Starting XI for next season, your prediction.

[Bluemooner33]

__________________HART_______________
RICHARDS___KOMPANY__CHIELLINI___BAINES
____________DE JONG_____YAYA__________
SANCHEZ__________SILVA___________MATA
________________AUGERO________________


BENCH:-Given, Zabaleta, Sneijder, Parker, A.Johnson, Balotelli, Dzeko.


Fuck the fifa fair play, call there bluff :-)

 

[kun]

\HART

RICHARDS/ZABALETA
KOMPANY
LESCOTT/CAHILL
COENTRAO

Y. TOURE
DE JONG
FABREGAS

SANCHEZ/A. JOHNSON
SILVA
TEVEZ or DZEKO/BALOTELLI


IN:
HENNESEY £5M
CAHILL £15M
COENTRAO £25M
FABREGAS £40M
SANCHEZ £25M

 

[hnic]

.........................Dzeko..........................
......Silva........Fabregas.......Sanchez......
..................DeJong....Toure...................
Kolarov...Vertonghen..Kompany...Richards
........................Hart................................

Or

.....................Dzeko..........................
.....Mata.......Silva.........Sanchez.......
................DeJong....Toure..............
Kolarov..Vertonghen..Kompany...Micah
.....................Hart...............................

You rate Vertonghen that highly? How do I pronounce that anyway?

Pronounced f(e)r-tong-hen

V is in most cases pronounced f in dutch and belgian.

 

[Matt the Giant]

My above "prediction" was based on a system I suspect Mancini will play, using two holding midfielders.

With the strength in attack and ball control we would have wit the squad below, have I would like to see us play with only one defensive mid, á la Barcelona:

-----------------Hart-------------------

------Kompany------Lescott----------
Richards-----------------------Baines
----------------DeJong----------------
--------YaYa-------------Silva--------
-Sanchez-----------------------Mata-
---------------Balotelli----------------

 

[blinkblue]

My above "prediction" was based on a system I suspect Mancini will play, using two holding midfielders.

With the strength in attack and ball control we would have wit the squad below, have I would like to see us play with only one defensive mid, á la Barcelona:

-----------------Hart-------------------

------Kompany------Lescott----------
Richards-----------------------Baines
----------------DeJong----------------
--------YaYa-------------Silva--------
-Sanchez-----------------------Mata-
---------------Balotelli----------------

You should probably swap Silva and Mata around, Mata isn't really a midfielder for me.

 

[Matt the Giant]

You should probably swap Silva and Mata around, Mata isn't really a midfielder for me.

Way ahead of you mate! ;)
I changed it after reading your eply in the Mata thread. Cheers.

 

[cityboy1]

-----------------------------hart-------------------------
richards------------kompany----boateng-----coentrao
-------------------de-jong------yaya----------------
sanchez-------------------silva--------------mata
------------------------balotelli----------------------

that would be amazing

 

[blinkblue]

You should probably swap Silva and Mata around, Mata isn't really a midfielder for me.

Way ahead of you mate! ;)
I changed it after reading your eply in the Mata thread. Cheers.

No problem mate, Mata is a great player has that awareness and style of Silva, great pace, intelligence, and goalscoring ability. Only just turned 23 as well!

 

[tyqmvko]

-------------------Hart----------------

Zabaleta---Kompany--Lescott---Kolarov

-----------------de Jong---------------

----------Yaya-----------Silva---------

Sanchez-------------------------Ribery

-----------------Balotelli---------------

 

[20sbc07]

__________________Hart_________________

Richards____Kompany____Chiellini____Baines

___________De Jong_____Yaya____________

Sanchez__________Sneijder___________Silva

_________________Aguero________________



No need for Aguero if Tevez stays.
Other possibility would be Mata instead of Sneijder and then put Silva in the centre with Mata on the wing.