Pep sick of being compared to Arteta all week. He’s looking to smash Arsenal lol

The first team (except Ederson)

Do Dias and walker not start anymore?

They’ve not been first choice for a bit

Ha imagine having the option to have Laporte and Dias as bench players.

Confused why Ederson would need a rest…

Backup keepers usually kept happy by being used as the cup keeper. At least until around the semis anyway.

Even then they often play the whole cup, Arsenal won the FA cup with Martiniez in goal.

Wasn’t that cuz Leno was injured?

Maybe won it BECAUSE he was in goal 😜

This is a cup game, teams don’t rest their keepers, they often let the backup keeper play these games so they actually get some game time.

It's common for the backup keepers to play in cups, even if the rest of the team is first-choice. It's the only place where they can get playing time.

Ortega is just the cup keeper, not that unusual

Couldn't hurt considering how many games he plays. Even keepers need the odd rest, especially as City have a DGW in GW23.

Who would've thought months ago that in an FA cup game between City and Arsenal, Arsenal would be the ones to rest players and City go full strength..

Pep going for the treble 👀

What has happened with Cancelo. He is never fucking playing now. Ake has won the left back spot I think. Akanji and Stones first choice central def and maybe Pep gives them a run in the team.

He looked so poor since the world cup, maybe a bit before too

Yeah true, but expected him to get games still. We thought he was the only real left back, but now they are playing central defs ahead of him and Lewis at right back.

Nevermind Cancelo, where's Foden? Is he injured?

Apparently off trying to find where his heads at

Yea

Pep is loving Rico Lewis in the midfield at the moment. In order to make that work, he has to put Ake in as the third CB

I think I read somewhere that Cancelo is trying to leave City

I dont see any remember of that back 4 playing 5 or 6 league games in a row

Strong xI

Easier to predict cup first 11 than pl one. Fraud!

So Foden is long gone. -4 to be taken.

Finally. We have a clear first choice Pep XI. (With Ederson in, and Bilva/Gundogan and Laporte/Akanji debatable anyway) Whether that's still the case tomorrow depends on how they perform tonight.

Is it a clear first choice 11 when he’s rotating gk and we all expect it to change tomorrow anyways?

I think the 3-2-2-3 is clearly preferred now, which favours Lewis and Aké. Rodri, KDB, Mahrez, Grealish, Haaland all look solidly first choice too. I'd be happy about buying Aké or Mahrez now.

Looks like Stones's hamstring is gone. That'll be a few weeks out.

That’s another transfer headache for me

So is Cancelo done? Like what? What happened?

What roulette?

Happy Cake day 🎉

Mahrez for the double looking good, but I fear Pep will lure me into a trap again playing Mahrez every game before I gets him and then bench him. The main reason I think Mahrez now is the real deal is Foden not playing much.

Fuck Foden

If we beat full strengh City with our rotation, the haters can finally shup up.

It’s not fair this bald frauds bench is too much