Southampton (a) pre-match thread

[Rammy Blue]

Christ it's easy to shout he's injuried without adding a source and the rest of us have to search for it,fuck sake

Well it was hardly going to be fucking guesswork to come on and state that Kev and Gundo hadn’t traveled, was it?

 

[kaz7]

Well it was hardly going to be fucking guesswork to come on and state that Kev and Gundo hadn’t traveled, was it?

I like a source so sue me

 

[Blu1]

We need to win this with style. Desperate for our confidence to be up. However I see it being difficult and scrappy.

Biggest game of the season blues.

3 goals
Clean sheet
No injuries
:-)

Cmon city

 

[SWPISHOME]

Biggest game of the season tomorrow. Without trying to be too depressing, IF we don't win tomorrow, Thursday nights game could turn out to pretty sh*t...10 points behind and relying on results. I don't think it's the Liverpool of old, They look like they could go unbeaten this season which is worrying.

On the other hand, A win tomorrow and Thursday changes things dramatically.

 

[super_city_si]

Clean sheet is a must. Just don’t let them score and we’ll do the business up the other end.

 

[Ric]

If De Bruyne and Gundogan are injured then Fernandinho will have to start tomorrow, even if he’s not 100%.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Clean sheet is a must. Just don’t let them score and we’ll do the business up the other end.

Don't care of we win 4-3, As long as we get three points, We need to get back to winning ways. To be honest I'd love a 1-0 late winner like season ahead of Thursdays clash. We need a boost of confidence.

 

[super_city_si]

If De Bruyne and Gundogan are injured then Fernandinho will have to start tomorrow, even if he’s not 100%.

You would think so and that would alleviate some worries if he has Silva and Silva ahead of him.

 

[bluemoon32]

looks like Stones in midfield again then

Christ no

 

[Marvin]

If De Bruyne and Gundogan are injured then Fernandinho will have to start tomorrow, even if he’s not 100%.

Pep's press conference did not suggest they were injured

 

[Ric]

Pep's press conference did not suggest they were injured

I think the team were training at the same time as the press conference, so maybe they picked up knocks today. Sounds ominous that they weren’t spotted with the travelling squad.

 

[Tony - MCFC]

Training took place as the press conference finished.

 

[chaddblue]

Pep's press conference did not suggest they were injured

Exactly. Just the MEN photographer taking photos from a distance saying they weren’t there

 

[richards30]

Exactly. Just the MEN photographer taking photos from a distance saying they weren’t there

The lad I know just sent a message saying they were all gutted as kev took a knock and wouldn’t be playing tomorrow? From out of the blue and then it was later mentioned about gundogan

 

[chaddblue]

The lad I know just sent a message saying they were all gutted as kev took a knock and wouldn’t be playing tomorrow? From out of the blue and then it was later mentioned about gundogan

I’ll wait and see. All sounds a bit like Chinese whispers to me

 

[Rammy Blue]

If De Bruyne and Gundogan are injured then Fernandinho will have to start tomorrow, even if he’s not 100%.

Maybe we will go 3 at the back which would hopefully mean that Dinho wouldn’t have to do quite as much work?

 

[abu13]

If Ferny is good to start then we will go with him and the two Silva's in front of him.

If he doesn't start then we may need to do something a little more radical like playing with a back 3 and two wing backs. Other than that we could go something like this.

---------------------Ederson---------------------
Walker------Stones-------Laporte----Danilo
--------Berny---------Silva---------Foden-----
Sterling-------------Aguero--------------Sane

 

[Marvin]

Training took place as the press conference finished.

What you basing that on? The time of the tweets and stories posted on mancity.com and social media, or do you know this?

 

[Tony - MCFC]

What you basing that on? The time of the tweets and stories posted on mancity.com and social media, or do you know this?

I know someone who works on the academy premises. Training had started before Pep finished conference, altho how much and which players I don’t know.

 

[stan bowles]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...-news/man-city-southampton-team-news-15609326

They were not spotted with the rest of the squad.

Is it possible they stayed behind for further treatment for niggles and will travel separately and meet up with the squad later tonight ?