Closed Spurs v Chelsea

[Jase 43,479]

Tottenham vs Chelsea
PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT



English Premier League
28th September, Saturday, 2013
White Hart Lane
12:45 Kick Off (UK time)

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea FC ‏@chelseafc 32m

Holland reports that Ramires came off at half-time with a muscular injury in his hip and he is a doubt for Saturday's game at Spurs.

A pivot of Mikel and Lampard will probably be a disaster..

[Rmpr 8,977]

We must not lose...

[A Wise Man 10]

I don't see a defeat but it will be very, very tough.

[Jase 43,479]

We must not lose...

The media will have a field day if it happens. Think they have been waiting for AVB to beat us, especially now that Mourinho is here and we aren't exactly doing too well at the moment. They'll be sensationalizing everything then..

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

If Ramires cant go then a pivot of Essien-Mikel is my choice.

Save Lampard for Tuesday.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

I think its gonna be a 3-0. Torres double and a Mikel scissor kick.

I make jokes when I'm nervous.

[thekid9 418]

If Torres doesn't start i dunno what to think of jose

[Weckerz 3,781]

All signs point to a defeat, yet I've got a good feeling about this game..

[Jase 43,479]

By the way, Mike Dean will be the referee for this one.

[Kieran. 6,317]

We're fucked if Ramires is out.

[English Freak 456]

Got a bad feeling about this game...just like the Everton one.

If we play Mikel - Lamps pivot...Spurs will beat us.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

rami7oficial

16 minutes ago

Hello, people! I am very happy for having scored my first goal of the season with @chelseafc. It was not a perfect day only because of a muscle discomfort I felt at halftime, but I hope it's nothing serious. I would like to thank @torres for the excellent pass and dedicate this goal to my son David and my wife Islana. Love you, guys! So happy!! Let's go, Chelsea!

[Pizy 18,419]

It'll be a huge psychological boost for whoever wins. Really hope Ramires makes it or we'll have problems.

This is the time for a vintage Hazard or Mata performance. I'm more worried about our defense than our attack, though.

I'd gladly take a draw to be perfectly honest. Don't want both Arsenal and Spuds going 5 clear of us with a ton of momentum. Especially Spuds for me. They have a deep enough squad to win it all unlike Arsenal so they worry me a bit more currently.

[DarcyWard 13]

I hope Jose doesn't play Willian just to wind up the spuds, Our three needs to be Juan,Eden and Oscar.

[Tomo 21,733]

If Ramires out, then this game might boil down to how well Oscar is playing.

Just think after this weekend we would have already played three of last season's top six away from home, the worst that could happen is we could 5 points off the top, and given that would be to serial North London bottlers, it ain't exactly a disaster.

[Blue Warrior 109]

We have a good record at Three point lane over the years, no backing down. They have had fixture congestion to contend with, I see us coming out on top 3-0. They are poor defensively and will fold under concerted pressure, plenty of counter attacking chances.

[Stats 7,059]

We have a good record at Three point lane over the years, no backing down. They have had fixture congestion to contend with, I see us coming out on top 3-0. They are poor defensively and will fold under concerted pressure, plenty of counter attacking chances.

They are poor defensively? Yet they have only conceded 1 goal in 9 games in all competitions this season