Young Boys (H) - Tue 7th Nov, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

[MCFC1993]

Kick off time 20:00 (GMT). Live on TNT Sports for those in the UK.

A chance to qualify for the knockout stages which is why Pep rested some players against Bournemouth.

Haaland limped off at half time against Bournemouth, hopefully he's alright, could probably afford to rest him in this.

We have Chelsea (A) on the Sunday, so it'll be important to get this won and players rested.

 

[Gigant]

Ederson
Gvardiol
Akanji
Dias
Stones
Rodri
Bernardo
Grealish
Foden
Doku
Alvarez

 

[KS55]

@Eccles Blue XI …
Edderson
Stones. John Boy. Stonesy. Barnsley Beckenbauer.
JB. JS. The Lovely John.
Rocky Stones. “Pebbles”. A.N. Other Stones.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

We have Chelsea (A) on the Sunday, so it'll be important to get this won and players rested

Chelsea have a much tougher match against Spurs the evening before us so I think we have no problem playing a fairly strong team.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Ederson

Lewis
Ake
Dias
Gvaridol

Phillips
Nunes
Kovavic

Grealish
Foden
Alvarez

Perfect time to give some players a rest before playing Chelsea away.

 

[Haaland94]

Ederson
Gvardiol
Akanji
Dias
Stones
Rodri
Bernardo
Grealish
Foden
Doku
Alvarez

This would be my preferred team as well (assuming Haaland is not 100%), but I bet Pep will rotate a little more and play the likes of Lewis or Nunes. Anyway, I am not complaining either way. Just excited for my first CL game this season ;).

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Eccles XI …
Edderson
Stones. John Boy. Stonesy. Barnsley Beckenbauer.
JB. JS. The Lovely John.
Rocky Stones. “Pebbles”. A.N. Other Stones

You forgot the mascot.
Bernardo's dog, Johnny Stones the K9.

 

[richards30]

Ortega
Walker
Akanji
Gvardiol
Ake
Kovacic
Foden
Nunes
Grealish
Doku
Alvarez

 

[ninjamonkey]

Ederson
Lewis
Dias
Ake
Gvardiol
Phillips
Kovacic
Nunes
Grealish
Bobb
Alvarez

Thats what i would want to see. I honestly think we could lineup with something like that and still win the game very comfortably, no disrespect but they're not a top quality side. However, pep won't do that. He'll go very strong as always to make sure we qualify this week and only play something like that above once top spot has been confirmed which is likely to be after the Leipzig game assuming they win this week.

More likely something like

Ederson
Lewis
Dias
Akanji
Gvardiol
Rodri
Kovacic
Nunes
Foden
Grealish
Alvarez

 

[chesterbells]

Ederson
Lewis
Dias
Ake
Gvardiol
Phillips
Kovacic
Nunes
Grealish
Bobb
Alvarez

Thats what i would want to see. I honestly think we could lineup with something like that and still win the game very comfortably, no disrespect but they're not a top quality side. However, pep won't do that. He'll go very strong as always to make sure we qualify this week and only play something like that above once top spot has been confirmed which is likely to be after the Leipzig game assuming they win this week.

More likely something like

Ederson
Lewis
Dias
Akanji
Gvardiol
Rodri
Kovacic
Nunes
Foden
Grealish
Alvarez

Yes, that first line up is the one I’d like to see also.