Wigan (a) pre-match thread

[worsleyweb]

I want a draw to be honest! Delays playing Arsenal at theirs to later in the season.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Great thing is if Dave is going back home KDB can also have a rest with Gundogan & Bernie more than capable in the middle.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

I want to see Bernardo in the role that he started against Cardiff.

 

[Plain Speaking]

I want a draw to be honest! Delays playing Arsenal at theirs to later in the season.

We might get injuries by then, all our players are coming back now, they have Lacazette out for 6 weeks ATM.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Very happy to hear Gabby could be on the bench for this. The squad is starting to look very strong going in to the business end of the season.

 

[manygoose]

strong side, put stones and laporte together. danilo in for walker, sterling in for aguero and sane bernado on the wings. give foden a chance in the middle with silva. diaz and possibly another young player on the bench, otherwise keep the big guns ready on the side just in case,

bravo
danilo stones laporte zinchenko
fernandinho
bernardo foden silva sane
sterling

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Is Taylor the ref? If so we need to be careful of red cards. Get some game time into Delph sane Jesus

Bravo

Danilo
Stones
Vinny
Zinchenko

Delph
Gundogan
Silva

Diaz
Nemecha
Sane

Subs
Ederson
Walker
Laporte
Kdb
Bernardo
Foden
Jesus

 

[TBooksbluearmy]

This is another trophy to be won. I can't see the Wigan manager getting his team to kick us off the park (so to speak). They are still in with a very good chance of automatic promotion, so he would not want to risk that by having players suspended for 3 games by getting a red card/s. Let's go and win it at their ground. The players don't need another replay, we already have enough games between now and the end of the season. The more games the more chance the players have of picking up injuries.

 

[mosssideblue]

Why does the the VAR referee have to be in London? Other sports like rugby union have the VAR in a portable unit external to the ground.

Fairness, (that VAR is intended to bring), should not be applied depending on the size of the club. It should be applied to the competition itself. There should be more flexibility to allow it to appear at the smaller grounds if the equipment is moved there.

Football should learn from other sports which have successfully applied VAR for years.

Football is the richest team sport in the country, yet the FA are too mean to apply new systems to improve fairness in the game, in their most important cup competition.

Which to me implies they don't necessarily want to see the rules applied fairly across all teams or the refs exposed for incompetency

 

[Italian Manc]

When is the 6th round draw?
Is it before our game at 7.20 on the Monday evening again, or will they wait till afterwards (always preferable)?

8pm on Saturday February 17, BT Sport