Nobody (though not sure why so many defenders are needed on the bench). Still feels a tad harsh.
Champions League Round of 16 (13th Feb - 14th Mar)
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Give us back De Bruyne to create the space. Everyone's happy (well, probably not City fans or De Bruyne but feck it).
Sturridge, Wilshere, almost all our defenders should visit Pep's witch doctor who seems to have magic potions
City have over £100m in centrebacks sitting on the bench.
Hope Spurs get battered
Laporte didn't train yesterday, Stones is making his way back from a knee injury.
Chelsea v Spurs in the FA Youth Cup tonight. I'm sure you are all struggling to find streams as we speak.
Kinda strange that they put this on the same time as the Spurs full side, you think there'd be some effort (maybe even kicking off 2 hours before).
Kinda strange that they put this on the same time as the Spurs full side, you think there'd be some effort (maybe even kicking off 2 hours before).
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Quite fortunate for Spurs that they face a weakened Juve side due to injuries.
Sane on the bench. What a miraculous recovery. Man City have the best doctors in the world.
No Son is bizarre, alright he would be an ideal sub against a tired defence but he's the spark in that Spurs attack.
Not sure I like this line-up from Juve. Pjanic is better in a 3.
So who would normally play - and in place of whom - for Juventus that aren't in the starting XI tonight? I ask because I'm not that familiar with Juve, although I assume that Dybala would be one of the players that'd normally start.
I have feeling that tottenham are about to absolutely batter Juventus.
Lamela is still alive?
Marchisio, Matuidi and Dybala are 3 big losses
Edit:Not Marchisio, he's on the bench
Citys squad is absolutely ridiculous
Who would normally drop out to accommodate them from tonight's XI?
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Aurier getting the nod ahead of Trippier is strange to me, I think he's been one of your better players in recent weeks.
Aurier getting the nod ahead of Trippier is strange to me, I think he's been one of your better players in recent weeks.
Really? I wish I was that confident. I'd happily settle for a score-draw.
Basel - Man City
Juventus - Tottenham
Porto - Liverpool
Real Madrid - PSG
Chelsea - Barcelona
Bayern - Besiktas
Sevilla - Man United
Shakhtar - Roma
Juventus - Tottenham
Porto - Liverpool
Real Madrid - PSG
Chelsea - Barcelona
Bayern - Besiktas
Sevilla - Man United
Shakhtar - Roma
http://www.skysports.com/football/napoli-vs-juventus/teams/383126
This but swap asamoah and sandro depending how sulky sandro is
Well, maybe Poch thinks that Trippier needs a rest, or perhaps he thinks the greater pace of Aurier is the better option for tonight - who knows. We'll miss Trippier's crossing ability for sure.
It's not that much of a difference is it?
Dybala, Barzagli, Matuidi, Lichtsteiner and Cuadrado are the notable names missing. Not sure which of those would be starting - or in place of who - but would probably be Lichtsteiner or Cuadrado in place of De Sciglio plus Dybala and Matuidi in there somewhere.
I think there's a fair bit of difference pace-wise ... not massive, but definitely some. He's more athletic and he has more ability than Trippier (when playing as wing-back) to beat his man and get to the byline. However, he's not done that much so far at Spurs it has to be said.
True. Just a bargain basement £32mil backup playing tonight instead.
No chance, they are not about that life.
Otamendi isn't a back-up.
It's either a £32m back up or a £50m back up. Your choice.
Ok Harry Kane. Let’s see if it’s justified to call you “best striker in the world”.
The only back-up we have is Kompany.
Dybala is my muppet signing, unfortunately he is probably out of our grasp.
Probably trying to fight Mandzukic, Aurier is more of a physical presence and it feels like a better match up for Spurs.
Tottenham won't batter Juve, Juve are incredible at home and they've conceded like 1 goal for 2 months. Tottenham would do very well to get 1 goal in this match, I'm expecting it to be a pretty boring game and for it to end with everything still to play for.
Dele Alli to be sent off tonight. His cnut behaviour will come to haunt him at one time or another.
Have a strong feeling Spurs are gonna do it to Juventus tonight
Not really true as you play four at the back. Looks to me like Laporte and Otamendi are the starters with Stones and Kompany being the backups.
2-1 spurs tonight, Juve won’t know what’s hit them.
There's a difference between being a back-up and not starting a game.
Say you start your game against Sevilla with a mind on the weekend fixtures, so you rest Martial. Rasford, Mata and Sanchez behind Lukaku. Does that suddenly make Martial a back-up? Of course it doesn't.