There’s no way I’d have sent him off in a friendly for that. But rules are rules I guess. A bad day for that lad.

Sanchez’ distribution recently has been impressive

We look immense going forward, still need to sort the defence out though

Just now, Clown Lake said:

Maignan keeps flapping everywhere, or is it just me?

You are correct, we dodged one there.

Just now, Clown Lake said:

Joao Pedro is a monster!!! My oh my!!

Yep he’s a proper front man !!

But I would rather 11 vs 11 now so it can get us match fit

Just now, dan_cfc said:

We look immense going forward, still need to sort the defence out though

Think we need one more CB with Colwills injury. A quality CB.

Also think we need one more attacker. They’re one player short for the depth we really need in LW / AM

Referee shouldn’t be sending off in a friendly unless it’s violent conduct. Playing against 10 helps neither side in the build up to a new season.

Milan down to 10 men. They were already looking like they needed 12. This could get really embarrassing for them.

Just now, El regreso said:

Yep he’s a proper front man !!

But I would rather 11 vs 11 now so it can get us match fit

Let's take one of ours off to level things to 10 v 10 😀

Just now, El regreso said:

Yep he’s a proper front man !!

But I would rather 11 vs 11 now so it can get us match fit

Agreed, but referee has to go by the rules I guess?

Shook the post.

So close.

In a competitive game, that's a red

In a game like this, I would just tell the manager to sub him off

Just now, El regreso said:

Yep he’s a proper front man !!

But I would rather 11 vs 11 now so it can get us match fit

Yeah, it's disappointing as it effectively kills the match. For sure it's a red in a real match, but it was not dangerous or violent play, so I'd have let it go.

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

Let's take one of ours off to level things to 10 v 10 😀

My votes Caicedo. Too important!

Almost identical from Palmer.

Palmers free kicks!! He’s clearly worried for his place with Estevao arrival 🤣

We’ll need to be patient with Gittens. Great pace and dribbling. As he settles, will be interesting to see his end product.

Can't really blame the red card. The idiot should have let it go instead of doing that

i would invite them to replace that defender in the second half.

2 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

We’ll need to be patient with Gittens. Great pace and dribbling. As he settles, will be interesting to see his end product.

I really hope he has one. Seems a more professional air about him than Sancho, so I expect he’ll certainly work at it.

Nevin made a good point about the red. The ref can't not give a red there, otherwise it'll hurt his own performance metrics.

Edited August 10, 2025Aug 10 by bluedave

2 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

Looks like the Visit Malta Cup will be sitting alongside the Club World Cup in the trophy room. Heady days indeed.

It seems odd we got presented with that on Friday night after beating Bayer, do we get another one if we win today ?😄

21 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

Looks like the Visit Malta Cup will be sitting alongside the Club World Cup in the trophy room. Heady days indeed.

I’m happy that Gittens face isn’t as annoying as Madueke’s to look at.

2 minutes ago, bluedave said:

Nevin made a good point about the red. The red can't not give a red there, otherwise it'll hurt his own performance metrics.

Yep ref would like lose points as a ref so he had to do it. He would get mark down.