AG7 wrote:Leicester City v Manchester City
King Power Stadium, Leicester
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Kickoff: 7:45 PM
Referee: Roger East
Assistants: Steve Child & Darren England
Fourth Official: David Coote
TV Coverage in UK: No LIVE Coverage
However, (an hour long) extended highlights will be shown at the following times on:
Sky Sports 1 HD (Sky 401) and Sky Sports 1 (Sky 407)
Tue 17th Dec: 11:00 PM
Wed 18th Dec: 3:00 AM
Wed 18th Dec: 5:00 PM
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Have been out and about this weekend, so haven't properly caught up with the other threads yet ... so will leave any post-Arsenal comments to those for now and just use this space to introduce the mid-week game ...
This is the business end of the cup ... eight teams left for the four Quarter Finals. Only one Championship side left out of those eight and we get that, away as well. This is a double edged sword ... while on one hand, it might seem the easiest draw on paper, in reality this could be the toughest opposition as they will come out and play this as Champions League final for them ... and given it's at their ground, their fans will create a hostile atmosphere as well ... after all Manchester City are visiting them, so why not.
Our away form and complacency issues are still kind of unanswered, although WBA away and then Bayern away should have sorted all that but the Saints away game in between there is just not letting me feel extremely comfortable. Overall, however, I do think we'll be one of the final four balls in that draw on Wednesday for the Semi Finals. The way it currently stands, looks like Premier League big-wigs will be playing the semi-finals this year. Well, sort of ... calling Spurs and Scum big-wigs is a bit insulting to the likes of Everton and Newcastle I guess.
Predicted Line-Up:
Now this maybe the business end, and when traditionally teams do start to field more of their first XI, given the opposition and our second stringer's form, I still expect a few young guns in there to start here while first XI is rested ...
Hart
Zaba - Lescott - Boyata - Kola
Rodwell - Garcia
Navas - Jovetic - Lopes
Dzeko
On the bench, however I don't expect too many children, except maybe Guidetti who will be alongside Yaya, Silva, Nasri, Milner, Panti etc. as the gaffer would like to keep some options if it goes upside down for some reason to be able to bail out of any possible tricky situations ... and nothing wrong with it, it is after all the Quarter Final of one of the cups we are fighting for this season.
Score Prediction:
If this was at Etihad, I'd have no reservations in calling for an 8-0 win ... but given this is away, I'll go with a more pessimistic 1-3 win for us.
I love this busy period ... getting to watch City play every 3-4 days is just great. Happy Holidays!
C'mon City!
What a great night we had great company and chat thanks for the tickets and the lift. you should have had a bet on that prediction as it was spot on....lol
