Saturday 17 August 2013

Bony to start?

Swans to have "first choice" XI available...?


Despite playing in Ivory Coast's 4-1 loss to Mexico midweek in New Jersey (I know...), it appears Wilfried Bony is set to start against Manchester United. I'd previously thought it extremely unlikely - especially when you consider he left the field of player (after playing 70 minutes) at 3:20am GMT, however it's possible the lateness of the kickoff has eked out a little more recovery time and all the talk is he should be set to start. 

This would mean that Michu will drop back into his preferred second striker/attacking midfielder role, and the other two midfield positions will almost certainly be filled by Jonjo Shelvey and Leon Britton, given their impressive showings against Malmo. Phil Jones is likely to be deployed by David Moyes in an effort to negate the attacking threat posed by Michu's inclusion in the midfield, and it remains to be seen if he can stop a man who's scored in his two previous games against the champions.