Cardiff (A) Pre Match Thread

[FantasyIreland]

Foden for Gundogan please.

I sense Leroy will be looking for payback...

I'd love to think Saturday is the ideal for Foden.

 

[cookster]

Foden for Gundogan, Mahrez for D.Silva and Kun for Jesus. Anyone know when Danilo is back?

 

[Alan Oakes Shinpads]

I'd love to think Saturday is the ideal for Foden.

Would prefer him the week after against Brighton,Cardiff will be very physical(dirty) and fear he would get a kicking.

 

[Tevez City]

Would prefer him the week after against Brighton,Cardiff will be very physical(dirty) and fear he would get a kicking.

Fabregas was playing in the PL regularly when he was at Foden's age.

 

[Tevez City]

______________________Ederson___________________

Walker______Otamendi__________Kompany_______Delph

_____________________Gundogan___________________

_____________Bernardo__________David____________

Mahrez_______________Sergio________________Sane

 

[cookster]

______________________Ederson___________________

Walker______Otamendi__________Kompany_______Delph

_____________________Gundogan___________________

_____________Bernardo__________David____________

Mahrez_______________Sergio________________Sane

Gundogan against a physical Cardiff side, no thanks. He'll back out of every 50/50, actually every 70/30 in his favour.

 

[Damanino]

Two of Sane, Kun, Mahrez will come into starting line up. Sterling and Bernardo should start imo. Wouldnt mind start Mahrez in D. Silva position. And Bernardo in a deeper CM role, and then we can still have a trio of Sterling, Sane, Kun.

Cardiff will be paying extremely deep probably 541, having 3-4 midfielders dropping deep and making sure there wont be empty area to run into or making some slick passing. Also overcrowding wing areas so there wont be much place for Sane or Mahrez on the wings to do their trickery.

We need someone to move centrally closer to Kun otherwise he will be constantly watched by 2 or even 3 defenders. Mahrez starting in middle position behind Kun could be a surprise.I know he is not 100% yet, but trust him more to score if he has a chance to shoot and score from it around the box than D. Silva or Bernardo or Gundogan at the moment.

Unlocking tight defences, providing some magic too decide games imo is why we wanted Mahrez. Having one more very creative player in there when its hard too create anything.

Would be a very attacking line up with Fernandinho left alone a bit for all the defensive duties of course but expect us to have huge possession.

 

[Eaglechief]

Foden for Gundogan please.

I sense Leroy will be looking for payback...

Foden will find it too tough physically against Cardiff, this is not the game we should be throwing in one of our brightest young talents and risk getting him injured against a team of thugs, we need all our central midfielders to be fit, due to KdB's absence.

 

[Vienna_70]

Ederson

Walker
Otamendi
Kompany
Delph

Fernandinho

Bernardo
Merlin

Sterling
Agüero
Sané

 

[Tevez City]

Gundogan against a physical Cardiff side, no thanks. He'll back out of every 50/50, actually every 70/30 in his favour.

Last season he played 3 games as DM against Arsenal & Chelsea and he did very well.