I am not a babel fan not because of his lack of talent but his attitude. But.. he has had a good last two games and city will leave a bit of space plus its a big pitch there so I would start him. Either on left or up front.
im not a big fan either but i can see your point. we're stuck with him until the summer at least so we might as well use him, especially if he's in form which i think he is. n'gog scored the other day but didn't look good overall. i would start with babel upfront...
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