Closed Leeds United v Chelsea

[dave30 728]

It will definitely not be easy. Its a cold December night and both Leeds players and fans will be hyped.

[Madmax 9,219]

Nah not gonna be easy. Cold night, jet lag, the psychological effect of Sunday's loss, hostile crowd ... there'll be no place to hide. 2-1 to us late on I reckon.

[Hutcho 8,443]

It will definitely not be easy. Its a cold December night and both Leeds players and fans will be hyped.

No it won't be easy, but it will be comfortable imo. Too much negativity based on previous games i think and we can get the job done here.

[NattyBlue 44]

I don't think we'll win this. I think Leeds will nick it in extra time

[Ankit 3,176]

No it won't be easy, but it will be comfortable imo. Too much negativity based on previous games i think and we can get the job done here.

I like your optimism but we have too many players suspended. I mean Gary out would have been okay but no Ramires. Mikel and Terry still out, to top it all there is jet lag so i don't think it will be comfortable.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

Comfortable? I doubt it. Doesn't matter who is playing for Leeds, they will raise their game, no doubt. Obviously with the quality in the squad that we have, this is a game we should win. But with the team morale low and injuries/suspensions we have, I can see us making this hard for ourselves.

Saying that, I do think we can win this, as long as we don't concede first.

[Strike 7,295]

meh. can't be bothered to watch this.

hopefully a routine win to get us back on track. marin and oscar better start!

[Leif 6,006]

Oh shit, I didn't realise this game was tonight!!! Thought it was tomorrow.

Gonna go buy a steak pie. Whenever we're away from home against a team we hate, I eat a pie of some kind. I guess it's a little 'tradition'.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Oh shit, I didn't realise this game was tonight!!! Thought it was tomorrow.

Gonna go buy a steak pie. Whenever we're away from home against a team we hate, I eat a pie of some kind. I guess it's a little 'tradition'.

Then post about the movement of that pie 12 hours later in the pub thread.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Cahill is suspended? wtf?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Hope to be proven wrong but I'm going with 1-0 to Leeds tonight.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Hope to be proven wrong but I'm going with 1-0 to Leeds tonight.

Same here dont think we will win today .

[Madmax 9,219]

Pivot will be interesting .. no Ramires, Luiz (CB) or Mikel; Lampard + who? Hope it's not Oscar. Saville?

[Kezza 1,965]

C'mon guys, our players arent fukin pansies. They can hold their own out there.

3-0 to the chels.

[nullabletype 987]

Leeds, like any team who play us, can win if they just come out and put us under pressure. It's worked for every team who have done it so far. Stop our time on the ball and we crumble. And you can bet your house Leeds will try this.

Not an easy game by a long shot.

But who knows, the players may put in a spirited performance to make up for Sunday. And then go back to being shit against Villa.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Pivot will be interesting .. no Ramires, Luiz (CB) or Mikel; Lampard + who? Hope it's not Oscar. Saville?

Lampard + Oscar in the double pivot will be crazy, but not like we have many other options. Maybe play Ferreira there?

[Miracle 249]

Yeah...sack Benitez and then appoint who? Avram Grant? He is probably next in line.

Like it or not, Benitez is the best of the bad bunch of available managers out there at the moment.

I'd even welcome Grant. Seriously. Anybody but Interim. This is how bad it's become.

But one of these days, in the not too distant future, I'll wake up, log on to this site & I'll see a thread with a title something along the lines of:

Rafa Benitez - Now confirmed ex-Chelsea interim manager.

Just a little something to look forward to.

[Hutcho 8,443]

The pessimism today is extremely high... We must be optimistic.

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

Churchhill

"Quotes make you seem like you know what you are talking about"

Me