Southampton (N) - Sat 25th April, 17:15 | FAC | Pre-Match Thread

[Ric]

It’s a gamble, but we have players on the bench if needed. Ideally the starting XI can do the job though, there’s certainly enough quality there.

 

[mosssideblue]

Bench is weak

 

[borassic]

Have we got the Green man?

 

[Vienna_70]

Incoming meltdown!

 

[BlueNirvana]

WOW just wow

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

8 changes ffs!

 

[dronefromsector7G]

CITY XI: Trafford, Nunes, Stones (C), Ake, Ait-Nouri, Nico, Kovacic, Reijnders, Cherki, Foden, Marmoush.

Subs: Donnarumma, Haaland, Doku, Guéhi, Bernardo, Savinho, O'Reilly, Khusanov, Lewis

Is Moonchester injured?

 

[super_city_si]

8 changes usually doesn’t go well but in theory it’s a good team

 

[simon23]

Reijnders - we might as well play with 10 players...

He could score a hatrick and it will still feel like playing with 10 men

 

[2blue4you]

Peps obviously not arsed about the FA cup!! Random team half of whom have never played together and some just back from injury.

 

[Vienna_70]

Not even sure on the set-up? Where's the wingers?

Nunes and Aït-Nourish to provide the width.

 

[Saddleworth2]

We have been here a number of times before. Only Cherki and Nunes get in our best team. They will play like strangers. I can only think that there are some very tired players on the bench. Oh well, up the mighty blues.

 

[richards30]

There is absolutely no need to make that many changes!!!

 

[pudge]

If you're the Southampton manager you take those teamsheets into the changing room and say "this is what they think of you, lads"

 

[Gray]

Bloody hell don’t fancy that starting XI at all.

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

CITY XI: Trafford, Nunes, Stones (C), Ake, Ait-Nouri, Nico, Kovacic, Reijnders, Cherki, Foden, Marmoush.

Subs: Donnarumma, Haaland, Doku, Guéhi, Bernardo, Savinho, O'Reilly, Khusanov, Lewis

Every single one of that first team & subs would start for Southampton so we are well capable of taking the win. Keep the faith, up the blues.

 

[Vienna_70]

Reijnders - we might as well play with 10 players...

He could score a hatrick and it will still feel like playing with 10 men

Fuck off!

 

[ThreesKompany]

Reijnders - we might as well play with 10 players...

He could score a hatrick and it will still feel like playing with 10 men

Think he'll be better further forward with Nico and Kova holding the back part of midfield. It's his finishing that's the issue. He can get in the right spots.

 

[pbueno16]

Did not expect this much rotation. Most of that squad is going to have a rough start after being so uninvolved recently.

 

[citytill1die84]

8 changes. Kinhell