Starting XI for next season, your prediction.

[Any1aBlue]

----------------------Hart-------------------
-Richards----Kompany-----Lescott-----Clichy-
---------------Yaya--------De Jong----------
------Balotelli--------Nasri----------Silva-----
--------------------Aguero------------------

Veeery nice!!

Or how about:
----------------------Hart------------------------
-Richards----Kompany-----Lescott-----Clichy-
---------------Yaya--------De Jong-------------
------Aguero--------Mata----------Silva--------
--------------------Balotelli----------------------

Pardon me for saying so - but aren't; Silva,Aguero AND Mata ALL left footers?<br /><br />-- Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:31 pm --<br /><br />

Mata is just a superior footballer to Nasri.

I don't really see it. Mata is smaller and faster, a better team player, but there's no doubt in my mind that Nasri has more outright ability to pass and finish accurately, strongly. He might even be a more effective dribbler despite the speed disadvantage.

If pushed I'd accept that Mata might have more potential but he's still playing in u21 tournaments. Nasri has been doing it for a while against the Utds, Chelsea, and of course in the CL.

Mata is just like Silva. A team player and facilitator. We could have 4 of these guys, pass the ball beautifully and never score the goals. He's inferior to Silva, so what's the point?

Nasri is the guy who might go missing, but frequently makes the breakthrough on his own. He's superior to AJ and would complement Silva and Yaya. That's why we're in for him.

Oddly, after this I'm more convinced Mata is the right man - which is the opposite to the effect you probably envisaged?

 

[Hulkster]

A lot of people have Aguero playing deep or even out wide.

That's not his role, he is a proper 'striker'.

His best form has always been with Forlan playing just behind him, not the other way around.

If Tevez did stay expect him to play just behind Aguero, both would then be in their preferred role.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

.........................................................Hart...........................................................

Micah..........................Kompany...............Lescott....................................Clichy

......................................Yaya..................De Jong...............................................

....................................................Nasri..............................................................

.................................Silva...........................................Aguero...........................

...................................................Eto..................................................................

 

[Anne’sCoats]

Let tevez go corithians in jan:

---------hart---------
Micah-komp-lesc-clichy
----yaya-ndj-nasri----
Silva--------------aguero
----------tev-----------

 

[Rammyblues]

Hart
Richards
Kompany
Lescott
Clichy
NDJ
Yaya
Silva
Lavezzi
Tevez
Aguero

 

[Invisible_Goat]

1st team

-------------------------Hart------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
Richards--------Kompany---------Lescott-------Cliche
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------Yaya--------Dejong-----------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------Silva-----------------------
------Sneijder------------------------------Nasri----
------------------------Aguero---------------------

2nd team

-------------------------Taylor---------------------
----------------------------------------------------
Zabaletta-------Savic-----------Boyata--------Kolarov
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------Milner-----------Barry---------------
-----------------------------------------------------
--SWP----------------------------------------Johnson
--------------------Dzeko----Ballotelli----------------

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

1.hart gk
2.richards
3.kolarov
4.kompany
5.lescott
6.de jong
7.yaya.toure
8.silva
9.nasri
10aguero
11dzeko/or tevez

 

[Dax777]

----------------------Hart-------------------
-Richards----Kompany-----Lescott-----Clichy-
---------------Yaya--------De Jong----------
------Balotelli--------Nasri----------Silva-----
--------------------Aguero------------------

Veeery nice!!

Or how about:
----------------------Hart------------------------
-Richards----Kompany-----Lescott-----Clichy-
---------------Yaya--------De Jong-------------
------Aguero--------Mata----------Silva--------
--------------------Balotelli----------------------

Pardon me for saying so - but aren't; Silva,Aguero AND Mata ALL left footers?

Aguero is right footed

 

[Matt the Giant]

Pardon me for saying so - but aren't; Silva,Aguero AND Mata ALL left footers?

I have no idea. But I think the relevance of left- or right foot is a bit exaggerated. Silva is extremely one-footed, but I don't really see that as a big deal considering he is such a talented player and equally great on either wing as in the middle, even hough he might have a preference for one position.
The same goes for Mata and Aguero.

Great players should have the ability to Compone Accomoda Supera. In fact, that is what makes them great.

 

[HellasLEAF]

no one has Barry in their team, meanwhile all of De Jong, Yaya and Barry will probably start in the midfield.

Only two of Dzeko, Balo and Aguero will play at the same time most matches knowing Bobby.