2026-27 Pre Season

[Richie]

Robbie Hunter.

That's  2 Academy Boys scored

[Mad Dog]

Well we're without our back four and the replacements that would usually be involved, so surely we're not doing too badly against a decent team.

[Richie]

FT

[texanwellfan]

What’s with Longelo? Are we expecting him back? Has he been training? 

[texanwellfan]

I only saw bits of the game but some nice passing going on. Looked pretty slack in defence. Some of the young lads look promising. 

[wellup83]

A decent test with two youngsters on the scoresheet. It's early days but it looks to me like the game plan is to move the ball quickly up the pitch rather than the patient approach we watched last season. Time will tell.

[thewelllfan]

We looked okay we struggled defensively as you would expect with a young CM playing there, we need players in before Thursday but wither they'll be fit enough to play who knows. Our team v HB now looks pretty likely to be:

Paulsen (He looked decent)

Sparrow Girdwood-Reich (Hopefully) Moormann Wilson

Preistman Fadinger

Ross? Just Said

RCC

Vogt needs time to get up to speed. Thor didn't even get on so I'd be surprised to see him start. Whyte is evidently not a CB so wouldn't read much into his mistake.

Of the young lads Thompson looked pretty decent, Booth was tidy and took his goal well and I think Hunter touched the ball once but his finish was great.

Have we got any idea when/if we're likely to see Longelo, Stama, McGhee, SOD, JK, Maswanhise?

McGinn and Hendry out for months so we know we're not seeing them

Watt's move appears close so he will be off soon

We've got what 21/22 senior players and only around 13/14 are fit and available for selection

[purestate]

Enjoyed that. Genk are indeed a decent passing side and changed everyone but the goalie - who had a couple of great saves - and still looked reasonable.  
Not sure if Priestman is being set up to be the new Watt as Faddy seemed to take the ball more.  
There were flashes of good play all over the place pre and post the young boys coming on.  

biggest complaint.  The new seats in PoD are brutal.  So uncomfortable and the wood they’ve been attached to is not properly finished. I had shorts on and have cut and big scrape on calf when standing to let someone by. 😠 

[grizzlyg]

Great seeing youngsters but injury list horrendous and worrying ahead of euro tie.  Forgot about Longelo,  injured?

[Spiderpig]

16 minutes ago, purestate said:

biggest complaint.  The new seats in PoD are brutal.  So uncomfortable and the wood they’ve been attached to is not properly finished. I had shorts on and have cut and big scrape on calf when standing to let someone by. 😠 

Totslly agree with you on that one uncomfy  cheap shoddy crap,  basic plastic sests screwed to an unfinished plank. I know there was limited time to replace them but for me they have made a complete mess of them.

Every other stand now has better seats than the pod, i know the options are limited with it but for me they have opted for the cheap crappy  option and it shows, we should be getting a reduction in our ST prices for having to sit in them.