The Pep 'Survivor List' (Senior and Junior (loanee) players)

[Walking on the blue moon]

Nobody was saying he doesn't have "heart" (whatever that is), and we all know he gets kicked around, however your kidding yourself if you think he defends from the front, he does little or no defending in most games, and he will be required to by Pep, as will all the players, or they simply won't be picked.

Will Pep be looking forward to working with David Silva, of course he will, and very few have said otherwise.

That's simply not true. A healthy Silva did his bit of defending, or at least he tried to, but very often the pressure generated by him alone is not enough. Same with most of the other attacking players.

 

[supercity88]

I think nasri is really interesting. He's still our most consistent passer, amazing in tight spaces and can play deeper.

On paper he's in our top 5 or so pep-style players. He gets a lot of stick but he had a massive hand in the last two things we won. I think he could be the Renaissance act.

You could be spot on about Nasri. The fact is that if we keep the ball well the effort our players need to put in is entirely up to them. They can control tempo and pace and run only when they most need to in order to find space. Barca and Bayern were happy to slowly grind teams down then work tirelessly for up to five minutes to win possession back. Pep was always a believer that when you lose the ball you bunt like a pack to win it back at which point you can again control tempo.

Silva, nasri, de bruyne could all potentially play together under pep. As long as they work together off the ball to win it back (and know the specific areas to press) then we will be fine because once we have possession our formation will be whatever we want it to be.

 

[Neville Kneville]

You could be spot on about Nasri. The fact is that if we keep the ball well the effort our players need to put in is entirely up to them. They can control tempo and pace and run only when they most need to in order to find space. Barca and Bayern were happy to slowly grind teams down then work tirelessly for up to five minutes to win possession back. Pep was always a believer that when you lose the ball you bunt like a pack to win it back at which point you can again control tempo.

Silva, nasri, de bruyne could all potentially play together under pep. As long as they work together off the ball to win it back (and know the specific areas to press) then we will be fine because once we have possession our formation will be whatever we want it to be.

Will need to see how he is when comes back from injury.

We also don't know how long he was carrying injuries before he finally cracked. We can see how average Silva is in those circumstances. Could be Nasri has been in a similar situation.

 

[bluemc1]

if one of the first things he does was look to get rid of Hart id be very surprised and disappointed,

 

[Rolee]

Will need to see how he is when comes back from injury.

We also don't know how long he was carrying injuries before he finally cracked. We can see how average Silva is in those circumstances. Could be Nasri has been in a similar situation.

Not sure if he was carrying a knock but his latest injury is a fresh one. He tore the muscle right off the bone on the training ground. Would be pleasantly surprised to see him feature again this season.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Not sure if he was carrying a knock but his latest injury is a fresh one. He tore the muscle right off the bone on the training ground. Would be pleasantly surprised to see him feature again this season.

He didn't look fit though did he ?

People just called him a lazy twat but when you look at how often Pellegrini seems to be playing players whilst carrying inuries, it could be that Nasri is another who has suffered in form due to that.

 

[Rolee]

He didn't look fit though did he ?

People just called him a lazy twat but when you look at how often Pellegrini seems to be playing players whilst carrying inuries, it could be that Nasri is another who has suffered in form due to that.

No he didn't, you could well be right.

Given that Fernando said he played all last season injured too.

Another thing I noticed too was Yaya when he was warming up to come on in the Palace game ( which was hilarious to see ) had strapping under his knee, when he came on the strapping was gone.

 

[Silva_Spell]

That would be de Bruyne.

No, it wouldn't.

 

[leighton]

We done the current squad as who will stay and who will go. The big question is what about the clubs players currently out on loan what chances have they got of getting into the Pep squad.

Ian Lawlor
Keeper
21 30.06.2017 31.05.2016 -
Jason Denayer
Centre Back
20 30.06.2020 30.06.2016 4,00 Mill. €
Florian Lejeune
Centre Back
24 30.06.2019 30.06.2016 800 Th. €
Shay Facey
Centre Back
21
30.06.2018 31.05.2016 100 Th. €
Pablo Maffeo
Right-Back
18 30.06.2019 30.06.2016 -
Seko Fofana
Defensive Midfield
0
30.06.2017 30.06.2016 1,50 Mill. €
Chidiebere Nwakali
Defensive Midfield
19 30.06.2018 30.06.2016 200 Th. €
Olivier Ntcham
Central Midfield
20 30.06.2020 30.06.2017 1,50 Mill. €
Bruno Zuculini
Central Midfield
22 30.06.2019 30.06.2016 1,50 Mill. €
Bismark Adjei-Boateng
Central Midfield
21 - 31.12.2016 900 Th. €
Jack Byrne
Central Midfield
19
30.06.2018 30.06.2016 450 Th. €
Anthony Cáceres
Central Midfield
23
- 30.06.2017 350 Th. €
Patrick Roberts
Right Wing
19 30.06.2020 31.05.2017 5,00 Mill. €
Yaw Yeboah
Right Wing
18 30.06.2018 30.06.2016 300 Th. €
Thomas Agyepong
Right Wing
19 30.06.2018 30.06.2016 400 Th. €
Stevan Jovetic
Secondary Striker
26
30.06.2018 30.06.2019 17,00 Mill. €
Enes Ünal
Centre Forward
18 30.06.2019 30.06.2016 3,00 Mill. €
Rubén Sobrino
Centre Forward
23 - 30.06.2016 500 Th. €

There is some list of players out there playing around europe at the moment I wonder how many will go and stay. I think the likes of Denyer will stay around the squad and maybe Ntcham too the rest under 21s may well be on loan again for another season while the likes of Jovetic could well be sold if we get the right money.

 

[cityboy1]

Denayer and possibly maffeo and roberts