Fulham (H) - Sat 5th Oct, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[MCFC1993]

Kick off time 15:00 (BST).

An absolute must win, time to get back to winning ways in the league. This is the start of a decent run of games.

Fulham won't be pushovers, they have some really talented players but even with no Rodri or De Bruyne, we've got to be looking at 3 points.

------------------Ederson
Lewis---Akanji---Dias---Gvardiol
-----------------Gundogan
-------Bernardo-----Foden
Doku----------Haaland------Grealish

That would be my XI but I think Pep will start Walker and Kovacic.

 

[Gabriel]

Kick off time 15:00 (BST).

An absolute must win, time to get back to winning ways in the league. This is the start of a decent run of games.

Fulham won't be pushovers, they have some really talented players but even with no Rodri or De Bruyne, we've got to be looking at 3 points.

------------------Ederson
Lewis---Akanji---Dias---Gvardiol
-----------------Gundogan
-------Bernardo-----Foden
Doku----------Haaland------Grealish

That would be my XI but I think Pep will start Walker and Kovacic.

Kovacic for sure, just a question if he wants to start Gundogan as well. Given the international break follows, I suspect he will.

 

[MCFC1993]

Kovacic for sure, just a question if he wants to start Gundogan as well. Given the international break follows, I suspect he will.

Yeah I think realistically Kovacic starts. Gundo in there could work if Lewis sticks in there with him.

 

[Gabriel]

Yeah I think realistically Kovacic starts. Gundo in there could work if Lewis sticks in there with him.

They’re unbeaten since they lost to that lot on the opening day, and they haven’t conceded more than one goal in their eight games played. Think this could be a much closer game than either of last season’s meetings, so we’ll presumably go strong in midfield.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

They’re unbeaten since they lost to that lot on the opening day, and they haven’t conceded more than one goal in their eight games played. Think this could be a much closer game than either of last season’s meetings, so we’ll presumably go strong in midfield.

Agree. They are doing ok. Won’t be easy. We should have too much for them though.

 

[Gabriel]

Agree. They are doing ok. Won’t be easy. We should have too much for them though.

They’ve not faced any stern tests, to be sure, but not losing does have a habit of making teams stuffy and hard to break down. Might be one of those where we have to show patience. Certainly don’t want a Cancelo-style sending off…

 

[richards30]

Ederson
Lewis
Stones
Dias
Gvardiol
Kovacic
Bernardo Silva
Foden
Grealish
Savinho
Haaland

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

 

[Tevez City]

_______________Ederson______________

Walker______Dias_____Akanji_____Gvardiol

_______________Kovacic______________

________Foden__________Bernardo_____

Savio__________Haaland_________Grealish

 

[super_city_si]

I’d give akanji a rest.

Ederson
Lewis stones Dias gvardiol
Kovacic bernardo
Savinho Foden grealish
Haaland.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Someone, someone, someone, someone, Lewis, someone, someone, Foden, someone, someone, Haaland.

 

[Gabriel]

Thought all buses were parked at the Etihad…

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Ederson

Walker
Dias
Akanji
Gvardiol

Kovacic
Bernardo
Foden

Savio
Haaland
Grealish

 

[yeah whatever !!]

COME ON CITY !!

 

[Blu3m00n91]

Ederson; Akanji Dias Gvardiol; Kovacic Lewis Bernardo Foden; Savio Haaland Grealish

 

[Stoned Rose]

No ballooning.

 

[sarcastico]

Do we think Rico starts?

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

A tricky game normally, but without Rodders n Super Kev, it becomes very,very tricky. Take our chances and we'll win, however, our finishing(on the whole)of lates been abysmal. Just get those lovely 3 points Citeh! :)

 

[hertsblue]

Card happy ref in charge, 24 in the 4 games he has officiated this season.

Referee: Peter Bankes. Assistants: Eddie Smart, Nick Greenhalgh. Fourth official: Oliver Langford. VAR: Graham Scott. Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis.

 

[Mad_fer_it]

We need to start ramping it up now in order to be in red hot form over December: Liverpool away, Utd at home, Villa away. October and November are where we've got to start making things tick a bit more.