Newcastle Vs City Pre Match Discussion Thread

[jimharri]

What's up with Sagna anyway? I presume he must be injured. It can't be that he needs much of a rest, France weren't in Brazil that long.

 

[deano ou812]

Who's the ref for the game?

 

[Blue Jimmy9]

Why no Zabba???

Barca bound.
£98M.

 

[Super2Goten]

Can Fernando cover Yaya's defensive (slight) sloppiness? Think we should look great going forward, but I do worry about a midfield two. Fernandinho took a while to get used to it.

 

[Lomas has a lob on]

Team news is in:

Hart, Clichy, Kompany, Demichelis, Kolarov, Fernando, Yaya, Nasri, Silva, Jovetic, Dzeko.

Good team,thought we were going to only go one up front away this season...

It looks a 442 on paper and at times it might be like that at times but Jovetic is very versatile.
We could be lining up very much like................

..........................................Hart
Clichy................Kompany....Demichelis..........Kolarov
...........................Fernando.....Toure
Nasri...............................Silva............................Jovetic
.......................................Dzeko

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Why no Zab when MD and SA are in?

Just because they all play for the same country doesn't mean their fitness levels are the same. Zab played 1,942 matches last season.

Not sure why people think playing Clichy is odd. We all knew Zab wouldn't play until Liverpool. We all know Richards is shit. We all know Clichy played all of pre-season. The only surprise is that Sagna is not involved, meaning he either needs a longer pre-season or has a slight knock. Not sure why it's an "incredible" decision!

 

[Blueband Brother]

Why no Zab when MD and SA are in?

Martin Dimechelis has to play because of the lack of viable options. Mangala and Nastasic are unavailable so the manager has no choice. Clichy on the other hand has played most of the preseason matches and has looked comfortable and so it is no much of an urgency to play Zabaleta today. Sagna is also not match ready or has picked up a knock, not sure.

Sergio Aguero, like Zabaleta is on the bench.

 

[Luck95]

Why no Zab when MD and SA are in?

Martin Dimechelis has to play because of the lack of viable options. Mangala and Nastasic are unavailable so the manager has no choice. Clichy on the other hand has played most of the preseason matches and has looked comfortable and so it is no much of an urgency to play Zabaleta today. Sagna is also not match ready or has picked up a knock, not sure.

Sergio Aguero, like Zabaleta is on the bench.

Might of missed something but why is nastastic unavailable ?

 

[Cobwebcat]

Why no Zab when MD and SA are in?

Martin Dimechelis has to play because of the lack of viable options. Mangala and Nastasic are unavailable so the manager has no choice. Clichy on the other hand has played most of the preseason matches and has looked comfortable and so it is no much of an urgency to play Zabaleta today. Sagna is also not match ready or has picked up a knock, not sure.

Sergio Aguero, like Zabaleta is on the bench.

Why is Nast unavailable?

 

[deano ou812]

Team news is in:

Hart, Clichy, Kompany, Demichelis, Kolarov, Fernando, Yaya, Nasri, Silva, Jovetic, Dzeko.

Good team,thought we were going to only go one up front away this season...

It looks a 442 on paper and at times it might be like that at times but Jovetic is very versatile.
We could be lining up very much like................

..........................................Hart
Clichy................Kompany....Demichelis..........Kolarov
...........................Fernando.....Toure
Nasri...............................Silva............................Jovetic
.......................................Dzeko

Would liked to have seen an extra man in alongside Fernando and yaya..