Thread by @ColmVHayes

🧵 Key quotes thread Gameweek 15

💠 Man City

📢 Pep Guardiola asked how close Erling Haaland was to the starting XI: "He's feeling better. He could play but it's not the perfect, ideal situation..."

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📢 Guardiola asked how close Haaland was to starting XI: "...but he's on the bench, in case we need him.

"We will see [how likely he is to get minutes]. The game will dictate what we have to do."

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🐖 Fulham

📢 Marco Silva on Aleksandar Mitrovic injury: "As you know, Mitro had a problem in the last game with the national team [Serbia] - in his ankle.

"Of course we are managing him..."

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📢 Silva on Mitrovic injury: "...trying to recover him as quick as we can.

"We gave him...not just the game against Newcastle but the game against West Ham.

"He felt [it] a little bit against Newcastle..."

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📢 Silva on Mitrovic injury: "...the same thing. Of course, managing him...after the last game [against Everton] he felt a little bit with pain again.

"We are managing him..."

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📢 Silva on Mitrovic injury: "...he is not in condition to start or to be with us this afternoon [at Man City].

"No, it's not serious. Not something really serious."

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💠 Man City

📢 Pep Guardiola on Erling Haaland: "Being that it's not his top [fitness], if the game would be - I don't know, maybe 3-0 - he would not play..."

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📢 Guardiola on Haaland: "...but in the position there [against Fulham], we need the pace, an extra guy there. Erling has this quality."

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🏰 Newcastle

📢 Eddie Howe on taking Wilson off at half time in Southampton win: "Callum wasn't that well in the week and felt light-headed and dizzy, so that's why he came off..."

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📢 Howe on taking Wilson off at half time: "...it was a joint decision, he didn't feel he had the energy needed. It was easy decision to replace him with Chris [Wood], who came on and got the job done."

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📢 Howe on Kieran Trippier: "I’m not sure what happened in terms of him getting treatment. He said he was fine at half time to carry on.

"It was my decision to withdraw him at 3-0, just to protect him."

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🐻‍❄️ Leeds

📢 Jesse Marsch on Patrick Bamford injury: "He took a penalty - literally in the last action of training yesterday [Friday] - and then felt something in his hip..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #lufc #teamnews #injuries #gw16 #TotLee

📢 Marsch on Bamford injury: "...So they [the medical team] think it's like a seven-day injury.

"We'll see how it pans out for the week and if we can get him ready for Tottenham [in Gameweek 16]."

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📢 Marsch on Willy Gnonto: "What you can see is how intelligent he is and wherever you play him on the pitch his savviness, his clarity as to what kinds of things he should try, how to play against the ball..."

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📢 Marsch on Gnonto: "...he's a very intelligent young man. He knows multiple languages, understands tactics and then has quality so yeah, I think he's earning more and more time. He's making a big case for himself."

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📢 Marsch on Summerville: "Now we see Cry at a really high level. A lot of these young guys are pushing. Cry is developing, you can see his confidence. We're going to continue to push him to mature, be a complete player."

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📢 Marsch on Greenwood: "We rotated a little bit more to like 4-3-3 against the ball.

"I felt that Sam is a better eight than Marc [Roca] and can play a little bit more on the right..."

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📢 Marsch on Greenwood: "...I also felt he could help with set pieces and some deliveries.

"I thought he was fantastic in the match and I thought he played really well against Fulham, as well."

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🍒 Bournemouth

📢 Gary O'Neil on Leeds defeat: "If you can't defend a basic ball hung up to your back post and you can't lock down a counter-attack, it is going to be tough and we get punished."

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💠 Man City

📢 Guardiola on Cancelo's red card*: "He has to learn. He is an exceptional player but he has to learn to control the emotions, control the actions. I am pretty sure he will learn."

*suspension served in cup

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🐖 Fulham

📢 Marco Silva on Aleksandar Mitrovic ankle injury: "I hope no [that it's not serious/doesn't continue to be a problem].

"We have to create a scenario for him to be in better condition..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #FPLcommunity #ffc #MciFul #teamnews #injuries #FulMun

📢 Silva on Mitrovic ankle injury: "...he is a big miss for us.

"The situation of Mitro...[he] felt a little bit more pain after the last match..."

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📢 Silva on Mitrovic ankle injury: "...[he] was not in condition to train during the week.

"He is a player that we have to assess every single day to see how long it will be [that he is out]."

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🐝 Brentford

📢 Thomas Frank on Kristoffer Ajer knee injury: "We will assess him more in the week but we know it is the MCL, which is ruptured unfortunately. He’s out for the next two games."

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🐺 Wolves

📢 Steve Davis on conceding three times to Brighton: "We defended well and astutely at times but we get a bit panicky when people get in the box and that’s the time when you need to be composed."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #wwfc #WolBha #gw16 #WolArs

📢 Davis on benching Traore: "His fatigue last week at Brentford was very evident. He ran very little in the game, so we bared that in mind this week and his load in training was quite low. We saw signs of fatigue in his body..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #wwfc #WolBha #gw16 #WolArs

📢 Davis on benching Traore: "...I was very cautious today about playing him in that situation because the last time we did it, he got injured.

"The last thing we need right now is to lose Adama..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #wwfc #WolBha #gw16 #WolArs

📢 Davis on benching Adama Traore: "...not just for this week but going forward. We can’t afford to be without any player, especially with three games in seven days."

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📢 Davis on Matheus Nunes: "Yeah, he was 50/50 in the week but he’s still getting pain in his shoulder. We’re hoping he’ll be fit for Wednesday or Saturday."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #wwfc #WolBha #gw16 #WolArs

🌞 Brighton

📢 Roberto de Zerbi on Gross: "Pascal, in the last two games, played full-back.

"Today we finished the game with Pascal Gross full-back on the right side and [Moises] Caicedo on the left side..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #bhafc #WolBha #gw16 #BhaAvl

📢 De Zerbi on Gross: "...Pascal is used to scoring and is used to staying in the best position to score, to give the last pass, to attack the space."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #bhafc #WolBha #gw16 #BhaAvl

📘 Everton

📢 Frank Lampard on Calvert-Lewin injury: "Dominic is a hamstring, scan on Monday.

"He felt something in his hamstring.

"Hamstring sensation. We feel it is at the light end of that sort of injury."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #efc #EveLei #gw16 #BouEve

📢 Lampard on Gueye, Onana: "Gana, top of his quad, he'll have a scan.

"Amadou more of a sprained ankle, which he actually had in training [Friday]. Scan on Monday.

"They feel like they're the lighter end of muscular injuries."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #efc #EveLei #gw16 #BouEve

🦊 Leicester

📢 Brendan Rodgers on James Maddison: "This boy has been at this level for 18 months.

"Firstly without the ball, he’s a player that has improved in that aspect - which every coach wants to see..."

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📢 Rodgers on Maddison: "...if you’re talking technical level, tactical idea and efficiency, he’s right up there.

"He’s one of the best players in this league, never mind in England. There’s absolutely no question..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #lcfc #EveLei #gw16 #WhuLei

📢 Rodgers on Maddison: "...we're talking in this league, which is full of world-class superstars. He is a superstar. What a player.

"You’d pay to watch him train, he’s so good. He’s one of the best players in the..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #lcfc #EveLei #gw16 #WhuLei

📢 Rodgers on Maddison: "...league, who happens to be English.

"There are other incredible talents about. But just look at his numbers, what he produces.

"I don’t have any doubt that he'll consistently play at that level."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #lcfc #EveLei #gw16 #WhuLei

📢 Rodgers on Faes and Danny Ward: "Wout coming into the team; you see the difference he makes, the calmness he plays with.

"Wardy is now settled in."

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📢 Rodgers on Youri Tielemans: "He’s in that run of form where he’s shooting, his confidence is high and he looks like he’s going to get goals. He’s a brilliant player and what a finish."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #lcfc #EveLei #gw16 #WhuLei #skyff

🌉 Chelsea

📢 Graham Potter on Arsenal defeat: "You could see the difference between the two teams in terms of confidence, in terms of points they’ve got, in terms of their structure and work together..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #cfc #CheArs #gw16 #NewChe

📢 Potter on Arsenal defeat: "...we’re not in a fantastic moment as we speak.

"We’re at the start of our process and have had a few problems with injuries to key players."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #cfc #CheArs #gw16 #NewChe

📢 Potter on chance creation: "If I am looking at how we build our attacks generally, we are not as fluid and in as good a place as I would like us to be."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #cfc #CheArs #gw16 #NewChe

📢 Potter asked about using Mount against Dinamo Zagreb: "We looked at the game from a training perspective and I speak with Mason; he likes to play, be in the rhythm of playing games. Mason likes to play and be in that rhythm."

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🔫 Arsenal

📢 Mikel Arteta on Ben White: "Really happy with him. He’s playing in different positions and he’s accommodated himself in a great way to the full-back position. His understanding with the players around him is top."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #cfc #CheArs #gw16 #WolArs

📢 Arteta on pressing by front three: "They’ve been phenomenal, they have a real willingness to do it.

"They are capable physically now, because they have matured to do it and to sustain it.."

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📢 Arteta on pressing by front three: "...starting with Gabby [Jesus]; what he did today [against Chelsea] was just phenomenal."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #cfc #CheArs #gw16 #WolArs

📢 Arteta on Magalhaes: "[It is] both of them. I think that pair again [Gabriel, Saliba] - they were outstanding, both of them. We sustained it really well, especially when we had to defend open spaces which is very difficult."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #afc #CheArs #gw16 #WolArs

📢 Club statement on Tomiyasu: "Takehiro is currently being assessed regarding his fitness for our remaining matches before the World Cup but should be available to feature in the tournament."

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☔️ Aston Villa

📢 Emery on Coutinho: "[Philippe] is injured. I don’t know how long it will be but today [Sunday] he couldn’t play and he’s not going to play [for the club] until after the [World Cup] break. It’s a muscular injury."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #avfc #AvlMun #gw16

🏮 Man Utd

📢 Erik ten Hag on Rashford: "'He can play there [on the right of the attack], as he can stretch across all the three positions and he can score goals in each [of them].

"The best position for [Marcus] is..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #mufc #AvlMun #gw16 #FulMun

📢 Ten Hag on Rashford: "...the number nine or coming in from the left.

"In the front line, we have our problems and in this game [against Aston Villa], it was the best balance [to use Marcus on the right]."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #mufc #AvlMun #gw16 #FulMun

🔨 West Ham

📢 David Moyes asked why he hooked Gianluca Scamacca at half time against Crystal Palace: "I didn’t think he had offered us enough at the time and I needed to try and do something different."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #whufc #WhuCry #gw16 #WhuLei

📢 Moyes on taking off Benrahma: "You wouldn’t see it, Said was badly strapped up on his knee and was touch and go for the game. It was about 60 minutes and I didn’t think he was moving as free as what he could do..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #whufc #WhuCry #gw16 #WhuLei

📢 Moyes on taking off Benrahma: "...I thought he scored a good goal. I don’t know if he had much of an impact after [that]."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #whufc #WhuCry #gw16 #WhuLei

📢 Moyes on Lucas Paqueta: "We stuck with him [but] you could see he had a bit of cramp or [something] at the end of the game.

"I think it was mainly cramping up but I’ve not checked, to be honest."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #whufc #WhuCry #gw16 #WhuLei

🇮🇹 Spurs

📢 Antonio Conte on Heung-min Son: "I hope for him he will recover very well and play in the World Cup.

"I am confident that he can come back quickly and play the World Cup for South Korea."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #thfc #TotLiv #gw16 #TotLee

📢 Conte on Kulusevski: "It was good to see Deki back, yes, finally. It was important; good news.

"Deki only had a full training session with us yesterday [Saturday]. Today, he said to me..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #thfc #TotLiv #gw16 #TotLee

📢 Conte on Kulusevski: "...'okay, coach, for the last 20, 30 minutes, I'm available'. At the end, my first question [to him] was, 'is everything okay?' and he told me, 'yes'..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #thfc #TotLiv #gw16 #TotLee

📢 Conte on injuries: "...now we have Richarlison tomorrow [Monday] - probably, probably he could have a training session with us, so that's also good news for us."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #thfc #TotLiv #gw16 #TotLee

🐦 Liverpool

📢 Jurgen Klopp on Mo Salah: "When you look back on his career in four, five or six years, everybody will remember one of the best strikers you ever saw because the numbers will be absolutely insane."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #lfc #TotLiv #gw16 #LivSou

📢 Klopp on Ibrahima Konate: "Ibou first half already, he was outstanding. A top game, absolutely.

"This is now really intense for him, he had now two starts in a row. I hope he is fine and we can go from here."

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