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I think we will go; Schmeichel Pereira Evans Soyuncu Chilwell Ndidi Choudhury Praet Tielemans Maddison Vardy This is our formation when Liverpool have the ball. When we get the ball, we will go 4 1 4 1 with Choudhury moving forward into an attacking mid-field role. I am assuming Maddison...

Newcastle to park the bus with a 4 5 1 formation, but Perez to save the day with a last minute overhead kick from the edge of the 6 yard box

That is a really strong side which shows intention for the cup competitions as a route into Europe

Harry Who? I thought that Soyuncu was class throughout the match. It is interesting that Benkovic, who played for Ted most of last season, hasn't had a look in yet.

Jamie Vardy is the only player to have scored a hat-trick against any Pep Guardiola team in top flight football.

Just got back from a weekend away and watched the recording. What a squad we now have. I was paying particular attention to Tielemans and he doesn't seem to be too comfortable in an advanced midfield role, but he is going to have to get used to it as the defensive midfield partnership of N'Didi...

Is Choudhury injured as he is not on the bench

I agree with Appleton 'til the end of the season. It is, however, quite possible that they have a shortlist already of managers who are available immediately. If so, then I would go for Lauren Blanc. He has been mentioned for the Chelsea job, but with their transfer embargo, he could well be...

If Tielemans is a mardy-arsed twat, I would trust in Kasper, Wes and Fuchs to sort him out

I agree totally. Choudhury give us so much more stability at the back and rarely goes past the half-way line. Just maybe we have found another gem from our youth development programme.

Neal Maupay anyone. He has scored 14 with 6 assists in a team that has only scored 34 goals. Does anyone have any info on him?

I went to the bookies a few years ago to put a bet on Laurent Blanc being the next Man U manager as he played a couple of seasons for them. He won the league with Bordeaux by winning the last 11 matches. They then went through the Champions League group stage unbeaten, the only team to do so...

I think that he was taken off to protect him for the next match. He reminds me of Kenny Sansom who had 86 caps for England. I think that his position as left sided defender is his to lose over the next 10 years and that he could become the highest capped full-back in the history of the English...

It took Claudio seven games to find his best team. Perhaps Claud has now found his.

I am watching Celebrity Masterchef and Greg has just asked Martin Bayfield " When you are in front of 80,000 fans, what do you concentrate on?" His answer was " The first 10 minutes, you have to start well". Let's hope that Claude is watching the same programme that I am.

I noticed that. What time is kick-off tonight as I would like to watch it on the club website, assuming it is on .

I see that Johnson is captain tonight. I was hoping to see him tomorrow. N'Dukwu is not in the squad tonight. Is he injured or can we expect to see him in the squad tomorrow?

We bought 6 outfield players in the summer. Four of them are appearing regularly in the first team, but I don't think that Puel has yet worked out how to configure them into a working unit. I think that it will take time. Don't forget that 3 years ago, a top ten finish would have been seen to...

I watched the match yesterday having recorded it, and I have a few comments. N'Didi cannot head the ball. He was beaten to it for their goal and I don't think that he won a challenge in the air all game. Evans is not up to the level we wish to achieve and should be used to help the young...

I would put Johnson in as a defensive mid-fielder to go with N'Didi. He is fast and can defend, but also likes to attack. I see that as his future position

I predict that by the end of September, we will be playing 3-5-2. Kasper Benkovic Maguire Soyuncu Pereira N'Didi Maddison Johnson Chilwell Vardy Iheanacho Take out Kasper and Vardy, we would have an average age of about 22. The future is blue, the future is great.

I thought that there were some really talented youngsters on show tonight. I like Johnson and he would make a good back three with McGuire and Evans. Choudhury would be ahead of Iborra in my opinion and although we lacked an attacking threat, Ndukwu and Gordon looked confident and promising...

I know that this has nothing to do with line-ups etc, but it does have something to do with the new season. During the World Cup, I heard the French sing a song which I think is adaptable and adoptable by City fans. To the tune of Go West by the Pet Shop Boys On the left...…..Wilfred N'Didi On...

Beer stains on my shirt Big red nose still gleaming Tomorrow's gona hurt Doesn't stop me dreaming It's coming home etc etc

What about Traore from Middlesborough

I would put Amartey in as defensive midfield as a straight replacement for N'Didi and Nacho in for Okasaki

We have squeezed through that one I think. I cannot see how the suppose shirt sponsorship deal was a genuine third party transaction. I am, however, glad to see it over and done with even though I would have hoped not to see it brought up again in my lifetime as it would mean that we have been...

I wouldn't be surprised to see Diabate start as he made the bench last week.

Sorry, I have just realized that he is the goalie.

Does anybody know anything about Jakupovic?

My wife informs me that Mrs Vardy has returned from the jungle. My question is this; Is she going to pull him off at half-time?

I have just remembered what I was going to say. We have 14 points from the last 7 games. If we can continue that form, we would end up with 66 points and that is a top 4/5 finish and Europe to follow. My apologies for an excess of red wine

I have forgotten what I was going to say. I obviously made a mistake on my log-in page and since, I have had a CIA interrogation on my past history. The answer is do not try to post when you have had 12 people round for lunch and drank an equivalent number of bottles of St Emilin red wine

This line-up looks like we have gone back to 4 4 2 for this match. Interesting!!!

I hope that we don't see Albrighton in the centre of mid-field. With Mahrez on the right, they can man to man mark him out of the game. With him in the middle, who would be able to do that job. He would have too much room and too many attacking options.

That is of course possible. I would expect the wide mid-fielders to be more attacking than last time. They had to defend a lot against Man C, but I suspect that they will be more attack minded this time. No matter what, this is a very attack minded squad, so I am looking forward to a victory by...

That looks like 4 2 3 1 to me with Mahrez in the centre of an attacking mid-field. Plenty of attacking options on the bench, so hopefully, we will score a few goals tonight

After his first minute cock-up, I thought Maguire was immense. Playing on the left side of a back three most not have gone un-noticed by Puel. It gives us another option of playing Morgan, Huth and Maguire in a back three, with a central mid-field of Gray, N'Didi, Mahrez, Iborra and Chilwell...

It also looks like we will be starting with Gray on the right side and Mahrez on the left. So not our usual 4 4 2

Interesting. Back to a 4 4 2 formation for an away match. Looks like we will be changing tactics on a regular basis.