I've just watched the highlights of the City/Watford game on MOTD. I was hoping the scoreline would reflect a lackadaisical performance from Watford that basically gave City free reign.
There was a degree of that; Watford were poor. But sadly it seems they were simply blown away by the sheer overwhelming quality of City. Foster kept the scoreline to single figures. De Bruyne is phenomenal.
I guess our only hope is that City view our fixture with complacency and we could take advantage. But City have had a wrap on the knuckles from Norwich, and have fired back with venom in their last 2 matches. I can't realistically see them sleepwalking into our game.
One thing is for sure, there will be no lack of effort from our players on Tuesday. But there comes a point where Attitude Is Not More Important Than Ability (despite what Graham and Dino would have us believe!), and 100% effort from all our players won't be enough to outstrip the mind boggling quality at City's disposal.
I was speaking to Kyle Hendry (son of Colin) at our tennis club end of season dinner. He was at the City game. He said it could easily have been 15-0.