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I don’t know. You wait ages for a Dobbin to turn up, and then suddenly there’s two of them!

Missed one out last time, and now one too many! Can't win ?

Missed one out last time, and now one too many! Can't win ?

As last time, I make the "Qualifying Players" the below, we just need to pick 4 of the 10 outfield players from it (Its basically everyone barring Thompson).
Chester
Davies
Cashin
Mendez-Laing
Knight
Bird
Hourihane
Barkhuizen
Dobbin
Collins
Sibley
Forsyth
McGoldrick
Stearman
Smith
Dobbin
Roberts
Osula

What is going on, couldn't go a month without a news story?

I dont think the selection rules are even that strict, I've gone through them and I think all we need to do is start any 4 of the following:
Roberts
Cashin
Stearman
Knight
Bird
Hourihane
Barkhuizen
Sibley
Dobbin
Collins
Mendez-Laing
Davies
McGoldrick
Smith
Its 4 outfield players who have:
- Started the game before
- Start the following game
- 10 players with the most starts this season
- Has made 40 or more appearances
- Premier league loan player
 

Damn, theres always one!

I dont think the selection rules are even that strict, I've gone through them and I think all we need to do is start any 4 of the following:
Roberts
Cashin
Stearman
Knight
Bird
Hourihane
Barkhuizen
Sibley
Dobbin
Collins
Mendez-Laing
Davies
McGoldrick
Smith
Its 4 outfield players who have:
- Started the game before
- Start the following game
- 10 players with the most starts this season
- Has made 40 or more appearances
- Premier league loan player
 

I dont think the selection rules are even that strict, I've gone through them and I think all we need to do is start any 4 of the following:
Roberts
Cashin
Stearman
Knight
Bird
Hourihane
Barkhuizen
Sibley
Dobbin
Collins
Mendez-Laing
Davies
McGoldrick
Smith
Its 4 outfield players who have:
- Started the game before
- Start the following game
- 10 players with the most starts this season
- Has made 40 or more appearances
- Premier league loan player
 

I dont think the selection rules are even that strict, I've gone through them and I think all we need to do is start any 4 of the following:
Roberts
Cashin
Stearman
Knight
Bird
Hourihane
Barkhuizen
Sibley
Dobbin
Collins
Mendez-Laing
Davies
McGoldrick
Smith
Its 4 outfield players who have:
- Started the game before
- Start the following game
- 10 players with the most starts this season
- Has made 40 or more appearances
- Premier league loan player
 

I think this is pretty close, I've been at Bradford and Hertha and while we did play slightly differently it was mostly the same.
I think we line up in a 4-2-3-1 without the ball, albeit probably more of a 4-4-2.
The number 10 joins with the strike to press the opposition defence but then drops back once the ball enters the midfield, to prevent us being overrun in the centre.

When building from the back, we shift quite dramatically to create good passing angles - trying to prevent players standing in vertical or horizontal lines with one another.
I think this starts with the left back pushing high, this triggers the left winger to come centrally and pushing the number 10 slightly wider. 
In turn this pushes the right winger slightly deeper and further wide to find space, theres now no room for the right back to overlap in a similar way to the left back so he comes centrally in an under lap.
To cover the left back and allow for the right backs movement, the the midfield two shift left slightly with the one of the two operating in a similar role to the right back.
This creates an almost diamond shape:

The above is more accurate to what I saw at Bradford than what I saw against Hertha so I'm unsure which is more true to how we will play come first game, but it is my interpretation of it so far.

Gives away too many free kicks and penalties, due to his poor technique. 
He puts his left leg in, then pulls his left leg out, in, out, in, out, shakes it all about.

Man city play with the full back tucking into midfield, very similar to what we saw with Byrne last season

Man city play with the full back tucking into midfield, very similar to what we saw with Byrne last season

The good communication is very refreshing

The good communication is very refreshing

The good communication is very refreshing

The good communication is very refreshing

The good communication is very refreshing

The good communication is very refreshing

Left back I think so may see alot of him yet ?

Left back I think so may see alot of him yet ?