I can see us sneaking a draw here. City are inconsistent and will have an eye on the cup. Maxi will tear them a new one.
About time we had a new Match Day Thread starter. Chaos was useless last time out. Now if you could just put your predictions in for the Prediction League. https://www.not606.com/threads/the-...prediction-league.384232/page-6#post-13930309 I also predict we will get a draw.
Not really injured, just a bit knackered, hence Bruce is resting him for this match. Hayden and Longgy are injured now, I think Bruce will just put this one down as a loss and rest a load of them.
I think our reserves will perform with enormous credit and return to Tyneside with a highly commendable 3-1 victory.
I'll be honest, I think we could be looking at 5 or 6. We don't know what Man City you get at present, but Pep will have them keyed up after the last result. He won't want this season to just meander to a close, they need to keep a competitive edge for the CL. The main reason is this run is now starting to impact teams. Injuries are popping up, players looked jaded (ASM and Hayden were dead for West Ham). This is where big team big pockets privilege will start to impact results. As such I'd go for a massive sacrifice/resting pattern for this game. Unpopular for sure, but its about the bigger picture, getting the best possible finish. So I'd start with: Darlow Kraft Schar Dummett Yedlin Lazaro Bentaleb M Longstaff Ritchie Muto Carroll This will leave Dubravka, Manquillo, Rose, Fernandez, Lascelles, Hayden, Shelvey, ASM, Miggy, Gayle, Joelinton fresh.
I would swap Muto for Fresh - don't know much about him but he sounds as though he hasn't played much and will be raring to go.
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