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

Match Result Prediction?

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Nevizade said:
Reis for Stones and this would probably be my XI
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Would be good not to have to risk Stones. But I’d be reluctant to throw Reis and Khusanov in together at this stage (with Lewis and O’Reilly either side of them).

Maybe Dias will be able to get 45 mins in his legs before Madrid? He could do first half, Stones second (or Reis, if we’re a few up by HT).
 
Surely to play the new signings, youngsters like McAtee and O’Reilly and those coming back from injury makes sense, and make Grealish the captain for the day. It would give a signal that he is not forgotten and this approach gives the senior players a rest before a hugely challenging month ahead.
 
The senior players (some of them) have been letting us down, some like akanji, gundo and nunes I would not have them considered for Real if honest
Gvardiol is 21 hr can play 3 times a week, and he need to play as much as possible with the new lads to form a bond for the next decade

Ortega
Lewis
Khushanov
Reis
Gvardiol

Gundo
Gonzalez
McAtee
O'Reilly
Savio

Marmoush
 
sh249 said:
—————-——-Ederson———
Lewis—Khusanov—Stones—O’Reilly
———-Gonzalez—Gundogan—-
McAtee———-De Bruyne——Grealish
————————Marmoush———-
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I like that team.

I'd probably play Reis as well and hope we can get Dias, Doku and Bobb some minutes too.
 
Ortega
Lewis
Khushanov
Reis
 O'Reilly

 Grealish
Gonzalez
McAtee
 Bobb
Savio

Marmoush
 
Pep has options all over the park for the first time in a long time. We never disrespect the opponents and away to Leyton-Orient in the FA-Cup is no different, Its a very big game for me and we need the FA Cup this season to keep our season alive and kicking.

An early kick-off down south to a very noisy crowd of cockneys on their patch is never going to be easy
We need a very good start score early and control the game, But they will make the pitch sticky and dry and hard to pass on but its nothing new anymore with Pep and City
 
It will be a massive mistake to play Reis and Khusanov in this game in my opinion...you need experienced heads in the spine at least in a game like this...at home they would have been fine, but away is asking for trouble...you know they will go for big throws, corners, lumping it into the box, not the kind of game to bed in players who don't know the english game
 
Rest all the players who will start against Real. Ortega, Lewis, Khusanov, Reis, ?, Gundogan, O'reilly, Mcatee, Bobb, Grealish, Marmoush. Can't think of anybody for left back and one of Marmoush or Haaland has to play unfortunately
 
sh249 said:
—————-——-Ederson———
Lewis—Khusanov—Stones—O’Reilly
———-Gonzalez—Gundogan—-
McAtee———-De Bruyne——Grealish
————————Marmoush———-
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I like that team.

I'd probably play Reis instead of Stones and hope we can get Dias, Doku and Bobb some minutes.
 
Fordyboy46 said:
Rest all the players who will start against Real. Ortega, Lewis, Khusanov, Reis, ?, Gundogan, O'reilly, Mcatee, Bobb, Grealish, Marmoush. Can't think of anybody for left back and one of Marmoush or Haaland has to play unfortunately
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If Ederson is fit i'd play him, to get his eye in before RM
 
flapjack said:
It will be a massive mistake to play Reis and Khusanov in this game in my opinion...you need experienced heads in the spine at least in a game like this...at home they would have been fine, but away is asking for trouble...you know they will go for big throws, corners, lumping it into the box, not the kind of game to bed in players who don't know the english game
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Yeah i couldn’t agree more. Having spent their first few days in England doing their best to familiarise themselves with our complex and scientific style of play, for these lads to be suddenly plunged into a world of hoofing balls upfield and elbows and crunching challenges on a rubbish pitch would be unfair on them.

Dunno if that Simpson Pusey lad who played at Spurs is fit / match fit but he could certainly do a job here if he is
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
? Why not?
Look at the clubs who have won it over the decades. Were they the best in the country? Were they even close to it? We're not winning the league. That's settled. We're not winning the CL. I'd say that's pretty much settled. With a benign run, we could win the F.A. Cup. Personally, having missed out on ’69 (too young to be present), having been present at ’81 (first match), and at 2019 and at 2023 (a shining moment in all my years of following City), I'm still excited by the prospect of being at Wembley to lift it again. We should go for it with everything we've got.
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Worse teams have won the CL than the FA Cup
The odd lot, red scouse and Chelsea (twice) all fluked the Champions League with worse teams than even this unrecognisable ghost of City
Weird things can happen in cups
 
flapjack said:
It will be a massive mistake to play Reis and Khusanov in this game in my opinion...you need experienced heads in the spine at least in a game like this...at home they would have been fine, but away is asking for trouble...you know they will go for big throws, corners, lumping it into the box, not the kind of game to bed in players who don't know the english game
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Stones will get bullied physically, he should be saved for the more technical Madrid game
 
urban genie said:
because the FA cup is our most realistic trophy this season, so don't discard it.
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I don't. The kids should be able to take care of Orient. Even though I love the FA Cup, if we go out of the CL this month, the season is more or less over. That's how spoiled I've become. Funny, because it wasn’t long ago that I thought I could die happy if I got to see us play at Wembley just once."
 
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