Newcastle United (H) - Sat 15th Feb, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[willipp]

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With the ball, Stones moves in to CDM. Khusanov stays deep. Foden moves inside right and Marmoush moves more central, interchanging with Phil.

I really prefer Savinho on the right. In my head he has far more impact cutting inside on his left, but also the ability to go outside players still which not many players can do.

 

[oldius]

I really prefer Savinho on the right. In my head he has far more impact cutting inside on his left, but also the ability to go outside players still which not many players can do.

Interesting. I feel he is much more effective on the left, but here we have a player that can do both. I am so looking forward to Bobb being back in contention too.

 

[TonyM]

If twas me I'd go 442 with our 2 strikers staying out of the box until ready to make a proper run. Imo it's always best to run onto a ball and not stand waiting for something that's near on impossible to use. Trust the strikerd to create and score imo.

....................Ederson...................
Khusonov Stones Dias Gvardiol
Savinho Gonzalez Grealish Doku
...........Haaland Marmoush...........

Nunes and Foden to come on 2nd half.

 

[willipp]

Interesting. I feel he is much more effective on the left, but here we have a player that can do both. I am so looking forward to Bobb being back in contention too.

Yeah absolutely. Nothing to back up my thought on it, just what i remember. Bobb is the one i really want to see. We've kind of built him into this world class player during his injury that i'm not sure he quite deserves yet. Shown some brilliant moments, but i can't wait to see him really start to show it once fit.

 

[the blue panther]

I'd settle for a point right now, so fuck all that 442,352,4141 bloody phone numbers malarkey.

1-9-1 and let's take a nice steady 0-0 draw.

I'd go 1-10 formation, but you can't trust that lazy bastard - Haaland - to track back.

 

[Manchester1894]

Honestly going into every game expecting a capitulation and it's not going to end any time soon as we can't keep the ball well enough.

 

[goater1985]

—————Ederson
Khusanov Dias Ake Gvardiol
——-Stones Gonzalez
Foden Marmoush Savinho
—————-Haaland

Picks itself for me.

 

[Eccles Blue]

MANCHESTER CITY, THE BEST TEAM IN THE LAND AND ALL THE WORLD.

No more needs to be said. IMHO. :-)

 

[King Jay]

Exact team I'd start

I’d play this one with another CM instead of Foden. We will lose the midfield battle. Rather see Kovacic than Foden honestly just to have more control in the middle.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

We play like we did against Chelsea and maybe buy pass the midfield.doku savinhoo haaland marmosh play direct.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

—————Ederson
Khusanov Dias Ake Gvardiol
——-Stones Gonzalez
Foden Marmoush Savinho
—————-Haaland

Is Ake even fit?

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

Is Ake even fit?

We might get an hour out of him

 

[K-Bo]

What i would do:

Ederson

Stones (inverting from RB)
Ake (Khusanov if not fit)
Dias
Gvardiol

Gonzalez
Bernardo
Foden

Marmoush
Haaland
Savinho

What pep will do:

Ortega

Lewis
Stones
Dias
Gvardiol

Gundogan
Bernardo
Kovacic

Foden
Haaland
Marmoush

 

[johnny crossan]

starts 11 minutes in

 

[Craig]

Interesting. I feel he is much more effective on the left, but here we have a player that can do both. I am so looking forward to Bobb being back in contention too.

That’s probably because he has been more effective on the left.

 

[BringBackSwales]

If twas me I'd go 442 with our 2 strikers staying out of the box until ready to make a proper run. Imo it's always best to run onto a ball and not stand waiting for something that's near on impossible to use. Trust the strikerd to create and score imo.

....................Ederson...................
Khusonov Stones Dias Gvardiol
Savinho Gonzalez Grealish Doku
...........Haaland Marmoush...........

Nunes and Foden to come on 2nd half.

Is Jack fit? I mean healthy fit!

 

[TFC]

Great lineup. Shame O’Reilly most likely won’t ever play CM for city so we’ll probably get Bernardo, who desperately needs a rest, Kovacic, who I’d rather never see wear the shirt again, or Gundogan, who is going to get overrun by their midfield.

I'm another one who would love to see O'Reilly get a decent run out. He simply cant be worse than what we've been getting this season. In fact I think he'd be pretty fucking great alongside Gonzalez but never going to happen. I expect the geriatrics to be rolled out again.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

I suspect people having any of the new players in the starting lineups are in a rude awakening.

 

[David Silva #21]

Time to see new faces in the line-up like Nico and Khusanov and bench Kovacic, Bernardo, and unfortunately Kevin

 

[B\connellblue]

I suspect people having any of the new players in the starting lineups are in a rude awakening.

What the hell was the point in buying them so?