*** city v west ham *** offical match thread

[Sparklehorse]

I just hope Mahrez would be a bit more aggressive on the wing and actually take his left back on like Jackie does with his right back several times every game and succeeds. If he starts his passing backwards all the time I will throw a brick at the telly !!!
Otherwise, come on city !!!!

[Nick]

I imagine keeper thing is for games in prem? He's not played in prem yet

[Nick]

Randomly chose him to speak to sky too

[john@staustell]

Ederson on the bench. Wow!

Didn't he strain something the other day?

Or was I just pissed up?

[KinkyKinkladze]

While I have no fears about him, I'm not happy Ortega's playing. Sends the wrong message. Hopefully I'm talking out of my arse.

[john@staustell]

Seems like West Ham have a dose of Montezuma's revenge

[sheblue]

Illness mmmmm I wonder.

[Mase]

There is something going around. Daughter has been off school all week and my nephew has been ill as well.

[Outcast]

Pep explains changes
Pep Guardiola speaking to Sky Sports:

"Ederson is on the bench to rest a little bit. We play a lot of games and to take a rest is good.

"We have a lot of confidence in Stefan Ortega.

"Kevin De Bruyne is feeling good. I hope he will be back for the weekend.

"Gundogan played a lot of minutes."

Don't think there is anything sinister with Ederson. Rest him ready fir the final push.

[Mase]

Why the fuck does a GK, especially one that does fuck all for 89 minutes, need a rest

[PaulieIrish]

Bowen always does well against us. Need Ake to be in form tonight.

[carl_feedthegoat]

How can any GK need a fuckign rest ? they rarely do fuckall and ours probably does even less than other keepers as we have more possession of the ball than anyone else.

Hes been dropped I reckon.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Why the fuck does a GK, especially one that does fuck all for 89 minutes, need a rest

Missed this as I was typing the exact same thing mate - hes def been dropped.

[nottsblue]

Why the fuck does a GK, especially one that does fuck all for 89 minutes, need a rest

He's had a few very near misses just lately with brainfarts. Maybe this is a gentle warning?

[PeterParker]

Maybe he is giving Ortega game time before the final vs rags?

[carl_feedthegoat]

Why the fuck does a GK, especially one that does fuck all for 89 minutes, need a rest

He's had a few very near misses just lately with brainfarts. Maybe this is a gentle warning?

I reckon your right.

[Original Dub]

I heard them mention a rumour this morning on one of the city podcasts that noyes was going to rest a load of players for the winnable games and they were poo pooing it, as was I.

Until now

[nottsblue]

Come on Blue Boys

Let’s get the three points to set us up nicely for the daunting task of facing BFS on Saturday

[nottsblue]

Not liking this. Far too deep

[Sideshow Bob]

why does mahrez never release haaland ffs??