Closed Chelsea v Burnley

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Come on. Oscar frustrates me sometimes as I think he is very inconsistent and lacks the qualities I want from a typical no.10 but you can't compare him and RLC when RLC has only ever played 7 minutes in his professional career whilst Oscar has been playing first team for club and country for over 3 years. RLC has the potential to be a quality B2B player imo but you can't compare him to an established player in our first team and Brazil's.

Haha I wasn't slating Oscar brother, just saying that RLC is quite good too.

[stroey 2,525]

We gotta manage him carefully though. He was overworked each of the two previous seasons and missed crucial games at the end of the season due to injury.

Don't think Mou will rest Eden because after the Burnley game players have 7 days to recover until the final against Spurs.

[We Hate Scouse 10,260]

Don't think Mou will rest Eden because after the Burnley game players have 7 days to recover until the final against Spurs.

This.

There is a lot of time to rest at this point of the season. They've just had a week. After Burnley another week, after West Ham another week and after Hull it's internationals so 2 weeks.

[LondonsFinest 692]

Was just going to type that we have so much time for them to rest, that there is no way in hell, our best player will be rested.
Tough game this. Anybody know when the Leicester game will be put, I don't see a big reason for its rescheduling. FA cup for them? And even so, can't they get one game on a Wednesday?

[mannyfreshh 164]

Zouma Oscar cuadrado in.. Cahill out, Willian rest day. We are close to the title

[Liquidator 5,176]

If people think this will be straightforward then I expect them to be proved wrong. Despite where they are in the table Burnley are a very tidy side and do give it a right good go away from home against the big sides.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Expecting nothing less than a comfortable win. Danny Ings might want to prove why he is indeed an upcoming prodigy, but I'd like to see us maintain or even extend the gap in points.

3-1 win.

City are up against a side who have already beaten them in the League Cup at the Etihad this season, so I wouldn't class their opponents as anyone to make up the numbers. Though back then, Newcastle had Alan Pardew, they don't now. We'll see!

[Parky 739]

A must win game!

After the draw in Paris let's play some attacking football and score 3+ goals at home.

[dUMB 189]

Play Cech and we have clean sheet, he loves clean sheets this season in EPL. Rest for willian and iva,

Cech

Dave - Zouma - Terry - Luis

Fabregas - Matić

Cuadrado - Oscar - Hazard

Costa

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

If people think this will be straightforward then I expect them to be proved wrong. Despite where they are in the table Burnley are a very tidy side and do give it a right good go away from home against the big sides.

Precisely what we want!

[Kieran. 6,317]

Chill, I was just saying we should manage Eden properly, something that hasn't been done the past two seasons.

[Victor Von Doom 258]

Ehh

3:0

Costa x2 / Hazard

[Liquidator 5,176]

Precisely what we want!

Good point

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Just to remind everyone, they clawed back a 2 goal deficit at the Ettihad and got a point because City got complacent. We cannot make the same mistake.

[Billy. 2,739]

ill be there so massive win is a must lol

[LAB 1,030]

This would be easy if we were on September but there are no guaranteed easy fixtures from now on.

[cosmicway 1,247]

I liked Burnley against City.

Came back from 2-0 down. In the last 3-4 minutes they were fools not to press for the 2-3 - they were gaining corner kicks and playing them short !
Granted their table position is abysmal.

[CFC888 219]

Make no mistake, this will be a tough game.

Rest for Willian. I love Tibo, but a part of me just wants Cech to start this one.

Cech

Ivanovic Zouma Terry Azpilicueta

Matic Fabregas

Cuadrado Oscar Hazard

Costa

Courtois, Luis, Cahill, Ramires, Willian, Drogba, Remy.