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

[BringBackSwales]

Hopefully Ruben comes through the game, We need him massively for Real Madrid. Really surprised he's starting.

Hopefully an hour to get match fit, even a half, and then hopefully we are in a position to take him off for Khusanov?

 

[Silva&Silva]

Hopefully Dias can get around 60 minutes in preparation for Madrid. Looking forward to seeing Nico and Reis make their debuts and hopefully seeing Marmoush bag his first goal for us.

 

[paulchapo]

Absolutely no idea what to expect from that lineup.

 

[sh249]

Good team, nice blend.
Will be great for Reis and O’Reilly to get minutes with Dias

 

[blueparrot]

Why fucking gundogan? Why? I mean, Why? Why?

It's Orient ,he may not be what he was, but it's Orient,He'll be fine.

 

[discopop]

I really thought Bobb might make an appearance

 

[BringBackSwales]

Haaland rested I assume. No Nathan in the squad

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

I started thinking "how is Gonzalez not even in the squad?" because I saw "O'Reilly, Nico" and it took me about 20 minutes for my brain to realise that was two people.

 

[OntarioBlue]

No Haaland in the squad

He’ll be asking for a transfer

 

[paulchapo]

No Ederson again ?

Something odd going on there.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Good team that. Can’t see anything other than a more than convincing win.

O’s 0 - 4 City

 

[ninjamonkey]

Happy enough with that. Real shame there's no Bobb yet but no point rushing it if he's not quite ready. Not a fan of O'Reilly at full back, this is the kind of game he should be playing in his actual position but at least he's in the team. Not overly surprised there's no khusanov, without akanji there's nobody to communicate with him so he can't really play, Dias I presume to get rid of the rust, 45 minutes, build up a comfortable lead then bring him off at halftime or 60 minutes tops.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

Hope Haaland doesn’t have a knock.

Unusual for him to not be in the squad.

Presumably Bobb has had a setback.

 

[Brewster's millions]

Absolutely no idea what to expect from that lineup.

Goals- not sure who for though.

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Cracking team for this game, really looking forward to seeing Reis and Nico, also good to see O’Reilly and McAtee get more game time.

0-4 City

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Reis and Nico start

Looking forward to see what they have to offer.

Come on City! 4-1 win.

 

[Gigant]

FFS PEP AGAIN

rushing Dias back, and no Khusanov against 3rd tier club is fucking crazy

 

[paulchapo]

Goals- not sure who for though.

Me neither I think we'll suffer a bit.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

No Haaland in the squad?

Stay humble ; )

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I get that he wants Reis with Dias because they both speak Portuguese. But at the same time, I thought the whole point of spending £60m on two new defenders was so that we can finally stop playing unfit players or risking players that are back from injury too soon etc. Yet here we are risking Dias against Leyton Orient, just days before Real Madrid. Khusanov should be playing tbh. If we can only play Reis with a Portuguese-speaker and Khusanov with absolutely nobody, then maybe there were better options on the market.