Ipswich (H) - Sat 24th Aug | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[makinghistory]

No easy games in this league, There's always that threat of getting turned over when it's not expected.

Ipswich players legs going after 50 mins and giving up a bucket load of chances against the Dippers really does fill me with confidence though.

By 60 minutes they will be running no faster than their tractors.

 

[ealing blue]

Presume Phillips can't play as we're his parent club?

 

[heslops barnet]

Presume Phillips can't play as we're his parent club?

Nope

 

[The Black Shed]

Champions
First home game of the season
Saturday 1500 k/o
Make it happen

 

[Gingers Dad]

Watched Ipswich against the Dippers employing the same man to man marking as Luton last year. Very high line and press. They could get stung quite a few times in the PL playing like that. They might come to City to defend but they've just come off the back of back to back promotions. It's highly doubtful this set of players have got a low block in their locker.

 

[Winchester]

They’ll play 1 defender?

That's more like a Pep formation - you know how he loves midfielders.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Same starting eleven, bring Jack, Stonesy, Walker on 2nd half. Give Rodri and Phil a bit longer off. Phil looked a bit off it today.

3-0 City win

Felt like he didn’t like having Cucurella up his arse, and just stroked the ball back to Akanji multiple times. But, we were ahead and in “kill the game” mode, so…

Anytime we don’t get at least a few inside dribbles and a shot, I feel like we have missed the Phil we have come to expect.

Early days.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Ederson

Lewis
Akanji
Ake
Gvardiol

Kovacic
Bernardo
Kdb

Foden
Haaland
Doku

Hopefully, we can get to 3-0 and have 5 subs come on to give some of the starters a rest.

Ortega (?!)

Walker (Lewis)
Stones
Ake
Guardiol

Rodri (Kovacic)

Foden
Bernardo (McAtee)
KDB (Nunes)
Doku (Grealish)

Haaland

4-1-4-1 transitioning to an attacking 3-2-4-1 and an under the cosh swarming 2-5-3, if we are camped in their half!

If they play man to man, we need to play some long balls for Haaland to knock down to the wings, or tap back and go, or just run onto them if they are caught short.

No idea what they look like and literally the only player of theirs I know as I sit here today is Kalvin Phillips!

Nothing less than a resounding thumping should be expected…which means it’ll be a squeaker!! ;/)

 

[AliBobbyJ]

No idea what they look like and literally the only player of theirs I know as I sit here today is Kalvin Phillips.

Muric in goal.

 

[Ethan23]

Presume Phillips can't play as we're his parent club?

Unfortunately