Borussia Dortmund - Wed 5th Nov, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

[Ric]

CITY: Donnarumma, Nunes, Stones, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Gonzalez, Reijnders, Foden, Savinho, Doku, Haaland

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Precautionary

Won't be starting against Liverpool you would have thought now though

 

[SaintColin]

I really hope Cherki gets to start. He needs game time before the big match against pool this weekend.

nope, Savinho starts instead…

 

[super_city_si]

I hate to be that guy, but Savinho :(

Such good chemistry at the weekend with a narrow line up. We'll be open again. Like the back 4 though.

 

[Ric]

Shame Cherki isn’t starting, but think he’s still building up his fitness. Hopefully it means he’ll start against the scousers. Could do with Savinho stepping up tonight.

 

[johnny crossan]

 

[PragueBlue]

CITY: Donnarumma, Nunes, Stones, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Gonzalez, Reijnders, Foden, Savinho, Doku, Haaland

Would have liked to see the same 11 as against Bournemouth.

Looks like wingers out wide again, which I'm not sure suits us but let's hope for the best anyway.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Never felt likely that Cherki could start tonight and against Liverpool to be fair. He looked fucked after an hour on Sunday.

 

[pudge]

Good to see Savinho rewarded for his excellent form, it's only fair after all.

 

[M Gaudino]

No Rodri in the squad. Hope he’s not suffered another setback.

hes just not right is he. i fear we may never get the full player back

 

[cookster]

Good to see Savinho rewarded for his excellent form, it's only fair after all.

:)

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Good to see Savinho rewarded for his excellent form, it's only fair after all.

Man of the match in our last CL game.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

You are fkin joking.......arent you????!!!!

 

[M Gaudino]

Good to see Savinho rewarded for his excellent form, it's only fair after all.

shout out for Bobb as well he’s been playing so well and really deserves that bench spot

 

[DruntBlunt]

CITY: Donnarumma, Nunes, Stones, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Gonzalez, Reijnders, Foden, Savinho, Doku, Haaland

Pep not giving up on Savinho yet then. Well I guess he sees something absolutely nobody else does.

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

Fireworks and light show before KO

TNT Sports usually get giddy with light shows from the other clubs, yet cut to an add-break when it comes to ours.

Lets see what they do tonight.

 

[Alexia_Ko]

Pep knows better but if he wanted to rotate, Marmoush would have been the better option. How is Savio going to help us break down a low block in his current form?

 

[mccity]

 

[ninjamonkey]

Thought there would be a few more changes than that tbh. The disappointing one for me is putting reijnders in the bernardo position. He cannot play that position, hasn't looked remotely capable and at his age isnt going to learn now, we'll be wide open in midfield with that single change. There is also a chance he has just switched from the 2 man base and gone back to the 6 and 2 8/10's midfield which would be even worse as that's been repeatedly proven to not work well for us. No issue with the rest of the side.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Lightweight, doesn't do that justice.