Closed Arsenal v Chelsea

[Tomo 20,224]

Form book goes out of the window for games like these, we lost to QPR, Swansea and drew to Southampton before we faced Arsenal last season and drew to Brentford and Reading shortly after.

We will win, mainly because people think we will get hammered (we almost always win or draw being the better side in those circumstances) and we have been like a team possessed against these lot for years, regardless of form.

1-3 Hazard double, Luiz free kick.

[The_Flash 1,144]

I seriously doubt we are going to win

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Form book goes out of the window for games like these, we lost to QPR, Swansea and drew to Southampton before we faced Arsenal last season and drew to Brentford and Reading shortly after.

We will win, mainly because people think we will get hammered (we almost always win or draw being the better side in those circumstances) and we have been like a team possessed against these lot for years, regardless of form.

1-3 Hazard double, Luiz free kick.

Imagine that, just imagine that...2 days before Xmas, best present ever

[Thendo 1,088]

I am not that worried about this game, we do play better against better teams and the players should be motivated to bounce back and get a win to top the league after all this.

Cech

Ivan Terry Luiz Azpi*

Ramires Mikel

Schurrle Mata Hazard

Torres

* If fit

[The_Flash 1,144]

We have to win

[Blue Warrior 109]

Arsenals poor form in the top four games and Mourinhos superb record against Arsenal are the only things to be positive about at the moment. Wilshere could also be watching and sulking. Anything can happen in a derby match, form is out the window.

[Blue Warrior 109]

No surrender.

[Reddish-Blue 1,817]

Arsenal aren't exactly ruthless...so we have every chance of winning a tight game

[Hutcho 8,441]

Schurrle upfront would be a good. Won't happen. But still.

[DDA 7,368]

Mata must start and if I see Azpi left back with the backwards man Mikel starting in the middle I will throw my discount Chelsea shirts in the bin.

(Thanks Sam for the heads up on Sports World discount by the way)

[_007M_ 26]

I wish this loss yesterday doesn't affect players badly !

I Have come back to this thread again later 2day

[blu35_army 549]

really miss the "effective's football 2004",,strong in defence,,fast in midfield and Killer in Forward. fuck off about attacking football or ball possession,,all we need is 3 points jose!!! can we play 5-4-1,,i'm seriously frustating always conceeded in every match...

Cech

Luiz - Cahill - Terry

Ivan Azpi

Ramires

Willian Oscar Hazard

Schurrle

Defense,,defense,,defenseeee.........

[Magic Lamps 9,355]

really miss the "effective's football 2004",,strong in defence,,fast in midfield and Killer in Forward. fuck off about attacking football or ball possession,,all we need is 3 points jose!!! can we play 5-4-1,,i'm seriously frustating always conceeded in every match...

Cech

Luiz - Cahill - Terry

Ivan Azpi

Ramires

Willian Oscar Hazard

Schurrle

Defense,,defense,,defenseeee.........

Thing is , whilst we are not exactly prolific in front of goal, we can't trust our defense either when we can't even defend a 1-0 lead against a team like Southampton.

[Tomo 20,224]

The thing with Arsenal, is i have not dreaded a match against them ever since Jose turned up the last time, they have a massive inferiority complex against us (and Man.Utd) aswell as issue's mentally. Arsenal have been good this season but against both us and United resorted to type and looked utterly toothless.

Arsenal had a testing week, and failed. The pressure is on them big time for this, lose this match, top spot is gone with away games at West Ham and Newcastle quickly coming around after that, do i believe that will play on their mind? absolutely. We have faced Arsenal before on poor form (like last season at The Bridge) and beat them.

They have won a mere 4 times against us in 9 years and 22 games, there's a reason for that.

[nachikethas 1,115]

Chips are against us.but its arsenal so i am confident about the win. Mata is must.come on Jose and Chelsea

[didierforever 7,349]

fuck the shit. i dont care about mickey mouse cups. this is the real stuff!!! the stuff of champions!!! we are going to win no matter what...

schwarzer

iva luiz cahill cole

rambo lamps

mata oscar hazard

torres

azpi was horrendous last night, same goes for cahill. ba and etoo are useless. kdb's performance i hope burst every1's bubble. i want MAZACAR back against these arse-anals. mata is a must since he loves playing against them.

1-3 to us.

[Strike 5,831]

Hull home West Ham away. Only 2 games where we've looked completely solid at the back out of 20-odd games. Jose has to be blamed for that. its Not down to transition whatever, defending is just not good. Making simple mistakes in every game.

Jose said that he'll look to make the team more defensive from now on. Think that's a step in the wrong direction in terms of what he's trying to achieve but necessary given the defense leaking too many goals this season

[Strike 5,831]

azpi was horrendous last night, same goes for cahill. ba and etoo are useless.

Azpilicueta was horrendous? No way

[didierforever 7,349]

Azpilicueta was horrendous? No way

he was horrendous defensively. giacherini was a pain in his ass all night long. does that low cross which led to our goal compensate it? not for me...

[Blue Armour 3,085]

Hull home West Ham away. Only 2 games where we've looked completely solid at the back out of 20-odd games. Jose has to be blamed for that. its Not down to transition whatever, defending is just not good.

Jose said that he'll look to make the team more defensive from now on. Think that's a step in the wrong direction in terms of what he's trying to achieve but necessary given the defense leaking too many goals this season

I thought he said that while he thinks its the right direction for the moment, he doesn't want to do it. In any case I don't want him to do it. Mentality is the bigger problem here. More than tactics and lineups.