It’s two years since we last played Man City and we’ll be looking to go one better this time. The Blues won in controversial circumstances 2-3 with an offside goal and a non penalty. VAR would have reversed those decisions but was not allowed for that match, despite the Liberty Stadium being equipped for it, because we were not a PL club.
There’s no VAR this time for us either, even though six of the eight ties in this FA Cup 5th Round will have it as they are Premier League grounds, only us and Barnsley miss out.
Surprisingly it’s being allowed in the next round, the Quarter Finals, for all teams.
Let’s not kid ourselves here though, we face a massive task trying to overcome a team that are 5 points clear at top of the PL table with 14 straight wins behind them and who a few days ago hammered last season’s PL Champions Liverpool 1-4 at Anfield.
We have bigger fish to fry with us challenging for promotion this season. Let’s give our squad players some game time tonight and concentrate on the league. We have a more important match to play in a few days time at Sheffield Wednesday, all focus should be on that. We can play Man City with our full team next season in the PL.