Burtonblue said:I echo your feelings of frustration at how today has worked out, but have to say that my priority would be to beat the rags and scouse and therefore keep my best players for those games, given that our second string should be plenty good enough to beat Sunderland's.i8rags said:Lose today but win on Tuesday is illogical, win today rest on Tuesday and have longer to beat the rag twats with rested players makes more sense, but for me win them both go six points clear and put them right under pressure when they come to us is what I wanted, but hey you can't have it all.Bluemanc100 said:+1 for those comments..... we have to hope that the "typical City" mantle is a thing of the past and this will make the desire to win stronger.
At least the dippers will come at us Tuesday and let us play
If RM had sent Silva out in the first half for him to get injured today and miss out on the next 2 games people would have been banging on about how Silva should have been rested against Sunderland....RM would have been criticised for not using the depth of talent at his disposal.
To be fair to the manager he did put Silva on after 60 mins as things weren't going to plan but it wasn't to be our day.
Beat Liverpool on tuesday and all will be well...
As it is we risked him today. What Silva exhausted in the 30 mins more or less IMO equate to the 60 mins that he would have to expend if he was to start with. Not to cite the physical and mentally exhausting efforts of the others talented players chasing the winner.
At the end of the day we lost! In more watys than one!