Hi Everyone,

I think our pre-season seems to be affected a bit, we barely had any matches lined up and missed out on 1 big game against City. Moreover, we played two games against Wigan and BVB with players who are unlikely to feature either in the community shield or against Bournemouth.

In the first half today, it was very evident that there was a lack of match fitness/cohesion, the 2nd half we played the players who have been training for over 2-3 weeks and the difference was a glaringly obvious.

We have just 1 more game left, which is a Wazza's testimonial, and most probably it will be played as a super friendly/exhibition game against a second string Everton team maybe ?

We face Leicester in 7 days and I have a feeling the supposed 1st team players may not be upto speed. I don't know how many of you guys take the Community shield seriously, but I sure as hell do, it's a perfect way to start the season with a small trophy(although meaningless) and carry on that momentum into the season. Losing that game is something I personally would not be happy about.

Is anyone else concerned about the lack of match fitness/preparation ?

Note: My first post, pardon me for the Formatting and/or grammatical errors. Hope it's not tagged as a shit post.