Closed Chelsea v Man City

[LegenTerry 270]

I think this match will be indicator how strong we are,are we really favorites for BPL.This is the biggest match so far and I hope that players knows that.

[Barbara 15,149]

my team is

Cech

Iva - Cahill - JT - Bertrand

Luiz - Ramires

Schurrle* - Oscar - Hazard

Torres**

* - if he's totally recovered from his ankle pain, otherwise I'll play Mata

** - if Eto'o plays it's the same difference, I think they're both in a good moment, but I think Torres might be a little be better for us in this game, but there's barely an advantage.

[Pizy 18,419]

Top of the table is so tight right now.

We can potentially end this Premier League match week in 1st or 7th I believe.

I'm just hoping we don't look like we did the last time we played this lot. They dominated us at times and passed rings around us in and around our box like we were a bottom table side. We saw how much they raised their game against United and they almost certainly will against us, so I hope Jose has our boys fired up.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

my team is

Cech

Iva - Cahill - JT - Bertrand

Luiz - Ramires

Schurrle* - Oscar - Hazard

Torres**

* - if he's totally recovered from his ankle pain, otherwise I'll play Mata

** - if Eto'o plays it's the same difference, I think they're both in a good moment, but I think Torres might be a little be better for us in this game, but there's barely an advantage.

Why not Azpi as the CDM like Lahm is playing.

Luiz-Rami is too offensive and might leave the center of the ground vulnerable for the like of Yaya and Fernaninho to exploit.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

..................................Cech............................................

.................Ivanovic........JT...............Cahill......................

Azpi,,,,................................................................Schurrle

.................Rami.............Lamps...............Oscar................

.....................................................Hazard.........................

............................Torres...................................................

We'll can switch to this formation if we fall behind.

Probably gonna start of as

..........................................Cech...........................................

Ivanovic..........................JT.......................Cahill.......................Azpi

......................................Rami.................Lamps..........................

....Shurrle...............................Oscar..................................Hazard....

.................................................Torres................................................

[Barbara 15,149]

Why not Azpi as the CDM like Lahm is playing.

Luiz-Rami is too offensive and might leave the center of the ground vulnerable for the like of Yaya and Fernaninho to exploit.

bc in my opinion Guardiola is wasting Lahm... He turned one of the best FB in the world (actually I considered him the best FB in the world last season) into a CM. FML!

Also Luiz-Rami won't be too offensive if Mourinho is clear about what he wants and expects them to do and what he doesn't. They're both very compliant players, so I don't think there would be a risk.

[Jase 43,479]

Why not Azpi as the CDM like Lahm is playing.

Luiz-Rami is too offensive and might leave the center of the ground vulnerable for the like of Yaya and Fernaninho to exploit.

Azpi as CDM?!

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Azpi as CDM?!

Okay.You finally got your hair done properly.. No, it is.

[Wimbledonblue 94]

Torres scored 2 goals but seriously even my grand mother is better . from the the beginning he does nothing NOTHING

Did you not watch the game? You know NOTHING.

[The_Flash 1,144]

He did not do nothing that is what Ba and Etoo have been doing, all three are faulty weak but Torres at the minute looks the most likely to score out of the three

[mac.bo 48]

Playing with 12 men will definitely give us an edge. Wonder why Jose didn't think of it before!

Lol think im way too excited for Sundays game

No chance, imo. Hazard and Oscar are nailed on starters.

[HD3D 1,038]

I predict Etoo will start in this game.

And I'm very confident as I don't believe Chelsea will lose at home. Not with Jose.

After nine years, 151 games and four clubs, José Mourinho's home record ends » The Guardian

For 9 years, Mourinho went unbeaten at home with Porto, Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid. Last year when his Real Madrid stumbled and lost the league early on, that always happened in away games. Never at home. And now it seems, as with all Mourinho's previous clubs, the real danger is in away games.

Of course stats don't mean anything, but it sure gives a confidence boost and the certainty that no matter what happens, City will have a rough day.

I think it'll be:

Cech

Ivan Cahill Terry Cole

Ramires Lampard

Willian Oscar Hazard

Etoo

[The_Flash 1,144]

Cech

Iva - Cahill - JT - Azpi

Luiz - Ramires

Schurrle* - Oscar - Hazard

Torres**

[Blue Armour 4,312]

Now that both our strikers are doing well, the team selection for Saturday's match is really gonna show who Mourinho trusts the most to lead the line, especially in big matches like these....and i really hope its Torres.

This run of form might be the big diversion in Torres' flopped Chelsea career.

I don't really think so...As long as all 3 forwards are in some good form, he will continue to rotate based on the opposition, and hence the tactics.

I do think Torres is likely to start most of the matches (including the coming match), but I'm sure we will see Eto'O and Ba get their starts as well.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Cech

Ivan Luiz Terry Cole

Ramires Lampard

Willian Oscar Hazard

Eto'o

[The_Flash 1,144]

They were showing some old highlights of different times against City, Luiz scored a beauty, would be wonderful if he played and got a goal on Sunday

[Strike 7,254]

I think Willian will start indeed, but at the expense of Schurrle who's ankle still seems to be bothering him.

yeah I knew that was coming when I said Willian and Schurrle, but think Willian should after not playing against Schalke.

I'm not a fan of this much rotation. In some cases like using Azpi, Bertrand more often or to manage injuries, rotation is good but when the front 4 are changing for every game, it's hard to develop chemistry/fluidity in attack. We haven't really kicked into gear in terms of creating chances.

I haven't looked it up but I sense atleast 2 of the front 4 are changing every game. The striker has been Torres (Spurs), Eto'o (Steaua), then Demba vs Norwich, Eto'o vs Cardiff and then Torres vs Schalke.

[couris 232]

Torres got injured for Steaua