Club Brugge (H) - CL - Wed 3 Nov 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Gray]

We’re you around in the 80s and 90s?

Been around since the 50’s, I wish we had the likes of Mike Doyle in our team for derby games.

 

[Manc in London]

That's quite true. Oh for the days of Sane and Sterling flying down the wings

Thing is, we rarely play in games where we can use pace in the attacking third. Pace has a limited impact against nine defenders.

 

[MCFC1993]

Apart from Dias, he's picked the team I would have played Saturday.

Grealish or De Bruyne was a toss up as well.

 

[BlueDan91]

Anyone know why we've named 10 subs? Thought it was 9 in CL?

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Happy enough with that eleven. Mahrez is like a different player in the CL, it'll be interesting to see who is playing the false 9 role and who is in the middle and who is down the left, but there's enough there to win. We could do with a win, in part because half the people seem to think our entire squad is wank and shouldn't be starting!

 

[CityBluez]

Has dias got a rest or will pep rest him for derby too

 

[domalino]

I tend to agree. Think he puts the team in more bad positions than advantageous ones, personally.

Replacing Walker will be a TALL task.

The club has bought up 3 or 4 of the best RB prospects in the world so I think we'll be OK when the time comes. Pedro Porro, €20m buyback announced yesterday (€40m for other clubs) might well be Spain's starting RB at the Qatar world cup. We've got the Brazilian kid, Couto, we've got Issa Kaboré playing at Troyes. CJ Egan Riley is a decent academy prospect, Sam Robinson captains the u18's. Jeremy Frimpong would probably jump at the chance to come back, he's apparently pulling up trees in Germany.

Or most likely - we'll just buy one. Livramento, Lamptey, Rencsh at Ajax looks good. There's a lot of options.

 

[grim up north]

Has dias got a rest or will pep rest him for derby too

Laporte suspended

 

[creditunionhero]

XI | Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Grealish SUBS | Steffen, Carson, Dias, Ake, Sterling, Jesus, Zinchenko, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Palmer

Thank you, much appreciated.

 

[CityBluez]

Laporte suspended

Right. Thanks