FA Cup 5th Round Draw (against Chelsea Home)

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Can see at least 4 players playing in both this and Barca game hopefully if fit.

Zaba
Kompany
Yaya
Aguero

Chelsea

Pantimillon
Zaba
Kompany
Lescott
Clichy
Garcia
Yaya
Lopes
Milner
Aguero
Dzeko

Barca

Hart
Zaba
Kompany
Nasty
Kolarov
Fernandhino
Yaya
Silva
Navas
Aguero
Negredo

I'd add Ferna and Silva to that list of starters for both.


The Sunderland game begins to worry me though... If we're still 100% at home (excepting Bayern) after these games I'll be very happy.

But need to do Spurs first and see how we go from there.


Great innit!?


FWIW


Sunderland

Hart
Richards
Demichelis
Nastastic
Clichy
Garcia
Rodwell
Navas
Milner
Negredo
Dzeko


Chelsea

Pantimillon
Zaba
Kompany
Lescott
Kolarov
Ferna
Yaya
Milner
Silva
Aguero
Dzeko


Barca

Hart
Zaba
Kompany
Nastastic
Clichy
Ferna
Yaya
Silva
Navas
Aguero
Negredo



Although we may well go with only one up top vs Chelsea and Barca...? We did at Stamford Bridge.

 

[Pooper]

Crikey

 

[Marvin]

Can see at least 4 players playing in both this and Barca game hopefully if fit.

Zaba
Kompany
Yaya
Aguero

Chelsea

Pantimillon
Zaba
Kompany
Lescott
Clichy
Garcia
Yaya
Lopes
Milner
Aguero
Dzeko

Barca

Hart
Zaba
Kompany
Nasty
Kolarov
Fernandhino
Yaya
Silva
Navas
Aguero
Negredo

I'd add Ferna and Silva to that list of starters for both.


The Sunderland game begins to worry me though... If we're still 100% at home (excepting Bayern) after these games I'll be very happy.

But need to do Spurs first and see how we go from there.


Great innit!?


FWIW


Sunderland

Hart
Richards
Demichelis
Nastastic
Clichy
Garcia
Rodwell
Navas
Milner
Negredo
Dzeko


Chelsea

Pantimillon
Zaba
Kompany
Lescott
Kolarov
Ferna
Yaya
Milner
Silva
Aguero
Dzeko


Barca

Hart
Zaba
Kompany
Nastastic
Clichy
Ferna
Yaya
Silva
Navas
Aguero
Negredo



Although we may well go with only one up top vs Chelsea and Barca...? We did at Stamford Bridge.

Keeper and central defensive pairing could play Sat Tuesday but midfield, full backs and forwards would have to change

We are OK rotating full backs. Richards and Clichy at one time or another were regarded as our best full backs anyway. We also have cover up front. It's the midfield that's a problem as we have seen in the Blackburn and Watford FA Cup games. We'd be OK if Jovetic, Nasri, Rodwell and Milner were all match fit, but they are either injured or struggling to get up to speed

 

[dekabreak]

Last time a Pellegrini team beat a Mourinho team

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9O7DEJvacE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9O7DEJvacE</a>

 

[jollylescott]

Moaninho is already ramping up the mind games. He knows that City is a better team. Playing them twice in 15 days is going to provide challenges for both teams.

Forget about Pellers record against him. This is a City team on a mission, and Jose knows that perfectly well. In his heart of hearts he is terrified of playing us at Fortress Etihad.

 

[Shirley]

I reckon Mourinho has got the better deal, got rid of Mata who he did not rate and brought in Matic and Salah. Are these two eligible for the 5th round?

 

[VinceYoungisaBLUE]

Last time a Pellegrini team beat a Mourinho team

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9O7DEJvacE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9O7DEJvacE</a>

isco… fuck him! anti madrista my ass

 

[cibaman]

Maureen's comments according to the BeeB....

"We want to play against the best team twice in 15 days," said Mourinho.
"We want to play in their stadium, the stadium where they win every game, the stadium where they smash every team, the stadium where they score four or five goals every game even against the best teams like Arsenal, Tottenham and [Manchester] United."


Brilliant, he has lost the plot, sound like the ramblings of someone on the very edge of their sanity.

Sounds more like he's trying to convince his players, with their likely reaction to being drawn against us being "Oh, for f*ck's sake, that's us out."

I don't disagree, think this mind games shit is very old hat though

I don't always agree with him but I thought he got his reaction pitch perfect from a Chelsea point of view. What else should he have said?

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Re: FA Cup 5th Round Draw

wow. winners of this will win cup

I remember hearing that before the semi final last year

 

[Chippy_boy]

I think it's a good draw. Obviously it's a very tough draw but at some point we would have had to play one of the big teams. With home advantage we have a good chance of progressing and if we do win then we would probably be favourites to go on to win the tournament.

Agreed.

Easier to beat them at the Etihad rather than at Wembley. Beat them and we are through to the last 8 and only 2 matches away from another final, with our biggest rival eliminated. Go out and we can concentrate on the league and let them worry about extra matches. It's really a no lose either way.