markjazzbassist Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Honestly best case scenario is a draw for me. i think we will get killed but here is my lineup anyways Pickford Kenny Keane Mina Digne Gana Gomes Bernard Gylfi Richarlison Tosun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Not looking forward to this game and not expecting anything out of it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Pickford Coleman Zouma Mina Digne Davies Gomes Walcott Richarlison Bernard DCL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Still not convinced about Mina, always looks so off balance and awkward, i still get palpitations when he goes in for a tackle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbanyNYToffee Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Walcott and Bernard have done nothing to show they deserve a place. Pickford Coleman Keane Mina Digne Gana Gomes Lookman Siggy Richarlison Tosun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 David silva will be out which is a huge bonus markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 City might play with no recognised number nine so all there play will go through their midfield. D Silva not playing is huge so they will rely on sane and and sterling for their pace and to play one twos around the box. Is there a case for flooding the middle of the park? I’m not advocating it but a line up like this might keep it tight for the first sixty minutes. Pickford Keane Zouma Mina coleman Gilfi gana Gomes Digne Bernard Richarlison if we are still in the game we could revert back to 4-3-3 and with so many defenders on the pitch allows us to have plenty of attacking options on the bench. If fat Sam would have played a formation like this we wouldn’t have got out of our half but I think Marco has the players working tremendously hard off the ball and it would give us plenty of chance to counter attack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Pickford Coleman Keane Zouma Digne Gana Gomes Walcott Siggy Richarlison DCL Walcott provides more cover than Lookman so it makes sense to have him there. Richarlison provides more cover than Bernard so same reasons there too. We need the engine that is Gana is this match, putting in Davies in this game in place of Gana would be suicide and we lack any other options, however I'm not a fan of Ganas recent form. Keane and Zouma are our best central pairing and would be best suited against Aguero should he play. I don't expect to see DCL upfront but I'd like to see him there. With any luck we can get a point. Sibdane and Vranny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 The key to this game is Gana and Gomes working as a pair and not allowing acres of space in the middle, against Watford there was no understanding between them and for a majority of the game there was 30-40yards between them and Watford took advantage and dominated the middle of the park, do that against City and we loose 3 or 4 nil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 10 hours ago, Aidan said: Pickford Coleman Keane Zouma Digne Gana Gomes Walcott Siggy Richarlison DCL Walcott provides more cover than Lookman so it makes sense to have him there. Richarlison provides more cover than Bernard so same reasons there too. We need the engine that is Gana is this match, putting in Davies in this game in place of Gana would be suicide and we lack any other options, however I'm not a fan of Ganas recent form. Keane and Zouma are our best central pairing and would be best suited against Aguero should he play. I don't expect to see DCL upfront but I'd like to see him there. With any luck we can get a point. Who ever plays uptop between DCL, Charlie or tosun I hope they stick on otamendi and just get into him all night. He acts a hard man but he is weak as piss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Btay said: Who ever plays uptop between DCL, Charlie or tosun I hope they stick on otamendi and just get into him all night. He acts a hard man but he is weak as piss. Yeah dom is probably best suited to that. He's not the most aggressive but he's certainly the strongest, quickest and best in the air out of all 3. Playing him there gives us a more dynamic counter than any of the other two. Get it to him in the air and he will win it, or put it down the channel and he will chase it. He's already filled out a little from last season and if he can put more weight on without compromising speed he will be an absolute beast of a player - just needs to learn how to finish! Btay and pete0 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo 2.0 Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Whilst I don't think we will get anything from the game I don't think we will get a battering, City have been playing midweek football so won't have the legs to go all out. Personally, I'd pack the midfield and stop them from playing football, force them to play direct balls which should be meat and drink for Mina and Zouma (Pickford too). Pickford Coleman, Mina, Zouma, Digne Gueye, Gomes, Sigurdsson Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison Tosun I can't make the formation in the middle of the post as I'm on my phone but you get the idea. Sigurdsson drops back a touch into the midfield three when we don't have the ball and pushes forward when we have it. Gomes and Gueye drop deep to stop them passing, any high balls are dealt with by Mina or Zouma. Having the midfield packed forces them wide and any crosses are dealt with by Mina or Zouma as already mentioned. Calvert-Lewin, whilst not my favourite player can operate as a winger and striker so he gets in ahead of Walcott. When we don't have the ball he drops deep with Charlie making the midefield something of a five although when we have the ball gets forward and if the ball is on the opposite flank comes into the middle to give us two up top. Tosun, again isn'tt our best choice striker but with us playing with a deep formation it is likely that we will need someone up top to bring down the high balls and hold up the play for overlapping wingers and wing-backs, Cenk does that perfectly for me. A draw would be a great result, a win obviously even better! Marco Silva seems to get the lads ticking in the big games so hopefully that happens again here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seve Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 I think we should play 5 at the back, 5 in the middle and 5 up front. Oh and 2 keepers. May get a draw with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memmaclub2 Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 As much as people have been calling for a striker can we say we have given tosun the right amount of time. As much as gylfi and charlie have been in good scoring form I think we need a player who just sticks to the centre backs and looks or through balls and crosses. Over the last 3 games we are in danger of being like a bobby m side moving the ball around the box for 5 minutes before losing it with no threat. I want the opposition defence to be nervous about a striker on their shoulder who will score with one chance. the other thing I am not sure about is tosun hasn't been given a run of games in the current set up when we are creating more chances. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 14, 2018 Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 Aguero and de Bruyne could be back tommorow. I just want us to have a go at them. If you sit back they will pick you apart so we just have to go for it. Probably the same team as usual, would be fun to see if we played two up front. Either Charly off Cenk or DCL or Bernard playing off Charly would be interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted December 14, 2018 Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 I'd be playing DCL for counter attacking football. Only swaps I would do is dropping Walcott for DCL, move Richalison out to the left, Bernard to the right and DCL up top. Plenty of pace to hit counter attacks. Bailey and Shukes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted December 14, 2018 Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Finn balor said: Aguero and de Bruyne could be back tommorow. I just want us to have a go at them. If you sit back they will pick you apart so we just have to go for it. Probably the same team as usual, would be fun to see if we played two up front. Either Charly off Cenk or DCL or Bernard playing off Charly would be interesting What? Are you kidding? Has he even played in any cup matches yet? EDIT: Whoops, for some reason I was thinking you meant Charsley. Excuse me while I see myself out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vranny Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 I’d be going with a mobile frontline to press their defence, so either DCL or Richo up front. I’d be tempted to go with DCL to help us retain the ball a bit more, while still providing a counter attack and pressing option. I’ve also been a bit worried about Mina, so wouldn’t mind seeing the Zouma-Keane partnership re-established. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Fancy Mina to score today. City are a small team so we should be putting balls into the box non stop. Saying that are delivery has been woeful from set pieces recently. Sane is the danger man today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 I think we could get something today. We need luck, I watched the Chelsea game and once city went a goal down their heads dropped big time. All depends on Aguero I guess Chach 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFC-Paul Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Pickford Coleman. Keane. Mina. Digne. Gana. Lookman. Gomes. Richarlison. Bernard. DCL. I agree with Aaron our best chance is on the counter and I think Sigurdsson has been slightly off the boil lately and although no slouch he can slow play down at times so I'd move Bernard behind DCL in his natural position to thread balls through etc Either way you put it on paper it's hard to say how it will pan out, if City turn up we've fucked it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 If gana doesn’t play I’d move sigi deeper alongside Gomes. Gilfi still covers plenty of ground in that role . Pickford coleman Keane. Mina. Digne Gilfi. Man crush Lookman Bernard. Charly DCL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 If we just had a top striker that’s a top four challenging team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Had a feeling he was playing 5 at the back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Probably cos gana injured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Finn balor Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Could be 3-4-3 or 5-2-3 or 5-1-3-1 or.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoof_It_Nev Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 We're 14/1 to win this at some bookies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Deffo looking to unsettle the two smallish centre haves with DCL and Charly EFC-Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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