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With Real Sociedad in the fine city, Hughton will be looking to crank it up a couple of notches

6th August 2013 By Gary Gowers 3 Comments

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With the season now just a matter of days away Chris Hughton has just 180 minutes of pre-season remaining to fine tune his starting XI.

Tonight’s visit of Real Sociedad looks – on paper at least – likely to be the toughest test yet for Hughton’s class of 2013/14, with the Spaniards’ fourth place in La Liga earning them a crack at next season’s Champions League.

While the level of performance and match fitness still remain the name of the game, the need to prove a good match to a side that will be mixing it with Europe’s elite will not be lost on Team Hughton as thoughts head towards the Everton game.

The Spaniards themselves will be hoping for a stern test having enjoyed a rather too comfortable 8-1 victory in Histon at the weekend; former Arsenal striker Carlos Vela being less than complimentary over his club’s choice of opponent.

All a little harsh on the Cambridgeshire side – who play in Conference North – after having stepped in as eleventh hour replacements for Tottenham Reserves, who were unable to fulfil the fixture.

Tonight’s opposition will provide a test not dissimilar to that faced in the second half in Braga where – by Hughton’s own admission – City struggled to retain possession and were dictated to, rather than being able to control the tempo themselves.

Hopefully small lessons will have been learned from Friday night and, while it’s normal to concede possession for long periods against foreign opposition of this ilk, Hughton will be hoping for a bright and lively City performance played at a high tempo – akin in fact to the opening forty-five in Portugal.

While he’ll be more than happy to see goals coming from all quarters, it goes without saying he’d like to see Ricky van Wolfswinkel get off the mark in a City shirt. Pre-season for the Dutchman has been a tough one for City’s marquee summer signing, but a barren pre-season would be a small price to pay for a goal on 17 August.

Whether tonight’s line-up gives any clues as to the longer-term thinking of Hughton remains to be seen, but with a squad blessed with more depth than any other seen in these parts, we can expect a ‘horses for courses’ approach to team selection.

As for tonight… a good all-round City performance and some entertaining stuff from those in yellow AND blue and white will suit me fine.

And it’s not often I say that…

On the Ball City


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  1. Pete Long says

    6th August 2013 at 5:12 pm

    Let’s hope Chris has got his team together for the upcoming season. A good win tonight would be nice and a goal from RvW would be even nicer.

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  2. Nathan Dunn says

    6th August 2013 at 6:44 pm

    Ye im not expecting fireworks but a sensible solid performance without sloppy defending which has cost us on a couple of occasions against much lesser opposition this pre season

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  3. Mark B says

    6th August 2013 at 7:00 pm

    Haven’t seen much comment on Fer’s effectiveness providing ball for the front men, or how he’s partnering Howson/Butterworth/Tettey so far in match summaries. Doesn’t look like RvW and Hoops look a likely pairing, which maybe is a shame. Means we only get to see one pr other on the pitch.
    Will Pilks get some minutes or is he the forgotten wideman?
    Come on RvW.
    Yellows!

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