Leicester City (A) | Pre-Match Thread

[mancity1]

Oh my days, are people really advocating Garcia to start a game against Leicester? Wow

Don't care so much as long as we win Longsight.

I hope you are not giving up on us if he does start are you?

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Oh my days, are people really advocating Garcia to start a game against Leicester? Wow

I know ha, it'll be Dias/Laporte.

 

[Eds]

Garcia should be nowhere near the team until we have mathematically won it and only then will it be to rest players if we have cup games left. If we are out of the cups then we should be concentrating on players who will be here next season so Garcia wouldn't even get a game.

 

[balotellishaircut]

He will not go full strength v Leicester. No chance. His priority by a million miles will be the Dortmund game so he will rest those who've been hammered during the internationals. He did just the same when we played Fulham just before the last cup game. We can afford to drop points in the league now which is a great luxury when chasing multiple trophies so expect all the big guns against Dortmund - Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Rodri, KDB, Mahrez and probably Foden are now probably the "undroppables". But don't expect many of them against Leicester.

Pep has always maintained the next game is the most important game, imo no way he doesn’t start his best 11, for Christ sake, he doesn’t want to be going into a champions league Qf with a defeat.

 

[citizen_maine]

Pep has always maintained the next game is the most important game, imo no way he doesn’t start his best 11, for Christ sake, he doesn’t want to be going into a champions league Qf with a defeat.

He'll play the best 11 available. A lot of them won't be

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Pep has always maintained the next game is the most important game, imo no way he doesn’t start his best 11, for Christ sake, he doesn’t want to be going into a champions league Qf with a defeat.

that’s a cliche he spouts to keep the players focussed. He regularly picks teams with fixture congestion in mind. He did it against Fulham recently.

Of course he’d rather win this game but it’s more important going into the Tuesday game without an exhausted team. I don’t know how people can’t see that. There are only three days between these games too and those who’ve been playing twice a week for their countries, particularly energy-based attackers, will be on the bench v Leicester. He can still put out a side to win the game like he did against Fulham.

 

[Barcon]

At the risk of getting grief for not reading all 26 pages, is there a list of the Leicester players that have been away and playing for their countries?

 

[kaz7]

At the risk of getting grief for not reading all 26 pages, is there a list of the Leicester players that have been away and playing for their countries?

• Timothy Castagne – Belgium – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Jonny Evans – Northern Ireland – Mar 25 + 28 + 31
• Wesley Fofana – France under-21s – Mar 25 + 28 + 31
• Kelechi Iheanacho – Nigeria – Mar 27 + 30
• Nampalys Mendy – Senegal – Mar 26 + 30
• Wilfred Ndidi – Nigeria – Mar 27 + 30
• Dennis Praet – Belgium – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Kasper Schmeichel – Denmark – Mar 25 + 28 + 31
• Youri Tielemans – Belgium – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Caglar Soyuncu – Turkey – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Danny Ward – Wales – Mar 24 + 27 + 30

 

[Barcon]

• Timothy Castagne – Belgium – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Jonny Evans – Northern Ireland – Mar 25 + 28 + 31
• Wesley Fofana – France under-21s – Mar 25 + 28 + 31
• Kelechi Iheanacho – Nigeria – Mar 27 + 30
• Nampalys Mendy – Senegal – Mar 26 + 30
• Wilfred Ndidi – Nigeria – Mar 27 + 30
• Dennis Praet – Belgium – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Kasper Schmeichel – Denmark – Mar 25 + 28 + 31
• Youri Tielemans – Belgium – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Caglar Soyuncu – Turkey – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Danny Ward – Wales – Mar 24 + 27 + 30

Thanks Kaz

 

[citizen_maine]

• Timothy Castagne – Belgium – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Jonny Evans – Northern Ireland – Mar 25 + 28 + 31
• Wesley Fofana – France under-21s – Mar 25 + 28 + 31
• Kelechi Iheanacho – Nigeria – Mar 27 + 30
• Nampalys Mendy – Senegal – Mar 26 + 30
• Wilfred Ndidi – Nigeria – Mar 27 + 30
• Dennis Praet – Belgium – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Kasper Schmeichel – Denmark – Mar 25 + 28 + 31
• Youri Tielemans – Belgium – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Caglar Soyuncu – Turkey – Mar 24 + 27 + 30
• Danny Ward – Wales – Mar 24 + 27 + 30

You could've given him some grief as well Kaz!