Brentford (A) - Sun 5th Oct, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Bluearmy]

This was a day for Kovacic and Gonzalez over Rodri and Reijnders imo. And definitely Stones over Dias.

Savinho over Doku can only be a 'shop window' selection.

Could be an uncomfortable day for our midfield.

Agree about Kova/Nico. Amazed one of them hasn't started.

Savinho over Doku can only be if Doku has a niggle maybe. Im not Savinho's biggest fan but if he is here, and he is poor from the right we might aswell give him some more chances from the left. Im not holding my breath he'll be a success from the other side, but you never know!!

Do fear we are far to open tho.... time will tell

 

[Craig]

Surprised there is no Doku but he can be the difference off the bench.

Only RAN Marmoush and Kushanov missing

It’s a fucking joke frankly.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Surprised there is no Doku but he can be the difference off the bench.

Only RAN Marmoush and Kushanov missing

And when those 3 are back even more interesting team selections ahead.

 

[King Jay]

Lacks the pace of Doku and I wouldn’t have started Sav based on recent performances…but other than that, we should be strong enough to get the job done.

1-3 City !!!

Savinho is literally faster than Doku what are you talking about ?

 

[aka blue jambo]

It’s a fucking joke frankly.

Did you watch the game on Wednesday?

 

[Lavinda Past]

NO they don`t but they do seem to think they can do a better job than Pep.

To be fair; if they're not given the chance to show whether or not they can do a better job than Pep, we'll never find out

On what we've seen up to now, I'd say that Pep's selections and tactics have been well under par this season.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

Good to see that Cherki has made the bench.

 

[super_city_si]

Doku benched whilst Reijnders scams his way to start and play 90mins every game

Different physiology though. Doku is like a sprinter and runs in short explosive bursts. Reijnders is a middle distance runner. Thera a reason reijnders has a good injury record and Doku suffers niggles.

 

[HorlockofFiretopMountain]

Savinho is literally faster than Doku what are you talking about ?

Think Doku might have better acceleration, but Savinho definitely looks faster after the first 5-10 metres

 

[malg]

Do people not realize that squad selection has a ton to do with factors the coaching staff have noted in the week up to the match... factors none of us are privy to?

Fucking anarchist - what kind of nonsense is that.....????

 

[super_city_si]

Doku for Savinho for me. Pep always does it when a player has a poor game the game before, drops them. Bernardo understandable, but Doku no way, one poor game so far this season

Maybe he had that poor game cos he’s knackered? Might need a games break.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

Fucking anarchist - what kind of nonsense is that.....????

It's crazy talk!

 

[super_city_si]

Tough afternoon for the fullbacks with Bobb and Savinho ahead of them

 

[mosssideblue]

Come on lads

 

[Sibierskii]

Not even kicked off yet and Savinho is getting it.

 

[calumdown]

after the crystal palace loss,
a win puts us 5th,
3pts off top.

the players will be well aware of this.

c'mon city!

 

[deano ou812]

No harm but both Savinho and Bobb don’t really want to get back and defend,obviously doku mustn’t be fully fit to start or he would have,it is what it is let’s hopefully get the result and 3 points..

 

[Lavinda Past]

Not even kicked off yet and Savinho is getting it.

I presume you don't mean 'getting it' before kick off in the fashion of George Best...

 

[bluemoon32]

Come on City

 

[flook]

Not Doku's biggest fan by any means but he's been superb this season whereas Sav .....hasn't. Don't understand this at all. Pep usually saves his overthinking for finals but not this time it seems