RB Leipzig (H) - Tue 14th March, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[wolviedinho]

Can’t wait for this game. The real city will stand up tonight. We have a great chance to progress. Come on lads get it done.

 

[aguero93:20]

understand why foden isnt starting tbh, pep wants total control and doesn’t want us giving the balls away cheaply so he has gone with Bernardo and grealish as the wing options. Makes sense as they are better than foden at keeping possession.

Not just that. Bernardo will interchange with De Bruyne allowing him to get higher up to feed Haaland.

my issue with the side is the lack of full backs. Seems overly cautious to me

Don't need no stinking full backs.

 

[Sebi]

Hopefully not KDB on the right wing….

 

[Sibierskii]

Foden cant be 100%, which is a concern. Can't get him right

 

[super_city_si]

We'll be fine.

Maybe not as exciting on paper as some people would like but still a strong side.

Hope KDB has a fire lit under him.

He'll have to be cos he's the only supply of goals.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

What’s our best team? I’d argue we don’t have one at the moment.

Apart from Rodri and Aké, the rest of our entire squad have not been consistently good this season, not even Haaland has.

One man’s best team might be different to mine and both might be different to yours and all might be different to Pep’s. There could be a few thousand fans who think tonight’s team is our best team.

Also what people think is our best team might not actually suit what Pep has seen in Leipzig’s deficiencies and he’s got the team to enact what he wants against Leipzig on the pitch tonight.

How about a right back at right back ,our best centre half at centre half and our most in form player on the wing
Opinions of course

 

[big gaz]

No worries about the full backs. There’s ……….four CBs in the team. That will show them.

It's going to have to matey lol !

 

[RayCTID]

There will be no lack of effort from the players tonight. Pep has won so much for us and we don’t get beat very often.

But this team seems to be more designed to keep possession than actively score. It doesn’t scream we are going for it

Foden, Walker, Lewis and Alvarez whilst no guarantees (and all 4 would not fit) would add pace and possibly freshen us up.

But trust in Pep.

Keeping possession isn't a bad thing against a side that has pace on the break. The issue is squandering chances (Palace being the latest example of that)

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Camel Gob and Hargreaves alongside Nedum and Joleon on BT tonight... Bill it be 'Fletch' on match comm's???

 

[aguero93:20]

He’s on the bench…

No he isn't, he's an academy coach at spuds these days.

 

[wolviedinho]

4 CB's
5 midfielders
1 striker

Pep's not messing around!

It’s not the team I wanted but fuck it. Walker and Foden should be in. I trust the boss has a plan so let’s see. We can always change it if it’s not working in the 95th min -:)

 

[FantasyIreland]

Why the fuck do we have to see JarJar as a pundit every time we play??

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Not sure which Walker people have been watching recently. He's been a liability.

Foden probably sealed his fate with his performance in the first half on Saturday. Can't afford to give the ball away like that tonight. Bernardo is less of a goal threat than Mahrez or Foden but he'll keep the ball, he'll help out Stones and he'll press.

Wish Laporte was in for Akanji but apart from that, I can't really complain.

 

[DATOIA]

That's the shittiest squad he could have selected...

no fullbacks...
no inverted fullbacks.. .
no Mahrez or Foden to create the chances from the wing
KDB-GUNDO duo in midfield
Bernardo a RW <3

Maybe he decided to fully switch to PL title race..

I don't have other explanation than that..

 

[yankblue]

Not a huge fan of the lineup tbh. That back 4 and midfield, while individually talented, is a bit ... cumbersome ... and the center of the pitch is going to be absolutely overloaded. Not a lot of width. BUT what do I know, I trust Pep and think we'll pull through

 

[Inter Me Nan]

 

[big gaz]

How about a right back at right back ,our best centre half at centre half and our most in form player on the wing
Opinions of course

How have you lasted this long in here ;-)

 

[mosssideblue]

Walker is on the bench tonight, he should be starting over akanji and move stones centrally imo

And what if Walker has been shit in training this week?

 

[super_city_si]

Fuck off with that shite.


I've a fiver on a hat trick.

you talking touches? ;)

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Yet another Pep 11.

4 centre backs and a midfield that's slow as fuck.

We are there for the taking,and its absolutely unnecessary.

Perhaps Pep is thinking that Leipzig will see that as licence to get their wide players forward, which will leave space between the lines for Kev and Bernie to exploit?