Wonderwall wrote:Totally Agree
Aguero
DeMichelis
Zaba
Kompany
Sagna
Fernandinho
Lampard
Negredo (injured)
Mangala?
All these have not kicked a ball yet, how can we possibly expect to start the season with a bang? the Scousers have had all their players playing apart from Lallana (injured) Markovich and Lovren. Rags have played everyone but Van Pussy as he is injured. In know we need our guys to get some rest but the season starts in 10 days!
Ted Hughes wrote:Wonderwall wrote:Totally Agree
Aguero
DeMichelis
Zaba
Kompany
Sagna
Fernandinho
Lampard
Negredo (injured)
Mangala?
All these have not kicked a ball yet, how can we possibly expect to start the season with a bang? the Scousers have had all their players playing apart from Lallana (injured) Markovich and Lovren. Rags have played everyone but Van Pussy as he is injured. In know we need our guys to get some rest but the season starts in 10 days!
Is Totally Agree one of the new African lads ?
phips wrote:unfortunately this is what happens in WC years when you have a squad full on internationals…and good ones that go far in the tournament, unlike United's squad.
opening day vs Newcastle is going to be very interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if we see:
Hart
Clichy Kompany MDM Kolarov
Fernando Yaya
Navas Jovetic Nasri
Dzeko
Wonderwall wrote:phips wrote:unfortunately this is what happens in WC years when you have a squad full on internationals…and good ones that go far in the tournament, unlike United's squad.
opening day vs Newcastle is going to be very interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if we see:
Hart
Clichy Kompany MDM Kolarov
Fernando Yaya
Navas Jovetic Nasri
Dzeko
No Merlin?
phips wrote:Wonderwall wrote:phips wrote:unfortunately this is what happens in WC years when you have a squad full on internationals…and good ones that go far in the tournament, unlike United's squad.
opening day vs Newcastle is going to be very interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if we see:
Hart
Clichy Kompany MDM Kolarov
Fernando Yaya
Navas Jovetic Nasri
Dzeko
No Merlin?
i had him in there initially but then i couldnt decide who to leave out between Navas and Nasri. one would assume Navas but Pellegrini has been playing him a lot in preseason and he's been doing fairly well. Silva has only played 1 half since he's been back from the WC.
this logic fails when it comes to Yaya and MDM but I figured MDM > Nasti/Rekik/Boyata and Yaya is Yaya
Wonderwall wrote:phips wrote:Wonderwall wrote:phips wrote:unfortunately this is what happens in WC years when you have a squad full on internationals…and good ones that go far in the tournament, unlike United's squad.
opening day vs Newcastle is going to be very interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if we see:
Hart
Clichy Kompany MDM Kolarov
Fernando Yaya
Navas Jovetic Nasri
Dzeko
No Merlin?
i had him in there initially but then i couldnt decide who to leave out between Navas and Nasri. one would assume Navas but Pellegrini has been playing him a lot in preseason and he's been doing fairly well. Silva has only played 1 half since he's been back from the WC.
this logic fails when it comes to Yaya and MDM but I figured MDM > Nasti/Rekik/Boyata and Yaya is Yaya
As soon as the GK, defence and Defensive Mids are picked, Merlin is the first name on the sheet and the others are slotted in around him.
clippo22 wrote:I completely agree too, very worrying for me that majority of our key players haven't kicked a ball yet. Hopefully the rest will benefit us later on in the season! I mentioned it in the Charity Shield thread but I'm not sure who will play at Wembley on Sunday? Surely we will see Kompany, Silva, Yaya, Sagna or zaba, Demi, Aguero? Can't imagine us going to Newcastle without the majority of our squad having played a single pre-season game!
dazby wrote:clippo22 wrote:I completely agree too, very worrying for me that majority of our key players haven't kicked a ball yet. Hopefully the rest will benefit us later on in the season! I mentioned it in the Charity Shield thread but I'm not sure who will play at Wembley on Sunday? Surely we will see Kompany, Silva, Yaya, Sagna or zaba, Demi, Aguero? Can't imagine us going to Newcastle without the majority of our squad having played a single pre-season game!
It stuns me when City fans worry about something. Of the however many football clubs there are in the world EVERY single one of them have more to worry about than us. This is stress free football supporting at its very best.
Beefymcfc wrote:I thought it was a decent pre-season that highlighted the fact that we will have to manage our players coming back from the WC. The actual amount of WC players we had is astounding and for the little break they have had after a very busy season Pellers has to make some tough decisions going forward.
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