So, Saturday night then

my first instinct is that we will have rather a lot of bother with the Georgian running at Mosquera all night. And that their midfield is awfully good.

Then I start to think that they will actually try to play and leave room for us to play on the counter. And I'm not at all sold on that RB of theirs defensively, Martinelli tore him a new one last year. And Mendes seems to be a red card waiting to happen every time I watch them play.

And then I wonder about team selection; Havertz or Gyok? Trossard or Martinelli? Hchappie or Calafiori? Zubi or MLS or Eze?

Prediction: Mosquera Saliba Gabriel Calafiori - Rice MLS Ode - Martinelli Havertz Saka

We will be in game management mode from the first minute. On 80min it will be 1-1.

PSG 2-1 Arsenal

:-(

It would probably help if we played a goalie as well...

My prediction is

Raya

Mosquera
Saliba
Gabriel
Calafiori

Zubimendi
Rice
Odegaard

Saka
Gyokeres
Trossard

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Originally Posted by WES

my first instinct is that we will have rather a lot of bother with the Georgian running at Mosquera all night. And that their midfield is awfully good.

Then I start to think that they will actually try to play and leave room for us to play on the counter. And I'm not at all sold on that RB of theirs defensively, Martinelli tore him a new one last year. And Mendes seems to be a red card waiting to happen every time I watch them play.

And then I wonder about team selection; Havertz or Gyok? Trossard or Martinelli? Hchappie or Calafiori? Zubi or MLS or Eze?

Prediction: Mosquera Saliba Gabriel Calafiori - Rice MLS Ode - Martinelli Havertz Saka

We will be in game management mode from the first minute. On 80min it will be 1-1.

PSG 2-1 Arsenal

:-(

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PSG are brilliant. But they are beatable.

They are great at controlling the tempo and direction of the game, deciding where and when it speeds up. And as long as they are in that rhythm, they are hard to get at and hard to cope with.

But. . If you can disrupt that rhythm and speed the game up where and when they dont want it, you can unsettle them. And then they wobble in quite a fashion. They outplayed Liverpool for the first three halves last season. But in that second half of the second leg, Liverpool really had them on the rack. They couldn't cope, couldn't get out. Liverpool didnt take their chances and lost.

They hammered Villa and had that game won. Villa got at them and they fell to pieces. Same against Bayern at 5-1 up.

It needs a careful but aggressive press, and players to run the ball from deep. If we sit in and let them have the ball, they will beat us.

It is very difficult. But it is possible.

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Originally Posted by Maravilloso Marvo

It would probably help if we played a goalie as well...

My prediction is

Raya

Mosquera
Saliba
Gabriel
Calafiori

Zubimendi
Rice
Odegaard

Saka
Gyokeres
Trossard

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On current form I don't want Zubi anywhere near the pitch, Marv. Not at any point.

I hear you but I think the lad was just absolutely knackered. He's played something like 115 games over the last 2 years. He's had a bit of a rest now, so hopefully that will have sorted him out.

I have a lot more faith in him holding it together, keeping his nerve and not succombing to the occassion that I do of MLS. If my brain serves me properly, it was PSG away last year where MLS first fell to pieces. It has taken him a year to recover from that.

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Originally Posted by Maravilloso Marvo

I hear you but I think the lad was just absolutely knackered. He's played something like 115 games over the last 2 years. He's had a bit of a rest now, so hopefully that will have sorted him out.

I have a lot more faith in him holding it together, keeping his nerve and not succombing to the occassion that I do of MLS. If my brain serves me properly, it was PSG away last year where MLS first fell to pieces. It has taken him a year to recover from that.

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MLS in midfield could be instrumental in trying what I'm suggesting above. But it might be from the bench.

Wouldn't completely rule out Zubimendi at right back.. but I think he will go with Mosquera.

I have literally no idea what is going to happen in this game. Could be anything.