Willy has to play in the Final

[bluemoon98]

Seriously if he does pick his Willy for this I might well disappear when the team is announced, smoke a cigar outside, and disappear to Campden or somewhere they don't even know there's a game on.

Bye then

 

[Phil1]

manuel better hope that this decision doesn't destroy his already fragile relationship with many fans. Anything but a flawless performance from his goalkeeper and things will get ugly I reckon.
Brave choice on his part - we'll find out soon enough wherever it's the right one.

 

[Trolleyhead]

manuel better hope that this decision doesn't destroy his already fragile relationship with many fans. Anything but a flawless performance from his goalkeeper and things will get ugly I reckon.
Brave choice on his part - we'll find out soon enough wherever it's the right one.

Surely everyone already knows it's not ??

 

[Marvin]

His record in Cup this season up until Chelsea was good.

 

[D-Raheem-ing of big ears]

Usual culprits moaning like Karen etc. We know he's the cup keeper so he's gonna play what's so hard to understand?

Spot on. If you have a cup policy for the 2nd keeper, then you have to stick to your word and pick him until the conclusion of the cup run. It isn't a sign strong management to go back on this unless in response to a dramatic loss of form, rather the complete opposite. furthermore it could potentially send out the wrong message to Joe Hart, in that he can rest on his laurels because there is an evener slim chance of him being dropped for Willy.

 

[Trolleyhead]

Spot on. If you have a cup policy for the 2nd keeper, then you have to stick to your word and pick him until the conclusion of the cup run. It isn't a sign strong management to go back on this unless in response to a dramatic loss of form, rather the complete opposite. furthermore it could potentially send out the wrong message to Joe Hart, in that he can rest on his laurels because there is an evener slim chance of him being dropped for Willy.

This has to be wind up right ? He cannot lose any more form he is at rock bottom, not even sure what his good form would look like............chance of a trophy = best team. No room for any other considerations whatsoever.

 

[RichardDunneOwnGoal]

Anyone else remember what happened in the build up to the last league cup final?

Lescott was back up in the league, but played every minute of every round in the league cup, even captained a few. It was his last year at City and he was due to leave in the summer, most expected him to start in recognition of that and his efforts in getting us to the final

Instead, Manuel dropped him to the bench and started Demichelis - who was directly culpable in us conceding the opening goal as it happened.

So, what's it going to be Manuel?

You've shown you can be ruthless before, but is that only when it benefits one of your favourites?

This will be a very tight game against Liverpool and it's likely there won't be much in it. For any attempts at rationalising this with the example of starting Pantillimon, for a start he's a better keeper than Caballero, and Sunderland are a poorer side than Liverpool. Caballero will be tested on Sunday, make no mistake. The margins will be tighter in this game than they were against Sunderland.

Choosing sentiment and picking Caballero over Joe could literally be the difference between us winning or losing on Sunday.

There is no sound rationale to not starting Joe, none whatsoever. Caballero is a clearly inferior goalkeeper, he's leaving in the summer, and he's in poor form. To chose him ahead of Joe would be to put personal relationships, and some kind of attempt to maintain an illusionary interpersonal integrity, ahead of what's best for Manchester City Football Club.

It Caballero starts and we narrowly lose the game to one of his errors then Pellegrini wants shooting IMO, let alone sacking.

 

[Bentheblue]

Is there any other club that would not play their strongest team in a cup final? Would Barca, Real Madrid, the Arse, Chelsea, the Rags, will the Scouser's, who must be laughing their socks off?
I could understand it if Willie was on a par with Joe or at least half decent but crikey guys you have seem him play and yet you still think he should make our cup final team for what can only be described as sentimental reasons.
Do you not remember his last Wembley appearance? It was pretty similar to his Chelsea performance.The guy is a liability and I am sure most of you know that.
I will be at Wembley and will be cheering on whatever team is put out but I feel I will have wasted my money if this clown is in goals. Still hoping someone makes Pelli see sense but not holding my breath.

 

[Trolleyhead]

Anyone else remember what happened in the build up to the last league cup final?

Lescott was back up in the league, but played every minute of every round in the league cup, even captained a few. It was his last year at City and he was due to leave in the summer, most expected him to start in recognition of that and his efforts in getting us to the final

Instead, Manuel dropped him to the bench and started Demichelis - who was directly culpable in us conceding the opening goal as it happened.

So, what's it going to be Manuel?

You've shown you can be ruthless before, but is that only when it benefits one of your favourites?

This will be a very tight game against Liverpool and it's likely there won't be much in it. For any attempts at rationalising this with the example of starting Pantillimon, for a start he's a better keeper than Caballero, and Sunderland are a poorer side than Liverpool. Caballero will be tested on Sunday, make no mistake. The margins will be tighter in this game than they were against Sunderland.

Choosing sentiment and picking Caballero over Joe could literally be the difference between us winning or losing on Sunday.

There is no sound rationale to not starting Joe, none whatsoever. Caballero is a clearly inferior goalkeeper, he's leaving in the summer, and he's in poor form. To chose him ahead of Joe would be to put personal relationships, and some kind of attempt to maintain an illusionary interpersonal integrity, ahead of what's best for Manchester City Football Club.

It Caballero starts and we narrowly lose the game to one of his errors then Pellegrini wants shooting IMO, let alone sacking.

In a nutshell. The only word I would change is "clearly" to "massively vastly".

 

[Phil1]

Surely everyone already knows it's not ??

Depends if he has a blinder or not. He's capable of a top performance but I'm not filled with confidence after seeing his slapstick act against Chelsea.
He shouldn't start, but seeing as it looks like he is we've got to accept it and see how it pans out.
The worry is what a defeat, with a caballero error thrown in, would do for the rest of the season. It could get toxic pretty quick.