Home Friendly | 3pm Saturday 3rd August | vs Rio Ave l Match Thread

[Cooperman]

Who is the trialist and was there any shape on him?

 

[bakajack]

The idea of an interchangeable front three of Eom, Ronald and Providence behind Zan with Grimes and Franco holding the midfield actually has me feeling pretty excited.

 

[bakajack]

Who is the trialist and was there any shape on him?

Ruben Providence, and he came on for the last 25 minutes and did extremely well in my eyes

 

[Stopthebus]

Who is the trialist and was there any shape on him?

Was involved in 2 good moves but also looked a little lightweight and few poor touches defensively

Shame he wasn’t involved in the other pre season games so he had more time to assess. Difficult to judge on 25 minutes

 

[Neath_Jack]

Who is the trialist and was there any shape on him?

Only on a short time but showed up very well.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Considering how little time he could have spent with his team mates, to catch the eye in a 20 minute cameo shows a fair bit of potential.

Absolutely! I likey

 

[Swansea93]

Ruben Providence - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

The trialist who came on got an assist and took on some players with some lovely skill, had a trial with Oxford recently who were very impressed with him.

 

[Birchgrovejack]

Thomas has also looked sharp and a threat.
In fact I feel more so than Cullen was

Completely agree with you.

 

[K23]

Only if he’s a communist

Had to think about that! Something to do with chickens?

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

Had to think about that! Something to do with chickens?

Rhode Island Red

 

[Blackpooljack]

Just for anyone interested Rio Ave kick off their league campaign on Fri night a handsome win for them might put or victory in some sort of perspective before Boro.

 

[bakajack]

Depends who they are playing... the Portuguese premier league is one with a massively wide gap between the kings (such as Porto and Benfica) and the peasants, a problem endemic in many of the European top divisions

I will admit though to having no idea where Rio Ave sit in that scale between kings and peasantry. A quick google search says they finished last season in 11th out of 18, good old fashioned mid table mediocrity.

 

[Blackpooljack]

Depends who they are playing... the Portuguese premier league is one with a massively wide gap between the kings (such as Porto and Benfica) and the peasants, a problem endemic in many of the European top divisions

I will admit though to having no idea where Rio Ave sit in that scale between kings and peasantry. A quick google search says they finished last season in 11th out of 18, good old fashioned mid table mediocrity.

Sporting Lisbon

 

[Ringwood]

Braga and Boavista are decent clubs