Huddersfield team

I think we’ll see a bit of chopping & changing over the first 1/2 a dozen games to give game time to the squad,with KDB out for a while hopefully we will get to see a bit more of Phil Foden as his omission eases the competition for places in the midfield 
It’s been doing the rounds that Aguero will be replaced by Jesus today but I can’t see that being the case,he’s looked very sharp & cant see him missing out
I think we will start 4-1-4-1 with Sterling  & Bernardo playing more central 
David Silva has trained all week but I suspect he’ll only make the bench

Ederson 
Walker Kompany Stones Mendy
Fernandinho
Mahrez  Sterling B Silva  Sane
Aguero 

Bravo Otamendi Laporte Jesus D Silva Foden Gundogan

On mi-Ederson
Walker  Stones  Laporte  Mendy
                  Ferdy
Mahrez  Berardo  Foden  Sterling
                Aguero

Would have Sane, Gundongan, Silva, Jesus on the bench.
Bravo, Kompany, Ottamendi, Delphino, Zinchenko, Diaz all available too?

Well the official tweet is Dave on the front, so Silva in for Foden in my team there...

At some point this season we're going to play with 3 at the back and 2 wingbacks, most likely at home against lesser opposition so why not today?

                Ederson
     Stones  Vinny  Laporte
Walker                         Mendy
             Fernandino
   Bernardo  Sterling  Merlin
                Aguero

I like your set up too Blue Radley, just switch Sterling and Merlin in that formation.
But we know Huddersfield are going to be tough to crack, so I think having the additional attacking mid could give us more to push through them with, not sure if bombing on full backs would give us the advantage against a solid defensive unit.

Ederson
         Stones  Kompany  Laporte
Bernard            Ferdy             Mendy
             Gundo           Silva
                           Jesus
                      Aguero

???

Wow nobody saw that coming, do we actually have two wing backs or is this a totally new Pep formation?

That’s just a weird line up

3-1-1-3-2? Lol

probably more of a 3-1-4-2

Maybe it’s part of the new tactics for teams that play with 10 men behind the ball that Pep has hinted at before. Huddersfield usually play a 5 man defence against the top 6 these days.

Wow! This could be interesting...

Should be 2 up already, Jesus needs to stop trying so hard, Sergio is so much calmer

Edderson first assist of the season

Currently 91% possession according to NBCSN!

Beautiful from Jesus 2-0

Too easy!

Anyone remember the 10-1?

Far too easy. Another 10-1

I do remember BR, Hinchcliff commentating for sky too, talking about it.

Not that it matters to the score line, but the ref is absolutely wank

There’s the 1!

Sloppy though, pep will rip them a new one

Spanish Dave!

Merlins wand

6 more to go

Maybe not today, but it’ll be 10 one day. Great example of how to dismantle a parked bus.

Mahrez needs a goal and it should settle him down.

It was a Pep masterclass of beating a flat back 10. 110 points anybody

Moonchester wrote:not sure if bombing on full backs would give us the advantage against a solid defensive unit.

so after Mendy today, I know the square root of sod all about football tactics  :p

When teams show as little ambition as that, the full backs don’t have to bomb on much because they’re pretty much playing as wingers in the other half all game. Walker would have been great on the other side but I doubt we’d have played Aguero and Jesus then. In Pep we trust!

We will get so many goals from Mendy this season.   Those crosses are impossible to defend.

Well some should be, if the keeper can hold them  )

A good day could be getting better, Brighton beating the rags 2-0 right now

I was texting a red to take the piss about the first goal.. and they scored a second as I sent it..

2-1 from a set price of course. They play like a 10th place team at best under the old eye poker

Oh well normality restored 3-1 to Brighton

Just seen Rays picture with Johnny Marr outside the ground today, good work guys

How much has Moaninho spent in the last couple of seasons ? Just shows he can't buy class or a team to beat Brighton 

Great result today and some good football from most of the lads. Serge looks well up for it, Mendy was tearing their defence apart, Silva and Bernard were both on it. The rest worked well and we looked to be cruising. Plus that free kick from Spanish Dave, oh my god, sublime! He really isn’t showing any signs of slowing down, is he?

The only disappointment was Gundogan as I felt he didn’t get into it enough, and Stones nodding off for their goal. Still, 3 points, +5 on the GD, and top of the league!

Enjoy, we are all shemales from Hong Kong apparently

Check out Mendy's heatmap - hilarious.
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/11477035/mendy-gives-city-new-dimension

Shit, Carrickfan has sussed me. It must be my big tits that gave it away.

Blue Radley wrote:Check out Mendy's heatmap - hilarious.
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/11477035/mendy-gives-city-new-dimension

Not bad for a full back!

I guess he's going to be the key to unlocking the bus parking teams that we struggled against last season, but I think he'd be better off on the bench when we're playing teams that want to attack.