HaCunha Matata

[gentle junco]

Trafford pick is assuming he lands up at city
Havertz is a placeholder for gyokeres

[frank swallow]

Kudus is a ?

Wirtz i domt like personally

[gentle junco]

Gonna have to watch them both over preseason

I'd rather start with Wirtz and easily downgrade him if he struggles than struggle to find money to shoehorn him in

[plain gorge]

only concern for me is kinsky/ramsey, would be nice to have 4 playable options

also think west ham’s fixtures are a tad overrated, it’s fine if going for bowen but wouldn’t go for defensive assets personally, similar with brighton

midfield + attack with gyokores looks tasty though

[gentle junco]

Yeah I'm hoping a 4.5/5.0 breaks through during preseason

There's always seems to be 1

If Trafford does move i could get the new Burnley no.1

[plain gorge]

true mate

[plain gorge]

to be starting gk or for bench?

[gentle junco]

Bench

[plain gorge]

ah and have trafford

[gentle junco]

Yep

[plain gorge]

there are decent enough 4.5 options in non promoted teams, kelleher probably the stand out option

[gentle junco]

That's true but I do worry for Brentford this season

Replacing Thomas Frank with one of the coaches doesn't scream confidence

[plain gorge]

nah i agree with you there tbf

just fixture wise i’d rather him than petrovic/verbruggen

if trafford goes to city at 5.0 and starts then he will be like 75%+ owned 😂

[gentle junco]

Oh yeah 100%
But i like set and forget Goalies

[frank swallow]

I dont think brentford will do bad now that i rethink it

I look at their x11 and i quite like it

[plain gorge]

only issue is we have no idea how they gonna play

[gentle junco]

Yeah

[frank swallow]

Yh

[plain gorge]

their manager was their set piece coach right?

so i’d assume he would wanna continue with the framework left by Frank but make his own adjustments as time goes on so it could work

losing Mbeumo Norgaard and potentially Wissa aswell is a big blow

[gentle junco]

I believe so

[plain gorge]

only replacement so far is Henderson for Norgaard

[frank swallow]

Wissa is going too?

[plain gorge]

he’s been linked to Newcastle quite heavily

[frank swallow]

Damn

[plain gorge]

Brentford don’t and won’t wanna sell but if they offer 50m or something they’ll struggle to turn it down

Forest bid 25m for him earlier on in the window and they rejected and said they value him at 50m

[gentle junco]

50 m for a backup striker is crazy though

[frank swallow]

Nkt backup for them

Not

[plain gorge]

they were gona sign Ekitike for more, and there is talk of a system change with 2 up top

which could happen but dropping one of their midfielders would be silly

[gentle junco]

Yes but if he were to go to Newcastle he would definitely be backup

[frank swallow]

Yh they value him high bc its their starting striker though

Makes sense

[gentle junco]

There seems to be a real lack of strikers this season

[plain gorge]

chelsea bought them all

[frank swallow]

+they got cokcy from man u money laundring

[plain gorge]

115

[gentle junco]

Yes but I'm saying Newcastle aren't going to pay 50m just for him to shit on the bench

Sit

[frank swallow]

Thats what we hope

Im going damsgaard

So yh

[plain gorge]

really intrigued by him and he’s been in a couple of my drafts

wish he was 5.5 would be insta locked

i think reijnders gonna cook though i can’t believe he’s only 5.5

[gentle junco]

Yeah man
And i can't pick either of them for safety of minutes

[frank swallow]

I think mbeumo departure wont hurt assisting that much bc he seemed to create goals by himself

[plain gorge]

i know man i have jp currently just cus of his ownership

[gentle junco]

I might have to do that too

[frank swallow]

I have wood

But man is 33 yo

Abd also bowen

Bowen is a lock for me

[gentle junco]

Idk if I can trust forrest players tbh
I feel like they really massively overpeformed

[plain gorge]

i have wood currently too

yeah they did but i like their fixtures and i went against forest defence last season and it killed me

i have wood and aina rn

[gentle junco]

Also didn't they sign that guy from Botafogo

[plain gorge]

they did tbf

i need to see what’s happening in their pre season really

[gentle junco]

Yeah preseasons gonna change alot

[plain gorge]

bowen might be a lock actually considering he’s so nailed

[gentle junco]

Coz is Kudus gonna be nailed if the gibbs white transfer goes through?

[plain gorge]

for an extra 0.5 on top of your wood, joao pedro etc it might be worth

[plain gorge]

good point

spurs have decent attacking options aswell

you’d assume he would go in and be nailed but you just never know

he can play 8 or on the right

he will probs be nailed

[gentle junco]

Yeah man the attacking options this Year is tight

Preseason is gonna reveal alot

[plain gorge]

facts

ima show you
my team so far one sec

[frank swallow]

Thoughts?

[plain gorge]

like it mate

savinho? nailed?

[frank swallow]

I think he has the most chances for wings

[plain gorge]

tbf you know more as a city fan

[frank swallow]

We dont got many clear wingers jf you think abt it

[gentle junco]

Idk man pep roulette has burnt me many times

[frank swallow]

Midfield of pep is random atp

[plain gorge]

him and doku are pretty much your only out and out wingers aren’t they?

[frank swallow]

Yh

He could turn cherki into one

But im not a fan of it

[gentle junco]

Marmoush bangs a hattrick and then gets benched💔

[plain gorge]

what’s your predicted XI for city gw1?

[frank swallow]

Lemme see

[plain gorge]

this is me so far

[gentle junco]

Was foden not played off the right alot last season?

[plain gorge]

yeah but naturally he’s more of a 10 i think

just talking about profile wise as wingers

[gentle junco]

Wasn't Nunes a 8?

Now he's a lb

[plain gorge]

yeah

rb

[frank swallow]

Gvardiol dias nunes nouri
rodri bernardo reijnders
Savinho haaland doku

[gentle junco]

Yeah idk man pep lives in his own world

Never know what he's doing

[gentle junco]

Surely he plays marmoush

[frank swallow]

Idk man who will he drop for him?

[gentle junco]

Honestly it's really good mate

[gentle junco]

I have no idea man
He'd play behind haaland

[plain gorge]

ideally would like a better gk than darlow for bench boost

[plain gorge]

as long as reijnders starts

i’m happy

[frank swallow]

If he drops reijnders then he has both bernando and marmush in midfield

Could happen tbh

[gentle junco]

One will pop up
The only other issues is the striker problems we're having

[plain gorge]

yeah you’re right mate

it’s a shame that all the 6.5 strikers don’t have good fixtures

[frank swallow]

Yh a more atking mid could happen bc pep puts the fullback in while atking so they are like wid cdms

[gentle junco]

Id assume he'd drop silva

[frank swallow]

That aint gonna happen ever

Im pretty sure pep and silva are dating atp

[gentle junco]

Man what happened to that fella you spent 60m on

From porto

[frank swallow]

Haha bro aint playing

[plain gorge]

city linked to anyone atm? apart from trafford

[frank swallow]

I hope no more mids 🙏

We got gundo kovacic nico rodri bernardo marmush if he plays at 10 cherki and mcatee

And reijnders

[plain gorge]

reijnders starts surely

he’s too good not to start

[frank swallow]

I think so

I might need to get reijnders back in

Could drop rogers and get 1.5mil to put somewhere else

[plain gorge]

thing with reijnders is he’s so cheap that even if he don’t play it’s not too much of a waste

[frank swallow]

Sure but i want to play him in good fictures

So its a risj

Risk

[plain gorge]

yeah cus if he don’t start youd assume he’d still get the odd minute

[frank swallow]

I could go for isak with that change

And have salah isak and palmer

Ok

[frank swallow]

This or

This

[plain gorge]

honestly it’s really nice mate just the double city is risky

if it pays off though it’s great

[frank swallow]

I like risks 😃

• i dont have to play reijnders

5.5

He can be bench player

Btw

Wtf will isak do

Will he stay

[plain gorge]

respeck then

fuck knows apparently liverpool will still try to buy him if it’s possible

but who knows

but if he stays at newcastle he’s still a good option ofc

[frank swallow]

Id like him more at newcastle honestly

[plain gorge]

yeah would keep pens

[frank swallow]

Yh and would be target of everything

[plain gorge]

facts whereas liverpool have wirtz salah ekitike etc

[frank swallow]

Yh

I like this team more now

Cheap defence is the way

[gentle junco]

100%

Especially with the current attacking prices

[frank swallow]

Btw isak wasnt in first friendly

Damn man dont go to liverpool plz

[plain gorge]

gyokores price predictions?

[frank swallow]

12.5

[plain gorge]

really ???

[gentle junco]

No ways

[frank swallow]

Idk he will be too much for sure

[plain gorge]

i was thinking similar to wirtz

[frank swallow]

Im thinking closer to isak

[gentle junco]

For a new player who hasn't done anything in the prem I sure he would be around 7-8.5

Maybe 9

[frank swallow]

Oh then he is a good option

Id drop wood for him

[plain gorge]

wonder if saka will give him pens

might share

[plain gorge]

yeah i agree 8.5-9.5

[gentle junco]

Wasn't Cristano 9m when he returned?

Doubt they'd go higher than that

[frank swallow]

How does man u fixtures look like

Sr meant to say arsenal

[gentle junco]

Ass

[frank swallow]

Yh i saw

[gentle junco]

Aresanl Chelsea and you lot in the first 5

[frank swallow]

Yep

So isak over gyokeres

[gentle junco]

Gyokeres is probably going to Aresanl

unfortunately

[frank swallow]

Ye

Btw what u think of mbeumo?

Will yall flop him?

[gentle junco]

Brother tbh

I have no idea how we are gonna play

We could win the league or get relegated i couldn't tell you which

[plain gorge]

so real

[gentle junco]

If Hojlund is our striker it's probably the latter

Fabrizo just here we go'd gyokeres to aresanl 😔

[frank swallow]

Damn

[plain gorge]

best case scenario watkins or mateta

[frank swallow]

Bro can isak stfu abd stay at newcastle,

[gentle junco]

I dont think anyone can afford him tbf😭

[frank swallow]

I can

Team looks clean with him in

[gentle junco]

I mean like

[frank swallow]

Oh im stupid

Yh

[gentle junco]

I dont think any teams got 160m to buy him from Newcastle

[frank swallow]

It is said that he is unhappy and shit