NattyBlue

Slow game, we're a second half team though so lets see what happens! (Well...we CAN be a 2nd half team! haha >_>)

Just got in now, been stuck in fucking traffic, I've heard we've been awful so lets step up! haha been all good for me in the last 2 minutes

Hopefully he'll grow into the game, I'm predicting a Mikel goal, yes! A GOAL! lol once he scores I'm buying my Obi Wan top. I am hoping for a strong performance for him though to cut out service to Ashley Young and stuff and help out Paolo a lot but Essien will be doing that more imo. Come on lads, try not to lose lol

We should be fine imo. All those players should get new long contracts, well 2 years minimum and snap up Kakuta with a tasty 5 year contract imo. Will any of them leave? I don't think so, where are they going to go? Right now they're with the best team in England judging from last season and they all have a viable place in the squad.

Sinclair didn't make the grade at Wigan, in the PL. Di Santo didn't make the grade at Blackburn, again moves in the PL. This is why I'm annoyed at the club with regards to Cork and Mancienne, both capable players, Cork more than Mancienne. They both have qualities we could've used though and these final loan outs for them mean that I have no doubt in my head that both will leave us next summer, to Burnley and to Wolves.

Got a ticket for the game going at face value for £51 in Shed Lower

Man...Lampard I miss seeing him, tis weird without him! I think we need to drop Malouda into midfield and play zhirkov at LW until Lampard is fit

I have no idea to be honest, maybe in Jan he'll go out on loan to a league 1 club...

No side really deserved the win, City just edged it, well done to them, they done us in last season too anyway. We lacked drive from midfield today and our bigger guns like Drogba and Malouda were really off today

Well, lost this one but there will be brighter days, City done us last season and so did Teves, thanks to our good start we're still top though so we just need 3 points vs Le Arse now.

Josh on for Rammy

Essien come on man fuck sake, we know we're better than this, 1 - 1 come on please

This fucking ref, oh wel, come on 1 - 1 please!!

Studge might be coming on? I guess that a midfielder is coming off or Malouda

Time to really go for it in the 2nd half

Mikel's been good all season...

If we win this game we can just continue our momentum. Teves will score and hopefully Drogba will too, Anelka will give their left back a horrid time imo, and the front 3 always change it up anyway, it seems like ages since I've seen a game haha, 1 hour now....

I'm pretty sure Micah Richards will play anyway, any "doubtful" player always plays. Le Kak will be on the bench and Zhirkov could come on and Malouda dropping into midfield with Ashley and Zhirkov then sharing the LB role if we lack creativity in the middle of the park that is. Anelka will be on fire I think, the bench should be interesting!

I just hope we go out there and play well, don't submit to City if we score and really show a fight against them. They did the double over us this season but we know we can get some points or a point off them, come on chels

We should sack Carlo and bring in their manager

Kalou will start as a senior player in the squad but I still feel Borini should start too, no reason for him not to, Lamps will probably start or come on to test his fitness

@ Zola: yes yes yes that's what's needed to be done, ween them all into the team, like with Kalou being the sub of X amount of years we know he's going to come on kinda thing, now with Studge and Kakuta etc we should try and do the same with them

LOOOOOOOL lord they're dreadful, good stat we have is though is 2 goal scorers every game

Boselli is a good player, did well against us.

Kalou obviously would've passed and won the game for the team, God of Football, nobody compares