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

[trueblue1972]

Treat any game as easy at your peril, full strength for me.

We can't go into every game at full strength , this is a game that, although unlikely, we can afford to slip up in

 

[striver]

doku should definitely be rested today, don't think he is physically ready to play 2 full games in a row. he's perfect choice to tear chelsea on any wing.
my lineup would be: ederson gvardiol ruben akanji rico rodri kovacic (bernardo) nunes grealish alvarez foden

 

[r.soleofsalford]

I'd probably go with:

..........Ederson
..Akanji..Ake..Gvardiol
........Lewis..KP
....Nunes.......Kovacic
Foden....Alvarez...Doku



That leaves this team for Chelsea:

...........Ederson
...Walker...Dias...Ake
....Stones.......Godri
............Silva
Foden.....Alvarez....Grealish
.............Haaland

Godri I like it.

 

[M16 citeh]

Treat any game as easy at your peril, full strength for me.

Think rodri might rest as well as haaland but otherwise full strength.

 

[Middedon]

it would be interesting in a game like this (or the upcoming CL games) where we have some flexibility to mess around with the positioning a bit - play in positions they don’t normally play in, but may have an affinity for, eg Grealish up the middle, Joško in a Stones role, Rico in a Rodri role.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Alfie Harris added to the squad 17year old attacking midfielder.

Tha yo

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Ederson
Akanji Dias Gvardiol
Lewis Rodri
Doku Nunes Foden Grealish
Alvarez

Ortega Carson Stones Ake Walker Phillips Kovacic Bobb Hamilton Harrison Haaland

 

[DallasMCBlue]

Totally agree, hopefully get the job done and then make changes if the game is safe.
Pep has 'tinkered' with his teams in the past in domestic comps, but as we are not 100% through (though we would have to fuck up big time not to go through) I doubt he will think about doing this tonight.

Pep almost always goes full strength even when we think he won't.

 

[Durham Blue]

Loads of Young Boys fans in town. Seem to be having a good day out without much expectation for the match . One group I saw had been in the pub for 3 hours already and another 3 to go. They can’t believe ghow cheap our beer is!!

 

[He’stheleftbackremember]

Loads of Young Boys fans in town. Seem to be having a good day out without much expectation for the match . One group I saw had been in the pub for 3 hours already and another 3 to go. They can’t believe ghow cheap our beer is!!

I thought I’d never hear of cheap beer in Manchester again!