club friendlies

there's a couple threads on ile for int'l friendlies, but not one for clubs. itt the most meaningless of games. from tonight (barça & la):
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first match I attended was a friendly between celtic and flamengo.

v pointless. though there were lots of dirty tackles, a red card, and 4 goals. which makes a change from many friendlies you attend that are anodyne, as no one wants to get hurt, and end 0-0 or whatevs.

i just watched two of these in a row! man utd v barca which was entertaining even tho utd won 3-1 (nice to be reminded that januzaj still exists and is still decent) and psg v chelsea which was 1-1.

Utd's second XI were quite refreshing to watch. Actual pace!

In the last 2 friendlies my sorry lot have been beaten 3-1 by Grimsby and 4-3 by Rochdale. The Rochdale game in the first half was our strongest XI against their kids we were 2-0 after minutes, cue football message-board meltdown, sack the manager, I am fooking burning my season card etc!

Once my bro went to an away friendly against Lancaster fc and our team were so abject in a flattering 2-0 defeat against p/t'ers that the untroubled Lancaster goalkeeper was actually chatting with Town fans, he said at one point "don't sweat it mate, after all this isn't your first team is it?" "er yeah actually". Got relegated to the basement that season and they set a new club record for consecutive games without scoring, lol 10 hours or something!

mls "all stars" vs "tottenham" coming up soon

I've put scare quotes around spurs since 1997 iirc

pointless midseason friendlies are one of mls's favorite things

The pitches in Philadelphia (for last night's GC final) and in Santa Clara (for the barca v utd friendly) were in rag order