Leicester (A) - Sat 11 Sep 15:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Tangled up in blue.]

Not as many as us ... and even those away with national teams are probably not playing as many minutes as ours!

I feel that maybe our undoing when we come to play them

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Last Saturday seems forever ago & still a week to go until we play again....fucking internationals.

 

[fodenmagic]

Ederson; Walker, Dias, Stones, Zinchenko; Rodri, Gundo, Bernardo; Grealish, Raheem, Jesus.

Hopefully see Foden & KDB at some point

 

[SidJames]

I am more optimistic about this season than some are.

Sure ideally we would have signed a much needed striker.

It didn't happen,a combination of crazy transfer fees,and greedy chairman,it is what it is.

Still i think Grealish gives us different options.

We have had Toress play the False 9 first 3 games .

I think when Phil is back from injury Pep might try him in that role.He is one of the best finishers at the Club.

We have scored 10 goals,so we are doing something right.

I am glad we didn't panic sign a player i detest with a vengeance being an older blue.

I think one or two will be surprised by us this season,just a gut feeling.

Grealish has definitely strengthened us

 

[JRockBlues]

Even if the Brazilians do miss this game then it's still better than the 3 that they would have if they travelled to a red list country.

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

I am more optimistic about this season than some are.

Sure ideally we would have signed a much needed striker.

It didn't happen,a combination of crazy transfer fees,and greedy chairman,it is what it is.

Still i think Grealish gives us different options.

We have had Toress play the False 9 first 3 games .

I think when Phil is back from injury Pep might try him in that role.He is one of the best finishers at the Club.

We have scored 10 goals,so we are doing something right.

I am glad we didn't panic sign a player i detest with a vengeance being an older blue.

I think one or two will be surprised by us this season,just a gut feeling.

Grealish has definitely strengthened us

I agree with 99% of that.
The 1% exception is that Torres has played as a 9, not as a false 9.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Guys we are playing Leicester away and I know they can be shite sometimes but through the years I have learned that these kind of teams always raise their game against us. There’d be time for rotation as the season progresses but for now we need to have a consistent winning formula. If KDB is fit, he goes straight right into the team because we need to deploy the strongest arsenal we’ve got.

The conundrum here is that we cannot do away with Gundogan’s control and Bernardo’s industry in the middle of the pack so I’d revert to a tactic that brought a lot of success last season. Torres is the fall guy here but I reckon he’ll still have enough time to develop as a striker with the games coming thick and fast. Injuries permitting I’d go:

Ederson
Walker Dias Laporte Zinchenko
Rodrigo
Bernardo Gundogan
Jesus De Bruyne Grealish
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No Torres must start!

 

[MadchesterCity]

Mendy's trial starts the day before this and will undoubtedly overshadow the build up and add a lot of external pressure to the players.

I thought they might be off their game yesterday and was obviously wrong, but it would be inhuman to not be effected by it at some point.

A win, any kind of win, would be an incredible result.

No excuses are acceptable for a poor performance, certainly not because of that stupid idiot Mendy

 

[MadchesterCity]

I want to see KDB in a False 9 role again.

Ederson
Walker Dias Laporte Cancelo
Rodri
Bernardo Gundogan
Jesus KDB Grealish

Nope Torres deserves to start

 

[MadchesterCity]

Hope not -having your best player and not the youngest running around centre backs chasing lost causes is a total waste of his skills. He's a quarter back not a whippet.

Fully agree, he is wasted in that position