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

[pudge]

Looking forward to see the starting 11. I would really like to see Cherki in the team today and Marmoush getting some more game time.

Two players i don't want to see in the team are Savinho and Rico Lewis.

I fear Savinho is inevitable

 

[Ric]

Cherki starts, great news.

 

[Victorinodennistua]

This lot used to be the rags bogey team.

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Kovacic?

 

[warringtonblue]

Many things: pace, skills, creativity, etc. Plus Pep rates him. No doubt he should score more goals. But he scored 9 goals in La Liga aged 19 (how many from our current attackers could do it, Haaland aside?), so it's not a given he will be a bad goalscorer.

It's funny that people who have never played or managed at professional level back themselves to know better than Pep whether a player is good enough. When Pep thinks a player isn't good enough, he doesn't play him, e.g., Phillips (or Nunes in midfield).

And its also funny how people who pay to go every week cant have an opinion. I've watched football long enough to be able to say what I see, and all I've seen from him is his inability to score and his undoubted ability of taking the wrong option

Do you not think Pep had any input into the purchase of Phillips?

 

[phargrave]

And rightly so!

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

I think he'd love it if the fans sang that about him.

 

[DMA's]

You can tell pep loves cherki. He is going to some player for us

 

[Ric]

Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Gonzalez, Silva, Foden, Cherki, Doku, Haaland

 

[nico04]

And rightly so!

Probably means Reijnders doesn't. Good.

 

[N1985]

5 nil. Statement

 

[ninjamonkey]

Exactly how I predicted.

Now we just need to see Bernardo actually sitting alongside nico and not as the 8/10 and we'll be in business.

 

[Alexia_Ko]

Lovely lineup on paper, hopefully it holds up vs Bournemouth

 

[Claytop]

Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Gonzalez, Silva, Foden, Cherki, Doku, Haaland

Perfect, just add Rodri in there when fit.

 

[denTTony]

Good team, be interesting if Silva, foden or. cherki start on the right

 

[.db.]

I’d go with:

—————————-Donnarumma—————————-
Khusanov———Dias———Gvardiol———O’Reilly
—————————Nico———Kovačić————————
———Cherki———-—Foden——-——Marmoush—-
———————————Haaland———————————

We concede the fewest goals when Dias and Gvardiol play as a CB pair.

Khusanov and O’Reilly are better defensively and we have no idea which side Semenyo will play from.

A bit of solidity in midfield with Nico and Kovačić together. Both can join in with attacks, as can O’Reilly at times with Marmoush tucking inside when he does.

Then let the front four loose as it’s full of goals and creativity.


I don’t think Pep will though. I think he’ll go with Nunes LB, BSilva RW, Reijnders CM, Doku LW.

I wasn’t far off with what I thought Pep would do^

 

[Ric]

Good team, be interesting if Silva, foden or. cherki start on the right

I think it’ll be Cherki, with Foden and Silva in midfield.

 

[eastmanc]

Come on you Dolly Blues.

 

[mccity]

 

[ScottSinclair]

Would have had Kovacic for Bernardo personally, but very happy with that

 

[Longballutd]

Nice Cherki starts and no Savinho