Judging by reports Ledders is injured without a comeback date, so Daws will most likely play. As long as we keep the core of the team we will give them a real test.
Mancini doesn't seem to rate him, yet (apart from in the wake of Gerry Cook's moronic e-mail) there's never been any talk of him wanting to leave. At a guess, they might play Richards as CB with Zabaleta or Savic at RB.
I'm pretty set in my ways that you need a proper line leader/target man like Ade. Without Ade I think we'll struggle, but I would say JD should play v City, unless we have 'new striker' in by then.
Me especially, but not in a month of Sundays did I think the FA would overturn that decision, even though it was wrong. If they are not going to overturn injustices like the Barton red card, this had no chance. I understand why people think this challenge was bad, I just don't agree.