Swansea (a) League Cup - pre-match thread

[uwe rosler 28]

Willy

Zaba
Tosin
Vinny
Clichy

Garcia
Diniho
Kdb

Sane
Nacho
Navas

 

[wolfie1988]

Was crapping it about getting a feed for this, public addon users will get a stadium audio if they are lucky, otherwise an eastern european feed but NOVA sport comes with dual audio so look out for that!!!

How do I go about getting that then? Had a look and i can only find Greek football?

 

[citytill1die84]

Willy

Zaba Tosin Stones Clichy

Fernando Delph

Navas Yaya Sane

Iheanacho

 

[TCIB]

How do I go about getting that then? Had a look and i can only find Greek football?

Ahh, i use private sources bud. You would be best asking in the kodi thread about that boss, waspish and aguerrrooooooooo know their beans with public addons

 

[Ducado]

YaYa has tweeted "it's good to be back trading"

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

International channels for this game ladies and gents as we aren't on any English channels: http://www.livesoccertv.com/match/2078607/swansea-city-vs-manchester-city

 

[Len Rum]

I don't want us to get out of the competition, but it should be used primarily to give game time to fringe players and youngsters. In much the same way that Arsenal used to treat the competition. We should have an EFL team that is used largely unchanged through the course of the competition. I think that we could still go far in the cup on that basis. I thought our PL campaign suffered last season because players such as KDB were overused in the Capital One Cup.

I also think that we have a great chance of putting clear blue water between ourselves and our rivals in the PL over the next few weeks. I could see us being 7 or 8 points clear by the end of Nov and then I don't see anyone catching us. We just need to avoid slip ups, dropping points against teams like Swansea.

This.
If we can go through by fielding a side of youngsters/squad players/players who need a run out, that's fine.
But we should be consistent with this approach.
The danger is that if we reach the quarter and semi finals then we start to play a full strength side.
Those two semi final games in January can be physically intense for the players in a very crowded period of fixtures.
We have paid the price previously with injuries to Negredo and De Bruyne.
Let's be sensible and not risk our PL and CL campaigns.

 

[Jacob Smith]

Can't see him going with Gunn unfortunately, think it will be big Willy. Would love to be proven wrong though...

My XI would be:
Gunn
Maffeo
Stones
Kompany
Angelino
Dinho
Sterling
Silva (if not fit then A Garcia)
KDB
Sane
Kelechi

 

[Gabriel]

YaYa has tweeted "it's good to be back trading"

Spelling, or is he the new Wolf of Wall Street?

 

[BLUEMATT23]

YaYa has tweeted "it's good to be back trading"

Trading?, surely training?
Is he back in Pep's group then?, he has had migraines

 

[Silva_Spell]

Maybe start Kompany incase he breaks down.

 

[Rammy Blue]

The midfield 3 are the only ones who need "protecting".

Sane, Navas and Kelechi front 3.

Garcia and Yaya as 2 of the 3 in the middle.

Vince starts at back with plenty of cover on bench.

Other than that doesn't really matter.

 

[oasis-city-greek-fan]

---------------Bravo
Zaba--Kompany--Stones--Kolarov
----------------Nando
Sterling--Delph--Silva--Sane
--------------Iheanacho

 

[blinkblue]

I hope Fernando is fit I think I he deserves more minutes after his cameos recently.

Caballero

Zabaleta - Kompany - Stones - Clichy

Fernando

Yaya - Garcia

Sane - Iheanacho - Navas
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Adarabioyo and Angelino to get some minutes from the bench.

 

[Sergio Picasso Aguero]

Caballero
Zabaleta Kompany Stones Clichy
Garcia Touré
Navas Silva Sané
Iheanacho

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

Possible return for yaya maybe?

 

[aguero93:20]

Possible return for yaya maybe?

Hopefully not. Caballero has had 3 league games and a CL game already this season, Gunn should play. A couple of good performances in this competition could sort him out with a productive loan move, we're not going to find him anywhere decent to give him game time if all he's playing is every second game in 'PL2'.

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

Hopefully not. Caballero has had 3 league games and a CL game already this season, Gunn should play. A couple of good performances in this competition could sort him out with a productive loan move, we're not going to find him anywhere decent to give him game time if all he's playing is every second game in 'PL2'.

Good point about gunn but it is fairly difficult to keep a second goalkeeper happy if you won't start him in cup competitions

 

[aguero93:20]

Good point about gunn but it is fairly difficult to keep a second goalkeeper happy if you won't start him in cup competitions

I'd say he'd be fine if you told him he was still first back up to Bravo and would play in both domestic cups (progress permitting) after Christmas. Gunn needs gametime and he's looked more than ready pre-season, I'd prioritise him over Caballero as he might be a useful asset to the club in 3-4 years.

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

I'd say he'd be fine if you told him he was still first back up to Bravo and would play in both domestic cups (progress permitting) after Christmas. Gunn needs gametime and he's looked more than ready pre-season, I'd prioritise him over Caballero as he might be a useful asset to the club in 3-4 years.

Good points :)