Pre Season 2010/11 - Page 2 - soccer24-7.com Forums

**Sparky** · Jun 10 2010, 03:34 PM

Sunday 8th August - Community Shield.

**Sparky** · Jun 10 2010, 05:47 PM

United XI to play Oxford on 27th July

http://www.oufc.co.uk/page/News/0,,1...67506,00.html?

**Sparky** · Jun 11 2010, 03:47 PM

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that all his senior stars not at the World Cup will go on the pre-season tour to the USA and Mexico.

The United boss, rumoured to have been providing the USA with information on England players for Saturday's World Cup match, believes the tour will be perfect preparation for the new season as the Reds bid to regain the Premier League trophy.

He said: "We'll be taking all of our tour games very seriously because the stage we'll be at in terms of our pre-season preparation means we need to get our show on the road.

"The tempo and rhythm of our game has got to be established quickly and hopefully the American fans will see us at our best. We'll have some of our top experienced players with us in Scholes, Giggs, Neville and Van der Sar, while the likes of Fletcher and Berbatov will also be coming."

meathman 007 · Jun 11 2010, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparky

Berbatov will also be coming."

**Sparky** · Jun 15 2010, 07:17 PM

Sky Sports

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Michael Owen is confident he will be ready to play a full part in Manchester United's pre-season plans.

The experienced striker has been out of action since suffering a hamstring injury in the Carling Cup final on 28th February.

That setback, which required an operation, sidelined him for the remainder of the 2009/10 campaign and ended any hope he had of forcing his way into England's World Cup squad.

The former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Newcastle forward has, however, been working hard in his rehabilitation and is closing in on full fitness once more.

Owen is pleased with the progress he has made over recent weeks and believes he will be ready to join in with the rest of the United squad when they return to training after the summer break.

"We are not in until the 5th July, that's when everyone's in, but I have been working through June because it would be nice if I could start and do everything with the team straight away," he told Sky Sports News.

"It's looking so far that I will be able to do that.

"Hopefully I won't miss any pre-season training, as it's always nice to get a full pre-season in. I am working hard at the minute."

meathman 007 · Jul 8 2010, 06:23 PM

Starts next week. With all the injuries, world cup etc, our lineup for some of the games will be awesome

Van Der Sar

Fabio/Oshea
Brown
Evans
Rafael/Neville

Gibson
Scholes
Fletcher
Giggs

Berbatov
Macheda

Other players who should be available:

Smalling
Kit Kat
Diouf
Obertan
Few Youth team players

**Sparky** · Jul 8 2010, 06:24 PM

We've got a sticky at the top for pre season mate:

http://www.soccer24-7.com/forum/showthread.php?t=178272

meathman 007 · Jul 8 2010, 06:25 PM

Sorry, didnt see it.

**Sparky** · Jul 8 2010, 06:28 PM

Over the next two to three weeks, most clubs pre seasons won't have that many big names due to most of them playing in the World Cup and now being given time off.

Not too bothered by who goes anyway, just hope by the time we play Newcastle, or at least the window closes, we've brought in one or two players we desperately need.

**Sparky** · Jul 9 2010, 04:24 PM

Neville out now too.

Sky Sports

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Gary Neville will miss Manchester United's pre-season tour of America after sustaining a small tear in his calf muscle.

The veteran defender was set to play a part in United's preparations for the new season next month, but will now remain at the club's Carrington training ground base instead of flying out to Chicago on Monday.

The 35-year-old's knock is thought to only be a minor setback and he will be rested to prepare for the start of the Premier League in August.

It will come as a blow to the player after recovering from a series of injuries to finish strongly at Old Trafford after being offered a one-year extension to his deal as his career winds down.

Neville joins England captain Rio Ferdinand on the treatment table, who was unable to play any part in his country's World Cup campaign after injuring his knee in their first training session before the tournament.

United will face Celtic in their opening game of their tour in Toronto next Friday, with several first-team players, including new signings Chris Smalling and Javier Hernandez, joining the party.

**Sparky** · Jul 9 2010, 04:32 PM

Confirmed squad for the tour.

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Travelling squad: Edwin van der Sar, Tomasz Kuszczak, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Rafael, Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher, Darron Gibson, Chris Smalling, Nani, Fabio, Federico Macheda, Danny Welbeck, Javier Hernandez (will join in Houston on 27 July), Mame Biram Diouf, Tom Cleverley, Ritchie De Laet, Corry Evans, Ben Amos, Gabriel Obertan.

The following are still on break:

Rooney, Carrick, Park, Vidic, Evra

The following are injured:

Rio, Hargreaves, Valencia, Anderson, Owen, Neville

meathman 007 · Jul 9 2010, 04:40 PM

^^ Probly the most uninspiring touring squad I have ever seen.

I think for the first time in over 10 years, I wont be picking up MUTV to watch our pre-season games.

Seifer · Jul 9 2010, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparky

Confirmed squad for the tour.

The following are still on break:

Rooney, Carrick, Park, Vidic, Evra

The following are injured:

Rio, Hargreaves, Valencia, Anderson, Owen, Neville

Why was Carrick on a break again??

Reddevil · Jul 9 2010, 05:58 PM

why does carrick need a break, he didn't even kick a ball at the world cup, that lazy sod.....

Gib710 · Jul 10 2010, 05:41 PM

Well to be fair just because he didn't play doesn't mean he was well rested - he had weeks more training than any player who wasn't at the world cup.

VDS, Kuszczak, Amos as a goalkeeping triumvirate. Oh my god :/

Interesting to see Nani there considering he missed the world cup and slightly disappointed Cathcart isn't going.

random monkey · Jul 10 2010, 05:45 PM

Good chance to see the youngsters try and prove a point.

Carrick left at home? Surely this means he's being sold?

random monkey · Jul 10 2010, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Gib710

Interesting to see Nani there considering he missed the world cup.

Well there were the rumours he was fit to play and the reason he went home is because of a bust up with Queiroz (spelling belhh).

**Rorge** · Jul 10 2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by random monkey

Carrick left at home? Surely this means he's being sold?

Could be that, or they could just be soothing his ego. "Of course you can have an extra break, Michael. You brave little World Cup warrior, you."

Glad to see Cleverley has gone. Hopefully he can convince Fergie not to farm him out this season.

Seifer · Jul 10 2010, 06:54 PM

A bit of training before the Tour

Hmm, Berba sporting a new tattoo I see. Guess he put his summer vacation to good use LOL

**Sparky** · Jul 11 2010, 11:52 AM

Nice training bras.

**The_Big_Easy** · Jul 11 2010, 11:55 AM

why is Darron Gibson so fat? He's turning into Frank Lampard (not ability wise obviously)

Gib710 · Jul 11 2010, 12:09 PM

What the hell are the sports bras about? Are they instead of the chest monitors we see strapped to the players during pre season games?

Don't think Gibson is that bad, really, just the angle of the picture:

He looks alright there, though his hairline is pretty much the worst in that picture considering he's by far the youngest

Gib710 · Jul 11 2010, 02:05 PM

Has anyone seen the kick off times for the tour games?

Celtic v United, 16th July - midnight
Philadelphia Union v United, 21st July - 1.30am
Kansas City Wizards v United, 25th July - 11pm
MLS All Stars v United, 28th July - 1.30am

... I'll probably use youtube for highlights then, though I'm not sleeping well these days so might catch a stream if I'm still awake.

**Sparky** · Jul 11 2010, 02:06 PM

Yeah, it's America

Those times out there I think are like 6/7pm

Gib710 · Jul 11 2010, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparky

Yeah, it's America

Those times out there I think are like 6/7pm

For some reason I was expecting them to be on in the evening time here, though that would have meant mid afternoon games in places like Houston, so I didn't really think that through

We're six hours ahead