Team for City...

[Mr Pink]

Judging by his latest comments, I think he'll rotate a fair bit

Think we might see:

Vicario

Porro
Dragusin
VDV
Spence

Bentancur
Sarr
Maddison

Johnson
Solanke
Richarlison

He might use Gray at RB.

 

[Mr Pink]

I think he said that we are '....quite confident he will be fit for the weekend'.

Suppose there's an outside chance he'll be on the bench tomorrow. Might be playing it a bit cool with the information.

Yeah cheers, just watched it. Definitely sounds like he'll be good for Villa (phew)

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Judging by his latest comments, I think he'll rotate a fair bit

Think we might see:

Vicario

Porro
Dragusin
VDV
Spence

Bentancur
Sarr
Maddison

Johnson
Solanke
Richarlison

He might use Gray at RB.

I’ll be surprised if Gray and Bergvall are not in the lineup. I think they have started each of the non-league games.

 

[Mr Pink]

I’ll be surprised if Gray and Bergvall are not in the lineup. I think they have started each of the non-league games.

You could well be right. Just think Ange will be careful here, as going out on the back of some poor away perfornances will ramp the pressure up.

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

Agree on the scrappy goal but we barely mustered a chance in that game .........

True , we were well pinned back couldn't play a high line as we couldn't get near the half way line, our best chance is take it to penalties as long as we don't let Werner take one

 

[rabbikeane]

Vicario
Porro, Dragusin, van de Ven, Udogie
Sarr, Bentancur
Maddison (c)
Johnson, Solanke, Werner

subs.
Forster, Romero, Gray, Reguilón, Bissouma, Bergvall, Kulusevski, Moore, Richarlison​

 

[Silky Skills]

True , we were well pinned back couldn't play a high line as we couldn't get near the half way line, our best chance is take it to penalties as long as we don't let Werner take one

If Pep goes with a mix of experience and youngster and Ange is sensible with his team selection then I think we can avoid both last years performance and result and penalties

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

Any mention of Son being back for Villa?

(We'll not beat them without him imo)

Sounds like he will be back , just as well it's a Sunday match, extra day for fitness.

Ange: "Sonny, no. Well, he is almost fit, but we will probably from our perspective aim him for the weekend (Villa at home in the Premier League on Sunday). We're quite confident he will be right for the weekend.

 

[Oh Teddy Teddy]

You could well be right. Just think Ange will be careful here, as going out on the back of some poor away performances will ramp the pressure up.

Rightly or wrongly, he's really not bothered about perceived fan sentiment towards his line-ups, media comments etc

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Not just for this game but I’d like to see both Bentancour and Bissouma play with Kulu with one of them as an 8. It might help solidify the midfield a bit.

That’s a great shout

 

[Mr Pink]

Rightly or wrongly, he's really not bothered about perceived fan sentiment towards his line-ups, media comments etc

Yeah he portrays that well.

Doesnt mean its not in his thinking at all.

 

[spurs mental]

Vic


Dragusin
VDV
Davies (Spence if fit)

Bentancur
Sarr
Kulu

Johnson
Solanke
Richy or Werner

City are good but giving them an extra man head start is a bit much fishy.

 

[matty74]

Got to go best team in this . City will have a very mixed side out we are home !

that means no Forster , Davies in the back line .

 

[DenverSpur]

Werner to do what?

Put crosses in. He might have lost confidence in front of goal but he still can put in decent crosses

 

[ajspurs]

For the most part I just want more or less a solid back 4. I don’t want to see Davies at CB or Gray at RB, personally. I think we can go fairly strong still in other areas where rotation is an option.

 

[DenverSpur]

I’d go..

Vicario

porro
Dragusin
Davies
Spence

gray
Bentancour
Bergvall

odobert
Richarlison
Moore

Too many changes. We have to go strong because we have more chance of success in the cups than the league. On top of that the “1st choice “ team should be able to handle 2 games a week.

 

[GioW]

I think it'll be

Vicario

Gray
Dragusin
VDV
Udogie

Bentancur
Sarr
Kulusevski

Johnson
Solanke
Werner

 

[hughy]

No match thread yet so I'll post this here, but Grealish, Doku, De Bruyne and Walker expected to be out, along with long-term injuries to Rodri and Bobb. Pretty sure I'm right in saying they didn't even name a full bench at the weekend.

I know they practically have a entire second XI capable of competing for top 4, but I could see Pep going with a heavily rotated team tonight with PL and CL games coming up for them in the next week. If we're serious about this we could have a great chance to progress and get Arsenal, Liverpool or Chelsea away in the quarter's.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Was excited about this before the Palace game, after that awful performance and Son and Odobert injuries I'm not so optimistic now unfortunately.

 

[Deleted member 13663]

Hopefully as full strength as possible. Something like...

Vicario

Porro
Romero
VDV
Udogie

Bissouma
Sarr
Kulusevski

Johnson
Solanke
Werner