It is widely know that the results of pre-season games mean very little. Cliché after cliché is rolled out about it being about the performance, or ‘gelling’ a new side and various other such cringe-worthy comments that roll off the tongues of football managers like lies from a politician. Pre-season results don’t really mean all that much, but the fitness of players needs to be maintained in the weeks preceding the campaign. Maybe it's that players don’t work hard enough without the idea of a real fixture, but these pseudo-competitive tournaments are becoming increasingly tiresome as we see celebrities pose with endless Premier League footballers as if they have supported the...
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