Paris Saint-Germain (A) - CL - Tue 28 Sep 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Zabaleta5]

Ederson
Walker
Dias
Stones
Cancelo
KDB
Rodri
Foden
Sterling
Torres
Mahrez

 

[Nihilist]

I think the best 5 club sides in the world are us, Bayern, Chelsea, PSG and Liverpool. Don't really care about the order as I think anyone can beat anyone on their day.

Not too sure about Pool anymore though. Van Dijk isnt the same he was before the injury , overall defensively they aren't as good as they used to be IMO.
Mane is not as his best anymore. Firminho is nowhere near impressive. You stop Salah and Jota from scoring chances are you'll walk away with a win/draw.
I rate Real Madrid in top 5 before Pool. Pool is probably 6th best team in the world right now , and quite frankly they dont seem as good as us, chelsea , bayern or psg.

 

[domalino]

It's a fine balance. We could aim for winning all three, get unlucky and lose at PSG to a moment of brilliance, and then be too tired to beat Liverpool at Anfield... walking away with 1 out 3.

Or we could be sensible tonight, grab a draw with some rotation and go at Liverpool with fresh players and win and walk away with 2 wins and a good away draw at PSG.

Gotta make sure we don't bite off more than we can chew. Not saying I don't agree with the enormity of winning all three, but realistically it's a huge ask and not the most sensible call potentially to go hell for leather. Lots of risk, though a big reward.

I think we can have that balance if you take a few of the key players off with a good amount of time to go. Bernardo, Rodri, Foden etc. take them off for the last 25 minutes whatever the match situation and say it's up to the subs to finish the game whether that's holding onto a lead or turning a loss around.

5 subs allowed in the CL as well.

 

[M16 citeh]

Did you see how many days between today and the Liverpool game? More than enough for recovery

You know what I didn't see that bring it on then!

 

[alexmcity]

The possibility to make 5 changes allows Pep to play a pretty strong team. Pep has repeatedly said that what kills the players are the final 5-10 minutes of a game.

So, we may start with our strongest team (that vs Chelsea) and sub key players: Bernardo, Kevin, Grealish...or start with several changes from Chelsea (Stones, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Torres...) and sub in Kevin/Foden, Rodri, Jesus to finish the game strongly.

 

[Marvin]

psg won’t fight like mad sorry

They may. The league is a walk in the park for them. I watched 10 mins of a game they were winning 1-0 recently and their players were walking. It was like watching City when we are 3-0 up.
This game is much bigger for PSG than for City. This what they bought Messi and Neymar for. They dropped points in the first game. They will be really up for this, or they should be. If they are not, they might as well pack up.

 

[Dax777]

Think we’ll see a bit of rotation and can see stones, Fernandinho, Mahrez starting but would be surprised if Foden, DeBruyne and Grealish are all left out

You are probably right. Was looking to have those 3 fresh for Liverpool. But I suppose Pep is less inclined to do that.

 

[Trickyblues]

Ederson
Walker
Dias
Stones
Ake
Ferna
De Bruyne (45 mins)
Grealish (60 mins)
Sterling
Mahrez
Torres

 

[bluemc1]

They may. The league is a walk in the park for them. I watched 10 mins of a game they were winning 1-0 recently and their players were walking. It was like watching City when we are 3-0 up.
This game is much bigger for PSG than for City. This what they bought Messi and Neymar for. They dropped points in the first game. They will be really up for this, or they should be. If they are not, they might as well pack up.

yeah I’m thinking they won their first game as well

Let’s just hope accommodating Messi Neymar and Mbappe will mean we overrun them

 

[Kippax77]

I never want us to lose but would gladly swap a good result tonight for one at Klanfield on Sunday.
Just no injuries tonight and then we can boss the Dippers at weekend