Borussia Dortmund - Wed 5th Nov, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

[rowarta]

Pep doing a Cloughie with this.

All for it. Shows he trusts his players.

and a nip of whisky for each player before kick off

 

[TinFoilHat]

Club are desperate to sell tickets, I have had the email.

Bonfire night.

I know the dads and lads would rather be at city but their missus would rather spend the ticket money on Temu fireworks and Heron foods hotdogs in the garden.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Any news of a fireworks display tomorrow at the Etihad?

We’ve had them previously on Bonfire Night when we’ve had a game on: CSKA Moscow and Barcelona CL games last decade both had them.

Ballotelli has arranged them.

 

[mancboy]

Ballotelli has arranged them.

Kaboom

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

I really hope we can get the win in this game and against Livarpool so that Pep goes off on his holidays next week with no worries about the team performances.

 

[colinthewindowcleaner]

And of course there’s a gig on at cooplive. It’s mcbustedfly (or an anagram of that) so traffic maybe buggered up as per usual when gigs on.

 

[york away to this!]

Would love to see McBustedfly...

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

And of course there’s a gig on at cooplive. It’s mcbustedfly (or an anagram of that) so traffic maybe buggered up as per usual when gigs on.

Bad enough on a weekend. I dread to think how bad midweek is.

 

[.db.]

I suspect as it's a european game that John Stones will start.

And possibly Rico Lewis. Pep often plays him in the CL…

Lewis started 6 of our 8 League Phase games last season and came on as a half time sub in one of the others (something Pep rarely does).

This season he started at Villarreal and played well.

 

[.db.]

This was Dortmund’s team in their last CL outing:



Nothing to write home about that team.

But they’re the level of teams (Brighton, Villa, Brentford sort of level of quality in the PL table, Monaco level in quality in the CL) that we have struggled with this season. So we need to be on it.

We are unbeaten in our last four games with Dortmund with a agregate score of 6-3.

In our last 12 games against German opposition (going back to 2021), our record is:
P12 W8 D3 L1 F31 A11… we average 2.6 goals per game.

The style of football of German teams tends to suit the way we play.

 

[Dax777]

In the week we played United, Napoli and Arsenal, Pep started the same XI. I think he will make some changes this time. Can see Stones starting this game. Maybe Rodri as well.

Hopefully, he rotates a bit.

 

[dadnlad]

Pep doing a Cloughie with this.

All for it. Shows he trusts his players.

good job iacks not around he had crazy golf booked for 10=30 ;)

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Bonfire night.

As much as Pep has embraced living in Manchester I reckon this is one bit of English culture he'd have a hard time understanding. "Penny for the guy, mister?" would surely be lost on him.

 

[noseve]

Temu fireworks

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Eaststander1]

As much as Pep has embraced living in Manchester I reckon this is one bit of English culture he'd have a hard time understanding. "Penny for the guy, mister?" would surely be lost on him.

Probably ... although it sounds like the best offer Pep will get for Rico Lewis!

 

[Withnail]

Hopefully, he rotates a bit.

3 tough games in a week, Pep will rotate. I can see Stones, Marmoush and Lewis possibly starting.

 

[feelymcfeel]

Ballotelli has arranged them.

Thought he had darts on Wednesdays?

 

[TinFoilHat]

Thought he had darts on Wednesdays?

Possibly. Is that before or after he drives through Moss Side?

 

[TinFoilHat]

TNT Sports will be jizzing themselves every time Jobe touches the ball.

 

[citeh94]

Ballotelli has arranged them.

Oh no, he might blow the place up