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Did you not see the replay? Deflected away from him.

Yilmaz instantly creates something

Sima has been pretty unconvincing tbh. I think I’d rather him on the right.

Never a penalty but look at the state of them. It’s a friendly!

I suspect that change is about seeing how copes in a very competitive match.

Yeh, we need to get Dessers up to speed asap. Fortunately, Danilo will be coming fully match fit I believe.

A bit of bad luck about the goal. It’s no coincidence that it came after a spell of Olympiacos moving the ball really well from side to side and stretching us though. Not great from Davies with the missed clearance. Lammers, Souttar and Davies look good. Cantwell in flashes. Not sure anyone else has shown much?

The other whipping boy, Ben Davies, has been pretty good though.

Would like Sima to be a bit quicker with the ball. Slowed things down a few times when he’s got it.

Why is that a free kick these days? The player ran into him. It’s only obstruction if you move to block the person.

Missed a trick not getting the away top sponsored by Aquafresh. Bisgrove is normally on top of that kind of thing.

Sterling is by far the strongest competition Tav has had. I don’t expect him to displace him though.

Ooft. Very early to say that. Apparently he barely impressed in the B team last season.

I don't really know how Lammers got man of the match? Looks ok, but pretty wasteful in the final third.

Looks a very promising player

I like the look of Dessers. Has a presence about him.

Would have liked to see a bit more of an identity forming. Still looks a bit disjointed to me.

Sakala makes both goals lol

Not much quality on display.

From looking at the stats, I don’t think any of our signings are prolific goalscorers. Danilo and Dessers underperform their xG slightly, Lammers underperforms it significantly, and Sima outperforms it but his xG is quite low in comparison. Caveat being that it's impossible to know for sure from those stats because they all played at different clubs in different leagues and with different roles. I don't think it matters if they aren't as clinical as Colak for example because they seem to have a variety of skills and abilities and I expect all will score plenty, maybe with the exception of Lammers who will probably score at a moderate rate but might create a bit more. I'm just glad that we seem to have recruited a lot of goalscorers in the forward positions, having relied heavily on right back and the whole team to chip in in recent seasons (my favourite player Ryan Kent scored 3 in 44 games last season!). Looking forward to seeing Dessers today!

A good comparison of our forwards (including Danilo if we finally get him). A couple of surprises in there. xG vs goals for Lammers and Dessers in particular. Sima on the other hand has a low xG but outperforms it really well. Danilo just looks like an all rounder and he’ll be a star if he joins. Compliments Dessers well too as they are very different players.

It’s fairly early days but I like Ridvan. A much better defender than Barisic, good at quick passing and getting involved in build-up play and far more capable of getting to the byline and cutting it back than Barisic. I like how he makes underlapping runs too. He’ll never be as good a crosser but I don’t think he’s as bad as made out at crossing either. Needs a proper spell without injury this season to prove himself but I’m optimistic.

No I don’t think so. Everything I’ve read about him is that he is far more comfortable as a 10 than an 8, and struggles with the defensive side of the game. Raskin needs to be the 6. Dowell will chip in with a good number of goals too. He will definitely be better than what we’ve had in midfield on that front, even if played as an 8.

Jack and Lundstram struggled too.

Bear in mind it was a testimonial for Greegs.