Porto (A) - CL | Pre-Match Thread

[Don Karleone]

 

[mosssideblue]

Does aguero have another injury?

Knee still giving him jip

 

[ESP Blue]

Nice to see our Portuguese contingent start... perhaps just to wind their manager up.

 

[Whether or not]

All about managing resources that line up. And 5 subs if needed.

 

[Phil1]

Seems some will never learn.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

MAN CITY TEAM NEWS

Team to play Porto: Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Garcia, Zinchenko, Rodri, Fernandinho, Silva, Foden, Sterling, Torres.

Subs: Steffen, Carson, Walker, Stones, Ake, Gundogan, Jesus, Laporte, De Bruyne, Mendy, Mahrez, Doyle.

BT Sport will be adding up the cost of our bench as we speak.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Don’t get Garcia playing. Stones doesn’t need resting after 2 games and if he wants to change it Ake has just come back from injury and needs minutes. You start him and bring him off when he’s fucked if anything there’s 5 subs to use there’s little risk. Bizarre decision.

Resting Jesus and Gundogan makes sense, a lot of creative pressure on Bernardo tonight, he hasn’t played that role much this seasonit could be freeing for him but I wish Pep would give him one defined role for a run of games to find some top form. On paper the front 3 has plenty of movement and energy, let’s see if that translates, we all know we will get it from Foden but sterling hasn’t moved off or with the ball for about a year and Torres has been hit and miss so far. Decent enough side to get the point we need just one or two odd choices.

 

[mccity]

Foden clearly has pics of Pep with another woman; he's keeping poor Ilkay out of the team.

 

[Ric]

Don’t really see the point in playing Garcia, but happy enough with the team other than that.

 

[Gray]

Don’t like the sound of their No.17!