Aston Villa (A) - Sat 3rd Sept, 17:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[Gorbachev]

Haaland doesn't need resting , he needs playing ! The guy just wants to play football and score goals, so let him do it .

Agree mate.

The lad has around a month off in two and a half months. Let him rest then.

Every pro will say, when everything is going right you don't get tired.

He is 22 years young and isn't exactly a busy body on the pitch, he conserves his energy for when it matters.

 

[applecentral]

Ederson
Walker Stones Dias
Gündogan Cancelo
Bernardo de Bruyne Foden
Álvarez Haaland​

Wow! Now I really like this team. Imagine trying to defend against this team. Pinch yourself guys. We are in for one hell of a season.

 

[Harvster]

Ederson
Walker Stones Dias
Gündogan Cancelo
Bernardo de Bruyne Foden
Álvarez Haaland​

That's a very smart looking 11, but any team without the word Rodri in it is, imho, the wrong answer

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Haaland doesn't need resting , he needs playing ! The guy just wants to play football and score goals, so let him do it .

No get with it, resting is the answer to everything on here. Sometimes we don't even put a team out.
Every errant pass, every 180 mins in 7 days, every opposition throw-in, every mis-control, every low key goal celebration = "needs a rest".
Nevemind that they are actually footballers, athletes in their prime of youth, every whim catered for, 5 star spa facilities on tap, etc etc. Oh - and they might actually enjoy and want to play.
No, no. Rest! Rest! Rest!
The current obsession with resting a player on such a roll is bizarre, even for on here..

 

[Withnail]

Haaland doesn't need resting , he needs playing ! The guy just wants to play football and score goals, so let him do it .

He will get plenty of rest in November and December.

 

[Pete Campbell]

Ederson
Walker
Stones
Dias
Gomez

Rodri
KDB
Bernado

Foden
Haaland
Mahrez

 

[mosssideblue]

Tough game, as they'll be right up for this and will probably try and kick us to bits. I'd go: Ederson, Cancelo, Gomez, Dias, Stones, Rodri, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Bernardo, Foden, Haaland

Just so we know in advance, which games do you not consider tough?

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Haaland doesn't need resting , he needs playing ! The guy just wants to play football and score goals, so let him do it .

Furthermore, he has no involvement in the World Cup. He'll just be sat twiddling his thumbs. Nuts to rest him at present.

 

[richards30]

ederson
walker
stones
dias
cancelo
rodri
de bruyne
bernardo silva
foden
alvarez
haaland

 

[mac]

We as a team have been playing every match bar a couple for 4 to 5 seasons . These players know what it is like to play every few games. The other teams don't. With maybe 1 season exceptions dippers last year yet they seem to be suffering this year.