At the back City are now limited in options thanks to losing Ake (I did say playing him 3 games in 9 days was a risk Pep!!!) and potentially losing Akanji, however with Pep not fully ruling Akanji out it annoyingly does cast some doubt on the set up. If we assume he wont be risked then the back four - ThreadSky

dis-fpl.bsky.social • 84 days ago

At the back City are now limited in options thanks to losing Ake (I did say playing him 3 games in 9 days was a risk Pep!!!) and potentially losing Akanji, however with Pep not fully ruling Akanji out it annoyingly does cast some doubt on the set up. If we assume he wont be risked then the back four

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dis-fpl.bsky.social•84 days ago

Is almost certain to be Lewis (LB into midfield) - then Gvardiol Dias Walker back 3. If Akanji is fit/risked then we could see him come in for Walker or more likely for Lewis - resulting in Gvardiol doing the roaming instead that worked so well vs Forest.

dis-fpl.bsky.social•84 days ago

As for the midfield I would pretty confident on Doku LW who was great again and Jack taking up the 8 role. I see no reason to change that and both are fresh. Foden is also out which makes this easier. It's only really Nunes who can spoil that for either.

kuranashi21.bsky.social•84 days ago

Abt Nunez:

What do you think is the position that most suits him? And will Pep will ever play him there?

(both from City pov and FPL vise)

kuranashi21.bsky.social•83 days ago

@dis-fpl.bsky.social thoughts?

Nunez does start. 4.9
Almost semi regularly playing bar the rest needed (so he ll miss one game in three). Thats alright for his price. Done well in Europe too.

Potentially game breaking player? Second year under Pep is generally very good tbh...

dis-fpl.bsky.social•83 days ago

Not for me bud but if u see the value and ur confident then go ahead.

kuranashi21.bsky.social•83 days ago

Hv him
But on the bench 😢

Praying for Saka benching now...

dis-fpl.bsky.social•84 days ago

KDB may rest for Juventus but Pep said they "don't have many players" when the journo asked about managing him which to me suggests he feels somewhat forced to risk him - particularly as Foden would be the likely replacement & he's out. If they don't gamble on his fitness then Nunes/Silva can play.

dis-fpl.bsky.social•84 days ago

This leaves us with the RW spot and Silva/Savio seems a coin toss. Silva helps by dropping back into midfield for build up, so works better as a whole given how vulnerable they are here. Particularly if he's forced to use Lewis in midfield areas over Gvardiol.

dis-fpl.bsky.social•84 days ago

However Silva probably does need a rest and seems very likely to play vs Juventus so ill punt on Savio over Silva here but its like 51/49. Silva could yet play for pivot over old man Gundogan who is having to play far more often than is ideal.

dis-fpl.bsky.social•84 days ago

For what its worth I think given how well it went vs Forest I think he would prefer Akanji to play and Gvardiol to roam (dropping Lewis) but ill perhaps naïvely side with what Pep USUALLY does when it comes to injury & he be cautious.

Dias, Gvardiol, Haaland, Doku, Grealish look nailed.

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