Closed Spurs v Chelsea

[ZOS 580]

was watching the spuds game last night ... I'm fucking scared

[Ankit 3,176]

So Ramires is definitely out? Confirmed?

[Special Juan 27,092]

Spurs are the new Barcelona? Nothing to fear here....get the fuck at them they aren't invincible.

[Barbara 15,149]

Watch Mourinho come with a completely unexpected lineup especially because of Ramires' injury (if confirmed he won't play).

One might think he may go with a more defensive formation (if he abandons the formations he's been using with 4 backs, a double pivot, 2 AM's and 1 ST), I'd say the opposite. I guess José is up for a surprising lineup. I can see Oscar + 3 AM's.

[bushman 2,043]

Spurs are the new Barcelona? Nothing to fear here....get the fuck at them they aren't invincible.

The Spurs are very far from Barca. Defensive football is very far away from Barca´s play.

[Special Juan 27,092]

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

If Ramires doesn't start I would want to see Mikel - Essien and possibly us playing with a false nine so we can control the midfield, if not, then Torres gets the nod for the centre foward position.

Mikel - Essien

Schurrle - Mata or Willian - Hazard (reasoning: we have a plethora of ACMs, we may as well use them. All interchanging)

Oscar

Or:

Mikel - Essien

Schurrle - Oscar - Hazard

Torres

We might see Luiz in DM though which isn't bad either.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Have a really good feeling about this game, really looking forward to it. I think AVB will crumble under the pressure and fear of coming up against Mourinho...

PM...

[Special Juan 27,092]

If Ramires doesn't start I would want to see Mikel - Essien and possibly us playing with a false nine so we can control the midfield, if not, then Torres gets the nod for the centre foward position.

Mikel - Essien

Schurrle - Mata or Willian - Hazard (reasoning: we have a plethora of ACMs, we may as well use them. All interchanging)

Oscar

Or:

Mikel - Essien

Schurrle - Oscar - Hazard

Torres

We might see Luiz in DM though which isn't bad either.

You won't see Luiz in midfield.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Hoping hazard steps up for this game,we need his dribbling and flair badly.

Cech

Azpi-Terry-Luiz-Cole

Mikel-Ramires

Willian-Oscar-Hazard

Eto'o

[iceboy 992]

My line up would be

Cech

Iva Cahill Terry Cole

Mikel Ramires/Essien

Willian Oscar Hazard

Torres

But I really doubt that Mou will start with Torres

[nadavTKL 1,787]

----------Cech---

----Iva JT Luiz Ash

--------Rami Ess---

Willian Oscar Hazard

----------Eto'o------

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

I just don't want to see us playing that negative crap like in the United game. Go out there, fight and play football.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

----------Cech-------
----Iva JT Luiz Ash----
--------Rami Ess/Lamps-----
Schurrle Oscar Hazard
----------Eto'o/Torres------

[The Mak 4,459]

Schurrle should start and most likely will since he was rested. He's shown the most amount of penetration out of all our wide AMs. Ok, no end product yet but at least he's finding himself in those positions - which is more than others can say. He was fantastic against Bayern and should have a similar amount of space to run into in this game.

[Wimbledonblue 94]

Ahh I miss the days when this fixture was a guaranteed win. It is no longer 3 point lane unfortunately. I would start Torres and Mata for this but expect Jose to go with Eto'o, Hazard, Oscar and Schuurllleeeee.

I'm expecting a bore draw.

[Blue Warrior 109]

Quality of opposition is king, Spurs have had a relatively easy start in comparison to us. Winning there is what we do, No surrender. Stop the fear mongering and lets test this relatively untested team in the heat of battle.

[ZOS 580]

their best Center Back partnership = ours

our full backs = theirs

their pivot >>>> ours

our AMs >>> theirs

their striker > ours

our manager > theirs

I think they have the edge