City v Hull - pre-match thread

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Hard one for Pelle this as if any senior players are injured (remember this a Bruce team) then the moaners will be out in force saying why didn't he rest them. Tough game on Saturday which we have to take three points from and with that in mind I would play the following team in a 4411 formation
Caballero
Sagna
Otamendi
Demichellis
Clichy
Navas
Fernando
Delph
Sterling
Kelechi
Bony

If things are going well we can bring on Silva with 25 to go. Would have Yaya, Ferny and KDB on the bench just in case with Silva plus a keeper and two of the kids
 
BringBackSwales said:
I think there is a big difference between underestimating and not playing well against opposition. I think Pellegreni rotates less for cup matches than almost every other PL manager
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That's true. We do have a real 'turning up' problem sometimes. A sprinkling of players with something to prove might help. I'd certainly rest Yaya and give Delph another run out.
 
Eds said:
Hard one for Pelle this as if any senior players are injured (remember this a Bruce team) then the moaners will be out in force saying why didn't he rest them. Tough game on Saturday which we have to take three points from and with that in mind I would play the following team in a 4411 formation
Caballero
Sagna
Otamendi
Demichellis
Clichy
Navas
Fernando
Delph
Sterling
Kelechi
Bony

If things are going well we can bring on Silva with 25 to go. Would have Yaya, Ferny and KDB on the bench just in case with Silva plus a keeper and two of the kids
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Our better players are on the subs bench but we can only bring 3 on. Also not enough creativity in that team for me. If Silva is fit I would give him more minutes to establish match sharpness. This will be their cup final, they have only lost once in 4 months. Start with a better team and then sub off if we have a comfortable cushion IMO. It's a lot easier to defend a lead with lesser players than break down a defending team.
 
My only fear is if certain players take this for granted, we've seen it before. The best team on paper ain't nessessarily the right one.

Start the likes of dinho and Delph and they'll make sure we put in a good performance.
 
Caballero
Clichy
Otamendi
Demichellis
Kolarov
Fernando
Delph
Navas
Kelechi
Silva
Bony
 
Would be happy enough for Silva to have the last 20 minutes again tonight.
 
MC ID said:
My only fear is if certain players take this for granted, we've seen it before. The best team on paper ain't nessessarily the right one.

Start the likes of dinho and Delph and they'll make sure we put in a good performance.
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Only jiss
 
What entrance for block 135 ?

Got my lad a ticket for tonight not in our usual seasoncard seats
 
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