Crystal Palace (A) - Sat 7th Dec, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Zenmanc]

Staggering that Grealish and Doku dropped. Jack made a huge difference in CM. Better to start them and withdraw.

I'll take the decision of Pep on a 4 day bender over that of any poster on this forum.

 

[paulchapo]

Personally, I'd have priorised today's game. Win today, and it just increases the pressure ever so slightly on TMM. On Wednesday night, we could have been (realistically) 15 points adrift, taking GD into account. Win today and, even though they'll have a game in hand, we'll be 6 (realistically, 7)pts behind.I want the 5-peat, rather than a second CL. Others will disagree; so be it.

Hard one to call. I think deep down Pep knows this ageing and injury hit squad can't do another title slog. That leaves the champions league and fa cup. I'm not sure we are good enough to win the champions league but who knows, stay in it, get everybody back fit and it's possible. We have to stay in the top four too. Personally I will be surprised if we win anything this season but I'm a bloody pessimistic glass half empty old time Blue lol. Again I'd be delighted to be completely wrong.

 

[Zenmanc]

because, of course, Pep won't have spoken to any of them about why

Cmom, you know Pep clearly just throws darts at a team sheet on the wall in the dark rather than the multiple hours he puts in watching the players, talking with them, consulting with medical and coaching staff.

 

[M23 Citizen]

Staggering that Grealish and Doku dropped. Jack made a huge difference in CM. Better to start them and withdraw.

What if the physios and Drs have only recommended 20 or 30 minutes today for them. Would you sub them after 20 mins or half an hour?

 

[ScottSinclair]

What would be your line up be seeing as you know who is fully fit

Says a lot about the squad doesn't it?

 

[Eccles Blue]

The Boys in Blue never give in, they fight to the end. Come on City, come on City. Show 'em lads, show 'em all. They may be the Palace but we have the Castle and the Kingdom!! We are the greatest.
Show the know nowt, alleged media types who don't know a football from a rugby ball just what we are made of, the cowabunga load of fishpaste fools.
Show the Specsavers needing, whistle blowing group who call themselves the officials. Yep the official hob knocker, jack waggons who still don't know who we are. We are MANCHESTER CITY, THE BEST TEAM IN THE LAND AND ALL THE WORLD, you pile of shiitake mushrooms.

Now come on lads we need this and we want it and we deserve it. So get out there and show the world who we are. :-)


John Boy hurry up and get better sunshine. :-)

 

[johnny crossan]

A rhetorical question

Not at all, didn't know if it's possible to change a username - from your answer presumably not and you were a Pep fan long before he rocked up here.

 

[paulchapo]

There we go. Explained away.

It's a bloody shame. We just can't get our first choice eleven fit enough and on the pitch on a regular basis to put any sort of winning run together.

 

[robbieh]

We keep losing players by overplaying them. We have to play the long game.

We over play them because the group of players Pep trusts is too small.

Quite a few clubs, I'm thinking Barca, chuck in youngsters when needed. O'Reilly and McAtee and Wright should have had more minutes.

They all played pretty well against Spurs in the cup.

 

[BlueMonkey79]

Feels like this game is going to be one step forward after forest then 2 back against Palace.