It's not been a great pre-season, struggling against Guangdong, losing to Hull and then conceding 2 in 19 minutes tonight. I know they are only friendlies, but it's the perfect time to work on as you say "the plan", yet from the games it looks like nothing has been worked on at all. We look clueless at time and at the moment we are playing with what is our strongest line up of pre-season.

I think Glen Johnson still thinks he is on holiday at the moment, he's been poor. I've not seen much confidence from the team, the best player for Liverpool this pre-season has been winning a Copa America winners medal for Uruguay.

Still, we have got one more game left before Sunderland and that's a home friendly, so that might make the team wake up and actually show us something. I'm not one for panning everything either, but at the moment though, from what I've seen, I feel that it could be a long season indeed.

One thing is for sure, we look incredibly weak at the back and must sign a new left back and centre half before the window shuts.

Agger has had a shocker tonight.

Pre season can be very misleading. Teams dont prepare for matches as normal. A team that has worked hard on conditioning all week, including the day before the match, will often look sluggish against a team that isnt putting the work in. Similarly the positional and tactical stuff doesnt always fall into place until just before the season starts.

I'm a bit worried that City look a lot sharper than usual at this stage of pre season. We'll probably start off like Chelsea last year and then slump in mid season.

And as I say that he heads in the equaliser.

£100 million of talent goes off, on comes all the has beens who Kenny wants rid of and suddenly we get back in the game and take the lead.

Its a funny old game.

Definitely need some defenders.

Cant knock the finish to make it 3-3 though.

Certainly not, tremendous strike. No idea where Gary Gillespie got it was deflected from.

Aquilani came on and looked lively. He's probably been the shining light of this pre-season, yet little seems to be thought of him at the club. Whether it's him and his agent or the club disliking him, I'm not sure, but a player of his talent should be kept at all costs. He's the best passer we have, the only player with supreme vision and technique to match, people talk about Charlie Adam (or Adams if you're off your head on beak), but he hasn't got half the ability Alberto has. Maybe Aquilani doesn't put in those alleged match winning tackles, but he's still a hard worker who adds more in ability than any of our midfielders.

I'm begging we keep him and give him the job of running the side, he'd show everybody up.

Sneijder

United would be so much better with Modric over Sneijder. He just fits the team and style so much more.

And it's the first time Barton has been released without charge