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Aguero or Negredo will be a tough decision I reckon, obviously Aguero can do something out of nothing, but I'm sure they would like Negredos threat at set pieces.

That goal is what I fear most, a punt up the field by Kompany, Negredo winning it Navas using his pace and scoring, quick as you like.

This team they are playing right now, minus Clichy could well be the team they start against us. Milner LW to help track Alves, Negredo possibly ahead of Aguero to be more of a physical presence. Maybe they might not start Silva, it really depends how much Pellegrini fears being dominated in the...

Well to be honest Zabaleta isn't great defending anyway certainly not enough to contain Neymar at his best, Richards is physically a beast but he was terrible against Bayern in the first game. Clichy isn't good at LB so it isn't surprising to here he isn't doing great at Rb. And also i just saw...

I've watched a lot of their past games since we drew them, I definitely noticed they try to hassle the player when the ball is arriving to him but they do it individually and it massively drags their players out of position, sometimes you see Kompany sprint 20 yards to run down the man being...

Suarez has always contributed to his team, with assists and passes and also his work rate up front. He would suit Madrid very well, he would also be amazing in our team if we managed to have Messi playing in behind him, with Neymar coming in from the left and Messi and Suarez rotating to...

I mean clearly I wasn't being serious, though they would definitely be favourites for the all the competitions

Good god, if he went to Madrid, I think we can all give up because they would win all the trophies.

The weekend before we play them is an FA cup weekend, so if City get to the 5th round which you would expect then they will have a game, although depending on the game, they will most likely be able to rest most if not all their team. It will also be quarter-final weekend before the 2nd leg.

I don't doubt there is a lot of hope with Sergi but isn't all football hope and speculation, didn't we all hope Neymar succeeded. Don't Chelsea fans hope Torres can get back to his best, are you not hoping if Gundogan came to Barca he would fit in and become one of the great midfielders. No one...

I'd point out, I was going back looking at all the recent Barca transferees and all the players had at least a 5% boost on their pass completion ratio when they moved to Barca. So if Gundogan followed trend he would go above 90%. But I certainly think we shouldn't waste money on someone who more...

I don't watch at lot of Dortmund but don't they usually play a fast paced direct style of play, so Gundogan however great a passer would at least time take to fit in if he ever could manage to play our style of football. Whoscored.com has his last seasons stats as 26 apps, 3 goals, 3 assists...

But then neither are we right now. Hopefully for the game we are at our best, closing down and hassling them is important they don't have the skill at the back or in midfield to keep the ball under pressure, which is what Bayern did really well. We can't let Yaya run up steam otherwise he will...

Yeah, I wasn't paying full attention during the game but from what I could tell Bayerns defence seemed to just switch off towards the end. Do the links you gave also have the first meeting between the two?

Which game you referring to because their 3-2 win was their complete second team, which is pretty scary, I know a lot of people say Bayern took their foot off the pedal but could you imagine our second team playing Bayern, it would not be a pretty sight.

Meant don't have a defensive left back

I'm thinking Messi on the right Alexis on the left Neymar in the middle. City unless they buy one in jan, don't have a defensive right back so putting Messi there will force them back plus he will have a lot more space to work his magic. Neymar in the middle is more mobile will be able to find...

We could easily be thrashed here, even if Messi is 100% he will be surrounded by Kompany Fernandinho Yaya, he will get no space. So it will be up to Neymar or Alexis to do something. Our midfield will get over run I reckon by the pace and strength of their midfield, and our defence definitely...

I would say you've got it the wrong way round, when they both start to lose speed and quickness Messi will be able to rely on his brain, he will still be able to take players on and he will also still be a great passer. Ronaldo on the other hand won't be able to use his pace to beat players. His...

What people don't understand about buying CB's is whilst yes having a new CB instead of playing Masch will be an improvement, the way we play we will always be massively susceptible to counter attacks/ fast teams and aerial threats. Having Thiago Silva and Hummels we still wouldn't be able to...