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[Hutch's Shoulder]

I see Chelsea's away match is later on. This is a very bad draw. It just shows why a quadruple is pretty nearly impossible. If we get any sort of result in the first leg we have to favour the CL not the FA Cup. It's much more important.

We won't have played the first leg until AFTER the FA cup tie with Chelsea.

[Goaters 103]

Home draw is all we could ask for.

Get through that round and the remaining teams will have thinned out. Tough tie though and they will park the bus.

[South Stand Balti]

Absolutely this for me aswell . All the top 4 drawn against each other opens the competition right up for us if we can beat Chelski. We are home just before the next CL stage so cant really see Mourinho going full strength against us , Pellegrini on the other hand will .

Why would Maiureen not go full strength. Unlike us they don't have a CL game a few days later.

[stevefromdonny]

was at my mates flat and when it said city ball number 13, he said a unlucky number, then we was drawn out first and I said its unlucky for someone and we get Chelsea. also I think that tickets will be 35 and 40 for this game and kids for 5-10

[City64]

Absolutely this for me aswell . All the top 4 drawn against each other opens the competition right up for us if we can beat Chelski. We are home just before the next CL stage so cant really see Mourinho going full strength against us , Pellegrini on the other hand will .

Why would Maiureen not go full strength. Unlike us they don't have a CL game a few days later.

I cant see it , just a hunch i suppose . Even more so if we twat them in a weeks time .

[blues2win]

I'm so disappointed by the draw that I got my dates mixed up. At least we won't be travelling to Barca after the match. Still it's very tough for Pellegrini. The owners will absolutely expect him to play his strongest side against Barca and put everything we have into that match. It will be very hard to get our top 11 to play a relentless pressing game against two top teams in just a few days. Fingers crossed we beat Chelsea with no injuries and have enough in the locker a few days later against one of the best teams in the world. We've just got to suck it up.

[Beefymcfc]

Premier League Tottenham V Man City Wed 29 Jan 19:45
Premier League Man City V Chelsea Mon 3 Feb 20:00
Premier League Norwich V Man City Sat 8 Feb 15:00
Premier League Man City V Sunderland Wed 12 Feb 19:45
FA Cup Fifth Round Man City V Chelsea Sat 15 Feb 15:00
Champions League Man City V Barcelona Tue 18 Feb 19:45
Premier League Man City V Stoke Sat 22 Feb 15:00
Premier League Man Utd P-P Man City Postponed Sat 1 Mar
League Cup - Final Man City V Sunderland Sun 2 Mar 14:00

8 games in 33 days, 1 game every 4 days, against some very tough opposition. This ain't gonna be easy!

Chelsea get it a little easier, not playing midweek following our game when we have got a huge game against Barca.

At least 4 games, Sunderland, Chelsea, Barca and then Chelsea again, all at home. Tough games but made a little easier as there's not much travel.

Oh, and it's gonna be an expensive month for those closer to home. The price of success eh ;-)

[Moonchesteri]

Don't worry Beefy, we only have three difficult games left

[CuteMancs]

Lets not forget Barca also play on that weekend and they have to travel

[blues2win]

A very good point!

[TheBlueCatsWhiskers]

Is Keane shaggin Mourinho's wife or something? He is blowing so much smoke up Mourinho's arse it's sickly.

The bloke is a nobody. One of the worse 'managers' ever in the EPL. Just a dick really.

[TheBlueCatsWhiskers]

Love the draw though. These matches are just a dream. Afters decades of misery it's such a great feeling to know we can beat these sides and that they really fear coming to us..

[Beefymcfc]

Norwich and Sunderland are where we give our players a rest, and again for Stoke at home. Play a near best team against Chelsea and then again against Barca. 2 games in 4 days is acheiveable with a break either side.

Barca do play on the same dates but their home game prior is to a bottom of the league team. They could afford to play a 2nd team but now that Real have taken top spot, they'll have to ensure a win.

[Goaters 103]

The one good thing with drawing Chelsea is that any replay will come after the Cap One final, as they are playing CL the midweek before.

A tie and replay against anyone else in that draw, and that replay game would have fell in the midweek before the Cap One Final. Now at least we have 8 days between Stoke home game and Cap One final at Wembley to focus our minds on getting some silverware on the board, and make amends for that Wigan debacle last May.

[sheblue]

Things are getting a little congested aren't they. That chelski game better be on the Saturday.

[zuricity]

Things are getting a little congested aren't they. That chelski game better be on the Saturday.

It will be. You should know this already.

[Jon London]

Why not the Friday Night? If the Ars can play Fridays then why not us v. Chelski.

[london blue 2]

Why not the Friday Night? If the Ars can play Fridays then why not us v. Chelski.

We play Sunderland weds eve. Sat 12:30 is best IMO.

[Wonderwall]

We play Sunderland weds eve. Sat 12:30 is best IMO.

Will be the 5.30 sat game. I would put my house on it.

[london blue 2]

We play Sunderland weds eve. Sat 12:30 is best IMO.

Will be the 5.30 sat game. I would put my house on it.

That won't be that bad. As long as its not Sunday....