Big loss - the best time to play the top clubs is the week before they have an important Champions League game, have some injury concerns and your team is at full strength. This time around i could not think of a worst time to be playing Man City. They are coming off a loss, probably need to make a statement and will probably have most of their players well rested. We on other hand have an injury crisis and i suspect if any players are touch and go they will probably not be risked and saved for the Brighton game.

I think the biggest issue will be what players we will have available, I cant see us getting anything out the game, so I would play some of the youngsters and give them a chance to show what they can do at the level

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I've still got a solid 2-4 minutes in me. I'll need to play next to Will Hughes though to look athletic in comparison. Supersub!

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

f*** yea. Put me on in injury time , I'll show em why its called injury time I'll kick lumps out of the tossers .

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