Closed Man City vs Chelsea

[TomCFC 356]

Can't see us winning.

[HNKS 508]

Can't see us winning.

How many times have we all said this then we came out with the result.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

How many times have we all said this then we came out with the result.

Nah,he was just quoting a City fan.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Cech fires warning to Tottenham

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech believes his team-mates' experience of the Champions League will help tilt the balance in their favour in the battle for fourth place in the Premier League table.

"We seem to cope with the difficult situations quite well so, hopefully, this experience we've got throughout the years will help us reach our targets. We are approaching these next two games with confidence now."

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/141893.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

[Jase 43,479]

Cech fires warning to Tottenham

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech believes his team-mates' experience of the Champions League will help tilt the balance in their favour in the battle for fourth place in the Premier League table.

"We seem to cope with the difficult situations quite well so, hopefully, this experience we've got throughout the years will help us reach our targets. We are approaching these next two games with confidence now."

http://www.espn.co.u...tml?CMP=OTC-RSS

Don't quite like when players come out and starting talking things like that. Always backfire more often than not!

[Badboy 1,526]

Can't see us winning.

I know what you mean Tom. They're going to have the crowd behind them shouting for them to push for the league and its very hard to beat a side with that type of need. We really need to get a CL place but that is not as great an incentive as a League title for a City side that are in their prime years like we were in 2004-2005 2005-2006. This is a weak Chelsea side that has had some fantastic results recently but they will probably lose this one. I just hope we don't get fucked 4-0 because that will really hurt.

[Liquidator 5,176]

park the bus with 5 at the back

[CHOULO19 24,332]

^^

Or pass them to oblivion like Swansea did.

[Wavy Crockett 190]

we're going to have to gamble to win this one, or even draw

if we put out the same team we played against Napoli they'll not only have to play just as well as they did then (which I dont really see happening anyway) but much better

yeah City's recent results are not impressing but they showed in the 2nd half against Sporting that they haven't lost it completely

of course there's not many ways we can "gamble" in regards to lineup, formation et cet. but I dont no.. I'm sure this will be our toughest match yet this season so something has to be done

[francozola 2,040]

I'm not as optimistic as some of you lol. Like Blionheart mentioned on the previous page, we've won four games in a row, yeah, but two were two championship sides, one was a 10-man team and also a game where the old guard took matters into their own hands, similar to the Newcastle-Valencia-City games in December.

Obviously the players are much happier now that AVB is gone and the mood is better, but the lack of quality is still evident. Our defense is still as shaky as it was previously, etc. Of course, there are more positives now as compared to two weeks ago, but let's not get carried away.

I'm not saying we shouldn't support the team. I'll cheer the lads on, as always. And I'm not saying that we'll definitely lose 5-0. We certainly have a chance of winning, but it's going to be tough. City are under a lot of pressure after a terrible few weeks.

[TomCFC 356]

How many times have we all said this then we came out with the result.

True - as I said before Napoli, I'd love to be proved wrong. I didn't think we'd beat City in December, so it's possible, but I'd take a point. That's all.

[Kezza 1,965]

Cant wait for this game!

My nails are just growing back from last week, i have a feeling they will be gone again in the next 48 hours!

[Sheva. 5,373]

I'm not as optimistic as some of you lol. Like Blionheart mentioned on the previous page, we've won four games in a row, yeah, but two were two championship sides, one was a 10-man team and also a game where the old guard took matters into their own hands, similar to the Newcastle-Valencia-City games in December.

Obviously the players are much happier now that AVB is gone and the mood is better, but the lack of quality is still evident. Our defense is still as shaky as it was previously, etc. Of course, there are more positives now as compared to two weeks ago, but let's not get carried away.

I'm not saying we shouldn't support the team. I'll cheer the lads on, as always. And I'm not saying that we'll definitely lose 5-0. We certainly have a chance of winning, but it's going to be tough. City are under a lot of pressure after a terrible few weeks.

Just couple months ago we had a run of games against recently promoted sides, and teams at the bottom half of the table.

We had like 3 wins and a shit load of draws out of that.

Point is, the way we have been playing this season it's very wrong to discredit wins by saying 'Championship side' or 'down to 10 men' - this one especially, we were on top from the very beginning, even when they had 11 men.

And remember we couldn't even beat Birmingham at home just a couple weeks ago..

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

----------Ivanovic----------Luiz----------Terry-------------Cole-------

--------------------Essien-----------------Lampard-----------------------

---Sturridge--------------------Mata-----------------------Ramires---

---------------------------------Drogba-------------------------------------

This is a very good team that is Capable of Causing Citeh problems. Although RDM may go for a more defensive lineup which no-one can really blame him for conisdering we're playing away from home. Torres should come on as a sub maybe in the last 10-15 mins. I'll be optimistic and predict a win for us, 3-2

[kingofchelseadom 41]

Pretenders. All glory and no guts. We can beat them!!

[tmessy 139]

GOT to start Torres.

Maybe,,,

i know he needs at least 30 mins in this game... and against napoli, the DD and torres combo worked, so maybe we might see that again...

who knows, we just need a win and im not trying to sound like a "fanboy" but torres needs substantial minutes, his link up play has been superb, will be the X factor for this game...

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Soak up pressure then counter.

4-4-1-1 (4-4-2 on offence)

Cech

Ivan - Luiz - JT - Cole

Ramires - Essien - Lampard - Mata

Drogba

Torres/Sturridge

[Hysteria 159]

Im optimistic. We win.