I think we need to rest some players for this game Murphy-----------Isak-------------Almiron ----Anderson----Bruno------Tonali----------- Burn-------Botman-----Schar-----Livramento -----------------------Pope----------------------- I'd rest Trippier, Longstaff and Gordon as they've all done a **** tonne of work and are crucial players. Wilson also rested.
Wilson looks fresh, Isak has a slight knock, so swap those two, Hall or Targett in for Burn and maybe even Lascelles for Schar.
Fair point. If it were up to me I'd play a team with a long of youguns in it just to give them a run around but last time I mentioned that people were bitchy and said we need to be more ambitious and ****. I personally think we should prioritise the league and europe. I would hate for our bigger players to get injured in a league cup game when we have important premier league concerns and a champions league match in 8 days.
Wilson ain't playing 2 games in 3 days, he doesn't even train with the squad when we have a 3 game week apparantly. Him and Isak are basically just gonna play every other game. Or every now and again Isak will play 2 in a row. We've got to be careful with Wilson.
See Pep saying he's going to rest players but their second string is pretty tasty tbh... If you take out the XI who started last game and those who are injured/suspended and play those who came off the bench/weren't used they'll play something like: Ortega RB, Gomes, Ake, Lewis Kovacic, Phillips RW, CAM, Grealish CF Think Stones, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva are all still injured, Rodri suspended obviously. Kovacic maybe still injured and may not play but I've put him in that squad. Doku, Foden and Alvarez all came off at the weekend so could play some part in those front 4 spaces but while it's still a strong squad it's not as scary as their first XI. Personally I'd be going for a strongish defence for this one to try and snatch a 1 goal win on the counter! Pope Trippier, Schar, Botman, Target Tonali, Miley, Anderson Murphy, Wilson, Hall If you're losing by 2/3 goals at 60 mins you can rotate the defence out (Livarmento, Lascelles, Burn) and bring Isak and Bruno on for Tonali and Wilson.
Ortega Lewis Akanji Ake Gvardiol Phillips Gomez Nunes Grealish Bobb Doku Suspect we will start something like this Newcastle should get through pretty easily if anywhere near full strength
We have a yellow warning for our visit tomorrow Looking forward to my cloudside seat in a gale Should be fun
