Match Thread Man City v Everton - Sunday 21st November 2pm. Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Alan Whittle]

Maybe the way to gain that fortitude is to experience life in the Championship every few seasons.

Yeah, that must be it.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Kia

De Bruyne's out

*looks at the rest of the City team and still cries

It helps. They're likely to be discombobulated from the break, and having to replace a key piece on the fly is always challenging.

Hopefully Rico can give us enough of a lift offensively to sneak out of there with a draw. It's not like away to the champs is a fixture where points are the expectation for most clubs, but it would be nice to get back a little of what we've leaked to the bottom half.

Hard to see us lining up any way other than 4-3-3 with Rico back and Holgate suspended. 2 at the top would be weird with DCL out. That gives Benitez an interesting problem to solve in midfield.

 

[Donegal blue]

COYB, with Delph bossing the midfield, we're can it go wrong, hehe

 

[SantaClausisanEvertonian]

De Bruyne's out

*looks at the rest of the City team and still cries

Who remembers last season when Pep shat himself at the prospect of facing an in-form Everton side without a couple of his millionaire superstars?
Remember??? The match was called off until they had a better team to face us.

 

[tommytowne]

Yeah, that must be it.

I've said on here many times that if the unmentionable ever happened and we found ourselves in the second tier, we wouldn't have the bottle or streetwise skills to enable a swift return.

 

[kenada_blue]

7.0 City

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Get Rondonononononon on,I think I will need a laugh to get through this

 

[Toffeeslam]

We’re screwed

We would struggle against this lot with a fully fit team let alone with what’s available.

Just keep it respectable lads

 

[Ufotone]

Go grab a point lads

I know you can do it

COYB

 

[Ray Purchase]

 

[Toffeeslam]

A red bus ???????

BAN

 

[zukai12_]

Our midfeild options are so thin we should consider a prison break

 

[varnish]

I might drop a Ruthie before the game then hopefully I won’t remember it afterwards.

 

[DOMNOLAN]

It’s a shame it’s on a Sunday, hard to avoid watching it

 

[Street end man]

De Bruyne being out is as bad as us not having the much missed Bernard available for a big game. 0-3 the blue boys