Nottingham Forest (H) - Wed 4th Dec, 19:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[M23 Citizen]

The reason Gundo is playing all the time is he is our only fit out and out central midfield player. He's not a winger and he's not a 10. Nunes is probably a CM player but not in the style of a Pep team. Foden increasingly looking like a 10. Lewis, god knows.

Grealish for me should get a go here. I've never been convinced he's a winger, although he helped us playing as a wide control player.


So the question is who plays in the three.

I think the front 3 should be

Foden Haaland Doku

Which means midfield is

Gundo
Bernardo. Grealish

I’d go with that. Plus:

Gvardiol—Aké—Dias—Akanji at the back

 

[M23 Citizen]

__________Ederson_________
Akanji___Dias___Ake___Gvardiol
___________Gundo_________
Foden___KDB____Jack___Doku
__________Haaland_________

If De Bruyne isn’t in pain then I’d play him but I’m not sure he isn’t.

I think he’s putting a brave face on it but the Drs/physios aren’t allowing Pep to play him anymore minutes than he has been.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

It has been a tough few weeks but we will turn this around. The players are clearly tired after a fantastic 4years with the pressure clearly on. It has to come down somewhere and the signs are there of a very tired squad, injuries mean players have to play longer without rest leading to more injuries. You see it on the pitch; giving the ball away with poor passing, players unable to track back quick enough when the play turns, hence the ‘easy’ goals we conceded. The signs are all there. Look at our back line, all been injured this season and some/all still not match fit. It will come back to us hopefully on Wednesday.

Incidentally, O’Reilly played a similar role to Rodri in the EDS, everything used to go through him; it would be interesting to see him come on at some stage to see what he could do but it is a problem, at present, finding a time to slot him in.

 

[hilts]

Ederson

Akanji
Ake
Dias
Gvardiol

KDB
Mcatee
Grealish

Foden
Haaland
Doku

Play that team and we win comfortably. Sadly Walker, Rico, Bernie and Gundo will all start yet again despite dreadfully out of form.

With kdb mcatee and grealish ? That's suicidal stuff mate.

 

[Buckshaw Blue]

I’d go with that. Plus:

Gvardiol—Aké—Dias—Akanji at the back

That surely has to be the back line. Anything else is just wrong.

 

[alexmcity]

The reason Gundo is playing all the time is he is our only fit out and out central midfield player. He's not a winger and he's not a 10. Nunes is probably a CM player but not in the style of a Pep team. Foden increasingly looking like a 10. Lewis, god knows.

Grealish for me should get a go here. I've never been convinced he's a winger, although he helped us playing as a wide control player.


So the question is who plays in the three.

I think the front 3 should be

Foden Haaland Doku

Which means midfield is

Gundo
Bernardo. Grealish

On current form, Savinho is probably a better option than Foden on the right, for he is a genuine winger, can dribble, and has assisted several Haaland goals. When Foden isn't scoring goals, his utility on the right wing is questionable.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

With kdb mcatee and grealish ? That's suicidal stuff mate.

Nonsense. It offers more than Bernardo, Rico and Gundo who Pep has persisted with for most of our defeats.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

On current form, Savinho is probably a better option than Foden on the right, for he is a genuine winger, can dribble, and has assisted several Haaland goals. When Foden isn't scoring goals, his utility on the right wing is questionable.

Savinho has been dreadful for the last 2 months.

 

[hilts]

Nonsense. It offers more than Bernardo, Rico and Gundo who Pep has persisted with for most of our defeats.

Kdb has hardly played not sure whats going on there tbh, mcatee too risky. Grealish certainly worth a try but in this slump that's doesn't seem remotely a likely midfield. Not even sure Foden deserves a start and I'm his biggest fan but I would put him in the middle.

 

[hilts]

On current form, Savinho is probably a better option than Foden on the right, for he is a genuine winger, can dribble, and has assisted several Haaland goals. When Foden isn't scoring goals, his utility on the right wing is questionable.

We have no current form