League most weeks AND they are a week behind us in preparation in effect. However as a final game for us to get the sharpness needed for next week I think we couldn't have picked a much better fixture tbh.

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3 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

As an example, if Williams gets crocked after 15 minutes next week then somebody else needs to be ready. Also if Williams gets crocked in the last 15 of this one and is out for 12 weeks we are all moaning about why did he need to be kept on to win a "meaningless" friendly at Bournemouth. It's that simple in pre=season.........a very useful kickabout nothing else.

??????
As I said earlier….pre-season is about being ready for Hull, not Bournemouth, isn’t it?

Results / performances are completely immaterial, but it’s a 5/6 “process”.  I’d say it’s gone pretty near perfect.

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

On point, textbook. Rest it until you need it now.

Needs more minutes to be properly match fit.

Historically, that would be achieved very quickly.:shocking:

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4 minutes ago, Supersonic Robin said:

Anyone know how close to full strength Bournemouth's team is? (or at least was for the first 60 mins or so)

They’ve picked a team that will be part of pretty much every 18 man squad.  No fringe at all.

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5 minutes ago, Keith Welch said:

Massengo been one of the best players on the pitch 2nd half. Drawing lots of fouls.

Not a bad replacement to bring on tbh! Worried a bit about the subs but "Yes Williams- you come off, got to make sure you're tip top for the new season- Massengo ex Monaco etc, ON!"

Lots of energy, promise, room for growth- decent bench option to have.

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Just now, Keith Welch said:

Massengo been one of the best players on the pitch 2nd half. Drawing lots of fouls.

Have been a bit concerned pre-season he seems to be 2nd choice and not being given so much of a chance, maybe the contract situation, but not the way to persuade him to sign a new one 

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Just now, sh1t_ref_again said:

Have been a bit concerned pre-season he seems to be 2nd choice and not being given so much of a chance, maybe the contract situation, but not the way to persuade him to sign a new one 

Only two CMs in Nige’s system, got to keep putting pressure on James and Williams…squad game.  When he gets a chance he needs to take it.  I think he will.

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Wow- we did it!

Even held on after the changes- happy I was wrong! Good win that, strong way to sign off pre-season too- nothing else to be said really. Younger players who came on the final half hour should also have gained some confidence/experience.

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Good result, although in itself does not mean a lot. What is more encouraging is that we seem to be becoming content with a shape we are comfortable with, which seems at the very least means we do not get played through. 

Random aside, but our strip would make a decent Bournemouth away strip!

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