Ahh, I misread that as you had the radio link up, not that PSV were one up sorry..

Playing shite I take it?

not too badly but 2 good goals from PSV. one FK and one raker

Both goals were mint.

2-1 R Taylor

2-2 leon Best

Nice to see a fightback from the lads.
And a goal for Best again!

to be fair it's a decent performance considering how much further on they are in their pre season prep than we are

Well we definietly need a back up on the left wing as Guthrie didn't get near to the touchline all game. Maybe Vuckic or Xisco's the man?

I'm far from convinced that Perch is going to be up to the job based on what I saw today.

A bit too early to judge young Perch me thinks, but then again thats my view. Age is on his side so theres plenty of time to improve his game.

Overall listening to it I thought we did really well, PSV passed us off the park for the first 20-25 minutes but from then on, it was a pretty much even game. Harper had no chance with their 2 goals, both of them right screamers.

As for Leon Best, scoring 2 goals in pre season and one of them against top notch opposition will have done wonders for his confidence. His goal today was great too, a lovely glancing header.

Well, roll on Tuesday and that trip to Deportivo

I'm confident that Leon Best is shite.

BBC

...If Harper does okay this season and still doesn't get a look in, then it proves how blinded Capello is with his selections.

I don't think Harper is the answer. Should be Hart and Foster in the squad from now on.

Harper isn't good enough for England and I don't think he ever has been tbh (maybe years ago, but we never got to see him play).

Hart should seriously look at getting at least a loan move if he doesn't start for City. He's wasted as a reserve when he has a great career as England keeper ahead of him.

Didnt manage to catch any coverage of the game yesterday but saw the goals on SSN.

Decent result in the end against good opposition who are slightly ahead in their season preparations. Two pretty spectacular strikes for their goals which it didnt look like we could do too much about (didnt really show the build up to them on the highlights of course) and always good to see the team fight back from behind even in a friendly.

Another goal for Best wont do him any harm either. Sounds like we missed the wide men from what I have read so I think a backup winger is a must in terms of transfer targets just in case Jonas or Routledge are missing at any point in the season.

The first one we couldn't have done much about other than Perch not giving away the free kick. I think they moved the ball from where the foul was committed though - would need to see it again. The second one Smith didn't close him down but it was a great strike.

One of my pet hates that along with walls moving forward to about 4 yards away from the ball!

how does this Emirates cup work.

you get points for goals as well as wins draws etc

Just watched the highlights online on PSV's website. On a totally different subject to the performance etc I have to say I think the new home shirt looks really nice.

I agree, the cheapness of the ironed on sponsor is a bit of a put off but otherwise it did look really good.

the shirt in Shearer's testimonial season was "iron on"

iron on shirt eh. I bet that fucking hurt,

Should have ironed on Geremis last season just before he came on may have made him run faster

Off to the pub now to watch the game, lets hope we can finish pre-season with a good win

I know its on ESPN but what time's ko? 1 or 1:30 I'm guessing?

1pm ko

Thanks. I checked the channel but it just says the programme starts at half 12. I figured there'd be a build up.

Whats the line ups i dont hve espn

There's a text commentary of sorts on the club website
http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20100807/ra...2240137_2114251

Harper
Perch
Williamson
Colo
Enrique
Routlege
Guthrie
Barton
Jonas
Nolan
Carroll

Playing very well

edit - just conceded

Thought we played very well - we are going to struggle though down the right flank, we are poor attacking and poor defensively down there. Routlege is proving not to be good enough - he will be fine against poor sides. Guthrie and Barton playing very well. Harper is making me quite nervous though, not commanding enough. Left flank we should have no problems barring injuries. Main focus between now and Man U game is crossing the ball.

This is Rangers, its not Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool or even Fulham. They are shit and so are we.

We have dominated possesion for 55 minutes now and we just aren't creating any chances at all.

If this is anything to go by, we are in a whole heap of trouble next season but i guess we all know that anyway.

You can't read too much into pre-season friendlies. We got hanmered by Orient this time last year!

2-0, cut open by the likes of Davis and Naysmith...

Jesus wept.

Thing is though, he has started with the team likely to face Man Utd next week and we have honestly been absolutely twatful.

We've just produced our first good move though. \o/

Didn't score though.

We need some creativity desperately - whats point in having two big men up front if no fecker can beat the first man. Routlege is not good enough - can't cross and too lightweight.

Lovenkrands 2-1 down now. First touch. Cracking reception from the Rangers fans

What is happening to Ameobi? He looks decent

still need a creative midfielder, but ameobi and lovenkrands looks like a decent strikeforce.

eesh you lot can whine sometimes

We weren't clinical enough today, and there were a couple shaky moments at the back, but we dominated most of the match, and looked encouraging. A bit more guile and creativity and we'll be fine, lets not forget it IS still a friendly, we have enough time to up our game for United, who - lets be honest, will be a bonus if we get anything from anyway.

Absolutely spot on.

Yes we do look a tad weak on the right flank and concieved to waste a lot of chances but overall, I think the scoreline flattered Rangers, we dominated for long periods and plyed some decent stuff.

Lets not forget, the main objective of the season is SURVIVAL, and on the basis of this game and the rest of pre season, I've seen enough to suggest we will be able to stay up or even reach the dizzy heights of lower mid-table (14th-15th). Anyone who thinks we should be aiming for higher than just that this season is mad.

I'd be interested to see the territory stats for that match, it seemed the ball was in their half almost all the match although disappointingly the only stat that matters is the score and it's concerning we can have that much of the play but still not create much.

Thats the major thing. That was almost certainly 4 of the 5 starting midfield and in all honesty they couldn't break Rangers down and for the first 60 minutes didn't create anything really.

Think we do still need a couple of players, certainly someone with some creativity but agree with the sentiment that friendly results mean absolutely fuck all.

True, only people who give a damn about results are the media, remember that embarassment at Leyton Orient last year, thats probably an exception as that thumping helped us once and for all sort out the mercenaries who wanted to go from those who wanted to stay and fight for the club.

It Didnt stop the media from pillaring us and calling us "not even good enough for League One" and going to the opener at West Brom oping and praying for us to get a similar hiding to back up what they said that day.

Im more interested in our performances and our standard of play during the 5 games this summer and like I said earlier, I've seen enough to suggest we are capable of achieving at least the minimum target of survival, like you say though we could do with a couple more signings to help us make sure of achieving that goal, plus Gosling's return from inury before xmas (if possible) will be a huge boost as well.

If we can get this deal for Ben Arfa tied up then id be pretty happy going into the season. Ideally id like to see a couple more in but I cant see that happening unfortunately.

Lova's goal today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jWjDrOyZiA

Worryingly Carroll and Jose apparently picked up injuries at Rangers - no word on how serious but Carrolls is enough for him to have pulled out of Englands U21 game.

Wouldnt fancy going to OT with no Jose seeing as we have no back up left back for the 97th season in a row