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Ederson Lewis Dias Akanji Gvardiol Rodri Bobb Nunes KDB Doku Haaland Rodri to get off the pitch ASAP, hopefully some minutes for Walker.

Pep would probably drop Kun for games like this tbh

Which one of Kev, Foden, Bernie, Grealish do you think misses out? If I had to pick one I'd guess KDB, but feels criminal given his performance at the weekend and heroics last year away to Madrid.

Can't be any worse than Arsenal a couple of weeks ago, the players handled that pretty well. European refs much more likely to book our players for complaining though.

I said 'expected'.

How damning of our summer business is it that none of our signings are expected to start tonight. Only Gvardiol potentially, but probably wouldn't be if Ake was fit. Kovacic and Doku you can understand due to their respective age profiles but Nunes...baffling how little he is trusted. Didn't...

Hmm, was is the Arsenal game we did this last season? I remember it being alright on the night but didn't Pep say it didn't really work afterwards? Also feel like it's a little harsh on Lewis given he's been great the last two games. Having said all that, Bernardo could probably play in goal...

Nothing against Gvardiol, but I think he's had a bit of a rough deal being exclusively on LB duty. I think his 1v1 defending out wide has been pretty suspect at times. Sam Lee said in the summer he had concerns about him losing duels often and I think that's been the case. Also, he sees a lot...

I trust Rico more than I trust Gvardiol

Ederson Stones Dias Gvardiol Ake Rodri Kovacic Foden Bernardo Haaland Grealish Wouldn't mind Lewis in place of Kovacic, he was bullied against Villa but needs to learn. If Gvardiol can only play LB then I really don't understand the signing. As for Walker, why have we ripped up our treble...

Yep, would like to see him in midfueld to give a bit of control. Need to try and figure out what we do against Arsenal with Rodri out.

Foden has to start in the middle for me. It's going to be his long term position, not Alvarez's. May seem harsh given that he scored a very good winner against Newcastle but if we were playing the CL final tomorrow I would want Foden there, so he needs the minutes in that position.

What I don't get is let's say Lavia has a blinder and they want to reward him with a new deal. Well how do you extend a contract then? You'd be giving a 22 year old a contract into his early 30s, without having any idea what their body will be like at that point. As a side note, hope all these...

Buckle up, when the new CL format rolls around we're going to get a whole lot more pointless games like last night.

I wonder if this might be the game for Phillips? Hard to drop any of the midfield currently though. Would say we'd see the same team but given that Pep isn't one to stick, I'd say Mahrez comes in for Bernardo.

The team should be Foden, Haaland, KDB and 8 others. Having said that, I think we'll see: Ederson Waler Dias Ake Cancelo Rodri KDB Silva Mahrez Haaland Grealish If Stones was going to play I feel like he'd have got minutes at West Ham.

I think the two left footed CB issue is such an odd things for people to worry over. How is it that different to two right footed CBs?

Yep, that was the most dissent I've ever seen not punished. He was screaming at times.

I used to quite like Antonio but the way he was throwing himself to the floor every five minutes was shocking, and yet not one word mentioned. Then when Grealish won a free kick near the corner of the box after being hacked down all I saw was diving accusations. The narrative truly is set in stone.

Think if Ferna is going to have an impact in a high profile game this season it could be this one. He's the master of the dark arts and can play Atleti at their own game. These were awful against United and I don't see any jeopardy from them at all. Ederson Walker Stones Laporte Ake Fernandinho...