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Get Cesc on, FFS!!! We can't get a bloody touch!

Our attacking play was decent and we were popping the ball around nicely. Just hard to break them down when they park the bus like this. Hopefully Diego's goal will have demoralized them and they'll drop a level.

No Snodgrass. That's their biggest goal threat from both open play and set pieces out. Embarrassing if this is anything but 3 points.

At the same time, these small teams with very little talent love to pack the midfield with as many players as they can in order to make it difficult for the big sides. Fabregas may be overrun. Would like to see him start, though. Perfect sort of opponent to use him against.

Conte rates Courtois as the best keeper in the world. Said so himself numerous times. Weve sold players who weren't even in the first XI for mammoth fees so imagine the sort of bid it would take for Madrid to buy Courtois. Chelsea won't be bullied by Real Madrid. Even if he himself wants out we hold all of the power and can demand silly money.

I have absolute faith that Conte won't allow us to do what Liverpool did today and completely overlook Hull at home as if it's a banker. Hopefully our players treat this with just as much importance as the Liverpool match next week. They shouldn't be able to live with a focused and "at it" Costa and Hazard.

Unreal.

Must be infuriating as a City fan this season. You see them perform like that and like they did in the first half against us and wonder why they can't play like this all the time. Like United, though, their finishing is abysmal. They have all these super expensive, high quality forward players and still struggle to score. It's kind of shocking and could mean that Spurs can easily pip them here.

I'm hearing Yaya's lazy ass is the lone deep midfielder for City today? Against the Spuds pressing? This should be interesting... Lets go, City!

If City and ourselves win this weekend, title race over?

I cannot stand Firminho. He's ugly as fuck and always has the dumbest, cheesiest celebrations.

Liverpool will win this 4-2, watch.

Any further word on Snodgrass? He's really their only consistently dangerous player. Don't think Hull really have anything to trouble us if he isn't playing.

Kind of glad that most of our rivals play tomorrow and we don't until Sunday. Whichever way their results go it'll ensure our boys will have added motivation to win. Arsenal and Liverpool have bankers while United have a tough one against Stoke. Then we hope for a City win. As long as we maintain our focus and don't think Hull at home is are an afterthought this should be a straightforward 3 points. Need the momentum heading in to Anfield.

United really don't get enough stick in the press for their terrible purchases these past few years. Memphis, Schniederlin, Darmian, Schweinsteiger, Shaw who doesn't even play, Ashley Young, Di Maria, Falcao... Just awful.

Fantastic if true! I was just thinking how nice it would be for us if some club either turned his head or bought him before we played them.

Didn't come to mind at first but now that it's been mentioned, he does shar many similarities with Raheem Sterling. He's basically Sterling on steroids. He's a bit of a brainless pace merchant who can absolutely destroy teams when on form. You'd have to think a top manager may be able to improve his consistency but would he get games here in order to do so? Don't see how, really. If we want another tricky wide player why not just use Musonda?

These are special circumstances. He probably now holds a grudge against us that he'll never let go of. He probably feels like we humiliated him. No way will he want to potentially strengthen us. We saw how much he was against selling Cech to Arsenal. A young player like Shaw who has the potential to be top class could come back to really haunt him. I think Shaw will do a Mkhitaryan and eventually lock down a place for them.

Griezmann and Pogba are lovers so that ship has sailed. He's off to United. Id rather have a beast of a striker that can do it all like Diego.

I'd still gladly have him here but no chance José would sell him here.

True. Forgot about Vertonghen, too. Lets hope John Stones decides to put his brain in before the game this time.

That would be lovely, wouldn't it? Not only to widen the gap for us but also to knock Spuds fans down a peg. I just can't see it with the state of City's defense. Luckily, City are home so they shouldn't just roll over like they did against Everton.

I'm with you guys here. He's a player who shows flashes of brilliance here and there but is nowhere near consistent enough for Chelsea yet. Unless Conte feels he can mould him into a star, this just seems like a huge gamble.

Think he would've been a great option to have in addition to Costa but I'm just not sure Morata is a good enough like for like replacement for him. Can't see him scoring 25 goals in the league like Costa will if he comes back in the team.

If he wants out so desperately just sell him so he doesn't become a cancer in the changing room. And hurry up before it's too late in the window.