City Vs Newcastle Pre match Thread

[mosssideblue]

could see Bony playing from the off to be honest, especially with the Aguero injury scare at Stoke and Barcelona tie only 2 days later.

I was thinking along similar lines but thought that it would be Dzeko who got the nod, only because Wilf hasn't played yet.

 

[PragueBlue]

If we play a weakened team against Newcastle and drop points and then lose against Barcelona, then that's our chance of a trophy pretty much gone. The players have had a long enough rest. Full strength for both games.

 

[mosssideblue]

If we play a weakened team against Newcastle and drop points and then lose against Barcelona, then that's our chance of a trophy pretty much gone. The players have had a long enough rest. Full strength for both games.

I guess tha's the issue. If we are fully dependent on the same 11 playing every game, we will come unstuck eventually. At some point, be it this weekend or over the coming weeks, we will have to rotate, and to be honest we have some decent players waiting in the wings.

I know we have said many times that our second 11 should beat many of the PL teams, but the reality is somewhat different.

Over to Mr Pellergrini et all to sort out

Just make sure we get three points against the bar codes one way or another.

 

[SkyBlueTX]

Newcastle

hart

sagna
vinny
mangala
kolarov

fernando
yaya
Silva
nasri

bony
aguero

barca

hart

zabba
vinny
demi
clichy

fernando
fernandinho
silva

navas
milner
aguero

We need Mangala's size and athleticism in the Barca game to deal with their balls into the box, which are often spectacular.

 

[mosssideblue]

Newcastle

hart

sagna
vinny
mangala
kolarov

fernando
yaya
Silva
nasri

bony
aguero

barca

hart

zabba
vinny
demi
clichy

fernando
fernandinho
silva

navas
milner
aguero

We need Mangala's size and athleticism in the Barca game to deal with their balls into the box, which are often spectacular.

Ther'e "big lads" then :)

 

[richards30]

Hart
Sagna
Vinny
Mangala
Kolarov
Fernandinho
Yaya
Nasri
Silva
Bony
Sergio

Go for it and score some fookin goals!!!

 

[SkyBlueTX]

Newcastle

hart

sagna
vinny
mangala
kolarov

fernando
yaya
Silva
nasri

bony
aguero

barca

hart

zabba
vinny
demi
clichy

fernando
fernandinho
silva

navas
milner
aguero

We need Mangala's size and athleticism in the Barca game to deal with their balls into the box, which are often spectacular.

Ther'e "big lads" then :)

:D

 

[herrock]

You could be forgiven for forgetting about the Newcastle game the way the City website is hyping the Barca game. Hope the players aren't thinking about Barca yet.

 

[NorCalBlue]

Maybe we'll start Jovetic to placate him for his exclusion from the CL squad.

 

[aguerooo93]

For Newcastle:

Hart
Sagna, Kompany, Mangala, Kolarov
Fernando, Fernandinho
Silva, Nasri
Aguero, Bony

If everything goes to plan and we're winning, we should sub Fernandinho, Silva and Aguero off after an hour and put Yaya, Navas and Dzeko on.

For Barca:

Hart
Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy
Yaya, Fernandinho
Navas, Silva, Milner
Aguero

Maybe bring Nasri and/or Bony on towards the end of the game.