***Champions v West Ham Official Match Thread***

[nottsblue]

Welcome to 2025. Let's see if we can regain some sort of form to at least ensure CL football

West Ham today who will be reeling from a home drubbing at the hands of the dippers. No Bowen either which is a bonus.

Should be a game where we can get a good result but the way things have gone lately, anything can happen.

That said, I think we will secure the three points albeit in a hard fought battle

2-1 Silva Foden

[Mase]

Bowen out is massive. He’s your typical score on the counter player. They’ve still got plenty of pace though.

Fingers crossed

[blues2win]

Kudus is their danger man. Scored a brilliant overhead kick against us last season in the title winning match.

[Indianablue]

This should ,on paper, be an excellent chance for us to get 3 points and hopefully build on confidence gained from the Leicester game - a game in which we got a result, kept a clean sheet but didn't play well again. Hopefully Savinho has a good game. Was great to see him get a goal
3-1 City. I'll be well depressed if we can't beat them

[city72]

Do we know who’s on the sick for this one?

[sheblue]

We were lucky at Leicester, gave them a lot of easy chances they couldn't take.
I want to see a better defensive performance today from the whole team. That requires energy.
Really it's down to team selection, if the slow lads play, we're getting done.

[Nigels Tackle]

hoping mcatee gets a start

[Mase]

Do we know who’s on the sick for this one?

Brilliantly put Made me laugh

[Nigels Tackle]

Do we know who’s on the sick for this one?

Brilliantly put Made me laugh

we know that ederson’s city career is over

[Mase]

Do we know who’s on the sick for this one?

Brilliantly put Made me laugh

we know that ederson’s city career is over

Loved Ed. The last few weeks have pissed me off with him. He should have been let go in the summer.

[PeterParker]

Are we one up yet?

[blues2win]

No change. Thats a first.

[CTID Hants]

Your first City XI of 2025

XI | Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Haaland

SUBS | Carson, Walker, Grealish, Doku, Gundogan, Nunes, Simpson-Pusey, O'Reilly, McAtee

#ManCity | Etihad Airways

[johnny crossan]

Your first City XI of 2025

XI | Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Haaland

SUBS | Carson, Walker, Grealish, Doku, Gundogan, Nunes, Simpson-Pusey, O'Reilly, McAtee

#ManCity | Etihad Airways

good side - should win

[Mase]

Sigh. McAtee will be off.

[blues2win]

Kevin’s 400th City appearance. Give us a goal.

[johnny crossan]

Sigh. McAtee will be off.

Shame but he's not good enough for us tbh.

[john@staustell]

Sigh. McAtee will be off.

Shame but he's not good enough for us tbh.

Now that he's finally - at last - shown what he can do, I would've put Mase's mate in, instead of Foden

If anyone wants to leave they can. Not being selected doesn't necessarily equate to a sulk. Better to be a sub at City than playing at Southampton

(Well just, still!)

[Beefymcfc]

Come on City!

[stevefromdonny]

COME ON CITY