The Squad planning thread

Time to get ruthless…

25 man UEFA squad:

17 non-HG:
1) Ederson
2) Ortega
3) Dias
4) Gvardiol
5) Ait-Nouri
6) Rodri
7) Gonzalez
8) Reijnders
9) Cherki
10) Marmoush
11) Haaland
12) Doku
13) Khusanov
14) Savinho
15) Reis
16) Echeverri
17) Nunes


8 home grown

Foden
Lewis
Oreiley
Bobb
Bettinelli
Ake
Livramento
MGW

Bernardo, Gundogan, Kovacic, Akanji, Stones, Grealish, McAtee all gone
We will miss Kov tbf .. and it would be great to get a good 30 games v top opposition from Bernie...Key for us this season..can we get Foden back firing? He is much needed but its strange losing that creative thinking he had 2 years ago.
 
Why 2 years regarding Foden?
Season before last.. it will be two seasons ago this August since Foden was on fire.. tbf he had to really shine that season.. so much promise but a little too inconsistent.. then came his best season ever..joy to watch.. but top players build on that in all honesty
 
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We will miss Kov tbf .. and it would be great to get a good 30 games v top opposition from Bernie...Key for us this season..can we get Foden back firing? He is much needed but its strange losing that creative thinking he had 2 years ago.
Kovacic will be out for the start of the season so will be interesting to see if he gets registered for the CL. He’s had surgery on his Achilles so it could be a long road back for him

Bernardo is finished at the highest level , watch him for Portugal the other night and it was a usual recent performance from him, decent effort but devoid of any quality or attacking impetus. He should be moved on

Gundogan is the only one that might stay , with Echeverri going on loan to free up the squad place

The squad for the CWC will be really interesting to see , may be a pointer to whose in or out come the start of the season. Grealish has already leaked he is a bonnet , Akanji has been very vocal about the competition, which could signal an exit ?

Stones and Mcatee look certain to go
 
Time to get ruthless…

25 man UEFA squad:

17 non-HG:
1) Ederson
2) Ortega
3) Dias
4) Gvardiol
5) Ait-Nouri
6) Rodri
7) Gonzalez
8) Reijnders
9) Cherki
10) Marmoush
11) Haaland
12) Doku
13) Khusanov
14) Savinho
15) Reis
16) Echeverri
17) Nunes


8 home grown

Foden
Lewis
Oreiley
Bobb
Bettinelli
Ake
Livramento
MGW

Bernardo, Gundogan, Kovacic, Akanji, Stones, Grealish, McAtee all gone

Looks a well balanced squad to me

3GK : Ederson / ortega / Bettinelli

2RB : Livramento/ Nunes
5CB : Dias / Gvardiol / Khusanov / Reis / Ake
2LB: Ait Nouri / oreilly

4CM :Rodri / Gonzales / Reijnders/ Lewis

5AM: Foden / Cherki / MGW / Bobb / Echeverri

2WG : Doku / Savinho

2FW : Haaland / Marmoush
 
Bernardo is finished at the highest level , watch him for Portugal the other night and it was a usual recent performance from him, decent effort but devoid of any quality or attacking impetus. He should be moved on
Indeed. I for one am fed up having this kind of dross served up week in week out...

 
The season is played over 50-60 games , 90 minutes per game

Anyone would look decent distilled down to a 12 minute you tube video
Quite. And how many games and minutes has he played for us, season after season? Guardiola picks him because he's the glue that holds the team together. It's not his job to create and score goals, it's his job to keep the ball, to keep both it and the team moving, to fill in the spaces when other players go forward, and to shift teams out of position by dropping deeper and stretching their systems. We have nothing else like him and none of the new signings come even close, so allowing him to go would be illogical.
 
Both Nico Williams and Barcola are seemingly available this window as well as Rodrygo?
Nothing like the buzz of signing a player but unless someone leaves, that we want to keep, I wouldn’t be surprised if we are done.

Pep’s head will explode if the squad gets any bigger! Slight chance of a RB if none of our options are trusted.
 

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