Swansea (H) - Pre Match Thread

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Swansea must have sent a load of tickets back . level two and three showing lots of availability in away area.
 
To be honest I’ve never agreed with the guard of honour. It’s a recent innovation given credence because Ferguson wanted to give united’s players a kick up the backside. If United had clinched the title before they played us in 11/12, as seemed possible at one stage I wouldn’t have wanted us to give them a guard of honour so don’t really expect anyone to do it for us. I particularly don’t think it’s right to expect relegation threatened teams to have to do this as it must surely contribute to a “beaten before they’ve started” state of mind
 
I have to disagree with posts saying play the kids and give Dave and Kev extra time off.

Yes, give the kids some minutes where we can and make sure our players get adequate recovery but we shouldn’t let up in these last 5 games.

It’s not just breaking as many records as we can (although we should and I hope we do), it’s just the right thing to do. Match goers and the worldwide viewing audience should be able to see our best team playing to the highest level they can.

We know Pep will make adjustaments and give Bernardo, Gundogan, Zinchenko, Danilo, Yaya, Foden some minutes but I’d be disappointed if we dropped points fielding a weakened side. We’ve got plenty of recovery time between games now, let’s go hard and put on a show.
 
Out: Aguero, Mendy, Stones

Suspended: Fernandinho


............................Ederson......................
Walker.....Kompany.....Laporte.....Delph
..........................Gündogan.....................
...............De Bruyne........Silva................
Sterling.................Jesus................Sané


Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Otamendi, Yaya Touré, Bernardo Silva, Diaz, Foden
 
cleavers said:
Said this earlier in the thread, and I stick with it. We can be nearly full strength and give them both game time, while giving a great club servant, time to be with his wife and young boy. Obviously he can be here for the presentation, and I'm sure he'd want that, but there really is no need for him to be playing much for us again this season imho.
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The legend will want to get in some game time to keep his eye in for the WC. I expect strong teams with one or two kids in the mix.
 
Ederson should start every game between now and the end of the season because there's still a great chance of him winning the golden glove. Sorry, Claudio.
I'd expect Delph and Mendy to rotate for the next five games, same with Walker and Danilo.
This could be a good chance to try out different combinations of Kompany, Otamendi, Laporte and Stones as well.
Fernandinho and Gundogan can share the DM spot, and I hope the latter gets plenty of minutes to reward his patience so far this season.
De Bruyne, Silva, Gundogan, Bernardo and Foden are all solid options in midfield. Don't give any of them five starts, we need to conserve energy with the World Cup coming up.
Between Jesus, Sterling, Sané, Bernardo, Zinchenko, Díaz and Nmecha we should find plenty of time to give them all minutes in the front three.

My personal preference would be not to play a full-strength team in every game. Instead, we should look to play a fairly strong team with maybe two or three deviations from the best XI in each game, and change it every time. So maybe one week De Bruyne gets a rest and Foden starts, but the next game De Bruyne is back in the team and Díaz is on the left while Sané sits out, and then the next game Zinchenko starts at RW.
 
No need to rest anyone.
Keep playing the best team available and make subs around the 70 minute mark.
The more the group plays together, the more fluid their game will become, the better the understanding between players will become until they could almost play blindfolded.
 
MarsLlama said:
Ederson should start every game between now and the end of the season because there's still a great chance of him winning the golden glove. Sorry, Claudio.
I'd expect Delph and Mendy to rotate for the next five games, same with Walker and Danilo.
This could be a good chance to try out different combinations of Kompany, Otamendi, Laporte and Stones as well.
Fernandinho and Gundogan can share the DM spot, and I hope the latter gets plenty of minutes to reward his patience so far this season.
De Bruyne, Silva, Gundogan, Bernardo and Foden are all solid options in midfield. Don't give any of them five starts, we need to conserve energy with the World Cup coming up.
Between Jesus, Sterling, Sané, Bernardo, Zinchenko, Díaz and Nmecha we should find plenty of time to give them all minutes in the front three.

My personal preference would be not to play a full-strength team in every game. Instead, we should look to play a fairly strong team with maybe two or three deviations from the best XI in each game, and change it every time. So maybe one week De Bruyne gets a rest and Foden starts, but the next game De Bruyne is back in the team and Díaz is on the left while Sané sits out, and then the next game Zinchenko starts at RW.
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I entirely agree. If Pep takes account of the players’ wc aspirations now they will pay him back in spades next season. And we’re more likely to win the 5 games if the players really value the game time.

Edit actually i would give bravo a couple of games
 
cibaman said:
I entirely agree. If Pep takes account of the players’ wc aspirations now they will pay him back in spades next season. And we’re more likely to win the 5 games if the players really value the game time.

Edit actually i would give bravo a couple of games
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Do you reckon it would help his chances of playing in the world cup?
 
Start Ederson so he gets his well deserved guard of honour moment. Sub him off late for Bravo then give Bravo 3 of the following 4 games so he gets a winners medal (Bravo played earlier in season as a sub for Ederson so would have 5 apps) that way Ederson can play on the day when we lift the trophy as well.
 
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