Matt1892

I would rest Trippier against Burnley rather than tomorrow.

We don’t need to make mass changes, we made 4 against Sheffield United so a similar sort of number keeps some consistency, then make similar changes again against Burnley. I would take out Burn, Schar, Bruno, Barnes and Wilson and bring in Lascelles, Hall, Tonali, Murphy and Isak. Pope Trippier Lascelles Botman Hall Longstaff Tonali Anderson Almiron Murphy Isak

I think so too, he has better awareness on the ball and doesn’t seem to be as sloppy with his distribution.

It isn’t a must win but it is a game that should be considered as us giving points away if we don’t win it, they are better than Sheffield United but still a relegation battling team who will be down around the bottom near the end of the season.

They say it was his hand that kept the ball in play but it looks the opposite to me, that it was his hand that almost knocks it out of play before he brings it back in.

When is Joelinton due to return? I would play him wide left if he’s fit.

Whilst the upturn has only been this season and we are in the early games of that, I feel that there was almost a wiping of the slate clean with him after his interview after the Chelsea game, where he acknowledged his struggles with fitness and the tempo but was going to work hard over the summer to rectify that.

I agree that we should go with our strongest line up for this one, if we beat City then the cup is winnable. The downside is that even City’s second team will be more difficult than our game this weekend or next.

He should be close to an England call up the way he is playing.

His assists were excellent but I would rather he played against City than today, that is the big one this week.

Their manager will go after this one, they have a championship side but that doesn’t excuse them throwing the towel in. On to the City game.

Let’s get Isak and Anderson on the scoresheet.

He can’t be far off an England call up.

Should be making changes for the City game on Wednesday now.

Walking through them.

Gordon has been our best player yet again, Wilson has been wasteful but you feel he will take one of these chances eventually. Also good to see us having success from dead balls as it seems we have created hardly anything from them considering the amount we usually get. They are dreadful. Another few more goals for us in this.

They are terrible.

That was a really good header from Botman, the ball was slightly behind him and he had to twist to get it around it to guide it in.

He definitely followed through with that but yellow is the right decision.

Wilson should have finished that.

Good finish that by Burn, we should be putting a few more on these. Sheffield United are terrible. Relegation fodder.

Fair play to Gordon for not giving up on it and a good finish by Longstaff.

Almiron hasn’t been in the game so far.

Good ball from Longstaff but the defender read what Wilson was going to do.

Sloppy from Bruno