Predict Your Team's Starting XI and Bench for your season opener!

Manager: pep guardiola muhaha


------------------Cesar---------------
--nagatomo--lucio----Samuel/rano--zanetti
--------Fernando-----------cambiasso
------------------montolivo
-----------------------pastore
-------Sanchez
-------------------pazzini



That's right, suck it forums

i see two likely formations depending on who we sign.

Our defence will remain the same and look like this.
---------Cech
Ivanovic-----Luiz----Terry-----Cole
----------------Mikel
---------Ramires

if we get modric the attack will look like this:
-------------Modric (LCM)
Sturridge-Torres-Malouda

If we sign Pastore it'll look like this:
--------------Lampard( LCM)
-----Pastore
---------------Sturridge
---------Torres

Reina

Jonhson--------Agger--------Skrtel-----------Enrique / Clichy

Gerrard------------Lucas

Suarez---------Meireles----------Mata

Carroll

valdes

alves puyol pique abidal

iniesta xavi fabregas

aguero villa messi

Reina
Johnson - Skrtel - Agger - Flanagan
Lucas
Kuyt - Gerrard - Henderson
Suarez
Carroll

Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Clichy
Lucas
Gerrard Meireles
Suarez ----------------- Mata
Carroll

Abbiati
Abate-Nesta-Silva-Taiwo
Boateng (but he wont like it)-Van Bommel-Seedorf
Ganso
Pato-Ibra (but they wont do very well together)

Buffon
Lichtsteiner - Bonucci - Chiellini - De Ceglie
Melo - Marchisio
Krasic - Aguero - Matri - Bastos

---------------------Casillas---------------------

Coentrao---Pepe----------Ramos---Marcelo

--------------Xabi------------Sahin-------------

Di Maria------------Ozil----------------Ronaldo

------------------Higuain/Benz------------------


Subs:
Arbeloa, Albiol, Carvalho

Khedira, Kaka, Granero, Callejon, Lass, Altintop

Higuain or Benzema, Neymar

to city shaun-wright must start on bench..

Artur
Maxi P-Luisao-Garay-Ansaldi
-----------Javi Garcia-----------
Enzo Perez--------------Gaitan
----------Bruno Cesar----------
--------Nolito--Cardozo-------

Bench:
Amelia
Roma
Mexes
Yepes
Oddo
Bonera
Onyewu
Zambrotta
Antonini
Gattuso
Emanuelson
Ambrosini
Seedorf
El Shaawary
Cassano
Robinho
Paloschi
Inzaghi

I hate seeing Robinho on the bench as he was a crucial figure last year despite ruining over 50 chances Hopefully he gets plenty of playing time as he can play that CAM role as well, and I would prefer him over Boateng behind the strikers.

Cassano will probably remain as a second striker he is pretty much useless defensively and will be more of a sub player. Hopefully if this man can ever get fit then we'll think about moving him back depending on his work rate.

Ambrosini is our captain which may lock him a spot for now maybe even beside Van Bommel but I don't know if he will be starting most games. He's getting up there in age and his injuries have been hitting him frequently let's hope for the best for Ambro next year.

We should really try and look to offload Bonera I really don't think he deserves a spot on this squad any longer. Oddo may be a bench player but next year is surely going to be his last.

Waiting till we get someone first, preferably a manager primarily.

To the OP, I dont think theres a chance in hell that suarez will be benched. Hes simplyfar too good for that.

On topic, I think Juve will look like this:

-----------------Buffon
Beck----Bonucci----Chiellini----PDC
---------Marchisio----Melo
Krasic----------Quags---------Aguero
------------------Matri

With Manninger, Ziegler, Grygera, Barzagli, Sorensen, Grosso, Pirlo, Pazienza, Sissoko, Giandonato, Pepe, Boniperti, Pasquato, Del Piero, and Toni all also available.

juventus101 wrote:To the OP, I dont think theres a chance in hell that suarez will be benched. Hes simplyfar too good for that.

Try reading the original post, he is talking about the FIRST game of the season, Suarez will be tired from Copa America

Mignolet
Bardsley Bramble Turner O Shea
Larsson Gardner Cattermole Vaughan
Sessegnon
Gyan