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I agree. With a strike partner, he could be really good. Not the hold-up striker that Sven wanted though.

Really interested to see what team Hughes picks. Everyone has very different ideas of how they'd like us to play. 4 4 2 for me but it's very hard to pick the midfield.

MANCHESTER CITY (probable) 4-4-2: Hart; Ball, Dunne, Richards, Onuoha; Ireland, Hamann, Johnson, Petrov; Vassell, Benjani.

EB/STREYMUR (probable) 4-4-2: Torgaro; Jacobsen, Bo, G Hansen, Kruse; Joensen, Dam, Samuelson, B Olsen; Foldgast, A Hansen

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1035831/Hughes-begins-City-voyage-Faroes-Ronaldinho.html

[SIZE="4"]Brazilian Jo ready to go as Manchester City open UEFA Cup campaign in the Faroe Islands[/SIZE]

Brazilian striker Jo could make his Manchester City debut tomorrow in the first leg of the club's UEFA Cup first qualifying round tie in the Faroe Islands.

The game against part-timers EB/Streymur will also be new boss Mark Hughes' first in control of the Eastlands club.

City fly out at lunchtime for the match that will be played in the capital Torshavn.

EB's own ground holds just 1,000, a third of the little town's population, so the Faroe Island league leaders will use the 6,000-capacity Torsvollur Stadium.

City will have a hardy travelling support of 250, a group of whom have already arrived in the Faroes via ferry to the Shetlands and a hired trawler. They left on Monday.

Hughes is leaving nothing to chance for this tie, City qualifying for the competition via the Fair Play league, and travels with his strongest possible squad.

Jo, signed from CSKA Moscow for £19million, is expected to start on the bench and there is also a place in the squad for striker Rolando Bianchi.

The Italian managed just 10 starts under former boss Sven-Goran Eriksson before being sent out on loan last season.

Micah Richards is also likely to play after returning from injury.

Richard Dunne, fresh from signing a new contract, will skipper the side.

Hughes takes goalkeepers Joe Hart and Kasper Schmeichel but Bernardo Corradi has picked up an injury in training.

Provisional squad: Hart, Schmeichel, Onuoha, Dunne, Richards, Ball, Corluka, Garrido, Petrov, Hamann, Johnson, Ireland, Jo, Elano, Vassell, Benjani, Evans,
Bianchi.

Och no........terrible defending.......

Seriously I think Vass and Benjani will be on the bench with JO and Bianchi up front....

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I'd prefer Jo to start. Vass and Benjani is well depressing after coming close to signing Ronaldinho.

No matter who starts, we still got the problem of supply from the midfield. It shouldn't be an issue tonight but Hughes needs to get cracking on sorting out the midfield pronto.

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Whoever we put out tonight should be enough to win the game. In fact, tonight should be one of those rare occasions, where it should be an even easier victory than playing United.:D:)

Pic from this morning training. Jo is a big bugger isn't he?

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

thought he wasnt playing esm ooh thats right, he is.

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I was born with "methemoglobinemia"

hes a big unit - him and bianchi upfront would block out plenty of sunlight

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'Fabio, the round thing there is the ball'

Aguero

and bang some into the onion bag.

He would look big against Petrov and Elano though.........all we need is SWP back and we've got three of the seven dwarfs...........

Wasn't ME that said he wouldn't be available, I was quoting from various media sources.

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

oh thast right it was jeebs wasnt it.

*looks for SMJ*

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I was born with "methemoglobinemia"

Anyone know why Bojinov aint in squad

Minor thigh injury, back in a week.

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Still coming back from a thigh injury.

Said on the official site, that he'd be back in a bout a week.

Sorry ESM, I was too slow.

I'm F*cking dreading this match tonight now, yesterday i was so looking forward to it but i have had the shittest of shittest days ever today and it's only gonna get worse, i know it