closed Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Tomo 21,681]

15 hours ago, the wes said:

Everytime we play palace apzi always struggles with Zaha it would be interesting to see Reece James up against him if James plays 

Does he? Zaha's record against us is a bit of a myth. He had two excellent games Vs us in 2017 but beyond that has done the square root of fuck all to us, yet people seem to think he's to us what Drogba was to Arsenal.

[Jase 43,479]

Mount called up to England NT, which suggests his angle injury isn't serious. 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

A must win this, lets get that home form up and running. A must win for me, if city loses and we win, then we go ahead of them. That should be all the motivation we need.

[LAM09 6,547]

A must win this, lets get that home form up and running. A must win for me, if city loses and we win, then we go ahead of them. That should be all the motivation we need.

Not even about that at this point. We can open up a 9 point gap between 5th & us.  

 

 

Rather big at this stage

 

 

 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

2 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Not even about that at this point. We can open up a 9 point gap between 5th & Top 4.

Rather big at this stage

YEah that too mate.......but I rather lood forward than backwards even though I totally get your stance cuz top 4 is what we are after. Those behind us can go stuff themselves, we must look ahead and this is a good chance for that imo.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Jase 43,479]

Odds on Cahill scoring from a set-piece? 

[Magic Lamps 11,449]

43 minutes ago, Jason said:

Odds on Cahill scoring from a set-piece? 

So gonna happen. Gazza not scored in ages. We will be under huge scrutiny on set pieces. Milivojevic deliveries to Tomkins, Cahill,  Kouyate etc defended by our kamikaze backline will be chaos.

Still got to win this somehow. If we manage to win this we will either have  a 9point gap on Arsenal or leapfrog Leicester. We will either close the gap to Liverpool or ManCity. The former would make PL less suspenseful so you can bet your ass on the FA corrupting the ref and rigging VAR to an unprecedented extent. It will be an absolute battle vs 14men and VAR. I guess we will have to score 4 goals for one to stick amidst VAR checks. So take those bloody chances.  Dont lose the ball in stupid areas. Dont commit stupid fouls. So Barkley and Alonso the two braindeads in chief should be farther away from the pitch than the FA are from their moral compass. 

[Johnnyeye 7,414]

3 hours ago, Jason said:

Odds on Cahill scoring from a set-piece? 

bastard, are you jynxing it already?  

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, Johnnyeye said:

bastard, are you jynxing it already?  

It's bloody obvious. Cahill will turn into peak Terry and block everything we throw at them and turn up at the other end to score from a corner for a 1-0 Palace win. 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

CP always play good vs us......Watch Zaha who has zero output this season battle for his life. And Watch for those refs, their masters wont allow us going 9pts ahead this early. Must go for the throat to win this.

[Johnnyeye 7,414]

16 minutes ago, Jason said:

It's bloody obvious. Cahill will turn into peak Terry and block everything we throw at them and turn up at the other end to score from a corner for a 1-0 Palace win. 

i get where you're coming from, it wouldnt be the 1st time this kind of shit happened to us, but its all down to how well we play and convert our chances, while dealing with Palace threats. I know its easier said than done, but we need to do our part at home, no excuses.

[Pizy 17,860]

If I recall correctly, in this fixture last season we almost totally shut Zaha down by swarming him with multiple players just about every time he touched the ball.

I still stick with my point the other day that 3-4-3 would be ideal here. Have Reece in there so he can match up with Zaha better and Azpi in the back 3.

Huge, huge game this. I fully expect Leicester will get at least a point against Arse. I care much less about the gap between us and City and much more about the gap between us and Arse/Spuds/United. All 3 points here and we can kick our feet up, chill, and hope for some nice chaos throughout the rest of the weekend.

[Milan 17,835]

With City being our next opponent, this is indeed huge. Let's win this so we have this nice pillow in the table next League round.

[Fernando 6,376]

Kante is back in the middle? 

Since Jorginho is out for tomorrow. 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Tomo 21,681]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

Huge, huge game this. I fully expect Leicester will get at least a point against Arse.

I'll be amazed if Leicester do anything over than win comfortably.