Feyenoord (H) - Tues 26th Nov, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

[Man_City_Loyal]

———-—-——-Ederson——-
———--Akanji—Dias—Ake——
———---Stones-Gundogan—
Foden—Bernardo—De Bruyne-Grealish
———————Haaland————

Stop fucking about with things that obviously aren‘t working. No Gvardiol playing high and wide on the left, no Lewis playing as an inside right, no Walker full stop.

not bad

 

[M43 blue]

Ederson
Lewis stones Ake gvardiol
Wright nunes
Mactee foden grealish
Haaland

We need pace and energy with a bit of a fresh up

Bring kbd savinho on about 65 min

This is just what I would go with I think pep will stick with more or last the same that started Vs spurs

 

[stan bowles]

———-—-——-Ederson——-
———--Akanji—Dias—Ake——
———---Stones-Gundogan—
Foden—Bernardo—De Bruyne-Grealish
———————Haaland————

Stop fucking about with things that obviously aren‘t working. No Gvardiol playing high and wide on the left, no Lewis playing as an inside right, no Walker full stop.

Big 'if' to think Dias and Stones will be fit but if they are, then go with this.

 

[normskih]

That's one of the current problems. If Haaland has an off night, as he will do every now and then, we need the others to pick up the slack.

Couldn't tell you what position Savinho was supposed to be playing in the first half, but Gvardiol was the only outlet on that side. Then horribly exposed every time they broke. Our wide players seriously need to work in their finishing. They're all technically brilliant players, so it shouldn't be that difficult. Sadly they're making it look it.

That's our problem. We have nobody who can put the ball in the net should Haaland not play for any reason. We need either someone to be given a chance from the under 21's or buy a finisher. Haaland has more than 50% of our goals scored yet he misses another 2 or more chances for each time he scores. I'm not being critical of Haaland without his goals, heaven knows what position we'd be in but someone has to be there alongside him to keep him on his toes.

 

[normskih]

If we’re relying on Nunes to turn things around then we’ve got serious problems

But we do have.

 

[normskih]

We have players playing with injuries ffs as well as those totally out and yet you idiots expect us to be holding our own

Grow up

But Kaz, we shouldn't be getting hammered by spurs 0-4 at home when they were beaten by Ipswich. We are the Champions.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Until very recently, I would have expected us to win this match without much fuss. Maybe a hard-fought 2-1 or 2-0, who knows, maybe a clear 3-0. But in any case a definite victory.
After Saturday, I'm afraid I'm putting my money on nothing.

 

[It'sBlue93:20]

Ederson

Gvardiol
Akè
Simpson-Pusey
Stones

O’Reilly
Nunes
KDB

Grealish
Haaland
Bernardo


Need to test O’Reilly as the #6 as he would give us a lot more physicality in there. Nunes too. We need energy in midfield.

Its getting to stage where defenders might have to be used in midfield. Gvardiol in there would be interesting.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Our backline needs to plug our defensive dyke or the Dutchies will fill their clogs

 

[Blu3m00n91]

———-—-——-Ederson——-
———--Akanji—Dias—Ake——
———---Stones-Gundogan—
Foden—Bernardo—De Bruyne-Grealish
———————Haaland————

Stop fucking about with things that obviously aren‘t working. No Gvardiol playing high and wide on the left, no Lewis playing as an inside right, no Walker full stop.

I’d swap Nunes for Gundo and this is the best team we have available. Play this vs Liverpool and we will compete with them

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Our backline needs to plug our defensive dyke or the Dutchies will fill their clogs

Hmm… all that is permissible between consenting adults, I take it?

 

[Really_here]

Our backline needs to plug our defensive dyke or the Dutchies will fill their clogs

Surely we stick to the wings and pass the dutchies on the left hand side?

 

[RayCTID]

Our backline needs to plug our defensive dyke or the Dutchies will fill their clogs

Yep they will windmill us if that is the case.

 

[the blue panther]

Ederson

Akanje
Stones
Dias
Ake - to take care of Saleh, as he has shown he's capable of many time before.

KDB
Bernardo
Gvardiol
Foden
Grealish

Haaland

Assuming I was being paid £10M a season - or not - this is what I think is our best chance of getting something next week. If it doesn't appear on Tuesday, I hope it will next Sunday at Anfield.

 

[wattle]

Amazing people not putting Gvardiol in there just because he’s made a couple of mistakes! The lads fit and up there with the best prospects in the world. I take it he’s the new scapegoat?

 

[the blue panther]

No, presently, I think we can get much more from him further forward - in the middle.

 

[normskih]

———-—-——-Ederson——-
———--Akanji—Dias—Ake——
———---Stones-Gundogan—
Foden—Bernardo—De Bruyne-Grealish
———————Haaland————

Stop fucking about with things that obviously aren‘t working. No Gvardiol playing high and wide on the left, no Lewis playing as an inside right, no Walker full stop.

Ok but we cannot play Gundogan either. FA Cup only and for closing games down when we are a few goals up. I know that seems so far on the horizon at the moment but we will get back there, sooner rather than later.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Ederson

Gvardiol
Akè
Simpson-Pusey
Stones

O’Reilly
Nunes
KDB

Grealish
Haaland
Bernardo


Need to test O’Reilly as the #6 as he would give us a lot more physicality in there. Nunes too. We need energy in midfield.

Its getting to stage where defenders might have to be used in midfield. Gvardiol in there would be interesting.

ive been more impressed with Wright in the middle.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Fuck it, grabbed tickets. Let's see what you got lads.

 

[Blue Bogey]

Feyenoord:
They sit 4th in the Dutch Eredivisie, with just the one defeat against when they lost to Ajax.

In the Champions Leage won 2 lost 2. Significantly both wins were away from home against Girona and Benfica and they scored 3 goals in each of those fixtures.

Their most well known players are David Hancko a CB with international experience for Slovakia and used to play for Fiorentina in Serie A who I rate but goes under the radar a bit. Santiago Gimenez the Mexican striker who was making a name for himself in the Eredivisie last season due to his prolific striking rate of goals and was being linked with a few big clubs. QuintenTimber Dutch international midfielder whose brother Woody plays for the Tarquins in Landan. Shout his name and he falls over.

Other players to be aware of are Igor Paixao a Brazilian who plays LW if he isn’t scoring he is assisting goals. One more player to note is 19 year old Antoni Milambo who plays midfield and is making a good impact for Feyenoord he has got 3 goals from 3 appearances in the CL all the goals coming in the away fixtures.

Gimenez mentioned above has been out for 2 months but has been training the last 2 weeks and is expected to be in contention for the City match. Timber also mentioned above missed the game at the weekend due to an ankle injury prior to the international break but is hopeful of being on the teamsheet against City.

Their 2 CL defeats were against Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart. They are conceding 2.5 goals on average in the CL.

Before writing this up I was confident despite our form we would win this, I still am confident but less so.