If you are going to play KDB, play him in the middle. Everyone else adjust to his position. Personally, ID start Nasri over Silva and Yaya over Fernando. Possibly rotate the Fullbacks too. And Kompany if he is healthy.After a great result last night it's back to the grind in the league.
With United essentially getting a free 3 points (villa at home) it's vital we pick up something from the game.
Chelsea will be without Terry and Zouma, with Matic, Willian, Cahill and Hazard all being doubts for the game.
Hopefully Vinnie will be back for us, so Sterling should be the only casualty.
All that being said we should be going after all 3 points. We will be on a high after last nights game whilst Chelsea are all but finished for the season.
We also have the privilege of rotating a few key players.
..........................Hart........................
Zab....Kompany..Otamendi....Clichy
........Fernandinho...Fernando...........
.......Kdb...........Yaya..........Nasri.......
.......................Aguero........................
Was toying with starting Delph as Fernando has played a lot of minutes recently. However I think his relationship with Fernandinho is blossoming and it would be foolish to break them up. The other calls would probably be Kolarov for Clichy seeing as he didn't play v PSG however I think Clichy offers a more solid option defensively. Then finally maybe Navas to start as he would protect the full back more than either KDB or Nasri.
Another big match for Manuel. A lot of tough decisions. However with the amount of quality to choose from we cant go too far wrong (,unless he picks Bony)
Head = 1-1
Heart = 1-2 city
It did. But let's not overanalyze to a point where we undermine his improved performance. But there were 2 specific moments that could have been .... Not so good.Away at Stamford bridge we should look to put in another solid at the back, counterattacking performance like last night, pressing high.
Nasri comes in for silva, that's obvious, the other changes should be kept to a minimum.
I know there's a chance Kompany will be fit, but unless he's 110% I wouldn't risk rushing him back, not after Mangala's performances vs. PSG, it really feels like they could be a breakthrough moment for him because his concentration didn't lapse all game.
Winning it this year and not qualifying next year harms the transfer budget more than semi final this year and qualifying for next season.
Funnily enough, I think we'll beat the Arse into 4th place in that game with a goal from Nasri sparking scenes of incandescent rage in the away end.
If you are going to play KDB, play him in the middle. Everyone else adjust to his position. Personally, ID start Nasri over Silva and Yaya over Fernando. Possibly rotate the Fullbacks too. And Kompany if he is healthy.
Have Fernando and Delph on the ready if Yaya isn't up for it. But whatever we do, must start with a top of Aguero and KDB behind Aguero. Everything else is debatable. Those 2 and Hart in goal isn't.
This ^We should play our strongest team if they are fit and rested enough and rotate for the geordies game,we must get the 3pts
Not really. I'm more concerned with making sure the team plays around the 2 most effective players; Aguero and DeBryune. That's the 9 and 10. Everyone else is rotatable. You can go Delph/Dihno or Fernando/Dihno or Yaya/Dihno or whatever mixture of CM combination you want. But don't move the 2 most important pieces. DeBryune-Aguero. That combo up top and centrally is key. Silva or Nasri. Yaya or Delph, Navas or Sterling. All those are interchangeable. Kev- Aguero shouldn't be.so am i right in thinking you`d play yaya toure in the central defensive midfield role.
is Sterling fit?Not really. I'm more concerned with making sure the team plays around the 2 most effective players; Aguero and DeBryune. That's the 9 and 10. Everyone else is rotatable. You can go Delph/Dihno or Fernando/Dihno or Yaya/Dihno or whatever mixture of CM combination you want. But don't move the 2 most important pieces. DeBryune-Aguero. That combo up top and centrally is key. Silva or Nasri. Yaya or Delph, Navas or Sterling. All those are interchangeable. Kev- Aguero shouldn't be.
Edit just seen Sterling threadIs Sterling fit
is Sterling fit?
Unfortunately MP likes to rotate his back four so don't be surprised to see the changes.Same team as Tuesday please. Let the back four stay together and the two cm.
I hear you. I'd just prefer pep to have every opportunity to bring in the players he wants as we could start a dynasty. Leeds got to a CL semi but didn't qualify the following year and is bet they'd swap those two around right now.Wasn't really thinking about the financial ramifications. More about getting our name on the honors board. We only need to beat two teams now.
Wigan and Birmingham both won cup competitions and then got relegated. But the chances are they would have got relegated by now anyway but they will always have that silverware.
Historically teams tend to struggle after CL games however, as with last season I think we're annoyingly going to finish the season really well (I say annoyingly as we could have done so much better) and I think we'll tear them a new one on Saturday.
A win there will have us looking at Arsenal rather than the rags.