RB Leipzig (H) - Tue 28th Nov, 20:00 | CL | Pre- Match Thread

[Bournemouth Blue]

Probably rest Doku if Jack is fit, and Gvardiol for Ake, we need them fit for the Spuds next weekend, also give Eddie a day off

 

[chesterbells]

My one concern is Jacks stomach virus. Did Pep make it sound like others may have had it too? Although short lived that can be nasty.

We came back from London last week and all (except my husband) ended up with some stomach virus that was horrific. Not to suggest Jack and I are sharing germs…although I’d mind less with him than others!

Must be going around, that. I’ve had something that sounds like that the last 2 weeks & still not 100%. It would certainly stop you in your tracks on terms of playing footy!

 

[Zapcity]

Rest as many players as possible , maybe give Stones half an hour to get him match fit and Grealish if he is over his illness other than that Bobb, Gomez , Wilson Esbrand , Rico , Ortega , Phillips have to step up and give our main players some respite , after a couple of wasteful draws we need to stuff Spursy

Agree with resting a few and giving a few of the 'non regulars' a run out, as surely even a half strength side should be enough. (Is Wilson Esbrand not still on loan in France though?)
Next Sunday is a good chance to get back to winning ways against a Spurs team who have suddenly become quite 'Spursy' before a tough looking one at Villa.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Rest as many players as possible , maybe give Stones half an hour to get him match fit and Grealish if he is over his illness other than that Bobb, Gomez , Wilson Esbrand , Rico , Ortega , Phillips have to step up and give our main players some respite , after a couple of wasteful draws we need to stuff Spursy

Wilson Esbrand is out on loan at Reims but some of the others could do with some game rime.

 

[TrentGrisham]

_________________Ortega________________

Rico________Dias_____Gvaridol_____Gomez

_________________Kalvin________________

___________Foden_____Nunes____________

Bobb___________Haaland__________Grealish

 

[TinFoilHat]

_________________Ortega________________

Rico________Dias_____Gvaridol_____Gomez

_________________Kalvin________________

___________Foden_____Nunes____________

Bobb___________Haaland__________Grealish

That's the lineup I was thinking. It should do the job.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Meh. Dead rubber time.

Any 11 from the EDS ... Confuse the tourists.

 

[Middedon]

My concern with some of these lineups is they’re just too rotated. Not that they aren’t good players, but it’s just they’ve basically never played together. Plus you’ve got players like Rico and Gomez maybe not in the best position? And then when it ends being a tough game - these players get raked over the coals (eg Newcastle) even though everyone said the result didn’t matter a day before the game. I feel like I can already see the complaining on the Nunes and Grealish and everyone else’s thread.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Bit of a scratch team and a low scoring win, maybe even a draw.

 

[Shirley]

Meh. Dead rubber time.

Any 11 from the EDS ... Confuse the tourists.

How can it be a dead rubber if Liepzig can still top the group.

 

[Buckshaw Blue]

How can it be a dead rubber if Liepzig can still top the group.

Exactly. We want to win the group so we will be at home in the 2nd leg in the next round. And Leipzig are a decent side. I would keep rotation to a minimum.

 

[Lavinda Past]

How can it be a dead rubber if Liepzig can still top the group.

We'll at least reach the final even if we come second in the group (which we won't).

I don't care who plays in the CL as long as we hammer Spuds this week. The PL is more important.

 

[meeesh]

How can it be a dead rubber if Liepzig can still top the group.

They would have to beat us 6-0? No?

 

[deafmanstevo]

We'll at least reach the final even if we come second in the group (which we won't).

I don't care who plays in the CL as long as we hammer Spuds this week. The PL is more important.

For you maybe , but for City it's important to win this game, winning runs breeds confidence, the Spurs game will take care of itself .

 

[its a Barm]

We need a win to top the league so not many changes certainly no kids playing for rhe first time and defo no Philips sorry kalvin.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

They would have to beat us 6-0? No?

By 3 goals

 

[St.Pauli support]

Exactly. We want to win the group so we will be at home in the 2nd leg in the next round. And Leipzig are a decent side. I would keep rotation to a minimum.

Not to forget, we would also avoid group winners, like Bayern, Real or Barca.

 

[JRockBlues]

They would have to beat us 6-0? No?

The first qualifier if points are level is the head-to-head results between the two teams so they would have to better our 1-3 at their place to finish top.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Top spot is at stake, pep won't see this as a dead rubber. He will make as many changes as possible within his trusted squad. Which means we could see as many as 3 whole changes from weekends lineup.

Gvardiol comes in, Lewis comes in somewhere and Grealish if he's fit that's about it. Gomez, Bobb maybe phillips to see minutes as subs if we're winning. Stones hasn't been out long enough to need to use this to ease him in so just give him more time to recover and be ultra cautious with him. If hes truly fit and ready to go perhaps 20 minutes from the bench but no more.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Rest Rodri and Haaland. Hopefully Jack Grealish is feeling better and available to get some game time.

Most important thing though is no more injuries.

We absolutely must beat Spurs at the weekend.