Manchester City (a) 24/01 -Build up and match thread

[NicholasG1973]

Haaland & Foden not starting/rested according to SM.

If that’s true, it’s super weird from Pep.

Both are on disastrous runs of goal scoring, you’d think a home game with the bottom side would be an absolutely definite for them both to start in.

Not complaining but find it hard to believe.

 

[Mel Evo]

Wolves Fancast today provide the only pre-match insight you need:
“For us still to be playing them [City] you know, at this point of the year is great really”.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Wolves Fancast today provide the only pre-match insight you need:
“For us still to be playing them [City] you know, at this point of the year is great really”.

You have to hand it to Jeff. Organised for us to play these top teams not just once this season, but TWICE.

 

[Mel Evo]

You have to hand it to Jeff. Organised for us to play these top teams not just once this season, but TWICE.

If you think about it carefully, you know, it’s just great. Really great. And I also think Rob has to take a lot of credit for that. Not least when you remember he’s doing this out of the kindness of his heart.

 

[sycophantia]

Erm both strikers on the bench, definately not playing for a draw or small loss.

 

[wanderer89]

 

[Dire Wolf]

Well that's a lineup built for excitement.

 

[Mel Evo]

In fairness neither of our big lugs are very exciting, but I do wonder what the tactic is for stopping it coming right back at us. How do we get out?

 

[sycophantia]

Well that's a lineup built for excitement.

Also Haaland and Foden on their bench, should be a goalfest.

 

[darlowolf64]

Fucking Hwang up front on his own

At least Tolu would give us a bit of an out ball

 

[sycophantia]

Maybe the plan is to bore them to death, then bring on both strikers on 85 minutes and steal it.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Ratheus over his brain cancer to start.

 

[Jinky]

Not complaining but find it hard to believe.

Any sort of physical presence or hold up play for us out the window without Tolu or JSL starting. Absolutely no idea what RE is thinking there.

 

[Jinky]

I’m going to assume that he thinks Arias and Hwang will be willing runners so they’ll act as some sort of out ball. The issue with that is with no vocal point we won’t hold the ball up, so it will just keep coming back at us.

We might see a new PL record for possession % here.

 

[prawnking]

Erm both strikers on the bench, definately not playing for a draw or small loss.

Both totally pointless also!

 

[YoungWolf]

I can see why he’d bench Tolu. He’d just be chasing a ball around for an hour, and he’d be shattered. He’s hold it up maybe but for who, he’s not going to have much help

 

[Lycan]

I can see why he’d bench Tolu. He’d just be chasing a ball around for an hour, and he’d be shattered. He’s hold it up maybe but for who, he’s not going to have much help

Equally, Hwang is hopeless on a counter attack, I'm not sure that he's ever been involved in a successful one. At least Tolu would be a threat from set pieces.

 

[Keef]

I’m guessing I’ll not be putting the still unbeaten this year in the verdict thread later on

 

[PuntsWolf]

I can see why he’d bench Tolu. He’d just be chasing a ball around for an hour, and he’d be shattered. He’s hold it up maybe but for who, he’s not going to have much help

He’s pretty much useless off the ball too, he does very little “chasing”

 

[YoungWolf]

Equally, Hwang is hopeless on a counter attack, I'm not sure that he's ever been involved in a successful one. At least Tolu would be a threat from set pieces.

Maybe. But Hwang will probably press better the odd chance we might get.