Galatasaray (H) - Wed 28th Jan, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

[heslops barnet]

I'd go 424, i.e play Haaland outside the box so there is space for him to run into and let the main threat come down the wings. Nico and O'Rielly should hold the middle and prevent breaks as much as possible.

Donna
Nunes Khus Ake RAN
Nico O'Reilly
Marmoush Cherki Haaland Doku

If we lose it'll most likely be because of 2 things.
1. Unable to break down a stubborn and crowded defense made worse by us playing too far forward in a slow manner.
2. Being caught on the break because again everyone is pushed so high and the only space on the pitch is behind us.

We need some way to be a bigger threat and be less vulnerable. That's why I'd like to see Pep experiment with how Haaland is played.

Pep to experiment? Not tonight please

 

[waspish]

Just had a gander at Galatasaray team wow they have top quality players all over park they play in transition to, they love to sit in soak up and defend! With winning we could not get top 8 and I feel we could easily lose this game if we not on it! No confident..

 

[surprisedbygrass]

Just had a gander at Galatasaray team wow they have top quality players all over park they play in transition to, they love to sit in soak up and defend! With winning we could not get top 8 and I feel we could easily lose this game if we not on it! No confident..

Let's see how they do on a frosty night in Manchester . We looked good on paper until we travelled to the Far Cold North in Norway the other day ....

 

[waspish]

Let's see how they do on a frosty night in Manchester . We looked good on paper until we travelled to the Far Cold North in Norway the other day ....

Oh yeah said am not confident but feel we just get over the line and win just! Hope we don’t get any injuries..

 

[surprisedbygrass]

Oh yeah said am not confident but feel we just get over the line and win just! Hope we don’t get any injuries..

I'm going to need to be close to the ladies toilets on SS3 if it's nil nil at eighty minutes . Biggest issue is no game changers off the bench when we run out of steam at seventy minutes ...No injuries . Now that really is wishful thinking ha ha .

 

[surprisedbygrass]

Trivia question . Any other team got five of the same vowels in their name ?
gAlAtAsArAy.

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Trivia question . Any other team got five of the same vowels in their name ?
gAlAtAsArAy.

I can think of four vowels the same, but not five, hAmilton AcADemicAls

 

[surprisedbygrass]

I can think of four vowels the same, but not five, hAmilton AcADemicAls

Good call .

AtalAntA is another with four
BayEr LEvErkusEn
InvErnEss CalEdonian ThistlE

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Just had a gander at Galatasaray team wow they have top quality players all over park they play in transition to, they love to sit in soak up and defend! With winning we could not get top 8 and I feel we could easily lose this game if we not on it! No confident..

A lot of those top players are either a bit past it now or have never really recovered from a bad injury or 2. Add to that they are really bad travellers in Europe we should have enough.

 

[alexmcity]

Oh yeah said am not confident but feel we just get over the line and win just!

We'll win by 3 goals.

 

[Gray]

How about 3-A’s, 3-M’s, 2-N’s and a C?

 

[Blue Hefner]

They have not lost to an English team since 2014.

Drew at home to Liverpool this year
Beat United at Old Trafford and also drew with United in the same year - I think it was Ten Haag’s United.

 

[Gray]

If we miss out on top 8 which is highly likely then the reason is clear.

Pep - Leverkusen.

 

[Blue Hefner]

If we miss out on top 8 which is highly likely then the reason is clear.

Pep - Leverkusen.

Maybe, but if we hadn’t have thrown that game then perhaps we wouldn’t have gone on the good run in the league and beaten Real Madrid?

I think the Bodo game will be the one I look at if looking for a single reason

 

[aka blue jambo]

Just had a gander at Galatasaray team wow they have top quality players all over park they play in transition to, they love to sit in soak up and defend! With winning we could not get top 8 and I feel we could easily lose this game if we not on it! No confident..

Must admit thats how im feeling this morning.
Still hotel booked trains running
CTID

 

[IronsideKozuch]

Both teams have loads of talent up front and in midfield. Someone could argue that Gala have the edge because they’ve got everyone available, and these are world-class players (Osimhen), or players who are touching world-class level today (Yilmaz? Sané?) or were in the past at least (Gundogan, Lemina).

Normally we would be much better at the back, but even with the lineup Im expecting (Nunes, Khusanov, Ake, O’Reilly/RAN and then Nico O. as a DM or maybe Gonzales gonna be straight back into the line up) we should still be clearly more solid than Gala, plus we have got Don in goal.

I think we gonna tilt the balance, because in the end Haaland, Cherki, and Doku should currently be on a noticeably higher level than theirs.

If you can make predictions in football at all, you can bet therell be plenty of goals in this match and both teams will score.

 

[waspish]

We'll win by 3 goals.

Hope so but seems some fans are underestimating them! Yep we should win but any team who can sit in defend well play in transitions will get chances

 

[shemnel]

tough game ahead, if we score early i really fancy a good win, but we're not exactly playing some minnows like Bodo Glimt here...

 

[Maybeinanothergeneration]

Does anyone how many away tickets Gala have sold for tonight's game?

 

[bluestevei]

Pep needs to say before game,
do you want a couple of midweeks off or do you want to travel those weeks and keep playing 3 games every 6 -7 days
let's see if we turn up