City Vs Chelsea FA Community Shield Pre Match thread

[Deleted member 81382]

Ederson
Dinho
Kompany
Laporte
Mendy
Gundogan
B Silva
D Silva
Mahrez
Sané
Aguero

 

[mat]

Fat boy Moss refereeing.

 

[Dipsis_LTU_MC]

I hope both Bolton and Foden will start. Both looked great in pre-season and especially for Foden it would send a message that Phil is here to stay long term and that Pep trusts in him.

 

[IT and Me]

Didn`t realise we were lacking in confidence.

Think it was meant more as a "pick up where we left off" type of comment.

 

[doobyedoobye]

I hope both Bolton and Foden will start. Both looked great in pre-season and especially for Foden it would send a message that Phil is here to stay long term and that Pep trusts in him.

I would love to see them start as well but think it's more likely they will come on from the bench

 

[bluesteel]

Can you still get tickets for this?

 

[St.Pauli support]

I hope both Bolton and Foden will start. Both looked great in pre-season and especially for Foden it would send a message that Phil is here to stay long term and that Pep trusts in him.

I agree on Bolton. Doesn't make sense to push old Fern :) out on RB.

On Foden's position it's more important to give the big guns some match time.
Maybe Foden can share some minutes but he doesn't need special praise to know Pep and the fans love the local lad
and hope to have a great academy trained player on top of our 4 homegrown one day.


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Who can bring up what Pep said in the embargoed 15 min spell of today's pre match presser?? ;-)

 

[Len Rum]

@TINY not voted for a loss yet?
Getting worried.

 

[hihosilva]

Feeling very confident on this one. 3-1

 

[kaz7]

Jose Alvarez Haya‏ @10JoseAlvarez 3h3 hours ago


World Cup players of Manchester City that started to train this week have chance to play Community Shield game against Chelsea. They had double sessions of trainings during the week and could have some minutes on Sunday because they are fit for playing.

Pep says he believes Riyad Mahrez is fit to face Chelsea in the Community Shield.

Pep says "we will see" on transfers and says if City sign one it'll be because he's a "special player", not an "extra player".

 

[handsofstone]

Think that we can only make 6 signings means it'll be unlikely for him to recall everyone. Also think he will stick to a back 3 given he doesn't have a natural RB to call upon.

Ederson
Garcia Stones Laporte
Bolton Dinho Foden Mendy
B.Silva Aguero Sane

Mahrez or Bernardo is a toss up for me. Feel Pep will reward the youth players who excelled so expect to see Foden, Garcia and Bolton

 

[Pokes28]

This match will be broadcast online on ESPN+ in the US if you have access to that.

 

[Irlamblue]

Can you still get tickets for this?

of course - we`ve only sold 11,000

 

[Dipsis_LTU_MC]

I agree on Bolton. Doesn't make sense to push old Fern :) out on RB.

On Foden's position it's more important to give the big guns some match time.
Maybe Foden can share some minutes but he doesn't need special praise to know Pep and the fans love the local lad
and hope to have a great academy trained player on top of our 4 homegrown one day.


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Who can bring up what Pep said in the embargoed 15 min spell of today's pre match presser?? ;-)

I don't usually watch press-conferences. They're quite dull because managers don't want to give away any secrets in terms of tactics etc. Conversely, talking to Pep face to face would be something... :)

 

[Withnail]

Interesting to see what team Pep will put out. I am sure he will have an eye on the Arsenal game thus will play a strong side.

Like to see Bolton given another chance and maybe try either Zinchenko or Luiz as the DM option if Dhino doesn't play.

Be great if we can win but Arsenal is the more important game imo.

 

[Ken92]

Interesting to see what team Pep will put out. I am sure he will have an eye on the Arsenal game thus will play a strong side.

Like to see Bolton given another chance and maybe try either Zinchenko or Luiz as the DM option if Dhino doesn't play.

Be great if we can win but Arsenal is the more important game imo.

Yes, agree with that Arsenal quote.Arsenal is a must win game if we want to get out of the blocks fast and with confident.I hope we have our absolute best side against Arsenal and welcome Emery to the league with a bang :D

 

[SebastianBlue]

It’s going to be hot on Sunday, hopefully it won’t affect the tempo of our play.

 

[kaz7]

It’s going to be hot on Sunday, hopefully it won’t affect the tempo of our play.

It's been flipping hot down here for 2 + months with 1 days rain,make it stop now

 

[SebastianBlue]

It's been flipping hot down here for 2 + months with 1 days rain,make it stop now

Oh, I know. It has been very hot here, as well, with only fairly bad storms (no “normal” rain showers) for respite, so I am ready for Autumn.

I tried playing yesterday evening (32° 85% Humidity) and I was done with that after only 20 minutes. It is not uncommon for me to run 7-9 km a match, even with my knees the way they are, but I barely made 3 km in that game.

Should be interesting to see how our partially fit lads do on Sunday.

 

[kaz7]

Oh, I know. It has been very hot here, as well, with only fairly bad storms (no “normal” rain showers) for respite, so I am ready for Autumn.

I tried playing yesterday evening (32° 85% Humidity) and I was done with that after only 20 minutes. It is not uncommon for me to run 7-9 km a match, even with my knees the way they are, but I barely made 3 km in that game.

Should be interesting to see how our partially fit lads do on Sunday.

I don't know how you can stand temps like this in the states on a regular basis,thankfully it won't be like this again for a long time here
I think the players might struggle a bit,lots of subs anyway