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Haven't seen any reliable source report that he's out.

Theyre fit. Only Remy out.

Unbelievable opportunity tomorrow. Our players will be absolutely buzzing with that result and up for it like mad tomorrow evening.

Like milan.cech just posted, he said that if we were offered a point now he wouldn't take it. I thought it was clear that he's going to go for it sunday. He's just trying to lessen the expectations of so many people thinking we're going to steam roll them.

Uhh, he said it about 3 times.

So I'm assuming since everyone seems to be putting Schürrle and Ramires in their lineups they've been officially declared fit?

I know I should be cheering for United in that one but...Man, I just love seeing those fucking smug fans of both United and Arsenal get bent. We all know City will be right there with us all the way and losing to United won't change that. If we can just about eliminate another rival from serious contention by ourselves and City beating them then that's what I want.

I want to absolutely murder this lot. We should be able to have our way with their defense but Di Maria and the rest of their attacking players still worry me. Imagine, we can see United's top 4 hopes take a MAJOR hit if both ourselves and City beat them in successive weeks. We can put another chasm between us and another rival with a win. Please let Costa be fit!

Hazard is simply spectacular. Utterly unplayable when he's in that form. If he can consistently play like that he'll be a Ballon d'or contender.

Not sure it would be smart to have a dish here in Michigan with the weather we get here.

Nope. I've discussed this with a few others here before, but I only get FS and FS1 here. Holy shit! This site actually works! Cheers.

Great. The one and only streaming site I've found that works on iOS devices no longer works. I've yet to be able to watch us in the CL this season and that now continues. Fuck me.

Love Luis starting here. Give him as much time as possible to learn his teammates during Azpi's suspension.

I think our only concerns this season when it comes to title rivals are City and United. Think we're already out of sight from Arse barring a catastrophic injury or two. Liverpool look like a terrible, midtable side. I'd fancy us to put 4 or 5 past Liverpool currently. Real Madrid v Liverpool will be must watch TV. If Madrid are really up for it we may see a Southampton v Sunderland score.

Soon as Zaha came on I knew he'd cause us problems with his pace. Luis was obviously really poor on the goal but it's a bit understandable after not playing for a while and coming in with no warmup. No way was he expecting to come on. Glad he'll get a run of games now.

That Australian brute hacked Hazard down twice clear as day and both were waved on. Bullshit.

Should have more than enough quality for Palace to handle.

Have a feeling City will take Spuds apart here since they know they need to win to keep pace with us. For that reason we must also win. United will be a much bigger test than many are thinking they will be so we can't afford to drop points here and then play against a United side who are starting to click and build confidence.

On the handshakes prior to full time- Q: José, will you do it again? *long pause* A: Yes. I nearly burst into tears laughing there. Anyways, he didn't seem too concerned about Costa. Think he's just voicing his displeasure again that he played so much for Spain. I think he'll start tomorrow. Getting to that point where we really need to start getting Remy involved more and helping him build an understanding with our other players. Need Ramires back too.

Pinnacle of delusion from an Arse fan here: "I think this Chelsea side are getting a tad overrated. Hazard and Courtois apart theres nothing special about them imo. Yeah Costa is banging them in but that's mostly down to his physicality fitting into Chelsea's gameplay. Will he be as prolific when teams adjust to him a bit better? Even Matic is hyped up, just a big strong water carrier if you ask me. Don't watch that creep Fabregas either, couldn't cut it at Barca and pretty much annonymous for a vast majority of the match. Their defence looks more solid than it should because of Mourinho's shitty cowardly, compact, sit back and stifle, over cynical tactics. To me there wasn't much in it. A bit of naivity by Gibbs and Sanchez allowed that little **** Hazard to catch us off guard. The killer goal came after we pushed chasing the equalizer, other than those two moments Chelsea done jackshit. It came down to a few minor details. If that **** Atkinson doesn't bottle it in fear of upsetting Mourinho then Cahill is off and the match changes. If Wilshere could actually control the ball properly and slots that chance away than again theres probably a different outcome. I personally think the biggest problem is a lack of belief within the team. The players seem to have an inferiority complex when coming up against the big sides. I just get the impression that they go into these kind of games expecting to lose and this is were the manager comes in. This is where Wenger really has to earn his £8million salary and get the players up for it, instil confidence and implement the correct tactics and time after time he's fallen short." This seems to be the general opinion amongst our bitter "rivals." Been seeing it from Arsenal, Liverpool, and City supporters. That we're "nothing special, just well organized." That we are totally, 100% reliant on Diego Costa and if he gets a serious injury we'll fall off the face of the Earth.

Whilst De Gea has clear weaknesses to his game, he's a ridiculous shot stopper. Hopefully Real Madrid come in for him hard to become Casillas' long term successor.

I feel like I say this often, but wouldn't it have been a good idea to start Luis here? They have a 19 year old kid starting at RB who wouldn't be able to deal with both Hazard and Luis bombing down his side. Azpi provides so little threat down that side so now Hazard can be marked out of the game.

Everton are fucking useless! They've looked one of the poorest sides in the league this season so far.

So Wenger is going to send his midgets out to "put last season's result right," huh? That should play right into our hands. They'll probably be super aggressive and full of energy. Their fullbacks will be caught up the pitch and we'll exploit it just like last time. Özil will probably dial it up a notch to prove that they made the right decision to pass on Cesc because of him. My biggest wish is that we press them like mad and don't allow them to dominate possesion.

I'm confident that we'll beat them. If Ramires were fit for this one is be VERY confident. Matic should hopefully have instructions from José to dominate them and not allow them any time on the ball. We need our whole team to get up into them and be physical. Make them uncomfortable and expose them for the soft cupcakes they are. Main concern is Sanchez' pace up against Ivanovic. Özil will probably be the player José game plans to shut down. Expect him to have a typical Özil game against a top side.