Closed Arsenal v Chelsea

[Pacquiao 1,834]

how can people not see how bad our STs really are. how can they not see the difference schurrle would make playing upfront.

you should be the next Chelsea manger then! you are clearly a football genius! I can see it now lets play Schurrle up front as that would solve all our problems! I hope Jose gets to read your posts! he could learn a lot from you!

[bushman 2,043]

What´s there to say here that has not been said ?

To me, tonight´s game is much more than 3 points. It´s a clash between the big spending club Chelsea & the nippers of Arsenal.

I certainly would not want to see Arsenal even come close to the PL title. All those fucks will say, look at us, we spent very little, our approach worked well, & we won the PL.

I believe, Jose approach to tonight´s game will prevail & he will beat that idiotic Wenger again. Even if Chelsea draw tonight, it will be fine.

[ManchesterMatt 52]

Out of all of the top sides, Arsenal are the ones I fear the least. I suspect Oscar will be back in the #10 role to put pressure on the middle field passing game of Arsenal. I suspect Hazard will also start on the left with Schurrle on the right. Hopefully it'll be a Rami - Mikel partnership; there's always space to break on Arsenal and there's nobody better at pacey midfield breakouts than Rami.

Cech

Azpi Luiz Terry Cole

Mikel Ramires

Schurrle Oscar Hazard

Torres

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Willian - Mata - Hazard

Schurrle

None of our strikers offer anything atm. Schurrle is hot and will cause alot of trouble.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Willian - Mata - Hazard

Schurrle

None of our strikers offer anything atm. Schurrle is hot and will cause alot of trouble.

This would be amazing, all 4 of them interchanging all match. Mouth watering.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

its hard to show an idiot how stupid he is...

great comeback well done! :yawn:

Can you two drop it please? I think it goes without saying, but this "discussion" is beyond pointless.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Match Preview Here by @Barbara.

[Strike 7,254]

Has Bertrand's mystery injury healed yet?

[different level 1,056]

Don't get settled for a draw, guys! We need to win this one and the two remaining games of the calendar year at all cost if we want the championship battle to go our way.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Has Bertrand's mystery injury healed yet?

Even if it has I very much doubt he'll feature.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Don't get settled for a draw, guys! We need to win this one and the two remaining games of the calendar year at all cost if we want the championship battle to go our way.

Not really. Even if we lose, and stay fifth, we are only 5 points off the top of the league. If we beat Liverpool at the Bridge - and they lose to City - it can be a City-Arsenal-Chelsea 1/2/3; a situation I think we'll see from here until the end of the season. These are the three title contenders, IMO. But then again, if Liverpool surprise us and Suarez continues to score, it could make it a four-way bout for the title. Best league in the world, no doubt about it.

Edited December 23, 2013 by Alex

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Honestly we only have ourselves to blame for the pressure we go into this game in. Had we beaten Stoke like we should have we would be top of the league and playing comfortably for the draw tonight.

[der Kaiser 77]

What abouth weather in London? Is there still storm?

[Pacquiao 1,834]

What abouth weather in London? Is there still storm?

I just walked round to Tesco to buy some pringles and the wind was blowing me all over the place! and its just started to rain! it isnt too bad but i have no idea how the weather will be tonight!

[FabHazard 655]

what i hope:

cech

ivan luiz terry azpi

ramires oscar

willian mata hazard

schurrle

[different level 1,056]

Not really. Even if we lose, and stay fifth, we are only three points off the top of the league. If we beat Liverpool at the Bridge - and they lose to City - it can be a City-Arsenal-Chelsea 1/2/3; a situation I think we'll see from here until the end of the season. These are the three title contenders, IMO. But then again, if Liverpool surprise us and Suarez continues to score, it could make it a four-way bout for the title. Best league in the world, no doubt about it.

If we lose Arsenal will go top of the table with 5 points more than us. I agree with everything else but by "championship battle going our way" I meant for the time being and so we can end up leaders by the New Year's Eve. If we don't win today that's not going to happen, because surely City won't be dropping any points in their next two games.

[Reddish-Blue 2,355]

Not really. Even if we lose, and stay fifth, we are only three points off the top of the league. If we beat Liverpool at the Bridge - and they lose to City - it can be a City-Arsenal-Chelsea 1/2/3; a situation I think we'll see from here until the end of the season. These are the three title contenders, IMO. But then again, if Liverpool surprise us and Suarez continues to score, it could make it a four-way bout for the title. Best league in the world, no doubt about it.

I just don't like the idea of losing to Arsenal...it will give them a psychological boost heading into potentially tricky away fixtures against West Ham and Newcastle..

[The Skipper 20,593]

This would be amazing, all 4 of them interchanging all match. Mouth watering.

We can't even play proper attacking football when we're going forward, we're lost in attack usually. Interchanging ideas are a myth. Our players aren't at that level of understanding.