Burnley (h) FA Cup 3rd Round pre-match thread

[wattle]

Bravo
Danilo Vinny/Stones Mangala Delph
Yaya
Gunda Kev
Sterling Bernardo Sane
subs Eddy Zinchenko Fern Tosin Diaz Sergio Nmecha

Suddenly the subs bench is looking thin.

 

[geoff clipp]

I'd rather rotate against liverpool than Burnley to be honest. Lose against liverpool and we'll still most likely win the league. lose against Burnley and we're definitely out of the cup. We have a team that we're arguing might be the best the premier league has ever seen. If that's the case, we should be bold enough to fight for all trophies. I definitely wouldn't be resting Ederson either. He's integral to how play and he doesn't need a rest.

 

[Bozo]

Site is saying this has sold out?! More fool me for leaving it late, I guess

 

[Delphinho]

Would be very disappointed if none of Diaz and Nmecha started this one. Aguero needs a rest considering his heel injury, and he has wasted a lot of chances lately, and Nmecha definitely deserves his chance. Was great against Leicester imo. I think that we should give Diaz some minutes, and let him show if he is ready or not for the first team, before we eventually go for Sanchez. Would save us a big transfer fee and insane wages.

My team:
-----------------Bravo----------------
Danilo--Kompany--Mangala--Delph
---------------Gundogan--------------
------Bernardo-------Zinchenko----
Sterling------Nmecha--------Diaz

KDB, Sane, Aguero, Silva (personal reasons), Walker, Stones, Otamendi and Ederson all rested. At worst we could lose this game, but we would still be in 3 other competitions, and it would save us a lot of energy (and potentially some injuries), even though I always want us to win

 

[Pam]

There's a reason nobody has ever won all three domestic trophies (to say nothing of the CL). I am not convinced it's a realistic prospect even for us. But if there is a way to win the lot, Pep will find it.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Sergio needs to get bk to his sharpest and he only gets there through games

 

[jay laruja]

You are entitled to your opinion , obviously , BUT why should Burnley field a weakened team?. They are not going down - are relatively secure and the FA Cup
is surely a great competition to do well in. IMO a weakened City side(such as that which played against Wolves and Leicester) will struggle against a combative Burnley side.
I would like to see Ferny , KdB and Merlin get a rest after 10 games in 30 days , but are our subs. e.g Yaya good enough?.

I still think Burnley will feature a weaker side. They have much more to lose than us if their cup games interfere with their league games. But you're entitled to your own opinion as well. But in all honesty though, as long as KDB gets a rest and one of the young lads feature, I'll be happy.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Me and the lad are over for this one. Personally we don't care which side Pep fields, as long as it's the winning one ;-)

 

[BringBackSwales]

Winning the double is something I could never have imagined for the vast majority of my life, but I can imagine it now, and I fucking want it

 

[kaz7]

b team,kids,a couple of big hitters on the bench just in case,i want the prem and CL