QUOTE (il_diavolo_mtl @ Aug 19 2013, 10:34 PM)

That being said
El Sharaawy - Balotelli - Niang
Montolivo - De Jong - Poli
Constant - Zapata - Mexes - Abate
Abbiati
Not that Boatang could ever be on the bench or anything (i think he deserves a little sample of reality...his performances have been awful and in constant decline...)
No way with Niang. The kid did half decent against Galaxy but he's a chocker, add to that he's just not good enough to start here. His terrible dribbling wayward soothing, brutal crossing and petulance is not needed in such a huge game
Prince might have been terrible lately but he steps up when it counts. So I'd start him any day over Niang.
QUOTE (nuh @ Aug 19 2013, 11:47 PM)

To be honest this pre-season Muntari has been looking far better than Nocerino, even though Poli would be a better choice than both of them.
Which games are you talking about exactly where he's looked good?
And pre-season games don't count much in assessing performances. He's just a terrible player and on top of that he's terribly lazy. PSV will be hitting us on counters, do you really want to see him jogging around and giving the ball away through bad passing and shooting?
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Aug 20 2013, 02:05 AM)

Why would he play Nocerino over Muntari? Muntari is bad, but very few are worse than Nocerino based on last season.
I'd play Nocerino over Muntari any day of the week, yes Nocerino was plain old bad last season but does that automatically mean that Muntari was good for you?
At least when Nocerino is playing badly he tends to blend in and just do simple things, when Muntari is playing badly (99% of the time) he's a huge liability for us