Partey is playing on Monday October 12, so he could have Wednesday/Thursday/Friday at least. Leno, Pepe, Ceballos and Xhaka play on Tuesday. Saka, AMN, Kola and Tierney on Wednesday.How many days will our players have before this? Partey won’t have much time with Arteta or teammates, starts on the bench?
Very Good line up but I will prefer Xhaka in place of ElnenyId be tempted to play Partey but we need to ensure he is ready - I know people say he is a top player and shouldn't need time and should be thrown straight in but that does worry me a bit, however, If Mikel deems him ready then I am all for it.
We need to ensure we attack them full force and use our speed like Leicester did.
My preferred lineup:
Leno
Bellerin Holding Gabriel AMN
Elneny Ceballos Partey
Pepe Auba Saka
This Citeh team are extremely beatable. Dangerous yes, but they give up chances and Ederson has been quite poor for a while now- though nobody seems to have noticed.
Leno
Bellerin Luiz Gabriel Tierney
Partey Xhaka Ceballos
Willian Laca Auba
Subs: Runarsson, AMN, Holding, Elneny, Saka, Pepe, Nketiah.
I’d love for Saka to start but I fear he won’t through persistence of Laca/Nketiah leading the line. I’m hoping Auba through the middle last week gave Uncle Mikel something to think about though.
Quality starting XI and ammunition on the bench. It would be a huge statement to get our first win away to a top 6 club in donkeys years. An acid test with Partey in there against De Bruyne and Gabriel’s biggest test yet.
Im backing our boys to get a win 2-0. Similar display to the Santi show a few years back.
The one black mark I have against Arteta is this. The gap in movement and finishing at centre forward between Auba and those two is titanic. The gap between Auba and Saka at left wing is minimal. In fact the latter will create more chances with a superior delivery.
The one black mark I have against Arteta is this. The gap in movement and finishing at centre forward between Auba and those two is titanic. The gap between Auba and Saka at left wing is minimal. In fact the latter will create more chances with a superior delivery.
I agree... but Auba is pretty darn good at cutting in and scoring from the wing too, certainly better than Saka at that.
Plus they have some players back and will be more prepared. They had a very short preseason.People are underestimating City here, still a very dangerous team and second best in the league. We'll need to play almost perfectly to get any result. We play like we did at West Ham, Sheffield and most of the Liverpool game we lose this.
People are underestimating City here, still a very dangerous team and second best in the league. We'll need to play almost perfectly to get any result. We play like we did at West Ham, Sheffield and most of the Liverpool game we lose this.
Agree, I think they’ll be gunning for us after the FA cup defeat, just like Liverpool were after we beat them. City are still a top side, I’m fairly relaxed about the game tbh, away to the big sides any point is a bonus. Personally I just want us to save our rare away win for Sp**s and Utd. Never win in the league at OT and Sp**s fans are getting gassed about Hoijberg and Mourinho, god I’d love for us to whoop them at their place!!People are underestimating City here, still a very dangerous team and second best in the league. We'll need to play almost perfectly to get any result. We play like we did at West Ham, Sheffield and most of the Liverpool game we lose this.