Crystal Palace (N) - Sat 17th May, 16:30 | FA Cup Final | Pre-Match Thread

[Tricky_Trev]

Nico Gonzalez will play 300 games for City.

Will he play them well?

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

Very harsh on Rico not to make the bench. McAtee too, but especially Rico after the semi final.

I'm sure people will come at me as they eat out of Pep's hand, but unless it's an injury, it's incredibly disrespectful.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Watching the warm ups on the tele.
F*ck me, I’m joining in the motions, ha!!

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

Nico Gonzalez will play 300 games for City.

That’s a big shout mate :)

 

[CumbriaCity]

No idea how that team lines up, somebody enlighten me haha

3-2-5 :D

 

[YatesA]

Bernardo is playing the deepest for sure

 

[MellowJoe]

Comfortable 4-3 win for City

 

[OrigamiNinja]

The line up suggests we are going full blown. It might seem a bit kamikaze but given the dross we have served up for the majority of the season, I am for it. If that line up clicks, I expect us to completely overwhelm Palace. Obviously if it doesn’t, they might be able to just pick us off on the break.

 

[pbueno16]

That line up should at least feed and support the Viking today..

Only Marmoush, de Bruyne and O’Reilly will look for him. Doku and Savinho will do their typical flailing

 

[Strangerepublic]

Nice to see King Keegan back in charge. Just needed Savio at right back instead, to bring back good old memories of that season in the championship, or whatever we called it back then.

 

[handsofstone]

Gotta back Pep but that XI is not the one...

Bernardo-KDB pivot....lord help our defence

 

[NptonBlue89!]

Bernardo holding mid? That’s all I can work out

 

[Metal Biker]

An attacking one with lots of energy and a reward for the players who'll be here next year (minus Kev)

I like it, don't get all the doubts about it, you can't even play the box midfield with Haaland

I'm having a whinge and a moan before the match begins. It's my coping mechanism.

 

[noseve]

Why did we buy Nico Gonzalez

To hold Khus' hand on the bench...

 

[johnny crossan]

I like how pep uses big games to try new things. Anyway it’s gonna be Nico inverting alongside Bernardo. But that’s a strange selection have

Our Nico hasn't played there for the first team before has he? (Or even the EDS as far as I remember.)

 

[Sky Blue]

Kova not even on the bench ?…,

 

[Metal Biker]

I prefer this line up to Lewis, McAtee and Gundogan offering zero threat all game.

Let’s get after them!

I have to get all my bile out now before the match day thread! Don't judge me! :D

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Has the BBC turned into Crystal Palace TV?

 

[MCFC1993]

Also he did this against Watford in the 2019 Final:
----------------------Ederson
Walker--Kompany--Laporte--Zinchenko
------De Bruyne--Gundo--Bernardo
Mahrez------------Jesus-------------Sterling

I know Watford were an inferior side to Palace but today looks very similar:

-----------------Ortega
Akanji---Dias--Gvardiol---O'Reilly
----KDB---Bernardo--Marmoush
Savinho------Haaland---------Doku

Structurally similar, just a downgrade on talent.

 

[happy]

I'm having a whinge and a moan before the match begins. It's my coping mechanism.

In the match thread it'll be a copying mechanism.