Stoke (a) 20/08/2016 - pre-match thread

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It'll be interesting to see if Guardiola goes with such an attacking line-up again at a difficult away ground. 9 of tonight's starting XI also started against Sunderland, so 3 games in 7 days might prove too much.

I imagine the full backs will be rotated again, but other than that it's hard to predict.
 
All logic would suggest he'll drop one of the 4 behind Kun but i would of said the same before tonight. I think he'll stick with it personally. Fullbacks to change, probably Navas to come in. First proper test for him, Stoke away isn't the nicest of games for Peps first away game, bit of a baptism of fire but if he comes through this we'll be laughing.
 
I think it'll be a similar 11 again, with the squad rotation for the Bucharest home game.

However, as we have no idea how Pep will view an away game, it might be left-field and we completely change formation and be defensive.

Love it.
 
So excited for this. First live game in far too long. Massive shame I'll have to keep quiet in the wrong end!

Very confident about the result but I'm not expecting the playing style to be perfect yet. Think we can do much better in the final third than in our games so far this season (and preseason actually).
 
I'm expecting Bravo to start according to reports of him travelling to Manchester on Thursday and pretty much signing before the Stoke City game.
 
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I'm expecting Bravo to start according to reports of him travelling to Manchester on Thursday and pretty much signing before the Stoke City game.
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Is that enough time for him to settle in? He will basically have one day to prepare for a competitive match at a new club. Think Willy will be in net.
 
This will be difficult. Stoke will really love trying to knock over MCFC and Guardiola.
 
We'll hammer them, at which point clueless will point out that by proxy, he was the one to sign Sterling, Silva and Sergio, before claiming he lent the sheikh all his money and pointing out that if we hadn't gotten rid of bridge, croque and himself we would have won the last 20 Olympic golds in kayaking on the trot.
 
They didn't look great against Middlesbrough. Though Butland is supposed to be back for them so we'll need to have our shooting boots on.
 
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