13 hours ago, dermott said:

Cucurella as per -v- Liverpool would seem to be the go.

Issue is Matheus Nunes is no slouch; saw a stat and he has been better defensively than Gusto this season.

31 minutes ago, markpitts said:

Issue is Matheus Nunes is no slouch; saw a stat and he has been better defensively than Gusto this season.

The bar is pretty low with Gusto ;). Nunes has contributed some decent moments on the attacking side, but I always feel he has a mistake in him defensively.

I'm afraid I've got some bad news.

Neto and Garnacho are available for this game...

9 hours ago, forbzy said:

The bar is pretty low with Gusto ;). Nunes has contributed some decent moments on the attacking side, but I always feel he has a mistake in him defensively.

Definitely better going forward than defensively.

12 hours ago, markpitts said:

Issue is Matheus Nunes is no slouch; saw a stat and he has been better defensively than Gusto this season.

Who hasn't?!!

Really do not want to see Gusto in the starting 11 on Saturday but resigned to being disappointed.

6 minutes ago, Nibs said:

Who hasn't?!!

Really do not want to see Gusto in the starting 11 on Saturday but resigned to being disappointed.

Reckon he starts, with James in the middle of the park

Win a cup.....

Or send Spuds down? 🙂

TO BEHDAD EGHBALI

IT WOULD BE SUICIDE IF WE GO 3 AT THE BACK, ALSO DONT PUT JAMES IN MIDFIELD

SANCHEZ

JAMES FOFANA COLWILL CUCURELLA

LAVIA CAICEDO

PALMER ENZO NETO

PEDRO

9 minutes ago, guddy69 said:

Win a cup.....

Or send Spuds down? 🙂

WE CANT SEND SPURS DOWN BUT WE COULD SEND WEST HAM DOWN

3 hours ago, markpitts said:

Reckon he starts, with James in the middle of the park

Aye. 2 change likely from the Liverpool side. Sanchez for Jorgensen and either James in for Santos or Neto in for Santos and Enzo drops deeper.

Sanchez

James Chalobah Colwill Cucurella

Caicedo Lavia

Palmer Enzo Neto

Pedro

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Sanchez

James Chalobah Colwill Cucurella

Caicedo Lavia

Palmer Enzo Neto

Pedro

Looks about right.

Should stick to Hato at LB and Cucurella at LW though... praying Garnacho and Neto both hurt each other just for this week.

7 hours ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

WE CANT SEND SPURS DOWN BUT WE COULD SEND WEST HAM DOWN

If we beat spurs and West ham win their game.. Won't west hame go above spurs?

38 minutes ago, guddy69 said:

If we beat spurs and West ham win their game.. Won't west hame go above spurs?

Yes, but West Ham play Newcastle on Sunday if they lose and we lose to Tottenham West Ham are down

On 12/05/2026 at 09:25, dermott said:

Cucurella as per -v- Liverpool would seem to be the go.

I honestly thought whilst it had moments it looked good against Liverpool, it was still way too defensive and not enough attacking output. There was several times we could have hit them on the counter and we did not due to lack of width. Against City, if we go with that team, just think we we will be constantly suffocated. City are a much better team than Liverpool.

On 13/05/2026 at 01:30, axman2526 said:

I'm afraid I've got some bad news.

Neto and Garnacho are available for this game...

We should try to make a deal with Pep. We won't play Gargasho if he doesn't play Haaland.

21 hours ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

WE CANT SEND SPURS DOWN BUT WE COULD SEND WEST HAM DOWN

Could we keep Spurs up if the unthinkable happens and they beat us ?

We're winning The Cup.

Nailed on

1 hour ago, STATS said:

I honestly thought whilst it had moments it looked good against Liverpool, it was still way too defensive and not enough attacking output. There was several times we could have hit them on the counter and we did not due to lack of width. Against City, if we go with that team, just think we we will be constantly suffocated. City are a much better team than Liverpool.

Alternatives?

Man Citeh are in great form at the moment. I just cannot see how we could possibly win this game - thats the attitude right? - But seriously, just not seeing where our creativity is coming from - Palmer would need to have the game of his life and he's been quiet of late.

11 minutes ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Man Citeh are in great form at the moment. I just cannot see how we could possibly win this game - thats the attitude right? - But seriously, just not seeing where our creativity is coming from - Palmer would need to have the game of his life and he's been quiet of late.

City are weird. Especially in the FA Cup. We have a shot to be fair.

Palace and ten Hag beat them in the final.

43 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

City are weird. Especially in the FA Cup. We have a shot to be fair.

Palace and ten Hag beat them in the final.

Nothing would make me happier than beating them. AND would it be fair for us to lose yet another Cup Final? But i am not seeing our creative outlet - its a big pitch and it is made for the fast wingers (Doku will do well) and i wish we had Esta-Wow! playing. or even Gittens. lol.

Never underestimate the chance of Pep making a bad selection in a big match, it has happened before as we know at the CL final when Havertz got the winner in May 21.

We might also play better and have a few days more rest.

City should win........

4 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

We're winning The Cup.

Nailed on

Cheers Rising ! I'll get the next round.🙂