Cheltenham Town (A) | Pre-Match Thread

[Eccles Blue]

Great to see Doyle staring. Looking forward to seeing more of Torres.

I hope he does more than stare! He’s not Paddington Bear you know! ;-)
Sorry couldn’t resist. I just had this vision of Doyle standing there giving them a staring glare. :-)

 

[Don Karleone]

See the usual mark arses out in force again Garcia is a MCFC player

I'd usually be one of those mard arses tbf. Not bothered tonight. Protect our first team as much as possible.

 

[@BluePhil8]

Perfect first 7 names on that team sheet;

Steffan
Garcia
HB
Laporte
Mendy
Fern
Doyle

Glad Mahrez is playing. Would have rested Foden, and only brought Torres on in the second half. Not sure if Delap was ineligible, not on the bench, would have liked him to get a game over Jesus.

Not too many complaints though.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Garcia should be nowhere near that side.

I'd rather we played him than risk Cancelo tbh.

 

[tonea2003]

By the way what happened to Cole Palmer? Thought he was supposed to be the next big thing yet not heard anything about him in a year and he doesn't get a game today.

he's had covid mate

 

[Cobra]

Regular RB is injured.

The EDS right backs are Dionkou and Egan-Riley and I don’t think either of them are injured. I think Dionkou is a decent player but he’s obviously never done enough to impress Pep

 

[ancoats]

lets respect them first and its the FA cup and away so will be a hard game

nice to see the young lads given a chance and i hope foden will control the pace of attack like in the last game vs villa. when foden runs at the defence you see the fear in the defenders ? at such a young age and small build he's so hard to knock off the ball also quick feet. lets hope city are injury free after the game

 

[come-on-barney]

I think it's hilarious people are angry at Garcia.

He's a 5th choice CB being offered a starting position at Barcelona. He gave us over a years notice of his intent to leave, having only arrived 2 years previous and giving the club 2 full transfer windows to sort something out.

He doesn't owe us anything. He's behind Ruben Dias (23, £65m), John Stones (26, £50m) and Laporte (26, £65m) who are all much better than he is right now, represent huge investments by the club and are all just coming into their best years.

Honestly if everyone could stop being so emotional over the fact a player rejected a contract offer, they'd realise he's 100% making the right decision.

Totally agree he is making the right decision 200%

 

[hammocity]

I claim my prize

You don't work in the Dippers IT Department do you?

 

[dickie davies]

Excellent. What was the score?

3-0

Now what's for tea?