Bournemouth (A) - Sat 2nd Nov, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[M43 blue]

Ederson
Lewis stones Dias Ake
Silva kovacic
Mcatee
Foden haaland nunes

Teams picks itself really I would of liked to start gundogan but think we needs legs in the middle for this as Bournemouth are a decent team

 

[Damanino]

it will be hard and we made the Wolves game look hard too who are much lesser than this team.

Bournemouth at home so far:
2 wins (Soton and Arsenal recently)
1 draw Newcastle (they were 1-0 up most of the game)
1 loss (vs Chelsea 0-1 87th min goal from Jackson)

we won there 1-0 last season albeit thanks to them missing a lot, they had 21 shots in that game vs our 28. so wasnt one of those games where we dominate and restrict them to 1/2 shots.

 

[super_city_si]

Should be a straight selection. And about 3 on the bench of which 2 are ortega ans Carson.

Ederson
Lewis stones dias/ake gvardiol
Gundogan kovacic foden
Bernardo haaland nunes.

Pep said dias has a niggle so him or Ake.

Down to the bare bones.

Can see us dropping points. Possibly a draw.

 

[footballmanager]

the academy is there for a reason, no excuses, just win

 

[urban genie]

bit knackered time for a stuart pearce playbook ;-)

.................Ortega.................
Lewis..Stones...Ake...Gvardiol
................Ederson................
..........Berny.....Kovacic........
Foden....Haaland.......Nunes


In all seriousness though

eddie
lewis
stones
ake
gvardiol
kovacic
berny
mcatee
foden
haaland
nunes


we pretty much have no one else

 

[Gray]

How has it been allowed to get to this, we can hardly field a team?

Too much football the powers that be have a lot to answer for, we must pull all our players out of international squads at the next break.

 

[bellsouth]

How has it been allowed to get to this, we can hardly field a team?

Too much football the powers that be have a lot to answer for, we must pull all our players out of international squads at the next break.

The calendar is crap for sure, but this is also a symptom of playing with a small squad. It’s a strategy that has been immensely successful for Pep, but it’s high risk nowadays.
Let’s just try and get through these next 3 games and then hopefully we have a few back after the break

 

[Gabriel]

How has it been allowed to get to this, we can hardly field a team?

Too much football the powers that be have a lot to answer for, we must pull all our players out of international squads at the next break.

External and internal reasons. Too much football in general and too much has been asked of too few for too long.

 

[sh249]

——————————Ederson————-
Simpson-Pusey-Stones-Dias-Gvardiol
——————————Kovacic———
Bernardo—-Foden—-Gundogan—-Nunes
——————————Haaland————-

Nothing against Lewis. But having him move into midfield just isn‘t really working at the moment, and he looks like he could do with a break. Back to the 4 centre halves for me. Having Stones shuttle into midfield will help make us more solid, I reckon.

Tempted maybe to go with McAtee instead of Gundogan (from the right, with Bernardo in the middle). But didn‘t think he did much last night to argue his case.

 

[Paul1970]

Gonna be difficult to win this game just got to hope .