Nuno has two big calls to make.

Who does he start with on Saturday, Costa or Bonatini. Costa is short of game time and the only way to gain time on the pitch, is by playing. However, Bonatini links the play well and is scoring ***** goals.

He then has another decision to make in the cup. Does he take the first team to Man City or play the reserves that have taken the club so far in this competition. He has players in the squad who need games and need to be kept happy.

City will almost certainly rest many of their top players, so I suppose it depends on our clubs ambitions.

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Originally Posted by abbobrom

Who does he start with on Saturday, Costa or Bonatini. Costa is short of game time and the only way to gain time on the pitch, is by playing. However, Bonatini links the play well and is scoring ***** goals.

He then has another decision to make in the cup. Does he take the first team to Man City or play the reserves that have taken the club so far in this competition. He has players in the squad who need games and need to be kept happy.

City will almost certainly rest many of their top players, so I suppose it depends on our clubs ambitions.

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Leagues more important in my view... I suspect Neves, Jota, Cavaleiro and Bonatini might well all be on the bench against City... Although the travelling fans deserve to see a side strong enough to compete... it's a proper conundrum!

For the PNE game, i'd stick with the same starting eleven as the Villa game. The Man.City game i'm expecting quite a few changes, even though i'd want to see our first choice eleven starting. The league takes priority for me.