Villarreal (A) - Tue 21st Oct, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

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Good line up as long as Rico’s in midfield. Glad to see young Nico get a rest. Plenty of firepower on the bench if needed
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
How is it a stupid selection if we win?
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Coz you can make dumb decisions and still win.

GVardiol at Left back is dumb. He is the future at CB. Stop moving to make space for older giys who aren't the future.

The midfield lacks continuity. Love Lewis personally, but if ypu are going toake changes to midfield. It should have been just one..either he or Captain. Shouldn't be both.

Attack was left unchanged and that's good.


Overall, unnecessary tinkering again :(

The only upside is that hopefully Pep gets all this 'genius tinkering' out of his system ' before things get tough.
 
Gray said:
When you think we used to have Yaya, De Jong, David Silva, Fernandinho, Gundogan, De Bruyne and Rodri to call on for midfield duties - the current crop are definitely a downgrade.
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Not to mention Samir, Gundo, Milner, peak Bernie, Viera and Hargreaves, Delph, Lampard and David Pizzaro was pretty good too. Lets see how the current crop develop though. Some of them are very young.
 
Dax777 said:
Coz you can make dumb decisions and still win.

GVardiol at Left back is dumb. He is the future at CB. Stop moving to make space for older giys who aren't the future.

The midfield lacks continuity. Love Lewis personally, but if ypu are going toake changes to midfield. It should have been just one..either he or Captain. Shouldn't be both.

Attack was left unchanged and that's good.


Overall, unnecessary tinkering again :(
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You should apply for the job when Pep goes. You clearly know your onions more than most.
 
mosssideblue said:
What gamble is that?
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I look at that lineup and it comes across to me that we are resting players / rotating players against at the expense of our best creative team.

The gamble being that we risk a loss this evening with a slightly worse team, in order to have fresher players at the weekend.

It's only my opinion of course.
 
The Boys in Blue never give in, they fight to the end. Come on City, come on City. Show 'em lads, show 'em all. Especially the 'yellow submariners' who don't even know anything about submarines!! Silly billies that they are.

Especially the know nowt, ignoramuses called the media. The media .... oh by golly they have no idea, they wouldn't know the difference between a golf ball and a hole in the wall. Silly duffers that they are.

Especially the illiterate officials, yep official fustilarian mumblecrusts who can't even read the rules never mind understand them (allegedly). It's about time they realised who we are..... WE ARE MANCHESTER CITY, THE BEST TEAM IN THE LAND AND ALL THE WORLD. And don't you forget it you silly men/women.

Come on John Boy, we've got the best team out there tonight and you are going to do it, Show 'em Johnnie. :-) :-)
 
Most of us have no idea about Villarreal's strengths and weaknesses, how they attack and defend. The selection is based on an analysis, not blind tinkering. I guess starting both Doku and Savinho has something to do with their fullbacks and how they use them. Starting Lewis and Bernardo has something to do with keeping the ball instead of being bold and getting countered. Etc.
 
Gibblue said:
I look at that lineup and it comes across to me that we are resting players / rotating players against at the expense of our best creative team.

The gamble being that we risk a loss this evening with a slightly worse team, in order to have fresher players at the weekend.

It's only my opinion of course.
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Would you agree Pep picks the team based on what he thinks is best for the opposition, tactics and players training performances?
 
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