Community Shield - August 7th 5pm - Wembley

[jammie82uk]

17 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

What was the excuse that baldy wheeled out as to why Man City will be sending the kids on Saturday? 

Fitness issues apparently

 

Guardiola said: “Just three or four players from the first team (available), every week more players are coming.

“Hopefully they come back and they can train and they don’t have to rest or be isolated.

“I know we don’t have time because we have the Community Shield, but we’re going to play with a second team and we’re going to train.

“For everybody, it’s a tough season. Every season is so tough, demanding and important.

“They have to restart and feel comfortable on the pitch, and as many games we can play the better condition they will feel.

“We’re going to have the feeling that day by day, we can feel better.”

Edited 4 August 2021 by jammie82uk

[lcfc278]

17 minutes ago, jammie82uk said:

Fitness issues apparently

 

Guardiola said: “Just three or four players from the first team (available), every week more players are coming.

“Hopefully they come back and they can train and they don’t have to rest or be isolated.

“I know we don’t have time because we have the Community Shield, but we’re going to play with a second team and we’re going to train.

“For everybody, it’s a tough season. Every season is so tough, demanding and important.

“They have to restart and feel comfortable on the pitch, and as many games we can play the better condition they will feel.

“We’re going to have the feeling that day by day, we can feel better.”

I guarantee it's bollocks and he brings the big guns for this game - it will most likely be most of their first-team squads only preseason game so can imagine it will be 90% full strength

[phoneticerror]

4 minutes ago, lcfc278 said:

I guarantee it's bollocks and he brings the big guns for this game - it will most likely be most of their first-team squads only preseason game so can imagine it will be 90% full strength

I agree. Can’t trust a word he says. Despise the bloke personally, but that’s just me.

[lcfc278]

1 minute ago, phoneticerror said:

I agree. Can’t trust a word he says. Despise the bloke personally, but that’s just me.

I think he thinks that he's cleverer than he actually is and that the average person that follows football is less intelligent than they actually are.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Tbf, if we play like we have so far in preseason Pep could put his Under-18s out and they'd beat us comfortably.

[jammie82uk]

5 minutes ago, lcfc278 said:

I guarantee it's bollocks and he brings the big guns for this game - it will most likely be most of their first-team squads only preseason game so can imagine it will be 90% full strength

I agree, here are the lineups from their last two games

 

[Fox92]

31 minutes ago, jammie82uk said:

Fitness issues apparently

 

Guardiola said: “Just three or four players from the first team (available), every week more players are coming.

“Hopefully they come back and they can train and they don’t have to rest or be isolated.

“I know we don’t have time because we have the Community Shield, but we’re going to play with a second team and we’re going to train.

“For everybody, it’s a tough season. Every season is so tough, demanding and important.

“They have to restart and feel comfortable on the pitch, and as many games we can play the better condition they will feel.

“We’re going to have the feeling that day by day, we can feel better.”

Biggest resources in the Country and still makes excuses.

[dannythefox]

He’ll put a decent team out, but I’d love him not to and we spank em. 

[jammie82uk]

27 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Biggest resources in the Country and still makes excuses.

Yep only 3 or 4 first team players available apparently but all these have played in preseason so far 

Cancelo £27.4 million

Ruben Diaz £64.3 million

Nathan Ake £41 million 

Benjamin Mendy £52 million 

Mahrez £60 million 

Fernandinho £34 million 

Gundogan £20 million 

Bernardo Silva £43.5 million 

[AKCJ]

19 hours ago, Union FS said:

 

Is that the best idea following what we saw at Wembley for the Euros final?

 

I can foresee the security being proper tight and slow to get through. 

[Fox92]

3 minutes ago, jammie82uk said:

Yep only 3 or 4 first team players available apparently but all these have played in preseason so far 

Cancelo £27.4 million

Ruben Diaz £64.3 million

Nathan Ake £41 million 

Benjamin Mendy £52 million 

Mahrez £60 million 

Fernandinho £34 million 

Gundogan £20 million 

Bernardo Silva £43.5 million 

Exactly. Makes me sick. 

 

Remember when he said they couldn't afford a striker and now he's spending 100m on Grealish  

Edited 4 August 2021 by Fox92

[Fox92]

1 minute ago, AKCJ said:

Is that the best idea following what we saw at Wembley for the Euros final?

 

I can foresee the security being proper tight and slow to get through. 

What's the march for? Just a general march of fans? @Union FS

[jammie82uk]

3 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Exactly. Makes me sick. 

 

Remember when he said they couldn't afford a striker and now he's spending 100m on Grealish  

And still has an open offer on the table for Kane

[Finnaldo]

21 hours ago, lcfc278 said:

About 8700 still on sale, I reckon we'll add another couple of thousand to that so maybe about 20K for this.

 

Lower than I thought but lots of factors involved, can't believe they took so long to go to gen sale - I think (being cynical) they definitely wanted people to panic and buy memberships. 

Consigned myself to not making it so wasn’t that bothered and didn’t look at any of the threads/news regarding ticket sales.

 

Then I got the email through from the club on Monday saying the tickets were on general sale so thought I’d look, but expected it to be a few of the £££ tix that’d be swiped up instantly. Then I got on the site immediately, thousands still available, so I’m in for it  can’t believe how many seats are available really, even given the current climate.

Edited 4 August 2021 by Finnaldo

[lcfc278]

2 minutes ago, Finnaldo said:

Consigned myself to not making it so wasn’t that bothered and didn’t look at any of the threads/news regarding ticket sales.

 

Then I got the email through from the club on Monday saying the tickets were on general sale so thought I’d look, but expected it to be a few of the £££ tix that’d be swiped up instantly. Then I got on the site immediately, thousands still available, so I’m in for it  can’t believe how many seats are available really, even given the current climate.

I was on my honeymoon during the last Community Shield appearance in 2016 so wanted to try and get a ticket for this one and was surprised how easy it was to get one tbh!

 

Definitely a bucket list item ticked off to see Leicester at Wembley - all other recent appearances have been too difficult to get tickets for. Although it is only the Community Shield, you only get to play in it by winning the league or the FA Cup so the next one might not be for a long time (hopefully not though!)

[Jethrolcfc]

Really looking forward to going to the game. Nice to get a win to start the season well

[Stuntman_Mike]

3 hours ago, Finnaldo said:

Consigned myself to not making it so wasn’t that bothered and didn’t look at any of the threads/news regarding ticket sales.

 

Then I got the email through from the club on Monday saying the tickets were on general sale so thought I’d look, but expected it to be a few of the £££ tix that’d be swiped up instantly. Then I got on the site immediately, thousands still available, so I’m in for it  can’t believe how many seats are available really, even given the current climate.

I can't believe it either. 

I expected everyone who couldn't make the FA Cup final to use this as opportunity to celebrate it properly and to go to Wembley for a big day out.

We didn't even have a parade FFS. 

Edited 4 August 2021 by Stuntman_Mike

[Webbo]

Got a feeling that Ward will start this. Rodgers will give him a chance to win a medal. 

 

(you do get a medal, don't you?) 

[MarriedaLeicesterGirl]

6 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Got a feeling that Ward will start this. Rodgers will give him a chance to win a medal. 

 

(you do get a medal, don't you?) 

FA Cup medal was more of a consolation, I guess! But seriously, he might want our starting gk to start the last game before the season begins.

[Webbo]

2 minutes ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said:

FA Cup medal was more of a consolation, I guess! But seriously, he might want our starting gk to start the last game before the season begins.

He didn't actually earn an FA Cup medal, he was just on the bench, I doubt he takes much pride in it. Kasper knows his job, it's not like an outfield player, he doesn't need game time to be ready. 

[Devonfox1884]

5 minutes ago, Webbo said:

He didn't actually earn an FA Cup medal, he was just on the bench, I doubt he takes much pride in it. Kasper knows his job, it's not like an outfield player, he doesn't need game time to be ready. 

Ward got one because he played against Brentford in the 4th round if I remember rightly? Made a couple of really important saves when we were 1-0 down in that game too. 

[Webbo]

1 minute ago, Devonfox1884 said:

Ward got one because he played against Brentford in the 4th round if I remember rightly? Made a couple of really important saves when we were 1-0 down in that game too. 

Yeah but it's still not the same as playing the final and winning. 

[Devonfox1884]

1 minute ago, Webbo said:

Yeah but it's still not the same as playing the final and winning. 

I guess not, but I’m sure he takes pride in his medal nonetheless - without his contribution we may well have not won the cup. 

[MarriedaLeicesterGirl]

36 minutes ago, Webbo said:

He didn't actually earn an FA Cup medal, he was just on the bench, I doubt he takes much pride in it. Kasper knows his job, it's not like an outfield player, he doesn't need game time to be ready. 

You don't only earn a medal for winning the final -- you win it for winning the tournament. Ward played in the tournament, and earned his medal medal. 

[Webbo]

3 minutes ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said:

You don't only earn a medal for winning the final -- you win it for winning the tournament. Ward played in the tournament, and earned his medal medal. 

If you're being pedantic, yes, but does he feel as if he earned it? Neither you nor I can know, but my guess is he'd rather win the medal in his own right rather than by playing in an early round or being an unused sub. Its not really a hard concept to grasp.