Swindon Town (A) - FA Cup 3rd Round - Fri 7th Jan, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[balotelli's back pocket]

seriously though, if you're james mcatee, and you're already 19 years old and still not getting a start versus swindon in the cup when 7 first team players are out with covid, how wouldn't you think the door is simply closed?

Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva. If any of them had Covid he'd be playing. They don't, so he isn't.

 

[pudge]

seriously though, if you're james mcatee, and you're already 19 years old and still not getting a start versus swindon in the cup when 7 first team players are out with covid, how wouldn't you think the door is simply closed?

Ah I remember when folk would say that about Foden

There's a reason we win trophy after trophy and it's by treating each game like it's the only game. Pep's done it since day one.

We're not Liverpool.

 

[Bozzie]

Wow! Wasn't expecting a line up so strong. Pep does not fuck about in any competition does he!

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

thanks.

I’m just guessing!

 

[Len Rum]

I've seen worse City teams over the 50 years I've been supporting them

Our heyday was when Samaras and Coradi were up front.
Better even than that great partnership in the early/mid sixties of Derek Kevan and Ruby ( Murray).

 

[Dzeko9]

Seriously if that was our line up against Chelsea next week I wouldn't be overly disappointed!

Not that bad. Foden and Zinchenko will return until that match. They had covid before the Arsenal game.

 

[clarion]

Shows you that Palmer is ahead in current academy pecking order for the first team despite not being seen as good as McAtee who many seen as best talent after Foden.

Different position, I think.

or

contract McAtee‘s situation

 

[mat]

Should we add this team to the piss boiling thread?

 

[FantasyIreland]

Even a global pandemic wont make him introduce the kids.

 

[moomba]

seriously though, if you're james mcatee, and you're already 19 years old and still not getting a start versus swindon in the cup when 7 first team players are out with covid, how wouldn't you think the door is simply closed?

Hasn't he just come back from covid himself?

Might not be right for 90 minutes.