United (A) - Sat 14th Jan, 12:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[Mattyc55]

Ederson

Walker Akanji ake cancelo
Kev rodri silva
Mahrez Haaland foden

 

[SWPISHOME]

Ederson

Walker Akanji ake cancelo
Kev rodri silva
Mahrez Haaland foden

Good man Matty top man

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Woke up this morning with a positive attitude and faith in Cancelo at LB

If Laporte could play left centre half then I’d also be happy with Ake at CB
It’s a real shame we don’t have Stones or Dias available.
I’ve shoe horned my favourite front 6 into the team, I think it has plenty running in it, tenacity, guile and ability to finish. With Bernardo, Alvarez, Foden and KDB on pitch and a fired up hungry Haaland involved in the press what’s not to love.
I think Mahrez has been in good form but doesn’t have the ability to press as aggressively as Alvarez, a weapon from the bench perhaps.
Come on City!!

Thought you were going to break into a blues tune for a moment...

 

[Bluemoon has risen]

I’ve had the team confirmed from a trusted source:

Ederson
Walker
Akanji
Ake
Cancelo
Rodri
De Bruyne
Bernardo
Mahrez
Haaland
Foden

I've heard exactly the same team as this.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I think he prefers Akanji and Ake because of their pace to cover the breaks.

Agreed. But we always miss Laporte’s passing from the back. Those two aren’t great at it so we lose incisiveness and tempo.

 

[mcfcpride]

Also, Our CB partnership are Ake and Akanji

 

[Kippax77]

If these believe the media hysteria about themselves then surely they will come at us, making for a good exciting game.
But I believe the Raggys will play like underdogs even at home and will be negative, trying to counter attack us, playing on the break.
A City win for me, with every player competing with a Pep rocket up their arses.
A win by 2 clear goals

 

[MrCheeseGrater]

The leaked line up that has Cancelo over Laporte worries me.

 

[Silvas Left Peg]

Agreed. But we always miss Laporte’s passing from the back. Those two aren’t great at it so we lose incisiveness and tempo.

Think thats what key today and going forward is tempo, when we are zipping it about nobody can handle us, the slow side to side play seems to be our problem... hopefully we start like we did against chelsea and belt the rag bastards today! CTID!

 

[citizen_maine]

Thought you were going to break into a blues tune for a moment...

We're always singing the blues