Swansea (a) League Cup - pre-match thread

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Rest Kev/Dinho - the rest I'm not fussed about. Be nice to see Kompany get some minutes & perhaps a start for Sane.
 
Really a happy guessing on here! :)

We don' t know if Pep likes to see the backup keeper in cup games or not. (Last season in Munich the backup only did play 1st round.)
We don' t know if Silva, Fernando, Delph and Kompany are available at all.
We don' t know if Yaya will ever play again for City.
We don' t know if Gundogan will get the white flag from the doc.
At least Swansea doesn't know as well.

We do know Sergio and Nolito are banned.
We do know there will be rotation but not to what extent.
We do know Pep wants to win every single match. His game is based on dominance and intensity. Always.

Errm, why Gunn? Is Caballero injured or just wishful thinking?
 
No chance Yaya plays IMO He hasn't even made the bench lately, and now he'll start away in the cup, I don't think so.

Its sad to say after all he's done for the club but currently we have no benefit of playing Yaya at all. He contract is up and he will leave the club on a free. Pep is definitely not happy with Yaya, he gave him a chance earlier in the season and wasn't impressed, hence he hasn't even made bench.

If Delph or Fernando are fit they should play and A. Garcia should be in line for a start.

Sorry Yaya but this is the path you choose. Could of left to many other teams (for lower wages of course) or to China for a lot of money but he choose to be greedy and stay at City to collect his final paycheck probably knowing he will not play much.

In midfield he has about 6 players ahead of him, he may not ever play for City again. He's lazy defensively and is unwilling to change his ways, Pep won't accept this, by playing him it harms the team overall instead of helping them.
 
Easy said:
Sorry Yaya but this is the path you choose...
In midfield he has about 6 players ahead of him, he may not ever play for City again.
He's lazy defensively and is unwilling to change his ways, Pep won't accept this, by playing him it harms the team overall instead of helping them.
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Agree to most of it.
But thinking about the 2nd leg vs Bucharest you have to give him some credit. He was giving everything he had, even playing as a forward. You could see he was really fighting to keep up with the intensity, but it simply hasn't been enough.
 
Got a feeling Gunn may play. Especially if Pep believes he has a future here, which is how it seems. Could be a good chance to see exactly where he's at and how much more he has to do.

Think Delph will slot in for Fernandinho and Garcia for Ilkay.

Perfect opportunity to get Kompany back in as well, think it will be alongside Stones after he only played around half an hour yesterday.

Full backs is interesting. Having done well on his debut I'd love to see Maffeo given a chance to build on that, but not sure he'll leave Zaba out.

Front three of Sane, Navas and Kelechi picks itself for me.

Subs: Willy, Zaba/Maffeo, Tosin, Angelino, Gundogan, KDB, Sterling
 
Willy
Zaba
Toisin
Kompany
Clichy
Fernando
Garcia
Gundogan
Sane
Kelechi
Navas

Hopefully they'll play a strong team with us playing them at the weekend but doubt they will, so it should be fairly comfortable this with our squad being much stronger and more motivated than theirs should be about 3-1 I reckon
 
magistadreadnought said:
Willy
Zaba
Toisin
Kompany
Clichy
Fernando
Garcia
Gundogan
Sane
Kelechi
Navas

Hopefully they'll play a strong team with us playing them at the weekend but doubt they will, so it should be fairly comfortable this with our squad being much stronger and more motivated than theirs should be about 3-1 I reckon
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I think this could be the side.
 
I'll be shocked if Gundogan plays as that will be 3 games in 8 days after being out for 4 months. More likely he is on the bench and saved for next Sat. If Fernando & Delph (& Yaya still has his migraine [emoji6]) are injured then midfield options are limited but I still wouldn't start Fernandinho or Gundogan on Wed night.
 
Caballero
Maffeo Kompany Stones Angelino
Garcia Gundogan
Navas Silva Sané
Iheanacho

Bravo
Zabaleta
Otamendi
Kolarov
Fernandinho
De Bruyne
Sterling
 
Ha ha .... the people picking Gundogan haven't got a clue. No chance will he play 3 games in a week. Fernandinho, Sterling and DeBruyne will get a chance to put their feet up
 
The front three picks itself, the midfield is anyone's guess considering we don't know if Delph and Fernando are fit. Don't know if Yaya is even part of the squad any more. The only certainly is Aleix Garcia I think.

Would love to see Kompany.
 
St.Pauli support said:
Really a happy guessing on here! :)

We don' t know if Pep likes to see the backup keeper in cup games or not. (Last season in Munich the backup only did play 1st round.)
We don' t know if Silva, Fernando, Delph and Kompany are available at all.
We don' t know if Yaya will ever play again for City.
We don' t know if Gundogan will get the white flag from the doc.
At least Swansea doesn't know as well.

We do know Sergio and Nolito are banned.
We do know there will be rotation but not to what extent.
We do know Pep wants to win every single match. His game is based on dominance and intensity. Always.

Errm, why Gunn? Is Caballero injured or just wishful thinking?
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He played the 2nd choice keeper once 5-0 up on the Chumps league play-off.

The white flag was Mancini v West Brom in this cup, I hope we don't do a second XI job like that night.
 
vinny to get a run out , CABALLERO
ZABS
KOMPANY
STONES
ANGELINO

NAVAS
FERNANDO
GUNDONGAN
GARCIA
SANE

IHEANACHO

presuming merlin and Delph are still injured , as we are the cup holders , would like to progress to the next round and then play the Rags to end their season:)
 
dave will play if fit. obviously valuable game time to regain fitness and to provide creativity in the absence of kdb and ilkay who i think will be rested. kompany, sane and young aleix are in line for starts too.
 
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