City v Celtic - Pre-match thread

[balotelli's back pocket]

Bravo (c)
Maffeo Sagna Tosin Angelino
Fernando
Delph Brahim
Sane Aguero Nolito

 

[kaz7]

Whick kids are in the CL squad?

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I don't want to see any players that would leave us fucked if they got injured. That should be the basis of picking this team.

 

[leighton]

With us going 4 league games without a win at home we need to win this game and put on a proper preformance again. The team isnt defending well at all this season. Bravo isnt the keeper we need. Hart is the better shot stopper and if he was still at the club i could of seen him forcing his way back into the starting line up. Peps major fuck up this season so far. Sure time will tell. I have faith in Pep and hopefully we sort the defence out asap. As our away form has been great apart from Spurs away our away form stays the same we will have a great chance of doing well and winning cups and league but with our defence I just wouldnt trust us.

 

[Cityinmyheart]

Clichy at C vs their centre forward is a recipe for a hiding.


...............Bravo...............
Maffeo...Stones...Tosin.....Angelino
......Fernando.......Dinho......
Navas..........................Sane
.........Kelechi.....Kun.......

Dinho is suspended for this hence Zaba in his Position.
And you want to risk Stones for this dead rubber leaving Ota as our only recognised CB for a hectic upcoming schedule.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

Dinho is suspended for this hence Zaba in his Position.
And you want to risk Stones for this dead rubber leaving Ota as our only recognised CB for a hectic upcoming schedule.

For me Stones needs as many games as we can give him, worth the risk if it speeds up his progress. Forgot about Dinho's suspension. Delph if fit for me then.

 

[kaz7]

For me Stones needs as many games as we can give him, worth the risk if it speeds up his progress. Forgot about Dinho's suspension. Delph if fit for me then.

A dead rubber is not going to speed up hs progress,it's a risk we don't need or should take

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

A dead rubber is not going to speed up hs progress,it's a risk we don't need or should take

karen it's not a dead rubber to the opposition, it's a cup final.

 

[kaz7]

karen it's not a dead rubber to the opposition, it's a cup final.

It is to us,don't risk players we need for the prem it's that simple

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

It is to us,don't risk players we need for the prem it's that simple

I can think of 1.5 million reasons to play Stones. He's our only half decent CB and we'll want to win while blooding the kids.

I'd play him, but I'm not Pep and he'll probably opt for Aleks, just because.

 

[journolud]

I can see the sense in playing a weakened team and I'd like to see what some of the young players can do but after 4 home games without a win I want to see a team capable of winning comfortably and giving everyone a lift

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

......... Gunn...............
Maffeo...Stones...Tosin.....Angelino
......Fernando.......Dinho......
Navas..........................Sane
.........Kelechi.....Kun.......

 

[lasereyes]

I can see the sense in playing a weakened team and I'd like to see what some of the young players can do but after 4 home games without a win I want to see a team capable of winning comfortably and giving everyone a lift

I think Aguero and Fernandinho will play given they are not playing in the league for a while. And prob Sane gets another game after doing pretty well yesterday.

EDIT: not Fernandinho, as just remembered he got a red card for walking past an opponent in Gladbach

 

[moon]

Fernandiniho banned

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Great opportunity to play some of the young players , but would also play Aguero as a punishment for his daft tackle , GUNN - MAFFEO , STONES , ADEBAIYO , ANGELINO - SANE , GARCIA , FERNANDO , NOLITO - IHEANCHO , AGUERO and fill the bench with the likes of Diaz and few other EDS players , we might even see Delph get a few minutes , funnier things have happened. Would be surprised if Brenda goes full strength (unless its Tennents) for this one.

 

[Benarbia_is_god]

No point playing youngsters if they aren't going to be in the first team for the rest of the season. We need to sort the defence out, big time. Making wholesale changes isn't going to do that, rotate the team by all means but I wouldn't play all the youngsters in this and perhaps hanging them out to dry in the biggest club competition in the world. Even though it's a dead rubber it will be embarrassing to lose at home to a Scottish team.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

No point playing youngsters if they aren't going to be in the first team for the rest of the season. We need to sort the defence out, big time. Making wholesale changes isn't going to do that, rotate the team by all means but I wouldn't play all the youngsters in this and perhaps hanging them out to dry in the biggest club competition in the world. Even though it's a dead rubber it will be embarrassing to lose at home to a Scottish team.

fair point , but i don't think one match will cure our defence , two more transfer windows and we might have a chance

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

No point playing youngsters if they aren't going to be in the first team for the rest of the season. We need to sort the defence out, big time. Making wholesale changes isn't going to do that, rotate the team by all means but I wouldn't play all the youngsters in this and perhaps hanging them out to dry in the biggest club competition in the world. Even though it's a dead rubber it will be embarrassing to lose at home to a Scottish team.

when do you play them then ?

 

[Chi-town blues]

Besides Nacho , do we have any striker/ forward in academy?

 

[Benarbia_is_god]

when do you play them then ?

Rotate a few players out here and there. I am not against rotation but against wholesale changes. There will be opportunities for the youngsters to get minutes over Christmas when the games come thick and fast and hopefully we are playing better. The Celtic game is a welcome opportunity to attempt to get things right and work with what we have in the first team. Also with Celtic being a British team the game is not just your run of the mill CL last group game dead rubber. We need to win it.