1. This game is not going to be easy ... although on paper this was the weakest you could draw, but then that's exactly been our issue where we think we just need to turn up to win ...
2. What's with the ticket sales? Why are people staying away? It's a Quarter Final ffs and priced very reasonably at that ...
3. Pellegrini will pick the strongest possible XI as he has always done from the day he arrived, that was the reason this was the first pot he won with us ... it depends then on those XI to also turn up ... whenever we have failed, we have simply failed because our players didn't put a shift in and thought the opposition should just roll over ... Newcastle had come with kids and we had our strongest side out and still lost so it's not up to Pellers on who to put out there but whoever he puts out will need to play for full 90 mins to win it.
4. Aguero is out for Stoke and Gladbach both (and of course for this Hull game, but then he wasn't ever gonna start in this one anyway) ... Now up to Pellers whether he saves Bony for Stoke and Gladbach and starts Nacho or wants Bony to get some game time and some confidence ahead of those two ... let's see how it goes. But Bony so far has been much worse than Dzeko ever was for us. I have a feeling he might go 4-4-2 again and will start them both.
5. Whatever happens, no more injuries please!
