3 games in the Belgian top league equates to 90 seconds of Sunday league football in England.
Injuries going into the City game
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Dalot will play.
We’ve already notified Manchester Airport in case any of his wayward crosses interfere with their air traffic control
We’ve already notified Manchester Airport in case any of his wayward crosses interfere with their air traffic control
Considering how poor he has been recently this is not bad news for us
he’s our worst player. Absolutely awful. He is not a miss. If anything it helps us that he isn’t there having one of his brain farts
Precisely
I'd agree with that
It is bad news when you got Dorgu replacing him
Hopefully the formation in the OP actually happens and Shaw plays on the left.
Not against giving Shaw a try there but I fear he will be sitting on his arse waiting for the physio to come within 20 mins
Leave DD alone
Mainoo for energy? He's slow and lacks stamina - not sure he's your guy if you want an energetic cm.
I think that’s not a bad description, but I feel it would be more precise with something like: besides providing an assist which helped us eventually win 3-2, and another good run later, plus a back heel that worked in the first half, he did probably the worst out of every involvement in the game, spiced up with being a serious no show for both their equalizers and inexplicably and needlessly doing his best to put Burnleys man onside for their third goal but failing by a margin of one centimetre.
Has nobody put in this 11 yet?
Bayindir
Yoro De Ligt Shaw
Amad Casemiro Ugarte Dorgu
Mbeumo Sesko Bruno
Feel that is fairly obvious vs City.
Bayindir
Yoro De Ligt Shaw
Amad Casemiro Ugarte Dorgu
Mbeumo Sesko Bruno
Feel that is fairly obvious vs City.
Casemiro was fantastic va City last year and broke some sort of record for the number of challenges won in a single PL game, or something along those lines. I don’t see a way in which he doesn’t play and rightfully so. He’s way ahead of Mainoo and Ugarte.
I think Shaw has been as poor as anyone for us this season. Really hope he is on the bench. I'd take Dalot over Shaw at WB or anyone else we can come up with.
Fortunately, City's recruitment has been pretty poor in the last two to three years; the last outright success they bought was Gvardiol and that was in 2023. Recently, I only think Marmoush is an obvious success and I don't think having him and Haaland in the same team suits Guardiola.
I don't think we'll win, but I also don't think this City team is nearly at the usual level of Guardiola's teams.
I don't think we'll win, but I also don't think this City team is nearly at the usual level of Guardiola's teams.
Mate I love Dalot! He’s got the same style of delivery from out wide as I do……get it into the same postcode as the striker and let him do the rest, that’s his fecking problem!
Cunha should be available, thank god for the 2 weeks of no game
I forgot about that performance. I remember he was absolutely outstanding against Bilbao and I thought he broke some kind of record in that game but maybe i'm mixing them up.
Great news if true
Great news if true. Were did you read that?
From the man himself. He said "I'll be back soon" and I cant find any pic of him in crutches or anything that suggests a bad injury. And he posted it two days ago, he said soon when there were still about 10 days until the game, that shows optimism. If it was bad or longer he would have said something different I reckon, seems to care a lot for his fans.
This is nonsense, come on
Thanks @tenpoless. Fingers crossed
While the sensible thing is casemiro and mainoo in midfield, it will be Bruno in their. And we'll have zirkzee, mbeumo and X in attack. Maybe he'll try Sesko.
I don't expect the defense to change - dalot and amad if their fit, maybe dorgu and mazraoui if he's feeling excitable.
Not the end of the world injury wise. Could go either way.
I don't expect the defense to change - dalot and amad if their fit, maybe dorgu and mazraoui if he's feeling excitable.
Not the end of the world injury wise. Could go either way.
Only a knock wasn’t it?
Excellent news if he is back. Fingers crossed.
Great great news! Now waiting for Mount's injury update. Hope nothing major too.
Soon doesn't mean he'll definitely be back for the next game! It just means that the injury is not too serious.
I'd be very surprised if he's back for the City game with a hamstring injury. Even the Chelsea game is pushing it.
that's a potential career-ender for him
soon = anything from 2-3 weeks for a muscle injury..
To me, it has looked like Yoro has a very different role when he's playing on the left - much more actively involved upfield than he is playing on the right. Generally, I also think he has looked a good deal better playing on that side.
Dalot: There's a general perception of him as a sort of safe, low upside/low downside option. Not sure how valid that is. What he does quite often is just playing passive defence - standing off too far from the ball-carrier to intervene in any effective way. It looks safe because he doesn't get dribbled past much or beaten one-on-one, but in effect he leaves the door on his side wide open for runs and crosses - and also he gives the ball-carrier the most precious commodity of all - time and peace to pick just the right moment. when he plays that way he is a defensive disaster.
Dont forget there are 2 weeks since his injury to City game with no game in between, plus he was taken off early
Its Mount that Im worried about because he played for 30 mins injured. Where as Cunha asked to be taken off as soon as he felt something
Everything makes sense except for Shaw at LWB. At this stage of his career, he’s better suited for a LCB role.
Saw somewhere that City have their own injury crisis it seems. Can someone confirm
Cherki is out 2 months. Kovacic is out. Maybe Gvardiol.
He tends to play that role even when picked for LB and leaves oceans of space for the rw to attack at will. Never forget Maguire having to heave the fecker up and drag him over to the LB position where he should have been. Great going forward but those days are behind him now.
Would get exposed, not the same old Shaw.
LB yes.
LWB No.
Dorgu is an asset because of him driving up and down the pitch. We can switch over the top balls for him to get on. He hasn’t been great, Shaw is a better passer on the ball but nowhere near the fitness or explosiveness Dorgu offers.
I’d love Shaw to play a game if it was a weaker team so we could test him but I don’t think City is the game. LCB should be fine for him even though he needs to be more aggressive in his play.