I agree, it would be a weird time to rest Tufan. As you said, his minutes have been very carefully managed and to be honest, we need him to start. If we were to rest him, the Burnley game would have made miles more sense.
Resting Tufan can get ****ed. Guy’s played out of his skin in all our games so far and has two goals. We need him against WBA. Woods can sit on the bench and come on when we need someone to keep the ball.
Well, finally made it back to Vietnam, but 54 hours of travelling is no fun I can tell you. The highlight of the trip was walking to get the tube to Heathrow at KX carrying my City plastic bag with the shirts I had bought, being waved at and a shout of up the Tigers from another like-minded supporter cheered me up no end! We are big everywhere now! I can't see as Steven Toast suggests Tufan being rested unless he has a knock. Maybe another 60 minutes, get his customary goal and assist, and then get Wood's on. Jones and Slater again in midfield with Tufan works for me. I would take another draw but wouldn't be surprised if we did sneak a win, if so, I could see Brucey being released of his duties, which is rather ironic in a sad way.
I have a strong feeling of a high intensity game today. Maybe a sending off/penalty that will involve Livermore. They have some fantastic talent going forward and will be more of a threat than what we’ve been up against so far (probably closer to Norwich’s level in terms of attack). We are riding high in confidence however and are already showing great team spirit. 2-2. Hopefully we can look much fitter today as a team and last the full 90 minutes!
They should be on par with Norwich but they don't look close. I couldn't believe how bad they looked v Cardiff with their attacking players. The didn't seem to have a clue how to break them down.
Good news then! Let’s hope it’s the same today. My only worry is their potential. I just looked at their stats vs Watford and they dominated the game/had a decent amount of shots on target (apart from goals, probably the only stat worth looking at IMO). As Watford have a lot of quality, I’m expecting West Brom to be a decent side this season, pushing for promotion. We’ll be up there as well, of course.
Earlier in the week John you said 48 hours via Paris. If you've walked around between KX and Heathrow for 6 hours showing off your City shirts, you've only yourself to blame!
