Pizy

The opposite of Arsenal. They beat up on the little guys and get smacked by the top sides.

City losing to Villa without their TWO best players!

We were on the up before Torres got sent off. Beating the doors down. GREAT halftime adjustment. We just about bossed it until the last 10 minutes.

Anddddd....game ruined. HOW IS THAT A FUCKING FOUL?!!!

Anddddd....game ruined. HOW IS THAT A FUCKING FOUL?!!!

Yeah, it really is becoming a serious problem. He also loses his head a lot and looks an accident waiting to happen all the time. I'd really prefer Azpi to be first choice RB.

Jose needs to say enough is e-fucking-nough in January and pressure Roman and the board to invest HEAVILY in CM. We need WORLD CLASS players there. And we could actually have used Willian here since Ramires has been just about useless out wide.

I just CANNOT understand how we always look so fucking awful going forward. We have all of this elite talent and just can't do a single thing. Just a bunch of really great individuals who look like they've never played together. Spurs meanwhile have basically a completely new team and are completely outclassing us. Infuriating!

Hope so. Because Ramires as a winger has been proven to be ineffective.

I'm now officially nervous about this one with that lineup.

So annoying isn't it?

If we go with Lamps/Mikel they'll completely overrun us in midfield.

I want to see Mikel & Ramires in midfield with Hazard, Oscar, Mata in front of them. I'm not too bothered who plays up front.

I hope it's not true. Ramires is wasted out wide. Lampard/Mikel? *sigh*

He says Luiz with a "shock" return to the team. Only a shock to you fucking idiotic journo's.

It's probably Torres and Eto'o together.

Kyle Walker is actually pretty good defensively. It's going forward that he looks like a headless chicken.Hazard has been pretty quiet so far this in terms of statistical contribution so it would be the perfect game to ignite his season. It would also probably mean a ton to Mata if he's given the start for such a huge match. It would let him know that if he does as Mourinho asks he's a first choice player.

Please, please, PLEASE put Spuds in their place tomorrow! You can already see their ego's inflating thinking they're an elite side. Smack them at their house and make a statement. I'd love nothing more than to see our boys that Spuds hate score. Say a 2-0 victory with JT and Willian scoring.

Hopefully that's a tactic to make AVB think he's not playing and Jose will start him.

It's funny how United supporters always call us "plastic." They have far and away the most plastic and bandwagon supporters on the planet.

If/when we beat Arsenal we and our players will obviously be happy and excited to move on to the next round, but we'll know it'd just be another game on the road to a trophy. If Arsenal win on the other hand, their fans will be carrying on about it for weeks and the "Wenger > Jose" brigade will make the internet unbearable. It would be like a huge accomplishment for the likes of Piers Morgan.

With that embarrassingly bad squad Arsenal fielded today our "second XI" from yesterday would thrash. Unfortunately, they'll probably do what Liverpool did today and throw out their absolute strongest side since it's actually a very important trophy for a club craving any kind of silverware.

On one hand I'd like WBA since it'll be easier to progress, but on the other I'd love to do what we did to United last season and knock Arse out of a cup competition.

It'll be a huge psychological boost for whoever wins. Really hope Ramires makes it or we'll have problems. This is the time for a vintage Hazard or Mata performance. I'm more worried about our defense than our attack, though. I'd gladly take a draw to be perfectly honest. Don't want both Arsenal and Spuds going 5 clear of us with a ton of momentum. Especially Spuds for me. They have a deep enough squad to win it all unlike Arsenal so they worry me a bit more currently.

Willian was not awful. You're blind if you think so. He wasn't great but showed flashes of what he can do.Mata I was disappointed with. He'll be amped up and be top class in a huge match like Spuds. It would fill him with a ton of confidence if he's given the nod. Oscar can be brought on in the 2nd half if need be.