calseighty7

Cole Palmer has been below his usual standards for England this season. But even at his lowest, I think he has had a better season than Bukayo Saka. I believe in picking the lineup based on form and tactical profiles. Rogers in the 10. Palmer off the right. Bellingham and Saka off the bench.

Incredible insight from Sean Dyche.

Sunday afternoon and I'm sat here writing war and peace, but here's quite a niche angle. I remember a couple of years ago reading about how Pep approaches big games, similar to Liverpool today. If you search something like "Pep 1000 pass rule" it should pop up, but in short: “I had a manager who said when you start in a big stadium with a big crowd, shouting, pressure, you should make a thousand passes” A few years back I ended up tipping Rodri for passes at Anfield, it flew in. Going off this thinking, and assuming that City don't take an early lead, he should hopefully go with this approach again which means you could get some value. bet365 are offering player passes, but just 4 players are loaded, I don't think they'll add any more. • Khusanov • Silva • Nunes • Rodri But the main risk with this is it won't be covered by any form of Super Sub, if they go off then it's done. So I've had a look into the best of these players for City in terms of lasting the full 90. • Khusanov has played full 90 in 5/7 • Silva in 7/20 • Nunes in 17/19. • Rodri in 6/8 (counting one time he came off 89') So apart from Bernardo Silva, it's tough to decide amongst the other players. I decided to look into their recent pass form when starting, to see what their lowest line was. The lowest passes line for Khusanov and Nunes is 53.5 • Khusanov in 4 starts: 58, 68, 82, 72 • Nunes in 4 starts: 34, 67, 45, 56 The lowest passes line for Rodri is 72.5 Rodri in 4 starts: 113, 102, 116, 78 So I'm now weighing up if I go with Khusanov or Rodri for the passes, and quite a few lineups have a CB pairing of Dias and Guehi > Khusanov. So anyway, in a very longwinded way, I'm going to be backing Rodri for passes again v Liverpool. I wanted to show you how I worked it out so hopefully you can see the amount of thought and insight that goes into all of my tips and content, even if they won't always win. The main lines I'd look at are: • Rodri Over 83.5 passes @ 1.83 • Rodri Over 87.5 passes @ 2.62 • Rodri Over 92.5 passes @ 4.00 He's cleared that line comfortably in his past three starts, hitting 100+ passes in all of them. Let's see if the research pays off. 18+, gamble responsibly.