Bournemouth (A) - Sat 24th Feb, 17:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[CC1]

you cant say that mate as it seems according to his player thread, Doku is shit and everyone expected more

Think everyone appreciates Doku but for me he’s better as an impact player. After 30 minutes or so, opponents work him out - & at the moment he does seem to tire a bit. I think he’s a great player to have but maybe not a 90 minute cert

 

[richards30]

Think everyone appreciates Doku but for me he’s better as an impact player. After 30 minutes or so, opponents work him out - & at the moment he does seem to tire a bit. I think he’s a great player to have but maybe not a 90 minute cert

agreed mate but he`s also 21, jumping up from a mid range French league team to the Premier League, Champions League and World Champions with one of the worlds most demanding managers? Some never learn about playing for Pep in season one

 

[lionheart]

Bournemouth have been playing some exciting football in recent weeks and they are very quick up front. I predict a hard fought 2-2 with Kovacic man of the match.

 

[Ric]

Going to be a difficult game, but I think we're better away from home at the moment so it might suit us. Seems unlikely that De Bruyne will be risked, so I'd go for something like this:

Ederson
Akanji
Dias
Stones
Ake
Rodri
Kovacic
Bernardo
Foden
Doku
Haaland

 

[richards30]

Surely with Kev being rested last night and a few more days gentle ticking over he can start for at least 45 minutes and hopefully we can get ahead and then chance him coming off?

 

[SWPISHOME]

Ederson
Walker
Dias
Stones
Ake
Rodri
Kovacic
Foden
De Bruyne
Bernardo
Haaland

 

[jim tolmies perm]

Bloody hell these rolled over for dippers a couple of weeks ago....

 

[Bluewars]

worried about de bruyne. Be tempted to rest him. We absolutely cannot afford to lose him for our march run

ederson
walker stones dias ake
rodri kovacic
bernaedo foden doku
haaland

Do you risk playing Kdb or Risk playing Alvarez centrally? Because we know full well if Kdb ain't playing its gonna be Julian Central.

I'd rather play Kdb at Bournemouth and rest him for Luton, as long as we can control the game and not turn it into a chaos ball game his hamstrings should be fine for 60mins.

 

[domalino]

Surely with Kev being rested last night and a few more days gentle ticking over he can start for at least 45 minutes and hopefully we can get ahead and then chance him coming off?

With United, Liverpool, Villa and Arsenal coming up it's not worth the risk.

 

[richards30]

With United, Liverpool, Villa and Arsenal coming up it's not worth the risk.

Yeah possibly true mate, guess i just miss KDB playing! lol