City v Fulham pre match thread

[WickyWain]

No need to rest players as it will have been a week since they last played anyway. Start with the strongest team available and hopefully we'll have a comfortable lead after the hour mark, meaning we can remove key players like Yaya, Silva, Nasri etc early.

3-0 City

 

[5u5m1t]

Need to win this. Can't even afford a draw at this stage of the league against Fulham. Get Navas playing the match too, he needs some game time.

 

[blue ranger]

I'd be happy to give Yaya a rest for this one. Let him recharge his batteries for the big games coming up.
He looked totally shot when subbed v Hull.

You've clearly forgotten the Wigan game ....... we won't have played for a week. Pick our strongest team, get game won, make subs.

 

[gwt]

Need to win this. Can't even afford a draw at this stage of the league against Fulham. Get Navas playing the match too, he needs some game time.

I too would like to see him start but game time isn't much of a problem. He has the most matches of any City player under his belt this season.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Ok if you're all happy to run him into the ground. Then don't come on here moaning about how Yaya hasn't done this and that.

Any professional footballer should be able to play 11 games in 8 weeks.

It's not just the games coming up it's been a long hard season. I just thought he looked fucked when he came off
last Saturday. For those saying we cop for it when we rest. I'm on about 1 player not 5 or 6 changes.<br /><br />-- Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:09 pm --<br /><br />

With Komps and possibly Kun out only a fool would want to weaken us further by resting players.

We're playing a real game on Saturday its not Football Manager.

Strongest possible side then IF clear in the second half make some tactical changes.

Make your point. No need to be insulting by calling me a fool.

 

[MC ID]

Considering the lack of pace our CB pairing will have and Fulhams likely intention to just run at it all day I expect Fern to have one of his 'off days but really he's just being a great defensive midfielder moping up and shoring up the back' kinda matches. Like Barry used to but with added pace.

I think the only two questions would be whether to start Lescott or Garcia at CB (made hard because of the latters brilliant display against Hull) and whether or not Navas should start as if memory serves Fulham are one of the slowest sides defensively in the league, Navas would have a field day.

 

[Blue Is the Opposite of Blue]

Fulham are likely to be buoyed by their recent run of form, and Lewis Holtby has refreshed an incredibly stagnant team. But there's a reason they're bottom of the table and a reason why the title race is in our hands. One of those reasons is suspended, and the other is just coming back from injury, but there's no reason why we shouldn't win this. Despite my concerns, it's likely to be a comfortable home win, and I can't imagine many Fulham fans are expecting anything from this game.

Play your strongest team and rest players when the game is won.

Hart
Zabaleta - Javi Garcia - Demichelis - Kolarov
Navas - Yaya Toure - Fernandinho - Silva
Nasri
Dzeko

That means we get to rest Kompany, Kolarov, Jovetic, Negredo, Aguero and Lescott for the derby.

Prediction: 4-0.

 

[rnblade]

2-1 city.

 

[citytill1die84]

Full strength from the off get the game won by the hour mark start resting.

Hart

Zaba Demichelis Lescott Kolarov

Nasri Yaya Fernandinho Garcia Silva

Negredo

 

[Blue Is the Opposite of Blue]

I wake up in sweats thinking about Demichelis and Lescott playing together.

Hope to god it doesn't happen.