Al Hilal (N) - Tue 1st July, 02:00 | CWC Last 16| Pre-Match Thread

[ninjamonkey]

Khuzanov will be going on loan

No chance we loan him out and put ourselves in the exact same position as last season where a lack of defenders decimated our season.

 

[Damocles]

No idea why anyone is complaining about the selection, we should beat these easily whatever team we put out, and its about managing their fitness like pre-season.

These are not crap. They're easily the equal of a PL team.

 

[christened at st marks]

City Xtra

Manchester City​

Starting XI: Ederson; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, Ait-Nouri; Gundogan, Reijnders, Bernardo (C); Savinho, Haaland, Doku.

Substitutes: Bettinelli, Ortega Moreno, Khusanov, Reis, Akanji, Stones, Ake, O’Reilly, Rodri, Nico, Foden, Bobb, Cherki, Marmoush.

 

[Damocles]

Most people still see this as an exhibition tournament so we should be just seeing the new toys.

Alternatively, asking about the minutes of a player we paid fifty million pounds for a few months ago and can barely get a game for us is a perfectly legitimate question.

 

[Jack74]

No khusanov again. Also was hoping cherki would start but no

Am pretty certain you will get over it

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I like the look of that team. Looks balanced.

Bench doesn't look too bad either.

 

[Eccles Blue]

The Boys in Blue never give in. They fight to the end. Come on City. Come on City. Show ‘em lads, show ‘em all. ;-)



Give John Boy a go Pep please. :-)

 

[King Jay]

City Xtra

Manchester City​

Starting XI: Ederson; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, Ait-Nouri; Gundogan, Reijnders, Bernardo (C); Savinho, Haaland, Doku.

Substitutes: Bettinelli, Ortega Moreno, Khusanov, Reis, Akanji, Stones, Ake, O’Reilly, Rodri, Nico, Foden, Bobb, Cherki, Marmoush.View attachment 161676

Gundogan instead of Nico Gonzalez.
Yeah it’s over

 

[Bill Walker]

These are not crap. They're easily the equal of the rags

 

[cleavers]

2 am but expect delays due to thunderstorms. Probably still playing at 5 am -:)

Weather radar has no storms anywhere near so should be OK.

 

[cleavers]

Most people still see this as an exhibition tournament so we should be just seeing the new toys.

Most people don't understand we want to win it either.

 

[TinFoilHat]

DAZN presenter forgot to wear her skirt?

 

[cleavers]

These are not crap. They're easily the equal of a PL team.

Didn't say they were, just that we should beat them.

 

[Bill Walker]

DAZN presenter forgot to wear her skirt?

Pics?

 

[Jack74]

Honestly... who is actually going to be sold or loaned out this summer?

We have 19 foreign players in the squad meaning that we need to get rid of 2 foreign players in the squad.

Looking at Pep's line ups in the competition and for the latter half of the season, will Khusanov and Nico G be loaned out?

Pep seems to keep playing Gundo and seems like he favours him over Nico G.

Khusanov just isn't getting a sniff at the moment. I don't think Pep likes him at all. I can't see Pep selling Akanji either. When fit he's one of Pep's most picked/used players.

It's going to be very interesting to see what happens over the coming month or so. Something has got to give.

Here is the list...

Ederson 1
Ortega 2

Dias 3
Gvardiol 4
Akanji 5
Khusanov 6
Nunes 7
Ait Nouri 8

Rodri 9
Nico G 10
Reijnders 11
Kovacic 12
Bernardo 13
Gundogan 14

Doku 15
Savio 16
Cherki 17

Marmoush 18
Haaland 19

Likes him ? He struggles to pass 5 yards just cause he is rapid he is not Des Walker ( one for the gentlemen like me old )

The thing about Khusanov is becoming a real myth , he is nowhere near good enough as it stands right now , in this team you simply have to pass to another player in a blue shirt and quickly he can’t do that , yes hopefully he will get it , cause apart from passing and odd silly foul he is what we need which is genuine pace and loves a challenge ( centre half )

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Nice Comfortable 81F in Orlando

 

[Tonster]

2 am but expect delays due to thunderstorms. Probably still playing at 5 am -:)

Current picture. No rain at all today remarkably after last few days and looks pleasant enough at the moment. Fingers crossed it stays that way.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Clocking in for the night shift.

I've only got 51 cans of Lager in the house, hopefully no weather delays or I might have to send out for supplies.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Don’t panic.

We are MANCHESTER CITY THE BEST TEAM IN THE LAND AND ALL THE WORLD! ;-)

 

[Luke The Blue]

CMON City not long to go now <3