Sevilla (H) - Wed 2nd Nov, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Asa's left peg]

Be nice to see Isco back at the club. Never put a foot wrong for us and never a peep out of him whilst he was here. Model pro.

 

[Woody135]

Prize money if we win today: €2.8m
Prize money if we draw today: €0.9m
Prize money if we lose today: €0

For all the talk about it not mattering for the competition, financially it does matter (a lot).

Given next game is home to fulham, I fully expect a strong team.

 

[Bentheblue]

You were doing alright up until then, but that's just taking the piss.

I watched the last episode, series one of Ted Lasso last night and it had us actually scoring a well taken penalty, made me realise it wasn’t real life.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Prize money if we win today: €2.8m
Prize money if we draw today: €0.9m
Prize money if we lose today: €0

For all the talk about it not mattering for the competition, financially it does matter (a lot).

Given next game is home to fulham, I fully expect a strong team.

Price money for fielding ex city players: priceless

 

[blueparrot]

Prize money if we win today: €2.8m
Prize money if we draw today: €0.9m
Prize money if we lose today: €0

For all the talk about it not mattering for the competition, financially it does matter (a lot).

Given next game is home to fulham, I fully expect a strong team.

Prize money lost due to unnecesary injury or tiredness later in season ????

 

[MarsLlama]

That's why the more fringe / academy players playing the better. They will play to impress.

Every time we think Pep is going play loads of fringe and academy players, he surprises us, at least in the CL. I reckon the most we'll see is Ortega and maybe Lewis, with everyone else being regular starters

 

[Bentheblue]

Prize money lost due to unnecesary injury or tiredness later in season ????

So Mahrez’s 2 penalty misses cost us £3.8m.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Should be entertaining and interesting.

Hoping the matchday thread doesnt get infected by moaners and whiners tonight, it's a dead rubber after all!

 

[blueparrot]

So Mahrez’s 2 penalty misses cost us £3.8m.

If we were blaming individuals maybe, but that would be daft.

 

[WesthoughtonJohn]

Prize money if we win today: €2.8m
Prize money if we draw today: €0.9m
Prize money if we lose today: €0

For all the talk about it not mattering for the competition, financially it does matter (a lot).

Given next game is home to fulham, I fully expect a strong team.

I see you had 2 replies already - not read them but betting they say something along the lines of.
"Financially it does matter (a lot)" - no it really doesn't. What matters currently is giving players maximum recovery time in a season that's unnecessarily complicated thanks to FIFA

 

[WesthoughtonJohn]

Should be entertaining and interesting.

Hoping the matchday thread doesnt get infected by moaners and whiners tonight, it's a dead rubber after all!

Ahh but do you think that'll stop them lol ;-)

 

[WallyA]

I just want to see the youngsters and fringe players get minutes, and main squad be fit, pretty much all that matters.

If we draw lose, who cares, got to see them play.

If they win, let's people be even more excited about them.

Win-win tonight basically.

My predicted lineup:

Ortega

Lewis
Stones (needs minutes more than Dias)
Ake/Laporte (Probably Laporte to get more minutes)
JWE

Mahrez
Rodri
Gomez
Borges

Palmer
Alvarez

If JWE and Gomez play, both who are left backs, I can see Pep playing Gomez in the middle.

OR I can see him playing them as simply a LB/LW pairing, but I'm betting on Borges starting (most likely he gets subbed in).

I don't see Mebude starting as likely as Borges because Mahrez didn't play the last game and needs minutes. Which is also why I have Palmer pairing with Alvarez as Pep likes to move Palmer around in attacking spots.

Edit: I just realized Foden didn't start against Leicester, so he'll probably start here. Not sure where, because Pep could let him learn the midfield role in these types of games. Fun to think about the line up with absolutely no clue.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Just hope that whoever gets given there chance tonight that they give it 100% and don't just play within themselves strolling around and not looking to over commit.

 

[Gray]

Good luck everybody going this evening, bloody awful weather in South Manchester.

 

[kaz7]

Can someone do team news tonite please, 6.45pm on city twitter , ta , i dont think it will jinx it today

 

[SebastianBlue]

Should be entertaining and interesting.

Hoping the matchday thread doesnt get infected by moaners and whiners tonight, it's a dead rubber after all!

FFS Gorton

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Good luck everybody going this evening, bloody awful weather in South Manchester.

Should be clearing up for about 7pm according to weather forecast!!!

 

[MadchesterCity]

Not for Soriano it isn't. Isn't a group match win £1mill or £2mill?

Would save that on player appearance and goal bonuses by playing the kids?

 

[MadchesterCity]

No light at the end of tunnel .

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[Cobra]

Mebude and Katongo haven’t been added to the official squad list so I don’t think either of them will actually be involved