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

[eyalluvitt]

A win tomorrow puts us right in the mix. I expect we’ll put in a strong performance and get the 3 points.

Hopefully, but we always seem to cock up before international breaks leaving me like Victor Meldrew for a fortnight

 

[Stoned Rose]

These are shit. Get them seen to and nestle in 3 points from the top.

 

[DiscoSteve]

gonna be a tough one tomorrow, might have to have extra beers on the way down to number the potential f*cks that might happen during the 90 - then I can sleep off the jourmey home!

sometimes I wonder why I do this, I've have been in London with work half last week, and half the week before, so yeah great lets go to London on Sunday too FFS! ;-)

 

[Victorinodennistua]

Who is Cherki's dancing partner here?
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Gotta be Rafael nedal with Warwick Davis in the middle.

 

[Blumooniac]

Trying to analyse this game without over thinking it. I have concluded that, in a season of big games, it's... a big game. Win, and we're right where we need to be. Also, Auchentoshan is one of the best single malts I've tasted. Wonderfully smooth.

 

[Axel Freed]

For all our relative struggles last season we’re still one of the top 3 sides in the country and as such we should dispatch plucky little Brentford with some ease

 

[Gray]

We are lacking what we once had in abundance, this team has very little steel.

 

[Eccles Blue]

MANCHESTER CITY THE BEST TEAM IN THE LAND AND ALL THE WORLD.

 

[kun]

Donnarumma
Lewis Dias Gvardiol O'Reilly
Rodri
Reijnders Foden
Bernardo Haaland Doku

3-1 City win. Haaland, Foden, Bernardo on the scoresheet.

 

[MellowJoe]

Donnarumma
Lewis Dias Gvardiol O'Reilly
Rodri
Reijnders Foden
Bernardo Haaland Doku

3-1 City win. Haaland, Foden, Bernardo on the scoresheet.

I like it :) they're all left footed though

 

[Eccles Blue]

Will we be having a minutes silence today or wait until next home game?
I noticed that the black arm bands in yesterday’s match over there had A City United on them. Very moving.

 

[citytill1die84]

Bernado?

Yes. Who else? He's club captain and still a very good player.

 

[journolud]

We are lacking what we once had in abundance, this team has very little steel.

If only they had your resolve and outlook

 

[Sky Blue]

We are lacking what we once had in abundance, this team has very little steel.

Alexa set the alarm for 6am as I want to post early negative shite on bluemoon.

 

[doobyedoobye]

I think until Rodri is back to near full fitness it's difficult to predict which City will turn up

 

[Doc_Testosterone]

I presume RAN is back after the international break?

 

[noseve]

It's just bizarre this place. I could have understood it 40 years or so ago but not now. Just a couple of weeks ago there were people saying we would never catch Liverpool, with one clown saying that we're "light years behind them". Win tomorrow and we're two points behind them, already with a considerably better goal difference. I've been saying for the past few weeks that Liverpool are scraping through and it wouldn't last. Looking at their squad and ours, I think we have the better, more exciting squad but it will take time to click, and we also need players back. Sure, we could lose too but it doesn't matter, it's far too early to be a concern yet even three matches in there were people saying we had "no chance" of winning the league with some even saying we'd struggle to make CL qualification again.

Three of the most recent signings, the three best ones in my opinion in Khusanov, Cherki and Marmoush have all missed several games so we can only get better when they get back to fitness and get game time, but all we get on here is doom and gloom and reading some of the threads, if you didn't know which team or knew nothing about football and you were just being introduced to the PL you would think it was a forum for one of the teams expecting to go down. There is far too much negativity and I'm sorry but I just think it's pathetic and a lot of people on here need to grow a pair and trust the process. We've got the world's best manager, striker and keeper and some exciting new players with others making it through the academy and I genuinely think we're capable of dominating for another 6, 8, 10 years. I don't think Liverpool are.

Agree with a lot of that, but it wasn't my question :-)

 

[Goater101]

I presume RAN is back after the international break?

I think we will have a fully fit squad. Providing no new injuries. Win today is crucial. Bounce into that Everton game with a full squad to pick from.

 

[Buckshaw Blue]

I presume RAN is back after the international break?

Looks that way. Along with Marmoush & Khusanov. Cherki has travelled to Brentford so looks like he’s in the squad for today.

 

[Blue and true]

Looks that way. Along with Marmoush & Khusanov. Cherki has travelled to Brentford so looks like he’s in the squad for today.

Would be great if Cherki could get twenty minutes today. Hopefully we're secure towards the end of the game and he gets a run out.