Leyton Orient (A) - Sat 8th Feb, 12:15 | FA Cup | Pre-Match Thread

[WesthoughtonJohn]

Ortega
Lewis khusanov Reis oreilly
Mcatee debruyne gundogan
Bobb marmoush grealish

Fuck knows

Fuck knows indeed.
That's gotta be close to give us even a punchers chance against Real in the midweek.
Tough call isn't it

 

[Stelea]

Full strength.
A lot of them owe the fans and club a performance after todays debacle

 

[BlueMonkey79]

Just a question out of genuine interest.

If someone offered top 4 now at the expense of the FA cup would we take it??
Or would we rather see the FA Cup back on the right side of Manchester at the expense of top.4/5???

 

[citymad]

Just a question out of genuine interest.

If someone offered top 4 now at the expense of the FA cup would we take it??
Or would we rather see the FA Cup back on the right side of Manchester at the expense of top.4/5???

Top 4. Rather not play on Thursday.

 

[Salford in the City]

Just a question out of genuine interest.

If someone offered top 4 now at the expense of the FA cup would we take it??
Or would we rather see the FA Cup back on the right side of Manchester at the expense of top.4/5???

It's got to be both, no compromises.

 

[denTTony]

Hope it doesnt go to pens

 

[Tbilisi]

Ortega
Lewis khusanov Reis oreilly
Mcatee debruyne gundogan
Bobb marmoush grealish

Fuck knows

My only fear with that team is that they have never played together and what effect it would have on Khusanov if it goes wrong.

 

[Eaststander1]

Whatever result we get at Leyton Orient next weekend won't even begin to paper over the cracks of today's capitulation at Arsenal ..... any more of today's rubbish and we can forget all about a top four place.

But just to play along ....

Leyton Orient 0-3 City

 

[ysmsa]

Kick off time 12:15 (GMT).

Right on to the games that actually matter, 1 of 3 trophies we have left this season, have to progress in this. Might be time to experiment and get the players out of the team that aren't good enough.

Real Madrid (H) is only a few days after.

Jesus, we need more than 3 players to beat Orient!

 

[ysmsa]

I’m really not arsed about this. Top 5 is all that matters now

Sad, but true.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

I'd deffo try reiss and khusanov probably reiss at cb khusanov at right back.

 

[Tevez City]

_________________Ortega_______________

Rico______Khusanov______Reiss_____Ake

___________Gudonga____Nico______

Mcatee_______Grealish_______Doku

___________Marmoush__________

 

[Marvin.]

----------------Ortega
Khusanov Akanji Reis Gvardiol
----------------O'Reilly
---Bernardo--Grealish--Macatee
----------Marmoush--Haaland

Almost impossible to predict but I would like to see the new signings start and then a combination of young players and experience.

No KDB, Gundogan, or Nunes at right back. I don't mind playing Nunes in midfield though.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Carson

Rico
Reis
Khusanov
McFarlane

O'Reilly
De Bruyne
McAtee

Grealish
Savinho
Marmoush

 

[Winchester]

Await the commentary baying for an upset
I will turn them down
Drive me nuts

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Easy win, 4-1. Haaland to get our goal.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Carson

Rico
Reis
Khusanov
McFarlane

O'Reilly
De Bruyne
McAtee

Grealish
Savinho
Marmoush

If O’Reilly isn’t tearing it up for Chelsea by then

 

[Blue and true]

Play the new centre backs. If they can't hack it against Leyton Orient then they probably shouldn't be here in the first place.

I would say a huge win would boost confidence, but it's one step forward two back at the moment.

 

[lancs blue]

I wouldn't be too dismissive of Leyton Orient, until County won there on Saturday they were the form team in that division, W9, D2 of their previous 11 league games - and watching our shambles at the Emirates would have helped their confidence.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Anything can happen in 90 mins & possibly ET in a two horse race but, there's a big gap probably the biggest ever between PL sides and the old 3rd Division/4th Division sides as we saw against Salford. There is the odd exception, spursy almost blew it in round 3 but even they got through eventually.

We'll win this (gulp) pretty comfortably with a mix of new players, youth and a couple of older heads.