Tottenham Pre Match Thread

[MancunianCitizen]

This is City guys no one ever got rich trying to predict how City will do it would be just like us to go and beat Spurs, So COME ON CITY.

 

[taleofbluehalves]

I'd bench Clichy for Kolorov, Demi for Sagna, Toure for Nacho, Celina for injured Silva. Energy in midfield, support for Aguero. Play for lots of free kicks and give them all to Celina.

 

[malg]

I'd bench Clichy for Kolorov, Demi for Sagna, Toure for Nacho, Celina for injured Silva. Energy in midfield, support for Aguero. Play for lots of free kicks and give them all to Celina.

Clichy and Sagna definitely. Silva, regardless of injury, isn't worth his place right now, but I'm not sure who should play. We need people to work hard and get amongst them, so maybe a youngster is someone who could do that. Toure looks uninterested recently, and I'm one of his fans, so he doesn't deserve his place either. Maybe with Celina, Sterling and Ian we could be guaranteed chasing down, and some much needed intensity - which was lacking yesterday.

The issue is, with Silva and Toure missing, where is the creativity? We're probably hoping that Sterling comes good, and you're probably hoping that Celina does the business!

 

[taleofbluehalves]

Clichy and Sagna definitely. Silva, regardless of injury, isn't worth his place right now, but I'm not sure who should play. We need people to work hard and get amongst them, so maybe a youngster is someone who could do that. Toure looks uninterested recently, and I'm one of his fans, so he doesn't deserve his place either. Maybe with Celina, Sterling and Ian we could be guaranteed chasing down, and some much needed intensity - which was lacking yesterday.

The issue is, with Silva and Toure missing, where is the creativity? We're probably hoping that Sterling comes good, and you're probably hoping that Celina does the business!

Too be honest every time Nacho supports Aguero it doesn't take great service for things to happen. Neither Toure nor Silva are playing well although Silva started well. Terrible time to lose Navas and KDB.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Wanted to make this to say there needs to be significant changes to the team and instructions for this match. I'm worried this could be worse than the Leicester game. The way Pochettino has Tottenham pressing teams i'm worried this will be over by half time.

After that today in my mind theres a couple of players that shouldn't play for us again. Kolarov and MDM need to be dropped for good because they're are just not good enough. Silva and Yaya need to be dropped to show the rest of the team that 50% effort will not cut it.

Assuming its still the same players available, My team:

---------------------------------------------------Hart
Zaba/Sagna------------Humphreys/Sagna--------------Otamendi------------------Clichy
Zaba/Celina----------------Fernando-------------Fernandinho---------------Sterling
-----------------------------------------------Nacho
----------------------------------------------Aguero

Honestly feel that Humphreys could do a better job that Demichelis. Also need a defensive midfield line up with specific instructions that Fernando and Fernandinho do not move from the spots in front of the back 4, I want us to have 7 players (including Joe) back at all times. Sick of us getting caught out on the break.

That team should do it. Lets just hope nobody notices that there are 14 players in it;-)

 

[malg]

Too be honest every time Nacho supports Aguero it doesn't take great service for things to happen. Neither Toure nor Silva are playing well although Silva started well. Terrible time to lose Navas and KDB.

I think Navas would have been a very good option yesterday. He has his faults, but by Christ we needed him yesterday. KdB goes without saying - he needs to up his workrate, but we have no other player who has his end product.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Navas has had a good season but you can tell we have problems when he is being missed.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Expecting a heavy defeat

 

[david whites spike]

Are we at the bare bones stage? Hear Silva's out ffs.
Anyway,footballs a funny old game and I see us winning this.
Hart zabba Sagna otamendi Clichy
Fernando Delph
Barker/celina Fernandinho. Sterling
Aguero.

On bench to come on would be three from Kolarov vinny yaya and nacho.

 

[citytill1die84]

Bare bones team :(

Hoping at least 1 of Kompany or Mangala is back Demichelis is far to slow.

Wouldn't surprise me if we beat Spurs next week but we haven't beat anyone from the top 6 yet and that's a worry.

Injuries really are killing us it's beyond a joke now. Bony was only supposed to miss 1 game he's been out for nearly a month.

Hart

Sagna Kompany/Mangala Otamendi Clichy

Fernando Delph

Sterling Fernandinho Celina

Aguero

About as strong as we can get but he'll almost certainly play Yaya and play Delph on the Left side again :( Going to predict a 2-2 draw.