Newcastle United (H) | Sat 19th Aug, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[GazM]

No Laporte ? Bags packed?

 

[simon23]

Lot of pressure on Foden and Grealish to create - both need to step up big time or Haaland will be isolated

 

[gaz76]

Akanji starting over Ake....jings

Ake struggles at centre half, akanji is usually solid alongside dias, only real question was ake or gvardiol at left back

 

[01cravend]

Only change id make is Walker out, shift backline across 1 and play Ake LB.

 

[Legal Alien]

Let's get 3 up and throw the kids on ;-)

That team should be good enough to win this game.

I would be targetting Burn and running at him.

COME ON CITY!!!

 

[mosssideblue]

Hope we don’t need to rely on subs bailing us out

If that starting 11 needs the bench to bail them out, the quality of our subs is not the problem

 

[Silva&Silva]

Great starting eleven, but if that bench isn't screaming out for reinforcements ....

And there's folks who wouldn't mind if we didn't sign anyone else window...

 

[ninjamonkey]

Akanji doing the stones role again terrifies me, he's not good enough at it. on the ball too slow and loses it in danger positions and without the ball he doesn't drop in quick enough leaving an easy ball behind for thwir quick forwards. Best hope the starting 11 do the business because fuck me that's a piss weak bench.

 

[simon23]

Let's get 3 up and throw the kids on ;-)

That team should be good enough to win this game.

I would be targetting Burn and running at him.

COME ON CITY!!!

hugely underestimating Newcastle..they are a very very good team.

Id settle for 3 pts in any fashion

 

[Blue Llama]

Has our game been called off, nothing on BBC website about game or teams?