Bournemouth (H) - Sun 2nd Nov, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[bernard o'silver]

2nd or eighth by tomorrow night

Or fourth ?

 

[super_city_si]

..........................Donna

Nunes.........Dias...........Gvardiol......O'Reilly

....................Gonzalez

...................Bernardo

Foden....................................Marmoush

....................Haaland

One more needed but unsure because of injuries and fitness. Don't want an extra wide attacking player.

Probably savinho. Pep sees something no one else does. I also think you’re right adding bernardo.

 

[The Mighty Marmoush]

you forgetting we have a ballon d’or winner?

I know exactly who Rodri, but my point was he won't be starting today

 

[oldius]

Probably savinho. Pep sees something no one else does. I also think you’re right adding bernardo.

Same as my team but I added Cherki behind Erling.
And I had Doku for Marmoush.

I assumed Rodri wasn't fit, so the choice is Bernardo or Kova with Gonzalez, but I do think you need two.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Followed up by a terrible ACL injury that has pretty much put him out for more than 12 months with no guarantee he ever reaches that peak again.

Far too many are putting too much faith in Rodri that once he is back properly, everything will be all roses and unicorns. Need to hang fire in my opinion.

We're in the ball park area of King Colin/Paul Lake at the moment.

It's fingers crossed all round he can get to be 100% Rodders again. The thing is it'll be next season before we properly know, 2 seasons of not being a fully functional world class midfielder seems like a lifetime.

 

[Gray]

We're in the ball park area of King Colin/Paul Lake at the moment.

It's fingers crossed all round he can get to be 100% Rodders again. The thing is it'll be next season before we properly know, 2 seasons of not being a fully functional world class midfielder seems like a lifetime.

If he doesn’t get back soon to playing regularly to his previous standard, then I fear he never will.

 

[Jonny Blue]

Rodri will be fine in the long run. Nico has stepped up now anyway.. We'll take this lot to the cleaners today, 4-0.

 

[Lowtower]

Rodri will be fine in the long run. Nico has stepped up now anyway.. We'll take this list to the cleaners today, 4-0.

Thats the spirit mate!

 

[Mancini Manus Domini]

If you travel by car and journey via Hyde Road and Pottery Lane then the road either side of Ashburys train station is currently down to 1 Lane. I live near the Etihad and I was held up there for around 10 minutes last night. Not sure how it will be with match traffic but I'd give yourself a bit longer or use a different approach.

 

[Blue Hefner]

I’m away so haven’t seen us play that much recently but saw the Villa game and whilst we were shite, we could have got something

But this isn’t Villa away, it’s Bournemouth at home. I expect us to score at least 3 and one way or the other that should be enough

Yes, they might be decent but in terms of quality and depth, we should run them over

Donna
Nunes Dias Gvardiol O’Rielly
Nico Bernado
Foden Cherki Doku
Haaland

Keep it solid and the goals will look after themselves
I’d like to see Marmoush start but he adds depth to the bench and if we are looking for a goal. He’s the man

 

[denTTony]

I think the back 6 look pretty certain in
Donnarumma Nunes Dias Gvardiol OReilly Gonzales

after that I think only Haaland and maybe Foden are guaranteed

Doku seems to have gone inconsistent again but is still more reliable than Savinho
Be nice to start Cherki but not sure he will

 

[alexmcity]

Probably savinho. Pep sees something no one else does.

I like Savinho and don't wonder why Pep starts him. He's quick and good at dribbling, has had more assists for Haaland since the start of last season than virtually any other City player and is only 21.

Savinho was one of our better players vs Villarreal and wasn't the only one who didn't impress vs Villa. More established players looked poor at Villa.

 

[warringtonblue]

I like Savinho and don't wonder why Pep starts him. He's quick and good at dribbling, has had more assists for Haaland since the start of last season than virtually any other City player and is only 21.

Savinho was one of our better players vs Villarreal and wasn't the only one who didn't impress vs Villa. More established players looked poor at Villa.

In his total of 35 games in the PL, he has 1 goal and 9 assists. I'd say during that period, he has ballooned 10 over the bar and rattled the defenders legs about 200 times, not the greatest of stats.
Oh and i forgot, raised his arms to try to get the crowd going after he's fucked up, maybe 10 times

 

[shnaghaicityfish]

If he doesn’t get back soon to playing regularly to his previous standard, then I fear he never will.

Gundog had similar issues when he arrived, but he turned out ok……

 

[alexmcity]

In his total of 35 games in the PL, he has 1 goal and 9 assists. I'd say during that period, he has ballooned 10 over the bar and rattled the defenders legs about 200 times, not the greatest of stats.
Oh and i forgot, raised his arms to try to get the crowd going after he's fucked up, maybe 10 times

Foden has had 1 goal involvement in the league this season. If you measure quality in that way, then Foden has been very poor.

Last season was relatively bad for any of the attacking players. Let's hope this season is much better.

 

[malg]

I hope he starts yer man Cherki today otherwise there will be a collective meltdown on here

 

[warringtonblue]

Foden has had 1 goal involvement in the league this season. If you measure quality in that way, then Foden has been very poor.

Last season was relatively bad for any of the attacking players. Let's hope this season is much better.

I know who i'd pick every time out of them two, and he's not Brazilian

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I hope he starts yer man Cherki today otherwise there will be a collective meltdown on here

So do I but, his last home start admittedly he'd not been involved in many training sessions etc he wasn't anything special.

I do think we need to build the team around him, he's got potential to be our next Dave Silva.

 

[blue61]

He didn't have the best game the other night but I'd play Khusanov over Nunes against Semenyo, just think he's better equipped to deal with him defensively.

khusanov doesn’t look anywhere near fit, he was skinned a couple of times on the byline on Wednesday.

His poor passing also a common fault in players returning from injury. We have even seen that with Rodri

I believe Khusanov is going to be a great player but throwing him in for this match is too much of a risk

The other factor is that Nunes is vastly improved playing rb this season

 

[chesterbells]

He gets back and wins the ball. He gets around the pitch. Okay he is not physical but his ball recoveries are the highest of our midfield options bar Nico and Rodri. He covers more ground than anyone else in the league. Swapping Foden for Cherki will be more defensively damaging than swapping Reijnders for Cherki.

Foden is also better than Reijnders when he drops deep to help us progress the ball from defence to attack.

I for one would love to see Cherki and Foden in the same midfield.

Cheers for reply. I didn’t know and was surprised by that stat about him covering more distance than any other player in the league.