Closed Chelsea v Manchester United

[Spike 12,049]

Chelsea - 2

Man Utd - 0

Golazos to Mata and Sturridge

[Las7 951]

I think we should not play Oscar in this game, he was awful against Shakhtur despite his late goal, maybe bring him on in the second half.

---------------------Cech--------------

Ivanvovic-----Luiz---Cahill-----Cole

----------Romeu---------Mikel--------

-----------------Ramires---------------

Hazard----------------------------Mata

----------------Sturridge---------------

Doubt that Romeu and Sturridge would start but I'd have Romeu in there with the task of shadowing Rooney through out the match to whatever areas he drifts to cutting off supply for RvP. Sturridge for Torres is a none brainer for me but I know RdM won't do it. RdM has a lot of clout in my eyes after his CL triumph but he doesn't seem to want to up-sad Torres even though he ends up loosing possession for us and is indecisive up top.

Hopefully we see Mata back to his best in this game it would be vital for him and Hazard to play better.

[ChelseaKid10 35]

I bet Torres will start over Sturridge again...., i really like Sturridge playing through the middle. Look what he did at Bolton......

[dumps 284]

This is going to be another good game to watch for a neutral just like hte Arsenal and Spurs game. there will be goals in it. Torres will start, but it will be nice to see sturridge for al ong period of time. with our attack we should bag a few goals so its just down to our defence to keep them out.

if United go with De gea in goal we could see Torres getting a header or 5.

I honestly believe this is a game we should be winning. we have looked the best team in the league at the moment. It's improtant we dont panic and lose our defensive positioning as we saw in the game last night. Mikel and Ramires need to primarily be in defense mode.

4-3/2 Chelsea.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Our morale was sky high after beating spurs now i dont know the state of our players mind

[Milan 17,957]

Before the Spuds game I wanted to win 4 points from that and Man United game. However seeing United's form, we should win this match as well, especially at home. I want the Bridge to become the scary thing, just like it was during the long long undefeated run.

[nachikethas 1,154]

im damn sure that we will not lose this match

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

f*ck i just remembered van persie is gonna be there...

[CFCRazor 49]

Can't see us losing this game if I'm honest, the fact Braga managed to score 2 against them at Old Trafford tends to suggest that they have many a defensive problem at the moment, will that be rectified completely by sunday? Not a chance..

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Chelsea's weaknesses so far

1. We are easily beat in the air at set pieces

2. We always have a 10mins lapse in concentration in every match

3. Crosses easily enter our 18yard box

4. We don't have wide attackers who can track back and defend frequently especially during counter attacks

5. Our striker loses the ball which stops our attack and causes a counter attck for the opposition.

Man utd strengths

1. They cross all the time and score a lot from them

2. They score a lot from setpieces this season

3. They have a period in the game where they pressurize non-stop for about 10-15mins

4. They are quick on the counter.

5. They have the best strikers in the league (rvp, rooney)

I'm sorry but I just can't see us winning this game.

We both have bad defences but they have the better finishers.

And worst of all, our weakness is their strength.

RDM doesn't have the balls to tell torres to sit, after that bulshit peformance. So we r screwed.

On the positive side

1. We are at the bridge, so we have home advantage

2. We have found out our weakness against shaktar, so maybe we can correct them in time.

Chelsea please suprise me with a win.

[CFCRazor 49]

Chelsea's weaknesses so far

1. We are easily beat in the air at set pieces

2. We always have a 10mins lapse in concentration in every match

3. Crosses easily enter our 18yard box

4. We don't have wide attackers who can track back and defend frequently especially during counter attacks

5. Our striker loses the ball which stops our attack and causes a counter attck for the opposition.

Man utd strengths

1. They cross all the time and score a lot from them

2. They score a lot from setpieces this season

3. They have a period in the game where they pressurize non-stop for about 10-15mins

4. They are quick on the counter.

5. They have the best strikers in the league (rvp, rooney)

I'm sorry but I just can't see us winning this game.

We both have bad defences but they have the better finishers.

And worst of all, our weakness is their strength.

RDM doesn't have the balls to tell torres to sit, after that bulshit peformance. So we r screwed.

On the positive side

1. We are at the bridge, so we have home advantage

2. We have found out our weakness against shaktar, so maybe we can correct them in time.

Chelsea please suprise me with a win.

You make them sound like they are 100x better than they are playing so far this season, do you remember they lost to tottenham, who we beat just a few days ago in their gaff 4-2...? Man United aren't playing well at all by their standards. Also, did you not see that they went 2-0 down against Braga at home last night ?? Yes they came back to win it 3-2 by FT but the fact they had 2 scored against them by a weaker team in their own back yard...

[kellzfresh 7,229]

You make them sound like they are 100x better than they are playing so far this season, do you remember they lost to tottenham, who we beat just a few days ago in their gaff 4-2...? Man United aren't playing well at all by their standards. Also, did you not see that they went 2-0 down against Braga at home last night ?? Yes they came back to win it 3-2 by FT but the fact they had 2 scored against them by a weaker team in their own back yard...

I know they played a smaller team, I'm just not confident our defence can hold out both rvp and rooney.

I'm not confident torres can score the chances he gets in this match.

You can see how we are bad in the air and at setpieces, guess what, that's man utd's strongest way of attack. I'm not making them look better than us, its just that our weakness is their strength much like us against barcelona last season.

If we play more patiently instead of panicking and losing posession like yesterday, maybe we can win. But torres must be punished for yesterday's peformance by being dropped.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Chelsea's weaknesses so far

1. We are easily beat in the air at set pieces

2. We always have a 10mins lapse in concentration in every match

3. Crosses easily enter our 18yard box

4. We don't have wide attackers who can track back and defend frequently especially during counter attacks

5. Our striker loses the ball which stops our attack and causes a counter attck for the opposition.

Man utd strengths

1. They cross all the time and score a lot from them

2. They score a lot from setpieces this season

3. They have a period in the game where they pressurize non-stop for about 10-15mins

4. They are quick on the counter.

5. They have the best strikers in the league (rvp, rooney)

I'm sorry but I just can't see us winning this game.

We both have bad defences but they have the better finishers.

And worst of all, our weakness is their strength.

RDM doesn't have the balls to tell torres to sit, after that bulshit peformance. So we r screwed.

On the positive side

1. We are at the bridge, so we have home advantage

2. We have found out our weakness against shaktar, so maybe we can correct them in time.

Chelsea please suprise me with a win.

Excellent point about our defending of crosses.

We defend too narrow and allow the ball into the box - this is bad!!!

If we don't address this we will be punished

[CFCRazor 49]

I know they played a smaller team, I'm just not confident our defence can hold out both rvp and rooney.

I'm not confident torres can score the chances he gets in this match.

You can see how we are bad in the air and at setpieces, guess what, that's man utd's strongest way of attack. I'm not making them look better than us, its just that our weakness is their strength much like us against barcelona last season.

If we play more patiently instead of panicking and losing posession like yesterday, maybe we can win. But torres must be punished for yesterday's peformance by being dropped.

Of course we should play patiently, but that wasn't our only problem yesterday, sometimes we were playing too slow and then gave Shakthar the chance to pull all of their players back before we even got a pass off.

You make the mistake in thinking that Torres is the only person who can score in this team, both mata, hazard and oscar are good at making their own chances when Torres is playing the "I dont want to shoot the ball today" game. Im not at all worried about our attack on sunday..

[Milan 17,957]

Hopefully we will show a proper reaction to the Shakhtar game, I am sure the players will go to the pitch determined to make up for the loss. Here's hoping also that Man United will have their heads and noses way too high because of the yesterday's comeback.

[Peppen 934]

Not confident about this fixture at all. They have a brilliant set of attacking players, and I suspect our defense will have to be on their heels. But so will theirs. Very spicy game, with loads of goals and I can see them making a late comeback and somehow win it, be it penalties or counterattacks.

Want to be optimistic, and therefore I am betting for at Chelsea win. But I don't like it at all.

Brain says 3-2 United.

Heart says 3-1 Chelsea.

Please come up with something excellent MAZACAR, ROBBIE AND CO.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Of course we should play patiently, but that wasn't our only problem yesterday, sometimes we were playing too slow and then gave Shakthar the chance to pull all of their players back before we even got a pass off.

You make the mistake in thinking that Torres is the only person who can score in this team, both mata, hazard and oscar are good at making their own chances when Torres is playing the "I dont want to shoot the ball today" game. Im not at all worried about our attack on sunday..

Why I blamed torres like that was because of how he fell down and lost posession. That will make any team not be able to build up play better.

And he also has never bailed us out in any match this season except arsenal. Hazard took responsibility in our first few games, oscar took responsibility at juventus, mata took responsibility in 6 other games. But never torres, he should take the burden off mata once in a while that's what's frustrating.

[gary gordon 1,777]

We need to be very switched on for this! RVP and Rooney will destroy our defence if we aren't careful. Our key in this match is how Ramires and Mikel can hold out there play around the outside of the box. Nani is always a handful and Hernandez scores in almost every game against us. We will have to be at our best to get the result. 2-2

[CFCRazor 49]

Why I blamed torres like that was because of how he fell down and lost posession. That will make any team not be able to build up play better.

And he also has never bailed us out in any match this season except arsenal. Hazard took responsibility in our first few games, oscar took responsibility at juventus, mata took responsibility in 6 other games. But never torres, he should take the burden off mata once in a while that's what's frustrating.

I dont know what exactly you took out of my post, but in no way was I sticking up for Torres, more so the opposite. But I'm saying we have never really relied on Torres this seasons and so Mata Oscar and Hazard all go into it with the options and intent of scoring themselves, so obviously Torres not firing is a huge disadvantage as our CF he should be coming out with a lot more than he has been, but by no means does his incompetence mean that we are lacking when it comes to opportunities when those 3 are so attacking minded.

[Kieran. 6,317]

I'd be pretty happy with a draw tbh...but if we could 6 pts from Tottenham away and United home that would be amazing.

I would hope Sturridge would start, but you know Torres will.