Leeds United (H) - Sat 6th May, 15:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[jim_tolmies_perm]

Strong 11 for me and sub as needed. Win this and we only need 8 from 4 games. Less if Arse drop points. Maybe leave Haaland and KDB out but no others

 

[Semper aggressus]

Yet another must win. I do wish Arsenal would fuck off and give us some room to rest players!

Have to go with our strongest available team again, hopefully get a couple of early goals to settle the nerves and stop Leeds putting ten men in their penalty area throwing their bodies in front of every shot or cross. I wish they’d waited another week before getting Allardyce in.

Come on City!!!! Leeds have conceded 67 goals in 34 games so far. We absolutely MUST WIN!

 

[Gremlin]

Double parked bus and hoof it then a dive to try to get a free kick to hoof in our pen box! He is a dinosaur!

He's only going to have had 2-3 days on the training ground with them - how much is he going to be able to get them playing like he wants in that time?

 

[DMA's]

As pep has rested Bernardo and gundogan one of the last 2 games I’m certain both will start which will allow rodri some rest.

Ederson

walker
akanji
laporte
gomez

gundo
bernardo
kdb

foden
mahrez
alvarez

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

He's only going to have had 2-3 days on the training ground with them - how much is he going to be able to get them playing like he wants in that time?

He wont need long to tell them to defend and kick the fucking ball as far as you can

 

[ManCityGR!]

Hopefully Pep will be gentle with them in training in the next couple of days. A few of them are looking like the long season is catching up a bit on them.

Yes, I'm worried about Silva. He looked tired from minute 1 yesterday and this is Silva that never gets tired. So fatigue caught us up.
But we MUST WIN this game against Leeds by all means! So we have to play the best team possible again.

...............Ederson...........
.....Akanji......Dias....Laporte.....
..Silva...Stones...Rodri...Gundogun...
...Foden......Haaland....Grealish....

And if things go well in 1st half then rest Grealish(Mahrez in and change side with Foden), rest Dias and rest Rodri for KDB to take minutes and rest Silva later on also.

 

[dadnlad]

Double parked bus and hoof it then a dive to try to get a free kick to hoof in our pen box! He is a dinosaur!

all aided and abetted by the ref
last night he let the keepr piss about then talked to him at free kick which he moved ball a number of times , 1 mimute tiime added that showed him

 

[blue cigar]

If ever there's a game to start kalvin this is it, he knows Leeds inside out and with gundogan and Bernie alongside him he'll be fine.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

He's only going to have had 2-3 days on the training ground with them - how much is he going to be able to get them playing like he wants in that time?

I respect a 4-5-1 banks of players, as shite as it is to watch, but you'd think it is a default system that all players instinctively know how to play and not a system that requires huge amounts of discipline and positional awareness. Four games is an absurd amount of time to get players playing like that, especially when that Leeds team has been built on something entirely different.

 

[glasg0wblue]

Can see Laporte, Lewis, maybe Gomez and hopefully Foden getting a start. Its all about the 3 points and not the performance.