Southampton (H) | Pre-Match Thread

[Bill]

we should be ok, i don't think the ref is a Southampton fan

 

[FantasyIreland]

we should be ok, i don't think the ref is a Southampton fan

That's one concern sorted,now the next one......are we going to leave our best players on the bench?

 

[chickaroon]

Need to win this and Fulham to put pressure on the rags.

Tonights game, need to keep an eye on Ings in particular, Minamino and Djenepo trickery.

Ings is injured.

 

[chickaroon]

Does anyone else think, when Eddie stands with his foot on the ball waiting for an option to pass to, that it almost sets a slow tempo for us?

 

[Eoiyflem]

Proper nervous for these next 2. Don't get me wrong, I think we'll win but they are both MASSIVE to get the league over the line asap. Add in that we're now travelling to Budapest instead of at home on Tuesday I just hope we don't have a lapse in concentration

 

[bluealf]

Even the one that looks like ET.

You would be right on that one first :)

But don't let @kaz7 here you say that...

oops!

 

[Horlocksleftpeg]

Pep won’t let the standards slip and will have been drilling in the importance of 3 points all week.

The players are competing to be in the starting 11 at the end of what could be the best season in English football history.

ederson
Walker Dias laporte Mendy
Fernandinho
DeBruyne Gundogan
Bernardo Aguero Foden

there’s a case that KDB form doesn’t warrant starting but he needs to play himself in to form.

Need to find the balance of giving Cancelo as much rest as possible from now on while also keeping him match sharp.

Score in the first 15mins and I can see us getting 4 or 5

 

[Musampa 209]

Getting the 3 points is all that matters, put the derby behind us and go back to winning ways

 

[Eccles Blue]

My take on the KDB situation is that the lad has been injured, he's fighting his way back and if Pep includes him then in Pep I trust. :-)



As long as he has John Boy in as well of course and maybe Kyle? :-)

 

[bluemc1]

.......... Ederson..........
Walker....Stones...Diaz.....Zin.....
....Bernardo....Fern....Gundo.....
....KDB.......Jesus.......Foden....

Jesus not in great form but he works and we need that in the team with limited options up top

 

[kaz7]

You would be right on that one first :)

But don't let @kaz7 here you say that...

oops!

He is in big shit

 

[abu13]

I am expecting the team that starts tonight to look a lot closer to the team he should have started on Sunday.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Put my blue City top on today, had my morning coffee from my City mug, no I’m not superstitious at all lads. Nervous as hell, win the next two and I will be a happy bunny, it doesn’t bear thinking about if we lose.

 

[Horlocksleftpeg]

My take on the KDB situation is that the lad has been injured, he's fighting his way back and if Pep includes him then in Pep I trust. :-)



As long as he has John Boy in as well of course and maybe Kyle? :-)

I’ve completely avoided football and any apps since Sunday....tell me people on here haven’t been calling out DeBruyne??

Yes he’s looked rusty since he’s come back but that’s understandable

 

[Goater10]

Pep won’t let the standards slip and will have been drilling in the importance of 3 points all week.

The players are competing to be in the starting 11 at the end of what could be the best season in English football history.

ederson
Walker Dias laporte Mendy
Fernandinho
DeBruyne Gundogan
Bernardo Aguero Foden

there’s a case that KDB form doesn’t warrant starting but he needs to play himself in to form.

Need to find the balance of giving Cancelo as much rest as possible from now on while also keeping him match sharp.

Score in the first 15mins and I can see us getting 4 or 5

Would love this line-up. Probably go with Cancelo over Mendy though, Cancelo could be rested in the CL and FA Cup.

 

[kaz7]

Early goal please boys , stay calm and keep possession , hope they are not nervous

 

[Horlocksleftpeg]

Would love this line-up. Probably go with Cancelo over Mendy though, Cancelo could be rested in the CL and FA Cup.

It seems the most common sense line up to me in terms of who needs minutes and who played on Sunday.

The FA Cup and CL games are currently more important than the league games and think they’re the ones we need to keep Cancelo fresh for

 

[abu13]

More nervous about tonight than I was against the Rags, anything other than win and doubts may creep in.

 

[Eccles Blue]

I’ve completely avoided football and any apps since Sunday....tell me people on here haven’t been calling out DeBruyne??

Yes he’s looked rusty since he’s come back but that’s understandable

Like you I've avoided any football but have just seen that some people have been calling out KDB so I felt honour bound to defend the lad. If he had been doing something wrong off the pitch fair enough but the lad is trying to get back to full fitness.

Come on City, Come on City.

 

[Bill]

That's one concern sorted,now the next one......are we going to leave our best players on the bench?

careful mate , you'll have the "super fans" after you .