Jase 43,479 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Stoke City vs ChelseaPRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHATBarclays Premier League12th January, Saturday 2013Britannia Stadium15:00 Kick Off (UK time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,319 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 We should have a Rafa subs prediction league -75th, 80th, and 85th minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Torres to stay at home.Time for him to keep warm on a cold night in Stoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22mek22 133 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 So it'll be 1-0 to them, desperately need to change the game and the FSW will bring Marin on for Hazard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusek 2,031 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Demba for the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 why have I this terrible premonition that both Crouch and Owen will score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Don't want to sound too pessimistic but Stoke are amazing at home and I can't see us getting anything from this with the way we are playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingB 9 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'm expecting a chelsea backlash. Won't happen though. 0-3 chelsea with Ba and Lamps starting. Torres come's on in the 85minute so he won't lose any "confidence" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouNameIt 1,511 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 TurnbullIva - Cahill - Luiz - ColeRamires - LampardOscar - Hazard - MataBa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Don't want to sound too pessimistic but Stoke are amazing at home and I can't see us getting anything from this with the way we are playing.We played well last night. Two sloppy mistakes and a shit striker were the reasons we lost.Personally I would only change Ba for Torres and Ramires for someone else (I expect Lampard). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atwa 78 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 One of the most dreaded games of the season, always so hard.. we need Ba to have any hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramzi 233 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Well we all said how good Everton was at home but we won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONI. 1,291 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 DEMBA BA IS THE MAN !!! If we want to win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Land 331 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 --------------turnbull---------Azpi-----Cahill--Iva---Cole-------Lampard-Luiz----------Mata----Oscar--Hazard--------startBAyouidiot------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetsajCFC 1,255 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Some of you don't realise the fact that Benitez CAN NOT start Ba every game. He will need rest at some point, like any other player. Also take into account his knee situation, if there's anything in that. And for the sake of squad harmony he has to rotate aswell, you can't play a season with 11 players. We should have put Swansea game beyond doubt already in the first half, and it wasn't only Torres who missed, he wasn't that bad in that game. The whole squad was WASTEFUL. We dominated the proceedings, meaning that Benitez was spot on with tactics.I feel condifent going into this game. Ba will start if we follow the logic. 2-1 or 2-0 for Chelsea. Get behind the team not slate everyone after a soddy result. The performance was there, just no end product. Swansea game was a carbon copy of QPR and Corinthians game, we had chances - took none. This forum often reminds me of herd of sheep who just follow an example, and often a bad one - one over-emotional person starts calling for new transfers, new managers, new owners, new whatever and others just join the bandwagon. It has been 2 months of HECTIC game schedule, new manager coming in, players are exhausted aswell - if not physically then mentally for sure. GET BEHIND THE TEAM and don't be a hateful keyboard warrior, just support them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit 3,176 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Chelsea have won 9 of their last 11 matches against Stoke in all competitions.Chelsea have kept a clean sheet in 6 of their last 7 matches against Stoke in all competitions.There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Stoke's last 3 games in the Premier League.Stoke are undefeated in their last 17 home matches in the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,926 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'd bite your hand off if you offered me the ugliest, grittiest, 1-0 89th minute win.Please just fucking win! Can't stand seeing Spuds above us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I want Rafa to alter the formation for this (it won't happen, but a guy can dream?)TurnbullAzpilicueta ------------- Ivanovic - Cahill ------------------ BertrandLuizOscar --------------- HazardMarin ---------------------- Ba ---------------------- Mata I mean yeah, like I said it won't happen. But Stoke will be playing park-the-bus tactics and width is always the answer in those solutions. This set up gets the ball wide, with players who can cross and also gives Hazard a bit of freedom. The only sticking point is Luiz as a lone DM, but there's no other real choice there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 5-0 loss, we have 50 chances against stoke including 10 one on ones but fail to score, their keeper also makes 20 world class saves, then afterwards our defence fuck up 5 times and Stoke capatalize on every single chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Some of you don't realise the fact that Benitez CAN NOT start Ba every game. He will need rest at some point, like any other player. Also take into account his knee situation, if there's anything in that. And for the sake of squad harmony he has to rotate aswell, you can't play a season with 11 players. We should have put Swansea game beyond doubt already in the first half, and it wasn't only Torres who missed, he wasn't that bad in that game. The whole squad was WASTEFUL. We dominated the proceedings, meaning that Benitez was spot on with tactics.I feel condifent going into this game. Ba will start if we follow the logic. 2-1 or 2-0 for Chelsea. Get behind the team not slate everyone after a soddy result. The performance was there, just no end product. Swansea game was a carbon copy of QPR and Corinthians game, we had chances - took none. This forum often reminds me of herd of sheep who just follow an example, and often a bad one - one over-emotional person starts calling for new transfers, new managers, new owners, new whatever and others just join the bandwagon. It has been 2 months of HECTIC game schedule, new manager coming in, players are exhausted aswell - if not physically then mentally for sure. GET BEHIND THE TEAM and don't be a hateful keyboard warrior, just support them.Oh stop with the shite, Ba hardly missed a game for Newcastle, even cup games too and never got injured once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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