Ipswich Town (A) - Sun 19th Jan, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[PragueBlue]

Gundogan is finished as a premiership footballer.
Grealish or O’Reilly should be playing.

Both really.

 

[Ajm1985]

i see the fanny wipes are needed again.it was obvious with psg coming up he was going to have to take a risk.weve still got more than enough to win

The risk is unnecessary and exacerbates weaknesses we have in midfield. There are younger, more energetic options to play in midfield. Our press is already bad, but selecting our least mobile midfield is hardly a great shout

 

[Gaz76]

Who the hell is alleyne!?

Max alleyne, been linked to Dortmund for the past couple of weeks, never any mention of him in the eds forum, must have something in him if Dortmund are sniffing round

 

[super_city_si]

i see the fanny wipes are needed again.it was obvious with psg coming up he was going to have to take a risk.weve still got more than enough to win

Then take a risk with someone who can actually run.

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

Big win here.
Erling hat trick incoming.
Gundo to have his best game since banging 2 in at Wembley.
Come on you blue boys.
CTID

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Why not start McAtee, then? Or Grealish? Or Rico? Or O'Reilly? We have tonnes of options and potential fixes but no, Gundogan gets another game. No energy or legs in midfield at all - just asking to be overrun.

If we are getting overrun in midfield I just hope Pep makes changes early enough.

 

[deano ou812]

Define Insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome..for all of our pro active nature in the transfer window the main problem has not been sorted you’d think it would have been a priority over everything else,anyhow hopefully we still get the win but I’ll say 1-1..

 

[ufo]

The midfield does not exist. We are in for a long day!

fuck it , dias was a massive miss atleast in my eyes , we lacked a leader to command and lead the back line. this is fucking massive booost.
fuck it 0-4

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Savinho purple patch and gets hooked, crackers

 

[mancity111]

I'd have played them both today personally. Couldn't care less about CL this year we aren't anywhere near good enough to challenge for it in my opinion so resting players for League games to play in it makes no sense at all. Hopefully we can blast them away early today before our lack of legs comes to bite us.

No hope of winning the Chumps League thereby automatically qualifying for next years comp.

If we are to play in next years comp we have to finish in the top 5 and that is not going to be easy.

Having Gundy as fantastic as he has been before his second coming in our midfield now along with Kovacic and KDB will only make that task much harder.

 

[hilts]

i see the fanny wipes are needed again.it was obvious with psg coming up he was going to have to take a risk.weve still got more than enough to win

Great point except mcatee grealish for starters haven't played fuck all and aren't in line for a start against PSG. Also notice how one of our most important and injury prone players KDB has been risked.

Maybe before coming out with tired fanny wipe clichés you maybe try engaging your brain. It's the pre match thread for discussing the game, were you expecting a,weather report?

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

The midfield does not exist. We are in for a long day!

Peps got his balls out and is jangling them around with that line up….big man decisions

 

[Ajm1985]

Gundo off at 60 mins is my guess

For Bernardo - Pep trusts him the most and in fairness, he needed a rest. First PL he hasn't started since Brighton in the start of November

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Expecting a Haaland hammer smash today; 4-1

 

[yankblue]

We'll be fine, some of you need to take a breath and go outside

 

[ufo]

Expecting a Haaland hammer smash today; 4-1

hopefully he scores more than 1

 

[ALDN_Ko]

i see the fanny wipes are needed again.it was obvious with psg coming up he was going to have to take a risk.weve still got more than enough to win

The risk taken is starting Dias which he would’ve had to do since Ake is injured again. He’s not rested Haaland, Foden or KDB. A risk would be starting Grealish, O’Reilly and Mcatee. This is just a slow midfield that don’t take any risks bar KDB. I would be highly surprised if Gundogan and Kovacic manage to play well together today.

 

[Goater101]

Great point except mcatee grealish for starters haven't played fuck all and aren't in line for a start against PSG. Also notice how one of our most important and injury prone players KDB has been risked.

Maybe before coming out with tired fanny wipe clichés you maybe try engaging your brain. It's the pre match thread for discussing the game, were you expecting a,weather report?

His point makes no sense anyway? What’s the risk? KDB and Kovacic are nailed on starters for psg anyway. The risk would be starting younger players

 

[Omar the King]

King Dias and King Ederson back, love that. Clean sheet coming up.

 

[johnny crossan]

Has Rico been a bad boy?