Burnley (H) - Sat 16 Oct 15:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[jimharri]

Walker, Dias, Gundogan and Grealish all on the bench. Hmm. If this goes Pete, the match and post match threads will be interesting!

 

[flook]

back 3 perhaps?

 

[Barcon]

I wonder why Zin isn't starting.
Who is Maxwell Cornet?

 

[mccity]

Stones must be keeping Gomez out of the City team too...

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

back 3 perhaps?

Unlikely unless Foden is LWB

 

[samuelyeboah]

we'll be fine

 

[kaz7]

I wonder why Zin isn't starting.
Who is Maxwell Cornet?

Just returned to training from injury , same as gundy

 

[TheThirdDeano]

If we lose the post match is going to be an absolute cluster fuck haha.

Come on blue boys

 

[Gabriel]

Don’t know what to make of that. Boo boys will have a field day with both ake and Sterling playing

Our boo boys have a field day irrespective of who is fielded; they’re wonderfully consistent in that regard.

Ake is arguably the most aggressive player in the air of any of our defenders, so including him against Burnley’s forwards makes sense. Similarly, Sterling has made a rod for his own back by speaking publicly about his lack of game time. Guardiola says you do your speaking on the pitch, so if Sterling cannot make hay against one of the league’s weaker teams, he won’t have grounds for complaint when he’s omitted next time.

Smart management.

 

[SWP's back]

They already posted this:

Thursday: Raheem Sterling says he would be open to playing abroad if he does not get more game time at Etihad Stadium.
Friday: Pep Guardiola says he cannot guarantee Sterling a more prominent role at City and insists he must fight for his place.
Saturday: Sterling starts v Burnley.

No mention of us having no strikers, Jesus not available, Torres injured, they just had to post this to make out its player power winning or something.

Yep and why it’s annoying when the twat mouthes off to the press.