HaydnNUFC Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Excited for this. We are gonna run them through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Wouldn’t have been confident for this fixture in the past. With the way City are playing, could see a result here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Hopefully that knock to the back keeps their new midfielder out for a week or 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 08/02/2025 at 20:20, Miggys First Goal said: Wouldn’t have been confident for this fixture in the past. With the way City are playing, could see a result here. Expand No kidding. I'd normally say a draw would be huge, and it kind of still is but they are not their old selves these days are they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Hate this fixture. Arsenal away and Liverpool away are the others I hate as much. Best chance we’ve had since the Souness/Roeder days to win here in the league though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Would be nice extremely confident if this was at home. They’ve looked massively brittle away. They have looked a fair bit better at home mind. Nowhere near what they were, but still pretty good. Could do with a really draining game against Madrid during the week, with some form of controversy that gets a lot of attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 08/02/2025 at 20:59, SteV said: Would be nice extremely confident if this was at home. They’ve looked massively brittle away. They have looked a fair bit better at home mind. Nowhere near what they were, but still pretty good. Could do with a really draining game against Madrid during the week, with some form of controversy that gets a lot of attention. Expand Also the Madrid game being close enough so they’re having to make decisions on personnel to prioritise the 2nd leg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Are these bellends our next game. They've got a new reputation for being easy to score against. Exploit Rico Lewis and Gvardiol, neither have a clue how to defend. They're all at sea when the pair play at the back. Also, Eddie needs to be cut throat, I'd love to see the back five applied, both times vs Man Utd, and Arshole, neither had a clue what to do against us, let's give Pep the same nightmare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) Excellent chance against these if we have most back again. But without Barnes and Joe (both definitely), and potentially Gordon, Burn, and Botman, we're gonna be extremely stretched. Edited February 8 by Turnbull2000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) I was expecting the same system and team as Arsenal. But guessing Burn won’t play. Hopefully Botman is ok. Could still play that 3 CB set up with Krafth, I suppose? They leave a lot of room on the counter. They seem so leggy trying to get back. So i might be good to go with that again. But I wouldn’t mind seeing Willock for this in the usual 4-3-3, either. Our record there is atrocious, mind and as others have said. They’ve been decent enough at home and have kept getting results. It’s on the road where they’ve struggled. Edited February 8 by Lush Vlad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 We are 3/1 for this, 5/1 with both teams to score. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Maybe I'm been pessimistic, but my gut feeling is the final will play on the players minds. I'm not sure we won a game last time from the semi final win upto the final. I think it might be worth giving the likes of Willock and Miley some more game time up until then. They should be able to play more freely without the doubt of getting injured before the final, and also knowing they need to play well to have any chance of playing at Wembley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Would be nice to just not lose this fucking fixture for a change. 15 straight defeats in the league ffs. Haven't scored since 2018, aggregate of 49-7 over the last 15. Tragic. Would be very happy with a point and will be besides mesel with a win. No wins against them away in the league since September 2000, before I was even fucking born. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 08/02/2025 at 22:50, Alberto2005 said: Maybe I'm been pessimistic, but my gut feeling is the final will play on the players minds. I'm not sure we won a game last time from the semi final win upto the final. I think it might be worth giving the likes of Willock and Miley some more game time up until then. They should be able to play more freely without the doubt of getting injured before the final, and also knowing they need to play well to have any chance of playing at Wembley. Expand We were poor but Bruno was banned for most of those games and we were massively reliant on him. That said losing here wouldn't be a surprise regardless of the upcoming fixtures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 08/02/2025 at 22:52, HaydnNUFC said: Would be nice to just not lose this fucking fixture for a change. 15 straight defeats in the league ffs. Haven't scored since 2018, aggregate of 49-7 over the last 15. Tragic. Would be very happy with a point and will be besides mesel with a win. No wins against them away in the league since September 2000, before I was even fucking born. Expand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Their best chance of CL next season is via finishing in the top 4. Might prioritise us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Would do sordid things for a point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 They're starting to look better on the ball, but they're a hot mess out of possession and give up so many chances. For the first time in a while, I'm relatively confident we'll get something here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMike Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Thought we'd gotten them in the draw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 A win would be titanic in our CL push. Dubravka Trippier Krafth* Schar Botman Hall Bruno Tonali Murphy Isak Gordon *If Burn is out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 They’re pretty brittle in the middle of the park and we’ve got the offensive threats to trouble them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Our best opportunity for a win in the league, this. Been a long time coming, but a draw would still be great. Think we can absolutely get that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 08/02/2025 at 23:01, Wolfcastle said: Their best chance of CL next season is via finishing in the top 4. Might prioritise us. Expand Aye, that's what I was thinking tbh. They're (arguably) very unlikely to win this year's CL based on current form and so the PL represents their best chance to remain a CL side. Not getting the CL is a canny big issue for clubs of that level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 08/02/2025 at 23:01, Wolfcastle said: Their best chance of CL next season is via finishing in the top 4. Might prioritise us. Expand I know what you mean, but I’m not sure you can do anything but play your absolute strongest team when you’re playing Real Madrid in a knockout CL game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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