Keepingthefaithsince1976
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Not sure id go with the strongest team possible at all. KDB and Cancelo are both a booking from being banned aren't they? I'd also heavily rotate those who played on sunday. Gundogan in, Sterling, Jesus, Zin, Fern should all start for me. We are 5-0 up, take the opportunity to rest players and rotate and maybe play a couple of youngsters. A full 8 days rest for some players will pay dividends.
Yes i should have said strongest team available/possible, injuries/future suspensions pending. I agree not a good idea to play guys 1 yellow away from suspension. But i stand by not making any changes until/if we are one up after 30 minutes or still 5 ahead at half time.But we are already 5-0 for goodness sake. If Pep doesn't give a few Academy players a chance now, he never will, especially with the threat of suspension looming over some players.
So for me; Carson, Stones, Fernandhino, Academy player, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Rodri, Bernardo, Jesus, Grealish, Sterling.
Would love to see Mcatee, Delap, Kayky, etc given at least 45 minutes.