Jase 43,479 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Manchester City vs ChelseaPRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHATFA Cup 5th Round15th February, Saturday, 2014Etihad Stadium17:15 Kick Off (UK time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weckerz 3,781 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Easy. sdrcfc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Hmmmmmmm......could we do it twice...hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Now we can rest players. HAZARD and willian shiuld be anywhere near the pitxh. Same goes for etoo and matic. Oscar needs to regain his form. Cole will surely get a match. GC shiuld be rested too.Schwarzer Azpi DL JT ACRAMBO mikelSalah osxar schurrleTorres.A draw would be good enough for me but think with city playimg barca 3 days later and barelt 3 days after their matxh against Sunderland, expect them to make whole sale changes. Sidzeret and AswinR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yipo Ran 73 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 i hope we don rest player, this is only cup we have higher chance to win this season . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekid9 418 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 SkippyAzpiLuiz TerryColeMikel RamiresOscarSalahWillianTorres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrippingStep 336 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Don't mind if we lose.It seems like we have difficulties when we have more than one match a week.Especially as our style of play is much more taxing on the attacking midfielders this year.Salah Schurrle should start the game and counter-attacks will be suited to them. BlueLion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Really don't mind if we lose this, in all honesty. City will be playing with a rocket up their arses to avenge the league defeats. What is most important this season is a top two finish, and to reach the last four of the Champions League. Schwarzer Azpi - Luiz - Terry - Cole Lampard - MikelSchurrle - Oscar - Salah Torres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! The only place to be 11,313 Posted February 12, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted February 12, 2014 Can't believe some people are saying they don't mind if we lose this. Four days rest after the West Brom game, no game for another week and it's the FA Cup against a rival. Strongest possible team. Luiz nowhere near defence. AswinR, Eggman, nadavTKL and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 My teamCechAzpi-Cahill-Terry-ColeLuiz-MaticSalah-Willian-HazardTorresAll out counter attack!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Can't believe some people are saying they don't mind if we lose this. Four days rest after the West Brom game, no game for another week and it's the FA Cup against a rival. Strongest possible team. Luiz nowhere near defence.It's the least important competition we're competing in, IMO, although I do love the FA Cup. My point is, if we lose, it is nowhere near as damaging as going out to Galatasaray would be, or falling out of the top two in the league. Rmpr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 It's the least important competition we're competing in, IMO, although I do love the FA Cup. My point is, if we lose, it is nowhere near as damaging as going out to Galatasaray would be, or falling out of the top two in the league. We're playing our closest league rival less than two weeks after beating them in the league, taking top spot in the league and then having a pretty shit result away to West Brom. This is a momentum builder/killer for both teams and a statement match. They'll be focussing on Barca hopefully so we've got a great chance to assert our dominance over them. Plus it's the cup.As for Galatasaray, the CL isn't a priority this season but we should have more than enough to beat them over two legs whilst we need to get our form going again for the game against Everton. bababoom and manpe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benches not the shed 77 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 It's the least important competition we're competing in, IMO, although I do love the FA Cup. My point is, if we lose, it is nowhere near as damaging as going out to Galatasaray would be, or falling out of the top two in the league.Psychologically it could decide the title, we win again there arses will go.. We lose, they may march on to the title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! manpe 10,861 Posted February 12, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted February 12, 2014 Agree with the ones saying that this is not one to throw away. We already have a psychological advantage over them having beaten them twice already, they're gonna be nervous. We need to build the same relationship like with Barcelona - they can steamroll everybody else in their way, but they have this mental block when facing us. It would be a statement from either side - either we make them our bitch, or they undo some damage we have done to them and regain confidence. We already saw what effect we can have on them, they dropped points immediately after playing us. We must not underrate the psychological importance of this game. Plus they will have a Barca-shaped thorn in the back of their heads, which will hopefully do us some favours. It would be a massive help in destroying their confidence if they lost two in a row. I absolutely want to do a triple over them, make it happen! bababoom, Strike, Muzchap and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Psychologically it could decide the title, we win again there arses will go.. We lose, they may march on to the title?Personally I think that whilst you have a very good point, the title has always been City's to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacquiao 1,834 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 SchwarzerIvanovic - Luiz - Terry - ColeRamires - MaticWillian - Oscar - HazardTorres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benches not the shed 77 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Personally I think that whilst you have a very good point, the title has always been City's to lose.I agree, so surely, little things like turning them over at home twice in as many weeks will go a long way towards them throwing it away. The only place to be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,907 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Being American and not English the FA Cup doesn't really have much significance or sentimental value to me. Therefor if we win it'll be nice that we beat a rival and advance, but if we lose I won't be bothered at all. Fewer fixtures and more rest to focus on the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjperdeath 2,226 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 A win and the strongest team possible.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 there's talk of Cahill being an injury doubt for this. Big blow as he seems to perform very well when Chelsea sit deep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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