City v Arsenal pre-match thread

[Mattyc55]

Nolito dropped again. Team looks totally disjointed.

 

[asahartford1]

It is not the false 9 that worries me. It is the false number 5.

 

[Moveonlife]

Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Xhaka, Walcott, Ozil, Iwobi, Alexis

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Who's playing up front? Ridiculous line up

 

[Pleatfooted]

Who's playing up front? Ridiculous line up

My money's on sane

 

[kaz7]

I've gone from nervous to oh well

 

[Moveonlife]

Really feel sorry for Kelechi. The guy is clearly very talented

 

[MarsLlama]

Think I'll be going now. Predicting 4-0 losses is massively overreacting in my opinion.

 

[deano ou812]

Who's playing up front? Ridiculous line up

Think it's bravo ..

 

[Tugay One Cup]

You'd think Guardiola had picked himself up front from some of these responses.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

omg moan moan fkin moan. Lets see what and how things go lol

 

[Akiva]

Kev as a false 9 is interesting, though risky in the extreme. A very stacked midfield, as many predicted he would have.

Not sure there's enough goals in that lineup, but we'll see how it works. It's a much more defensive formation than many here will give credit for, if nothing else.

 

[super_city_si]

I've gone from nervous to oh well

Haha me too. I expect nothing from this game which is pretty shitty.

 

[Pleatfooted]

I can see yaya having a big game today

 

[BLUEMATT23]

We spent 47 million on a centre back and he's on the bench

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Shows how thin our squad is with that back 4

Not so much thin just very unbalanced, maybe it's something for the trixi thread. 4 with the greatest respect getting on towards past it full backs, shead loads spent on centre halfs who go into an abyss through a forever reloving door, more wide players than you can shake a stick at.... Grumble grumble


Keeping positive that we can get a result today with a flooded midfield.

 

[oldius]

Against a toothless Watford..

Watford's league position suggests otherwise, as does their victory in their match previous to ours.

Still, I am sure we want the same thing but there is constant pessimism on here, unwarranted pessimism IMO.

 

[01cravend]

My money's on sane

He'll be on the left trying to pin Bellerin back?

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Haha me too. I expect nothing from this game which is pretty shitty.

Anything will be a bonus then ?

 

[mosssideblue]

Ridiculous line up.

Very insightful. As a respected coach, perhaps you would share your starting 11, so we can see how much of a fraud Pep is.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Kev as a false 9 is interesting, though risky in the extreme. A very stacked midfield, as many predicted he would have.

Not sure there's enough goals in that lineup, but we'll see how it works. It's a much more defensive formation than many here will give credit for, if nothing else.

I think he's predicting a similar game to the away match vs Barca. It worked well until a series of individual errors.

 

[Pleatfooted]

He'll be on the left trying to pin Bellerin back?

Can't see Kev there it didn't work at barca

 

[dubblue]

I've been waiting for Pep to pick Sane up front,I think he could do very well playing there.