Young Boys (A) - Wed 25th Oct, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

[Shirley]

I’m going with Ederson & Ake, Walker & Akanji, Ruben Dias, Johnny Stones

The rest can take care of itself

Your post made me think of Emerson, Lake & Palmer :)

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Just like the Red Star pre-match thread; what’s everyone talking about with these silly line-ups like we’re playing Sutton United in the third round of the EFL Cup?

A win tomorrow and we qualify, Pep is going to go full strength!

After everyone was saying Pep was going to pick Ortega, Phillips, Kovačić, Lewis, Bobb etc. for Red Star, this was our line-up:



It’ll be similar tomorrow tonight, probably with Gvardiol/Aké left back and Akanji at centre half and we have Stones back who needs minutes so he’ll probably play instead of Nunes.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Plastic pitch which can be problematic, my squad selection would be a lot more heavily rotated than what Pep will pick

-------------Ortega
Lewis---Akanji---Dias---Ake
-------------Phillips
-----Nunes---Kovacic
Bernardo-----Foden---Grealish

Heavyweights on bench if needed: Rodri, Doku, Alvarez and Haaland

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I’m going with Ederson & Ake, Walker & Akanji, Ruben Dias, Johnny Stones

The rest can take care of itself

Well it is the best defence in Europe after all.

 

[balotellishaircut]

You can’t take any team lightly in Europe, Lens did a job on Arsenal the other week so this will be a tough game on a pitch we don’t normally play on.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

We should rest our star players in view of the significant risk of injury on their plastic pitch. How they are allowed by UEFA to compete with such a pitch is beyond me.

I've just been thinking the same. In this day n age with health n safety and players worth in excess of 100 million, they allow a 1980s QPR/Luton scenario in footballs elite club tournament. Absolutely fuckin baffling! Mind you, nothing that bent organisation does will ever surprise me. I just pray we don't pick up any injuries because of it.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

You can’t take any team lightly in Europe, Lens did a job on Arsenal the other week so this will be a tough game on a pitch we don’t normally play on.

We do have a few 3G/4G pitches at the CFA.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

In Frankfurt airport lovely beer don’t want to leave:) connecting flight to Basel at 5 then hitting it hard come on city

You'll be comatose by kick off.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I've just been thinking the same. In this day n age with health n safety and players worth in excess of 100 million, they allow a 1980s QPR/Luton scenario in footballs elite club tournament. Absolutely fuckin baffling! Mind you, nothing that bent organisation does will ever surprise me. I just pray we don't pick up any injuries because of it.

They were 2G with sand on, these modern ones you can’t really tell aren’t grass.

 

[Wanchope n me Dickov]

Been looking for directions to their ground. Don’t type in Wankdorf Young Boys into google - you may end up on the register