6 Injuries last night

All defenders suffering from dizziness the amount of times they were spinning around looking at non-league players turning them inside out

I know Sam said the squad needs an overhaul, I think the rest of us if you put your hand on your heart would say we need a whole new back four of quality, pace and strength.

I'm not saying 4 new defenders would be 1st choice, but we may be minus 12 goal difference in the first four games with last years heroes.

They were shocking, there's some people who say its only a friendly and its the 1st one they've played since pre season training.

BUT PEOPLE. IT'S THERE JOB
THEY'VE BEEN DEFENDERS FOR A LONG TIME!
LAST NGHT THEY LOOKED PISS POOR
THEY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DEFEND BY NOW
DO PEOPLE HONESTLY THINK THE LIKES OF ROONEY, SUAREZ WILL BE UNABLE TO GET PAST OUR DEFENCE
WE DESPERATELY NEED A BACK LINE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN

They were shocking, there's some people who say its only a friendly and its the 1st one they've played since pre season training.

BUT PEOPLE. IT'S THERE JOB
THEY'VE BEEN DEFENDERS FOR A LONG TIME!
LAST NGHT THEY LOOKED PISS POOR
THEY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DEFEND BY NOW
DO PEOPLE HONESTLY THINK THE LIKES OF ROONEY, SUAREZ WILL BE UNABLE TO GET PAST OUR DEFENCE
WE DESPERATELY NEED A BACK LINE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN

To be fair yes it was a first game and they've also yet to play 90 minutes each. But we should all ignore that, we all should be acutely aware that we were lucky at times last year, stats don't lie, but we all saw problems at time slast year and premier players won't be so obliging and they will have the rub of the green.

We need a full back four of quality - tough shit if some can't see it - they soon will - won't be long into September!

They were shocking, there's some people who say its only a friendly and its the 1st one they've played since pre season training.

BUT PEOPLE. IT'S THERE JOB
THEY'VE BEEN DEFENDERS FOR A LONG TIME!
LAST NGHT THEY LOOKED PISS POOR
THEY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DEFEND BY NOW
DO PEOPLE HONESTLY THINK THE LIKES OF ROONEY, SUAREZ WILL BE UNABLE TO GET PAST OUR DEFENCE
WE DESPERATELY NEED A BACK LINE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN

Funny that. Because they seemed to do pretty well last season against very good players.... weird how they are so shit now.....

They were shocking, there's some people who say its only a friendly and its the 1st one they've played since pre season training.

BUT PEOPLE. IT'S THERE JOB
THEY'VE BEEN DEFENDERS FOR A LONG TIME!
LAST NGHT THEY LOOKED PISS POOR
THEY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DEFEND BY NOW
DO PEOPLE HONESTLY THINK THE LIKES OF ROONEY, SUAREZ WILL BE UNABLE TO GET PAST OUR DEFENCE
WE DESPERATELY NEED A BACK LINE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN

Funny that. Because they seemed to do pretty well last season against very good players.... weird how they are so shit now.....

'shit now' is not what anyone is saying (well soem may!). We just need to move forward and get better quality defenders in. Lets be honest we're very low on numbers in the defence department and one thing you can;t do at any sport at the top level is play in is put someone in a position they ain't used to!

didnt forest green beat us last season?

Yes the defence wasnt brillant last nite, but we had 8 different defenders on there. What did u expect them to do, go flying into stupid tackles and end up hurting themselves? these next 2 games are like training games and the 2 at home will be more serious. cant believe people are moaning all ready, cant f***ng win

makes me sick tbh

Forest Green are 3 weeks ahead of us fitness wise. Last season we lost to Forest Green, then completely outclassed Cheltenham. It's all about fitness to start and then when we get to Chievo and Bilbao and have caught up fitness wise, it will be about putting together good performances to build confidence ready to hit the ground running. Don't forget, our season starts the week after the rest of the divisions, so any lower league team we play are going to be fitter than us at the moment!

f**k me you would swear some of you 'football fans' have never kicked a ball in your life. give me strength this is exactly what pre season is for!

Villa conceded two and scored nil the night before, so going by some peoples reckoning that's one relegation space filled.