String fellow Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 1 hour ago, KrefelderFox666 said: I think the team (in particular those 3 from last week) will be determined/fired up to perform. Fingers crossed we can come out all guns firing and look comfortable by HT. Of course, we may be expecting too much. Also seems like 99% of posters in this thread have come to the same conclusion of starting XI. Nailed on from Brendan then... Things that are nailed on aren't as secure as those that are screwed on. Dunno about anyone else, but I'm currently suffering from a rare condition known as fivefacupfinaldefeatsophobia. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbury Fox Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 5 hours ago, Shane said: Forgot Maddison was back tbf. Hmmm tough choices what is your preferred lineup? Think I'd play 352 with Maddison in for Praet and Cags for Big Dan. Don't generally like 3 at the back but we just don't have good enough wide options at the moment to play a 4231. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Falling Foxes Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 Think we'll win but........ fast forward to the 3rd round draw next year....... Ball No 21. That's Leicester City. Five times runners up............ Sorry, had a bad day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 Would you rather we win 10-0 on Sunday or in the league game in a few weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 12 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Would you rather we win 10-0 on Sunday or in the league game in a few weeks? I will take a 1-0 on Sunday and a 9-0 in a few weeks, seems fairly probable in fact. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post weller54 Posted 16 April 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 16 April 2021 36 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Would you rather we win 10-0 on Sunday or in the league game in a few weeks? Definitely the league game! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 (edited) On 16/04/2021 at 13:33, sacreblueits442 said: ...it has been obvious for some time that Castagne is more comfortable on the right!!! Some things are picked up earlier than Rodgers, he tends to be late to the party on more than one occasion. Due to our injury problems he is however limited in the personnel he can choose from and his hands are more or less tied regarding formations. Castagne came here to get away from the chopping and changing of positions he was asked to do and so will not be too pleased with repeating the process here. Maybe Rodgers decisions are better than yours, on which players he prefer to See in what positions, and in this injury/ compressed season we are experiencing, feels it right to listen to his own instincts, on where he might Experiment & tinker, than wait for your opinions to appear,before he makes his descisions... Edited 17 April 2021 by fuchsntf 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tom27111 Posted 16 April 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 16 April 2021 (edited) Just drove to the shops, my Mrs has a terrible habit of leaving Heart 70's on the radio, so I usually switch it over immediately. Not this time. Rockin' All Over The World was playing. A good omen for any City fan who remembers those 90's Wembley visits! Edited 16 April 2021 by tom27111 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972 Fox Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 8 hours ago, davieG said: Naive to consider yourself favourites? “It’s a game that is always close. Hmmm, I seem to remember a 0-9 scoreline not so long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Fox Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 It's not going to be easy but I'd take a 1 nil win for us right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 Under being back invalidates the "we have to play five at the back because we have no wingers" excuse, at least. Not that there's any chance he'll start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 Soyuncu is back, we will shit all over these. YTB let's go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynard Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 The biggest game in some of these player's careers to date. Can we handle the mental pressure? Will the few fans in the ground make a difference? The last two matches don't give me much reason to think we have improved our handling of the pressure in the games that really matter though the last round against United was much better. I'm expecting us to be nervous and cagey and likely to concede the first goal. In some ways they have nothing to lose. They won't be the favourites and they won't be relegated so they can just really go for this with, in some ways, a lot less pressure. To me it is all about whether we can cope mentally with the occasion. If we can we might win a close game. If not we'll be 2 or 3 down before we start playing, like last week, with no way back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 Not remotely the biggest game for a bunch of players who were playing with a CL spot hanging in the balance last season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car1os Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, reynard said: The biggest game in some of these player's careers to date. Can we handle the mental pressure? Will the few fans in the ground make a difference? Who knows... none of them will be ours, it’ll just be the locals!! I really do hope we win this one. There’s a couple of lads who are likely to play who owe us a performance. Also, when we’ve had a high pressure game in the last couple of seasons we’ve struggled. Great performances against Man City (A), Man Utd and Liverpool this season make me think we could cope. But that’s offset by several first half performances this season, especially against West Ham last weekend. We’d best be up for this from the start, as you’ll bet your bottom dollar that Southampton will be. Edited 17 April 2021 by car1os Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 13 hours ago, Ric Flair said: Would you rather we win 10-0 on Sunday or in the league game in a few weeks? We need a win just to get back on track. Perhaps a win on Sunday will galvanise the lads and we can go on a mad run winning all of our remaining games........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 1 hour ago, reynard said: The biggest game in some of these player's careers to date. Can we handle the mental pressure? Will the few fans in the ground make a difference? The last two matches don't give me much reason to think we have improved our handling of the pressure in the games that really matter though the last round against United was much better. I'm expecting us to be nervous and cagey and likely to concede the first goal. In some ways they have nothing to lose. They won't be the favourites and they won't be relegated so they can just really go for this with, in some ways, a lot less pressure. To me it is all about whether we can cope mentally with the occasion. If we can we might win a close game. If not we'll be 2 or 3 down before we start playing, like last week, with no way back. I disagree, United last season was the biggest game of most of these lads careers. No matter how much clubs like our love the FA cup, we can’t sugar coat it’s relevance has diminished massively over the years. If you want to be anyone, you need to be in Europe, preferably the CL. And with the new coefficient rules coming in and new format, it is imperative that we start actually backing up our ambitions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majaco Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 15 hours ago, Sunbury Fox said: Think I'd play 352 with Maddison in for Praet and Cags for Big Dan. Don't generally like 3 at the back but we just don't have good enough wide options at the moment to play a 4231. We could start with Albrighton and Under or Perez wide and just one of Vardy and Iheanacho. There are options. However, it is hard to see anything other than Vardy and Iheanacho starting which makes five at the back more likely. Fofana pushes forward a lot for a centre back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, reynard said: The biggest game in some of these player's careers to date. Can we handle the mental pressure? Will the few fans in the ground make a difference? The last two matches don't give me much reason to think we have improved our handling of the pressure in the games that really matter though the last round against United was much better. I'm expecting us to be nervous and cagey and likely to concede the first goal. In some ways they have nothing to lose. They won't be the favourites and they won't be relegated so they can just really go for this with, in some ways, a lot less pressure. To me it is all about whether we can cope mentally with the occasion. If we can we might win a close game. If not we'll be 2 or 3 down before we start playing, like last week, with no way back. They won't be fans, just some random bods from Brent. Most of the noise will come from the anti -vax knuckle draggers protesting outside the stadium. Edited 17 April 2021 by PaulW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 1 hour ago, Pliskin said: We need a win just to get back on track. Perhaps a win on Sunday will galvanise the lads and we can go on a mad run winning all of our remaining games........ Although this is a simplistic view, the way I see it is in order to us having any chance of success this season we have to get 10 points minimum from our next 4 league games and if we do that then the momentum we will have built up will mean we can beat anyone as already proven this season. Therefore get through tomorrow and the dream is still on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972 Fox Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 2 hours ago, reynard said: Will the few fans in the ground make a difference? 1 hour ago, car1os said: Who knows... none of them will be ours, it’ll just be the locals!! The lone voice of @st albans fox could make all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 Just now, Blue Fox 72 said: The lone voice of @st albans fox could make all the difference. My test is at midday .......... one more hurdle to get through (actually two cos my son could get test positive !) My ticket says ‘no colours’ btw ....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 2 minutes ago, st albans fox said: My test is at midday .......... one more hurdle to get through (actually two cos my son could get test positive !) My ticket says ‘no colours’ btw ....... Just wear a jacket and when City score go apeshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972 Fox Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 3 minutes ago, st albans fox said: My test is at midday .......... one more hurdle to get through (actually two cos my son could get test positive !) My ticket says ‘no colours’ btw ....... We're relying on you to make that extra 0.1% difference that could get us over the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 1 minute ago, Blue Fox 72 said: We're relying on you to make that extra 0.1% difference that could get us over the line. I’m superstitious so practicing my miserable face to catch the cameraman ! I keep reminding myself that if we do make it through I will want to try to get the same offer next month so I have to behave ....... I can go apeshit in May when it really matters !!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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