Who is in your first choice midfield 3?

[bluemoon32]

KDB, Foden, Bernardo

 

[supersonicblue]

Gundo Phil KDB

Bernardo on the wing

 

[TonyM]

I cant even think of a 3. Neither Rodri nor Gundogan can defend well enough.

2 of our best strengths are Walkers ability to use his pace to defend and KDBs eye for a pass. I'd combine them into a backbone. Walker essentially is a sweeper of the defense and KDB is a sweeper of attack.

..............Ederson...............
................Walker...............
.....Ruben Laporte Ake......
.................KDB.................
Sterling Foden BSilva Torres
...............Jesus................

 

[Zabbasbeard]

When all fit:
Ederson
Walker Dias Laporte Cancelo
KDB, Dinho , Foden
Bernardo Aguero Sterling

Presuming Jesus is back next week:
Ederson
Walker Dias Laporte Cancelo
KDB, Gundo , Foden
Blernardo Jesus Sterling

 

[jay_mcfc]

Rodri - Bernardo - KDB with Foden on the right.

 

[decmancity]

KDB, Rodri and Foden/Bernardo.

Keep Gundogan away from any midfield 3.

 

[trevorriley]

When all fit:
Ederson
Walker Dias Laporte Cancelo
KDB, Dinho , Foden
Bernardo Aguero Sterling

Presuming Jesus is back next week:
Ederson
Walker Dias Laporte Cancelo
KDB, Gundo , Foden
Blernardo Jesus Sterling

when all fit that is pretty much our strongest and you would think title winning.

getting them all fit and playing at their best though phew !

 

[domalino]

KDB, Rodri and Foden/Bernardo.

Keep Gundogan away from any midfield 3.

We won the league in 2019 with Gundogan starting in the midfield 3 for 23 of the 38 games. He played 90 minutes in 13 of the 14 straight wins that took us from behind Liverpool to the title.

So I will never understand why people pretend we can't have him in the midfield.

 

[decmancity]

We won the league in 2019 with Gundogan starting in the midfield 3 for 23 of the 38 games. He played 90 minutes in 13 of the 14 straight wins that took us from behind Liverpool to the title.

So I will never understand why people pretend we can't have him in the midfield.

I knew this was coming. I couldn't care less what he did in 2019, Its 2020 now. Gundogan is hardly getting better with age is he, he is off the back of COVID and niggling injuries and he is contributing nothing to the team.
Gundogan hasn't performed now for over 18mths.

Perhaps we should get Yaya back and just say, well he played great in 2013-14.

Should we send an email to Sheff Utd and say btw, we got 100 points a few seasons ago so make sure you give us 3 this weekend.

 

[twosips]

We won the league in 2019 with Gundogan starting in the midfield 3 for 23 of the 38 games. He played 90 minutes in 13 of the 14 straight wins that took us from behind Liverpool to the title.

So I will never understand why people pretend we can't have him in the midfield.

As much as I agree that he's a good player, could that also be that the team was SO well balanced, SO set in their ways and so mechanically brilliant that we could elevate a good player to 'very good' in a team like that because it was surrounded by functioning brilliance that other teams were scared of and sat back loads? I mean we got by with Zinchenko at left-back cos we were so good! This system is nowhere that now. Gundogan, in that season, was surrounded by an in form Silva, still able to press, Vincent Kompany, possibly our greatest ever leader, a Ballon D'or nominee in Bernardo, Sterling in great form, Sergio and GJ fit and firing etc etc. The team now has no balance compared to then, and maybe that shows up his weaknesses a bit so there's no places for (admittedly good) passengers? Just a thought.