Wolves (H) - Sat 24th Jan, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

We would actually be a very dangerous team if we did actually invite teams onto us rather than the opposition dictating things by setting up a low block which then results in our slow side to side football

Arsenal away this season was one game like that. Our goal coming from a counter attack. We did it for a few games and things were decent. We just keep playing into opponents(especially them rag bastards) hands in this current set up. Its football Russian roulette.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Yeh very true, i just assumed (hoped) he'd be back by now. Crazy how him missing has become a massive problem. Nobody had that on their bingo card at the start of season.

Quite a turnaround, isn't it? Almost exactly one year ago he was everybody's favourite whipping boy. Now, he is apparently a player without whom the team is lost. Both, of course, were and are exaggerations.
But BM is a magnifying glass like that.

(I actually think Nico's absence is more structurally important, for what it's worth).

 

[Dax777]

If Nunes has what I had — and I suspect he has, it's been knocking round Europe — then I can assure you, as never before — as never before in my life with an illness that is not life-threatening — I was smashed to pieces by it. For five solid weeks, I felt like utter shit. No energy whatsoever, sleeping fourteen to fifteen-hour nights, a cough that was so violent that at one point it either displaced a rib or pulled a muscle, making lying on my side trying to get to sleep an incredibly painful experience (I mean just moving my rib cage breathing was painful), all my sense of taste completely screwed up, the most repulsive gunk I've ever seen coming out of my throat, ok, I'll spare you all the symptoms, enough already… I say, if Matheus has that, he has my full sympathy.
Now I'm in my seventies, he's in his twenties, he's an elite athlete, I was never any kind of serious athlete, but I can tell you in the early stages of whatever that is, ’flu, could even be a form of Covid light (that's still doing the rounds), there is no way on God's earth that you could go out and play a game of professional football at the highest level.
Get well soon, mate. Save yourself for Galatasaray or beyond. Whatever it takes.

Lets hope that's not what he has

 

[Aba452]

He is Zimbabwean-British born in Rugby is 32 years old and is currently Senior Referee Officer at The FA’s Centre of Refereeing Excellence.

It is anybody’s guess which team he supports

Based upon his origin and where he lives, it's a shoe-in he's a rag ......;-//

 

[Chippy_boy]

He's out of contract in the summer.

Injured himself on the way to the contract negotiations

 

[Ethan23]

Quite a turnaround, isn't it? Almost exactly one year ago he was everybody's favourite whipping boy. Now, he is apparently a player without whom the team is lost. Both, of course, were and are exaggerations.
But BM is a magnifying glass like that.

(I actually think Nico's absence is more structurally important, for what it's worth).

Not quite as bad as Plodri to balon dor winner within 2 years haha

 

[Semper aggressus]

Got to go for this, we’re at home to the worst team in the league, if we can’t win this then the whole season is a fucking write off.

No fucking about, just get into them at pace and get the ball to Haaland as often as possible.

…………….Donnarumma
Khusanov Guehi Aké O’Reilly
………Bernardo……Rodri
Semenyo…..Cherki……Doku
…………….Haaland

6-0 City, Big Erl hat trick.

 

[super_city_si]

Erling, Phil and Rodri all need a rest. So I'm predicting:

Gigi
Rico Khus Guehi RAN
Rodri
Bernie Phil
Cherki Haaland Semenyo

I think that will be it unless Doku is fit in which case i think Cherki takes the bench

 

[rowarta]

Got to go for this, we’re at home to the worst team in the league, if we can’t win this then the whole season is a fucking write off.

No fucking about, just get into them at pace and get the ball to Haaland as often as possible.

…………….Donnarumma
Khusanov Guehi Aké O’Reilly
………Bernardo……Rodri
Semenyo…..Cherki……Doku
…………….Haaland

6-0 City, Big Erl hat trick.

the thing is, Wolves are currently above us in the form standings.

 

[denTTony]

Team for Wolves.
Donnarumma
Khus Alleyne Guehi O' Reilly
Rodri
Cherki Reijnders
Semenyo Marmoush Doku

Galatasaray

Donnaruma
Nunes Guehi Ake Alt-Nouri
O'Reilly
Silva Foden
Cherki Haaland Semenyo
If Nico G is fit then he plays DM & swap Foden with O'Reilly

Guehi & Semenyo are not registered to play against Galatasaray

 

[Longballutd]

Honestly don’t mind what lineup we put out as long as Rico Lewis is not in it

 

[WEMBLEY76]

Beat Wolves and Rags take a point off
Arsenal then we get closer to them.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Beat Wolves and Rags take a point off
Arsenal then we get closer to them.

Let's see if a knee-high leg breaker is only a yellow this week

 

[eyalluvitt]

Guehi & Semenyo are not registered to play against Galatasaray

What's one more charge? We may as well play them.

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

This would be massive. Nunes brings the pace and physicality back to the RB role and Nico helps plug the hole in the middle alongside Rodri

The last two have been a shit show but Nico, Nunes and Guehi coming into the team goes a long way to making us more solid. Not wanting to jump on the likes of Lewis and Alleyne but their youth/ lack of physicality massively hurts us

Well this didn't go to plan

 

[King Jay]

Donna
Khusanov - Guehi - Ake - A.N
Rodri - Oreilly ( Bernardo will start anyways )
Semenyo - Cherki - Doku
Marmoush

 

[hoppy]

Will it be square pegs in square holes or will Pep be hosting another game of Position Tombola, with players picking numbers out of a hat?

 

[Always Ali]

Fucking hell, the pesemism is strong with this one!!
Let's av it, 4-1 City.

 

[MCFC_ Phil]

I think with how many players are out that we now know, I'd do a 4231 with RAN at LB bombing forward.

I also think Alleyne should probably get a rest, physically and mentally, as well as Ake (who is playing through pain injections).

Rodri is making silly mistakes as a lone 6, play him as a false CB so we have someone close to Donna as a pass master.

I would have rotated Haaland, but his recent comments make it sounds like he WANTS to play, but if not, I'd do Marmoush and Semenyo, one tucks into LS from LW position as RAN holds width.

We primarily build on the left, where Cherki as a false winger goes into midfield to find spaces.

This leaves us better off if we get countered, because most likely they will launch to our right side with Cherki out of position, but Khus is there for the 1v1.

Edit: I might do Foden instead of Doku, but pretty interchangeable to me.

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That is just weird

 

[handsofstone]

Give me a scrappy 1-0

Want to see us show some defensive strength, sick of watching us get torn apart game after game... hoping Guehi helps that

Need Pep to drop at a bare minimum Foden, argubaly Haaland too... doubt he'd drop either though

If Nunes is still missing, Khusanov needs to start at RB

Donnaruma
Khusanov Guehi Ake NOR
Bernardo Rodri
Semenyo Cherki Doku
Marmoush

What is think we'll see

Donna
Lewis Khusanov Guehi Ake
Bernardo Rodri
Semenyo Foden Doku
Haaland