john@staustell wrote:mcfc1632 wrote:john@staustell wrote:mcfc1632 wrote:From the Spurs game - it will be SWP
7th post in before someone states the obvious.
Also when can we get away from this 'first 11' nonsense? It is a squad, and Mancini has made it very clear it will be used as such.
Sorry John if it caused offence - I am just an old-fashioned sort of chap and chose to directly answer the question posed in the thread title - will try to do better in the future!!
I tried to add to the wider debate by posting what I thought was a decent assessment of the 1st 11
There aint one mate. But that aside I meant how many people were replying about Barry etc without stating the obvious SWP?!! It's beyond me what game some folk watch. GB is usually just about 1st on the City (unless rested) and England sheets, because of all the tidy, neat work he does which seemingly goes mostly un-noticed by fans of both entities. He was extremely tidy against Spurs, sweeping up, very neat on the ball and yet always gets low marks. Managers seem to appreciate him thankfully.
I sincerely believe though that the 'first 11' at home to, say, W Brom, will not be the first 11 away at Spuds.
A lot of these players now should have a field day in some games. But then I thought that when we signed Rodney Marsh!
Sorry for being sensitive - I mis-understood
I agree re GB, although I think that he will be rotated frequently - depending on (as you point out) who / where we are playing
get confused about all this talk about 3 DMs - and especially de jong. He is a very different player to GB and Ya Ya - and the only out and out DM - something which my view of Bobs formation will demand
In terms of guaranteed starts, I think that it is only Tevz, Ya Ya, Kolarov and Hart
After that I think that it will be de jong - with him only being rested for the (supposedly) easy games - I do not understand why people cannot see it - same as they miss the GB contribution