Cannot see many, other than the top clubs willing to go toe to toe with us, particularljy when we are at home. Cup games are a different matter as you correctly point out. Pep is going to figure ouyt how to overcome this approach, as he will be facing it an awful lot IMOArsenal
Chelsea
Spurs
Everton
West Ham
Leicester
Bournemouth
Liverpool
Swansea
CL games
Quite a lot to be honest, more for this game I feel Moyes won't want a tonking in his first game and the first choice players Pep wants for his system won't quite be ready
Just my thoughts on the match
Hart
Sagna Otamendi Clichy Angelino
Fernando
De Bruyne Fernandinho
Navas Nolito
Aguero
Hart because he's our best keeper and I don't think we'll buy another one.
Sagna because I think he's got the brains to slot into Pep's system easily after his holiday.
Otamendi because he'll be our best and most senior CB with Kompany out.
Clichy because he's shown he can play here, good with the ball and don't think Tosin will start straight away, while Denayer hasn't played much in pre-season.
Angelino because the alternative is Kolarov, who has a long way to go to prove he deserves a place in this team again.
Fernando to sit in front of and protect the back four, a job he's very good at.
De Bruyne and Fernandinho to provide energy in attacking midfield while helping the defence.
Navas because he's quick and tricky enough to keep Van Aanholt, an attacking threat, pinned back.
Nolito because he provides something different to Navas- a more technical and direct winger.
Aguero because he's the best striker in the history of the premier league and nobody can convince me otherwise.
Bench of Caballero, Denayer, Delph, Silva, Sterling, Sané, Iheanacho.
I see Sterling as being a little bit like Kingsley Coman- quick and can play on either wing. Think Pep will be careful about overusing him for the first season.
Think Pep is really going to enjoy the learning curve he will experience this season,he will encounter many parked buses this season,something he strangely hasn't encountered as often as some people would think considering the two high profile clubs he has managed,as both Spanish and German clubs have adopted a more offensive approach to games in recent years.Cannot see many, other than the top clubs willing to go toe to toe with us, particularljy when we are at home. Cup games are a different matter as you correctly point out. Pep is going to figure ouyt how to overcome this approach, as he will be facing it an awful lot IMO
Good response and I agree entiretyThink Pep is really going to enjoy the learning curve he will experience this season,he will encounter many parked buses this season,something he strangely hasn't encountered as often as some people would think considering the two high profile clubs he has managed,as both Spanish and German clubs have adopted a more offensive approach to games in recent years.
I've got a feeling his style will have a revolutionary effect on our league in the years to come and may eventually redress the recent failures of our teams at top European level.
what have you based that selection on matey?Hart
Maffeo Otamendi Tosin Clichy
Aleix Garcia
Fernandinho Delph
Silva Aguero Sterling
If it was up to me - based on relative fitness etc.
JH, BS, TA, NO, GC, AG, F, KDB, RS, LS, KA.
Sane & Sterling, Not sure how ready those two are