Wolves (H) - Sun 22nd Jan, 14:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[BringBackSwales]

We're not a one man team. He's been flogged to death for ages, just like Bernardo was.

Rotation gives players time to rest and recover... something that Kevin has needed to do for months.

He'll come back stronger and better.

Yep, today

 

[Rolo]

Ederson

Walker Stones Dias Cancelo

Rodri Bernardo

Mahrez De Bruyne Grealish

Haaland

De Bruyne with 3 assists before half time for Big Erl, then Alvarez on for Kev to give him a rest.

 

[malg]

I don't get this 'rest' for KDB. How much rest does he need?

 

[It'sBlue93:20]

We should get some early team news soon

 

[Lavinda Past]

Yep, today

I'd save him for Friday. If we can't put this lot away without KDB, there's no hope for the rest of the season.

3-1 City, with or without Kevin.

 

[Rolo]

I don't get this 'rest' for KDB. How much rest does he need?

He just looks fucked all the time. To be fair you could go the other way and play him in to form like Mahrez.

 

[Bluewars]

Play 4-3-3 and keep 'moment of brilliance' on the bench = 3 points.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

I don't mind him trying to play people into form as long as it's only one at a time, it's when we have three or four that we really struggle. We don't have the luxury that Arsenal have of a good points lead where we can afford to rest in form players. I can't help but feeling Pep will tinker too much for my liking today.
We need to keep playing the guys in form so Lewis, Mahrez, Grealish, Rodri and Ake have to start, I assume that Haaland will be a shoe in and do that is 6 of the starting 11 leaving 5 places up for grabs.

Would add John Stones to that & make it a solid 7 definite’s, if I was picking the XI Alvarez would maybe sneak in, but spot on with the thought process, the rest need to fight for the remaining places

 

[Claytop]

When was the last time Dias & Stones started together?

Just checked, not since the Villa away game. Can’t he’ll think these two need to get a partnership going again.

 

[Damanino]

must win, same as the Spurs game, we have to stop the rot of falling even more behind to Arsenal.
big chance to put some type of pressure on them with coming up to 2 points only even if they will have 2 games less until later today.

otherwise we drop points here and Arse will get added motivation to beat United and increase their lead on us with still 1 game in hand.

we need to build a winning series & momentum here especially going into the CL games vs Leipzig soon.

much more of the Spurs 2nd half determination /speed/desire is needed and none of slow, scared of risk approach we had last few months. we either run at teams and give them something to think about or happily pass around passive way in midfield all the way back to Ederson while they dont press us and happy for us not to even trouble their keeper much all game.

would be a disaster really to drop 2 or even 3 points after the speech Pep had few days ago. Arteta would like nothing more than us to struggle to win today and Pep having another go at the players publicly & dressing room as well...