It feels like I spend more time in the WHU forum than I do on here at the moment, that cant be right! This game has stirred up a completely different set of emotions from the away fans. Any talk of the game or score quickly deteriorated into a slanging match about the pricing and the owners. I think this is completely understandable given what they are expected to pay ( see below ). Any game talk is similar to ours, around should Fat Sam play a full squad or give the youngsters a run out. I pretty much agree with our other match threads that we should take this chance to give our own young players a start. However, there is still a part of me which feels that City will always find a way to screw it up. I have to say that the ‘typical City’ mindset is slowly becoming a distant memory, and thats a wonderful thing.
As always, enjoy…
Team Selection
-----------------------------------------Adrian-----------------------
-------------------Tomkins--------Collins--------Johnson-------
Downing-------Morrison -------Noble--------Taylor----Jarvis
--------------------------------Cole----------Carroll------------------
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god that game will be fun
And the rest…
For those that fancy it, tickets are still available
I'm predicting a 3-1 victory over a largely second string City line up in front of a crowd less than 16,000
Would love to be a fly on the wall to see how Sam motivates the players for this, and how they react. Anyway, I'd like to see him swap Downing and Jarvis over and unleash Ravel to see what happens
Given the injury crisis being at fault for our league position, won't we be playing our reserves/kids again? Although I'd expect Carroll to get a half again.
Wish I hadn't already paid for my seat now
Our youngsters will lose this 5-0.
I would expect a near full strength team.
It's a good opportunity to get Tomkins and Collins back in tandem, and a chance to give Nolan a bit of match practice. Likewise, Vaz and Carroll from the bench in the second half.
Hopefully Chambers will get a game.....and I too would like to see Downing and Jarvis get a go on their natural sides
Pointless. Don't turn up, take the default 3-0 loss.
I know it sounds really sad and horrible....until it starts hurting them in the pocket they wont change anything....but i really do hope there is less than 15k there.
Agreed I would prefer no one in the ground at all it's the only way their types would take notice.But less than a half full stadium will be embarrassing enough on live tv.
I have seen us beat far better teams than the Man City we lost to the other week.
Also I think the perceived lack of effort is not completely justified - it looked to me like they are just so much ****ing faster than we are that we weren't able to get near the ball. To the point that tackles weren't even late, we were so far behind the run of play that there wasn't even the opportunity to try and stick a boot in
I'm having a deliberate knicker-twisted drama queen moment, but, in a moment of clarity, I suddenly decided that I wanted City to win an historic quadruple, with their brilliant squad of superbly overpaid Superstars...
...and that achievement can coincide with my final and complete disconnect with top flight football.
Play up ‘Citizens'!
City could have done that first leg to anyone, club just needs to be reasonable and show a bit of understanding/appreciation to the fans. The club just doesn't get it sometimes
