UEFA Champions League 2015/16

[Lineker]

Papy has been left out of Chelsea's 25-man squad.

[The Lusophone]

Have City managed a full 25 man squad? Dunno how their recruitment of anyone who would count as home grown went.

[stokeriño]

Papy has been left out of Chelsea's 25-man squad.

The obvious choice...what with being a) not young enough to get in another way, and b) too new to justify cutting out an established member of the squad either.

Have City managed a full 25 man squad? Dunno how their recruitment of anyone who would count as home grown went.

Sterling will be Association-trained...but I think that may be it?

[Whisper]

Papy has been left out of Chelsea's 25-man squad.

The obvious choice...what with being a) not young enough to get in another way, and b) too new to justify cutting out an established member of the squad either.

Have City managed a full 25 man squad? Dunno how their recruitment of anyone who would count as home grown went.

Sterling will be Association-trained...but I think that may be it?

Delph would be too.

[stokeriño]

Totally forgot they signed Delph.  

[Rich]

And Clichy due to arsenal, Joe Hart... They will squeeze players in.

[stokeriño]

Turns out they managed a 21 man squad: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3220093/Kelechi-Iheanacho-left-Manchester-City-s-21-man-Champions-League-squad.html (this does not include youth players on the B-list)

Hart, Caballero, Sagna, Zabaleta, Clichy, Kolarov, Kompany, Mangala, Demichelis, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Fernando, De Bruyne, Toure, Delph, Nasri, Silva, Navas, Sterling, Aguero, Bony

[Cheeky Hughes]

The only person of note to miss out was Iheanacho. He doesn't qualify for the B List until this time next year I think.

[Lineker]

Rooney and Aguero are both out of the CL games this week with injuries.

[Baddar]

As long as Fellaini isn't our striker again, we'll be ok. 

[unitedツ]

Here's the United team. 

I'll be disappointed if we don't do well with this line up.  

[Baddar]

That's more like it! Must have been listening to Gary Neville. No point having 4 passers of the ball in central midfield with nobody aside from Memphis willing to run. Providing PSV have a go, which I expect them to, we have pace to hurt them on the counter tonight. 

Glad Martial is playing, but it's funny how this set up would have suited Fellaini more as the "striker" than the one we lined up with Saturday.

[MDK]

Martial Starts

Thanks to whoever it was that got there before me earlier on in the transfer thread, you da real MVP.

A team from Central Asia is playing in the European Champions League. 

Hmm.

[Baddar]

Shaw has snapped his leg from the looks of things. :(

[Whisper]

Looks like Luke Shaw has just broken his leg or ankle.

I'd rather not see it again to find out which, put it that way...

[unitedツ]

Can't believe it. Gutted. He's been one of our best players this year.

[FLiam]

Yeah, that's a proper leg breaker.

They showed a replay strangely enough.

[Baddar]

When he went down, it looked like a bone was sticking through the sock. Was hoping it was a dislodged shinpad but that's unlikely now.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

He's been sensational so far this season, massive blow to our season this is. So gutted for the guy.

[Whisper]

Yeah he's been outstanding this season. Can only hope he gets over it strongly and (relatively) quickly the way Valencia did.