Having stuck my neck out and said there was no way I could see us losing against Sunderland, I'm on my guard with this one. There is also that memory of perhaps the direst match we played at the Etihad last season, against this lot (excepting the Norwich home game). On the face of it, and seeing how we played against Spurs, we should stroll it with some to spare. But the defence is leaky — we saw that again this week — and Nastasic out, again, is bad news. FFS don't play Garcia Mr Pellegrini. Demichelis and Joleon in central defence should do the job, and this might be a chance to bring Rodwell in, or at least have him on as a sub. For me, the key is Nasri at present, especially with Silva absent. If he's on fire, he'll put those slide rule passes through Swansea's defence, and Negredo and Kun'll do the rest. Pants still in nets, for my money. He's looked sound, and Joe'll play his way back in, sooner or later. But not just yet.
