Fulham (H) - Sat 2nd Sept, 15:00 l PL | Pre-Match Thread

[birchwoodgingerste]

If João Palhinha had been sold to Bayern I could have seen us winning 4-0 or 5-0. Since the deal collapsed I think it'll be a tighter game. I'm going for a 3-1.

Surely he won't be involved

 

[west didsblue]

I presume Fulham will be wearing black armbands tomorrow for their former owner who has just died.
Sun headline prediction: Di’s Dodi’s dad’s dead

 

[Ethan23]

Surely he won't be involved

He definitely won’t be involved

 

[BlumerMooner]

I presume Fulham will be wearing black armbands tomorrow for their former owner who has just died.
Sun headline prediction: Di’s Dodi’s dad’s dead

That headline is a bit too scouse

 

[cleavers]

The guys in Germany, doubt he’ll be involved at all tomorrow

I doubt he'll be involved as his heads not going to be in the right place, but they do have airports and planes in Germany, some planes even depart for Manchester ;-)

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Won’t be as one sided as some think imo; I expect the win but by a small margin

4-0; all four for oden

 

[Xhavenjoe]

4-0; all four for oden

4 for Erling "Odin" or Philf?

 

[TrentGrisham]

Won’t be as one sided as some think imo; I expect the win but by a small margin

4-0; all four for oden

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Really excited to see Doku and looking forward to seeing Foden continue his good form.

Palhinha missing for them would give us a big advantage.

Marco Silva is a very good coach so I doubt this'll be straight forward but it'd be great if we could have the game sewn up by the hour mark and were able to bring Rodri off early for a much needed rest.

Having said that, I'd obviously take a boring 1-0 right now. 4/4 would be our best start since Pep's first season and then we can really move through the gears after the international break.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

4 for Erling "Odin" or Philf?

See below

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Doku , haaland , Bernardo front three please.

 

[gill_undrhill]

I presume Fulham will be wearing black armbands tomorrow for their former owner who has just died.
Sun headline prediction: Di’s Dodi’s dad’s dead

Ken Dodd's Dads' Dogs dead, too.

 

[gill_undrhill]

Ederson
Gvardiol
Dias
Ake
Walker
Doku
Kovavic
Foden
Rodri
Silva
Haaland

 

[buckshot]

I don't think they should play Doku until he gets some time with Pep.

 

[madloaf]

Ederson
Gvardiol
Dias
Ake
Walker
Doku
Kovavic
Foden
Rodri
Silva
Haaland

Is grealish injured?

 

[gill_undrhill]

Not that I know, just seems to have played many minutes recently, I gave him a rest in my fantasy team is all!

It is very difficult to guess City's team, Foden was electric the other week and then gets dropped (rested?)

I sometimes think Pep does this to keep egos in check, to stop any one player getting above of themself, but could he do that whilst in hospital?!

 

[eastmanc]

Not that I know, just seems to have played many minutes recently, I gave him a rest in my fantasy team is all!

It is very difficult to guess City's team, Foden was electric the other week and then gets dropped (rested?)

He was ill in the week, he wasn't dropped.

 

[Sir peace frog]

Not that I know, just seems to have played many minutes recently, I gave him a rest in my fantasy team is all!

It is very difficult to guess City's team, Foden was electric the other week and then gets dropped (rested?)

He was ill, believe he didn't actually travel with the team to Sheffield, but came on later and added the spark needed, I'm not sure we will see a lot of doku or nunes unless we are in a comfortable position later on in the game, think pep will want to do a little bit of work with them

 

[Gray]

He was ill in the week, he wasn't dropped.

It’s like banging your head against a brick wall trying to impart knowledge to some people.

 

[MadchesterCity]

——————Haaland
———-Alvarez—Foden
Grealish—Bernardo—-Doku
———————Rodri
Ake—Gvardiol—Akanji
——————Ederson