Closed Sunderland v Chelsea

[Jase 43,479]

Sunderland vs Chelsea

PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT

Barclays Premier League

Saturday, December 8 2012

Stadium of Light

15:00 Kick Off (UK time)

[Mufassir08 2,400]

A must win game this one.Spurs,west brom,everton and arsenal playing each other its a good chance for us we must win.

[Wfisheruk 20]

Time to move on from our disapointment in the champions league..big game Saturday 3pts is a must jt,lamps & Danny should be back for this game so more options to choose from,I just hope we can take our scoring form from last night into the next games ahead!! Up the blues!!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Hopefully we can take the advantages of the last match into this one. Must win match against the weakest Sunderland team in a long while.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

I haven't felt this much better for a game in a long time. Let's smash them boys...

[Hutcho 8,443]

Lets get back to winning way and get 3 points. If we can lock down sessegnon then we can stop the majority of their attack. Would be good to see hazard really run at some defenders like he did vs Nordsjaelland, and even though torres was hardly spectacular hopefully his level of performance can go up vs sunderland... I think we can be more attacking and go with something like:

Cech

Azpi Ivan Terry(/Luiz/Cahill if not fit) Cole

Oscar Mikel

Moses Mata Hazard

Torres

[Strike 6,960]

Azpilicueta please!

[petr.breu 1,618]

A must win game this one.Spurs,west brom,everton,arsenal, manchester united and manchester city playing each other its a good chance for us we must win.

[iceboy 992]

Win is must for us. Lets smash black cats. Cech,terry,luiz,iva,cole,mikel,rami,oscar,mata,hazard,torres.

[Laylabelle 9,296]

Hope yesterday wasnt a one off and we can get a result before we go off

[Wfisheruk 20]

Just watched 1pm blues news update and saw sturridge training so that looks like he will be in the coach,lamps should be aswell as he been in full training sence Tuesday so now it's just jt left,my team: Cech,Ivan,terry,Cahill,cole,lamps,

Ramires,hazard,mata,moses,Torres..

[The only place to be 11,313]

Lets get back to winning way and get 3 points. If we can lock down sessegnon then we can stop the majority of their attack. Would be good to see hazard really run at some defenders like he did vs Nordsjaelland, and even though torres was hardly spectacular hopefully his level of performance can go up vs sunderland... I think we can be more attacking and go with something like:

Cech

Azpi Ivan Terry(/Luiz/Cahill if not fit) Cole

Oscar Mikel

Moses Mata Hazard

Torres

I'd go with that team. I was going to say Ramires should play, but Cattermole looks to be out for them which takes a lot of the bite out of their midfield.

Out of the CBs, I'd probably go with Cahill up against Fletcher.

Looking at the individual match-ups (Hazard vs Bardsley, Moses vs Rose) I'm hoping that we really stuff them. O'Neill is probably the only manager in the league under more pressure than Benitez.

[Hutcho 8,443]

I'd go with that team. I was going to say Ramires should play, but Cattermole looks to be out for them which takes a lot of the bite out of their midfield.

Out of the CBs, I'd probably go with Cahill up against Fletcher.

Looking at the individual match-ups (Hazard vs Bardsley, Moses vs Rose) I'm hoping that we really stuff them. O'Neill is probably the only manager in the league under more pressure than Benitez.

I would only go with thay as it is more attacking vs a sunderland team who isnt the best. Against a better team rambo's running and engine is much more vital, but in this game i would rather have oscars passing and playmaking from deep ability.

[Las7 951]

Lampard and Sturridge hopefully on the bench for this game - that would be a big boost.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Def need to get 3 pts here. With us leaving for Japan, we can fall further down the table. Sure we'll have less GP but still just being that low on the table has a mental impact.

[anelka350 3]

The 3 points are an OBLIGATION, I hope Marin will begin Saturday. I think the best team against sunderland is

Cech

Azpilicueta Cahill Ivanovic Bertrand

Romeu Ramires

Marin Mata Moses

Torres

Lampard (or Oscar), Sturridge (or Hazard) and Mikel will replace Marin Torres and Romeu.

[JackredandWhite 171]

Can't see us getting anything here

We've been truly dire all season, the performance against QPR last week was as bad as anything under Bruce. I'm a ST holder but I'm foisting this one on me my dad as I've got tickets for Pulp in Sheffield. At least I'll be guaranteed to enjoy myself

[zolayes 14,489]

Can't see us getting anything here

We've been truly dire all season, the performance against QPR last week was as bad as anything under Bruce. I'm a ST holder but I'm foisting this one on me my dad as I've got tickets for Pulp in Sheffield. At least I'll be guaranteed to enjoy myself

was thinking about you today and expecting you to show up ...guess you are pleased with the barcodes today...

WE are in wonderful form ....expect Torres to destroy you ... ..hope people respect you this time Jack// catch up with you later