Avoiding a thrashing may be the best we can hope for

Our panel look ahead to Man City v Leeds United

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Something has to change to see Leeds United maintain their Premier League status

Name: Neil Grewer

Age: 58

United fan for: 52 yrs

Lives: Altrincham

To paraphrase Graham Smyth: "Not quite good enough is not good enough in the Premier League" Graham hit the nail on the head.

This is where Leeds are at right now, so something has to change to see them maintain their Premier League status, but thankfully there are more than enough games to achieve the aim.

However, any change is unlikely to start on Saturday.

City rested most of the first team in Tuesday's Champions League defeat to Bayer Leverkusen so that's defeats in their last two games and I cannot see that stretching to three.

Brenden Aaronson had been the subject of much debate recently, and I would certainly have favoured Dan James starting against Villa, however the vast majority of Leeds' goal concessions have been via the left side, supporting Daniel Farke's argument on Aaronson's defensive efforts.

As such I expect Aaronson to start this game. Similarly, Jack Harrison may get a recall to add extra defensive stability to the left flank.

So City away is a "free hit" - as it was in the Marcelo Bielsa era when Stuart Dallas stole the show. Here's hoping for another upet.

Prediction: Manchester City 3 Leeds United 0.

Every player will have to be at the top of their game if they are to gain even a point

Name: Andy Rhodes

Age: 30

United fan for: 19 yrs

Lives: Leeds

Having lost each of their three games so far in November, it will be a tough ask to stop the run on Saturday afternoon at Manchester City.

A trip to the Etihad is daunting for even the most polished of sides, but when you're on the kind of run that Leeds currently are, the challenge is all the more difficult.