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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby Scatman » Sat Sep 05, 2026 12:57 pm

john@staustell wrote:
Scatman wrote:I think we've got too many players. Can we have Guardiola back please?


....and Savinho? :D


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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby Tru_Blu » Sat Sep 05, 2026 1:51 pm

Tru_Blu wrote:Haaland
Semenyo Cherki Ndiaye/Mcaidoo
Anderson
Bouaddi
Gvardiol Guehi Khusanov Oreilly




Wow just wow
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby Scatman » Mon Sep 21, 2026 2:51 pm

At the moment I'm going with this.

Semenyo. Haaland. NDiaye.

Anderson. Bouaddi. Enzo.

O'Reilly. Gvardiol. Guehi. Nunes

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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby nottsblue » Mon Sep 21, 2026 4:42 pm

Scatman wrote:At the moment I'm going with this.

Semenyo. Haaland. NDiaye.

Anderson. Bouaddi. Enzo.

O'Reilly. Gvardiol. Guehi. Nunes

Donna

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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby TrueBlue4610 » Mon Sep 21, 2026 5:44 pm

Scatman wrote:At the moment I'm going with this.

Semenyo. Haaland. NDiaye.

Anderson. Bouaddi. Enzo.

O'Reilly. Gvardiol. Guehi. Nunes

Donna


No Cherki? Interesting...
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby Scatman » Mon Sep 21, 2026 9:37 pm

TrueBlue4610 wrote:
Scatman wrote:At the moment I'm going with this.

Semenyo. Haaland. NDiaye.

Anderson. Bouaddi. Enzo.

O'Reilly. Gvardiol. Guehi. Nunes

Donna


No Cherki? Interesting...


In the short term I'll be happy to see him on the right but i like pacy wingers and NDiaye I'm really excited to see him play. And I can't see anywhere else for Cherki to go with the other guys costing so much. They'll all get a decent amount of game time I'm sure. Nice to have plenty of depth.
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby salford city » Tue Sep 22, 2026 8:12 am

Now Doku is back, against the better teams, Cherki and Enzo cannot start together as they don't do enough defensively. Cherki becomes an impact sub. Semenyo needs to continue weighing in or he will get replaced by Ndiaye. It's a nice problem to have and should enable us to freshen things up at 60+ minutes.
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby patrickblue » Tue Sep 22, 2026 9:34 am

The way I see it, Cherki is a luxury player.
Immensely talented, and often a game changer, but inconsistent and not really a team player.
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby patrickblue » Tue Sep 22, 2026 9:35 am

Also. I'm not 100% on the team I'd most want to see, but Doku would have to be in it.
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby carl_feedthegoat » Tue Sep 22, 2026 10:19 am

patrickblue wrote:The way I see it, Cherki is a luxury player.
Immensely talented, and often a game changer, but inconsistent and not really a team player.


Cherki’s not inconsistent IMO and considering he doesn't start every game but when he's on the pitch, he's been instrumental in so much of the play.
This season alone he's scored 3 goals and 2 assists. That’s a goal involvement in 3 of the 5 wins. Came off the bench vs Bournemouth and set up both late goals in a 2-1 win. Scored twice at Palace in a 4-1. Scored the goal that put City back in front vs Sunderland in a 5-3. He also got a goal in the 5-0 cup win over Norwich.
He’s producing in the games that matter IMO.
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby Swales4ever » Tue Sep 22, 2026 11:46 am

Not sure if entirely popular, but my most excited to see would be:

Trafford
Nunes Guehi Khusanov O'Reilly
Bouaddi Anderson
Doku Fernandez Ndiaye
Haaland

1. "unintelligible language"
2. "ACID QUEEN"
3. "never once fails to turn a football thread into a himseelf thread"
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby Nickyboy » Tue Sep 22, 2026 11:51 am

carl_feedthegoat wrote:
patrickblue wrote:The way I see it, Cherki is a luxury player.
Immensely talented, and often a game changer, but inconsistent and not really a team player.


Cherki’s not inconsistent IMO and considering he doesn't start every game but when he's on the pitch, he's been instrumental in so much of the play.
This season alone he's scored 3 goals and 2 assists. That’s a goal involvement in 3 of the 5 wins. Came off the bench vs Bournemouth and set up both late goals in a 2-1 win. Scored twice at Palace in a 4-1. Scored the goal that put City back in front vs Sunderland in a 5-3. He also got a goal in the 5-0 cup win over Norwich.
He’s producing in the games that matter IMO.


He's also shown up when it mattered in big games against Arsenal in the league cup final and the must win match against them at the end of last season.

I also think his laid back style masks some of the work he does off the ball too - he's not a luxury, he's one of the best players in the world and a proven match winner that sees and does things others simply don't have the ability to do.

The team should be built around him and the fact he didn't cost over £100m should be seen as a positive and not a reason to leave him out of the team.
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby Swales4ever » Tue Sep 22, 2026 12:17 pm

Nickyboy wrote:
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
patrickblue wrote:The way I see it, Cherki is a luxury player.
Immensely talented, and often a game changer, but inconsistent and not really a team player.


Cherki’s not inconsistent IMO and considering he doesn't start every game but when he's on the pitch, he's been instrumental in so much of the play.
This season alone he's scored 3 goals and 2 assists. That’s a goal involvement in 3 of the 5 wins. Came off the bench vs Bournemouth and set up both late goals in a 2-1 win. Scored twice at Palace in a 4-1. Scored the goal that put City back in front vs Sunderland in a 5-3. He also got a goal in the 5-0 cup win over Norwich.
He’s producing in the games that matter IMO.


He's also shown up when it mattered in big games against Arsenal in the league cup final and the must win match against them at the end of last season.

I also think his laid back style masks some of the work he does off the ball too - he's not a luxury, he's one of the best players in the world and a proven match winner that sees and does things others simply don't have the ability to do.

The team should be built around him and the fact he didn't cost over £100m should be seen as a positive and not a reason to leave him out of the team.

I think you are right and your opinion here might be the most popular.
But, in my personal and modest opinion, the set up with Enzo would result more effective and solid.
I'd take Cherky as the Rolls Royce of impact players, to come up almost every game around at 60'. As well as a luxury rotation for any of the 3 behind Haaland

1. "unintelligible language"
2. "ACID QUEEN"
3. "never once fails to turn a football thread into a himseelf thread"
4. "thumbs stalker often resulting in repetitive thumb strain"
5. ignore the cunt. he's on permantent wum mission. only TIDs may know City

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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby carl_feedthegoat » Wed Sep 23, 2026 12:42 pm

Swales4ever wrote:
Nickyboy wrote:
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
patrickblue wrote:The way I see it, Cherki is a luxury player.
Immensely talented, and often a game changer, but inconsistent and not really a team player.


Cherki’s not inconsistent IMO and considering he doesn't start every game but when he's on the pitch, he's been instrumental in so much of the play.
This season alone he's scored 3 goals and 2 assists. That’s a goal involvement in 3 of the 5 wins. Came off the bench vs Bournemouth and set up both late goals in a 2-1 win. Scored twice at Palace in a 4-1. Scored the goal that put City back in front vs Sunderland in a 5-3. He also got a goal in the 5-0 cup win over Norwich.
He’s producing in the games that matter IMO.


He's also shown up when it mattered in big games against Arsenal in the league cup final and the must win match against them at the end of last season.

I also think his laid back style masks some of the work he does off the ball too - he's not a luxury, he's one of the best players in the world and a proven match winner that sees and does things others simply don't have the ability to do.

The team should be built around him and the fact he didn't cost over £100m should be seen as a positive and not a reason to leave him out of the team.


I'd take Cherky as the Rolls Royce of impact players, to come up almost every game around at 60'. As well as a luxury rotation for any of the 3 behind Haaland


Do that and he will (quite rightly) put in for a transfer.!!
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby Swales4ever » Thu Sep 24, 2026 9:47 am

carl_feedthegoat wrote:
Swales4ever wrote:
Nickyboy wrote:
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
patrickblue wrote:The way I see it, Cherki is a luxury player.
Immensely talented, and often a game changer, but inconsistent and not really a team player.


Cherki’s not inconsistent IMO and considering he doesn't start every game but when he's on the pitch, he's been instrumental in so much of the play.
This season alone he's scored 3 goals and 2 assists. That’s a goal involvement in 3 of the 5 wins. Came off the bench vs Bournemouth and set up both late goals in a 2-1 win. Scored twice at Palace in a 4-1. Scored the goal that put City back in front vs Sunderland in a 5-3. He also got a goal in the 5-0 cup win over Norwich.
He’s producing in the games that matter IMO.


He's also shown up when it mattered in big games against Arsenal in the league cup final and the must win match against them at the end of last season.

I also think his laid back style masks some of the work he does off the ball too - he's not a luxury, he's one of the best players in the world and a proven match winner that sees and does things others simply don't have the ability to do.

The team should be built around him and the fact he didn't cost over £100m should be seen as a positive and not a reason to leave him out of the team.


I'd take Cherky as the Rolls Royce of impact players, to come up almost every game around at 60'. As well as a luxury rotation for any of the 3 behind Haaland


Do that and he will (quite rightly) put in for a transfer.!!

Not saying that you are wrong, here but I wouldn't be that bluntly negative.
When you join a world leading club you must be prepared to not being a guaranteed starter and be committed to rotation. Unless you are an established superstar like Haaland and few others.
Moreso if you are a young guy still on development curve.
Also, I think you should give his character more credit, than assume him a cunt of Bellingham grade.

No worries though, as this is just my modest opinion, and the manager seems to be more inclined to your opinion.

1. "unintelligible language"
2. "ACID QUEEN"
3. "never once fails to turn a football thread into a himseelf thread"
4. "thumbs stalker often resulting in repetitive thumb strain"
5. ignore the cunt. he's on permantent wum mission. only TIDs may know City

You'd need to make a very good psychiatrist in order to guess what next in a eight yrs long line of hatred...


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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby stupot » Fri Sep 25, 2026 1:58 pm

Semenyo has withdrawn from International duty - hopefully he's ok for Liverpool as he's gone under the radar a bit this season but great assist for the 1st goal at Palace, great assist for the only goal against Coventry and 2 great goals at the weekend.
Doku's also stayed at home which is good as he looked sharp on Sunday.
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby salford city » Fri Sep 25, 2026 4:54 pm

stupot wrote:Semenyo has withdrawn from International duty - hopefully he's ok for Liverpool as he's gone under the radar a bit this season but great assist for the 1st goal at Palace, great assist for the only goal against Coventry and 2 great goals at the weekend.
Doku's also stayed at home which is good as he looked sharp on Sunday.


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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby KinkyKinkladze » Fri Sep 25, 2026 4:59 pm

Hopefully now we can finally sign joey Beauchamp and billy sharp.
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Re: lineup most excited to see

Postby nottsblue » Fri Sep 25, 2026 5:03 pm

I’d love to see a line up of Gobber, Camelgob, Neville (1&2), Murphy, Holt, and about 10 other selected “journalists” standing in front of a firing squad


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