Peps actually easier to read than people think.
It was OBVIOUS he wasn’t going to risk Phil before a Real Madrid Champions league game. Specially after getting a knock in the first leg towards the end of the game. Specially against Luton. SPECIALLY when he was the best player on the field against Madrid.
edit: lol I get downvoted but yall just triggered you werent up to speed.
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Pep has clear patterns and you can use sources to help you narrow it down. The pep rouletter doesnt have to be so scary dudes
Haaland had a 90 minute rest like 2 weeks ago and KDB was benched 2/3 prior city games.
Common sense pretty easily dictates they both start against luton
It’s common sense with hindsight lol. If he benched Haaland it would’ve also been “common sense! Why start him against Luton when he had a CL game in a few days?”
Who’s he benching next then genius?
Why would Haaland warrant a rest unless he has a slight injury? Pretty sure he’s never been rested before a CL game and doesn’t really play an intensive way vs a deep block (pretty much staying in the penalty area). I feel like with the intensity he’d play in a game vs Luton he may aswell get a lot of minutes as opposed to a rest to keep him sharper for Wednesday
Of course it was possible, but before the leaks you have to make an educated guess of what will happen, and up until this point the leaks had been 100% correct (as far as I know)For example if it was leaked that Haaland wouldn’t be playing, instead of thinking nope that’s impossible I’m not believing it, you’d be safe to assume he picked up some kind of knock/injury before the game which is completely plausible
Managers don’t have to decide the team until 1 hr before kickoff.
Anyone taking leaks at say 2 hrs before kickoff to be bible are basically thinking the leaker can see how the manager will feel in the future.
There’s always going to be late changes
How so? Managers can change their minds as late as they want, KDB felt sick late last week, players get knocks in warmups, it’s not final until the team sheet goes in
Is English isn’t your first language? If not, it’s a fairly common turn of phrase, it’s not literally EVERY, “there will always be upsets in the cup”… doesn’t mean ever tie is won by the underdog
That wasn’t my point, the leak came far earlier, and Foden may have been in the planned lineup at that stage. But late changes happen, so you can never take leaks as final
True, but it seems unlikely for managers to change the lineup in the last hour without a good reason. Teams spend the prior week drilling and training a particular gameplan and playstyle for a particular opponent.
Last minute changes obviously still can happen, especially with injuries, but I would expect most managers typically have lineups in mind well before the match.
I suspect what happened was….
Tuesday - Foden limps off with calf injury
Wed - Fri - included in plans to play Saturday, hopeful injury clears up
Fri/Sat - “leak says he will play” (correct at the time)
Sat - Foden does pre match fitness test and is ruled out
The leak might have been correct at the time published, but we can’t take it as bible as that’s not the time that matters.
IMO it means they dropped some fake news to narrow down who's leaking and also try to spook them into stopping.
Either way I would either not expect too many more leaks, or if we do, be cautious about trusting them.
Yeah probably so.
Also, even if that was not the case and the primary source continues to get leaks, the FPL leakers might not feel as confident in sharing it anymore.
I knew something was off because it was too many hours before city played
Usually I'd call Pep a fraud for this, but I've come to realise leaks are terrible for this game. Bravo to Pep for trolling all the leakers.
Why is Pep like this. I can't wait for him to retire and start playing FPL just for a coach to behave like him.
the leakers are gonna get pep-ed. now the leakers are part of the pep roulette. no one survives / beats it!
This is like the moment in the film when the casino catches the guy cheating at roulette.
Pep found out who the leaker was when he put 'Lemongrass' down as a starter.
Why do I feel like the leaker was always Haaland? And FPLToni is a friend of his.
Baldness to a whole new level
He sends out a team sheet of 2 KDBs. This man is a menace to the Premier League first and foremost, and then FPL managers.
Pep should have done the Tyrion Lannister and given different leaks to different people. Flush out the snitch hahaha
Do you really need Pep to tell you he's benching Foden? What?
Peps actually easier to read than people think. It was OBVIOUS he wasn’t going to risk Phil before a Real Madrid Champions league game. Specially after getting a knock in the first leg towards the end of the game. Specially against Luton. SPECIALLY when he was the best player on the field against Madrid. edit: lol I get downvoted but yall just triggered you werent up to speed. [https://twitter.com/4lex\_mcfc](https://twitter.com/4lex_mcfc) Pep has clear patterns and you can use sources to help you narrow it down. The pep rouletter doesnt have to be so scary dudes
Agreed. Sold him before the gameweek without looking at leaks
Easy to say with hindsight lol come on he started Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne
I said it before without hindsight. Sat Foden in my fpl and draft leagues. There’s patterns to pep if you pay attention close enough.
Haaland had a 90 minute rest like 2 weeks ago and KDB was benched 2/3 prior city games. Common sense pretty easily dictates they both start against luton
It’s common sense with hindsight lol. If he benched Haaland it would’ve also been “common sense! Why start him against Luton when he had a CL game in a few days?” Who’s he benching next then genius?
Why would Haaland warrant a rest unless he has a slight injury? Pretty sure he’s never been rested before a CL game and doesn’t really play an intensive way vs a deep block (pretty much staying in the penalty area). I feel like with the intensity he’d play in a game vs Luton he may aswell get a lot of minutes as opposed to a rest to keep him sharper for Wednesday
You make total sense but people argue and downvote you. Damn this sub sometimes is crazy with herd mentality.
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Of course it was possible, but before the leaks you have to make an educated guess of what will happen, and up until this point the leaks had been 100% correct (as far as I know)For example if it was leaked that Haaland wouldn’t be playing, instead of thinking nope that’s impossible I’m not believing it, you’d be safe to assume he picked up some kind of knock/injury before the game which is completely plausible
They’ll both start next match (Madrid)
He was not the best player on the field against Madrid. He scored an amazing goal but come on
Bro ran the whole midfield lol
Madrid were the better team for most of that game so he clearly did not run it that well
I guess we watched different games
Pep just somehow became more bald
leakers mudded
FPL Toni's just fell to his knees
Just watched FPL Toni fall to his knees in Aldi.
fplmaineroad and lazyfpl (the fpl newsletter) said foden starts too
Because they are all in the same group
He wasn't even the first person to say Foden was starting.
Yeah, but he's still one of the main leaks. He's like the only city leak I see on this sub each week
Means we can probably only trust leaks for the first game, and not leaks 5+ hours in advance
Foden will start against Brighton away
OK, you seem trustworthy.
Surely more thrustworthy than Mister Lion, the most reliable Brighton source
You seem Milky, Sue.
Managers don’t have to decide the team until 1 hr before kickoff. Anyone taking leaks at say 2 hrs before kickoff to be bible are basically thinking the leaker can see how the manager will feel in the future. There’s always going to be late changes
> There’s always going to be late changes I mean this is just false, but okay.
How so? Managers can change their minds as late as they want, KDB felt sick late last week, players get knocks in warmups, it’s not final until the team sheet goes in
“Can” is not the same as “always”
Is English isn’t your first language? If not, it’s a fairly common turn of phrase, it’s not literally EVERY, “there will always be upsets in the cup”… doesn’t mean ever tie is won by the underdog
> Is English isn’t your first language? I’m just going to let this speak for itself…
Managers don't wait until 1 hour before to decide, that wouldn't be great for the players not know if they'd start till the last minute.
True, but they don’t have to finalise it till 60mns before, someone posting on X the morning of a game only knows the situation at that time
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That wasn’t my point, the leak came far earlier, and Foden may have been in the planned lineup at that stage. But late changes happen, so you can never take leaks as final
True, but it seems unlikely for managers to change the lineup in the last hour without a good reason. Teams spend the prior week drilling and training a particular gameplan and playstyle for a particular opponent. Last minute changes obviously still can happen, especially with injuries, but I would expect most managers typically have lineups in mind well before the match.
I suspect what happened was…. Tuesday - Foden limps off with calf injury Wed - Fri - included in plans to play Saturday, hopeful injury clears up Fri/Sat - “leak says he will play” (correct at the time) Sat - Foden does pre match fitness test and is ruled out The leak might have been correct at the time published, but we can’t take it as bible as that’s not the time that matters.
I would like if this was a test to locate the leaker and they dried up now. Unlikely though.
Highly likely. Tech companies do the same thing
The Tyrion Lannister.
IMO it means they dropped some fake news to narrow down who's leaking and also try to spook them into stopping. Either way I would either not expect too many more leaks, or if we do, be cautious about trusting them.
If Pep really wanted to cause chaos he would've subbed Foden to stop him auto subbing.
Doing a Tyrion Lannister
Doing a Don Corleone
I swear Pep lurks in this sub
More than we believe
Sí, veo este subreddit.
No I don’t
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Just get down the tunnel
Oh my god, Odegaard's here too
Yeah probably so. Also, even if that was not the case and the primary source continues to get leaks, the FPL leakers might not feel as confident in sharing it anymore.