bushman 2,043 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Currently, Chelsea is playing well. I would like to see them playing tennis on Sunday. Game, set & match Chelsea 6 - Manures 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Avram Grant says Chelsea are favourites against Manchester Unitedhttp://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/9117556/premier-league-avram-grant-says-chelsea-are-favourites-against-manchester-unitedJust only watched his interview on Sky and since when he started speaking so clearly?! Looks even less gloomy and with more facial expression too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonBLUE 819 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 As long as we pack that midfield we should be able to overrun it, due to us having better quality. I'll say 2-0 Chelsea, Rambo & Cahill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD3D 1,038 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Why is everyone putting Matic in their teams? i doubt he'll pick up on his roles and duties in midfield (pressing) within 2 daysSneijder arrived at Mourinho's Inter Milan on 27 August 2009. He debuted the very next day against A.C. Milan.They won 4-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Caliber X 27 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 The form book always goes out the window when it comes to this fixture, but hopefully we can win it. I think Matic will start from the bench, I wouldn't mind it if he started though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Fuck it, We should go for this and playCechAzpilicueta - Cahill - Tery - ColeLuiz - MaticWillian - Oscar - HazardTorres Matic, Luiz and Oscar pressing their poor midfield and they'll crumble. Expect us to have lots of the ball and Azplicueta and Cole to be having a big influence. Tailor made game for Hazard aswell. Can see us winning, and winning well.You want pressing in midfield so opt for Luiz ahead of Ramires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Every time there's a big home game the atmosphere is great and it gives the players a big lift. United will probably sit deep and try to catch Chelsea out on the break like last season but I think at home, we should win it especially with their 2 good strikers out injured. Same XI as the last game for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Brilliant from Giles Smith.http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3623156/title/giles-smiths-thursday-thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman43 45 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Matic, Luiz and Oscar pressing their poor midfield and they'll crumble. Ramires has play so much PL football this season, can't see him not been in the team. A game like this is made for him. He will press for 90 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namika 922 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/nemanja-matic-tells-chelsea-boss-mourinho-pick-me-for-manchester-united-clash-9064672.htmlReady to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola's Flick 57 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 United always play better against the bigger sides, I wouldn't be surprised if they nick a point. This is football after all. Form goes out of the window in these big clashes.Their record against top nine teams this season:Man Utd 0-0 ChelseaLiverpool 1-0 Man UtdMan City 4-1 Man UtdMan Utd 1-1 SouthamptonMan Utd 1-0 ArsenalTottenham 2-2 Man UtdMan Utd 0-1 EvertonMan Utd 0-1 NewcastleMan Utd 1-2 TottenhamSo no, they don't. Not under the rubbish David Moyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola's Flick 57 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 We will absolutely cane these cunts. I feel it in me timbers boys.CONTRAST: We have been flying since the defeats at Stoke and Sunderland. Drew at Arsenal, beat Swansea, Liverpool, Southampton, Derby and Hull. A really tough run of games but, since Jose adopted his more familiar style of play, the results have been terrific. As for Man Utd, they have been rubbish whenever they have played one of the good teams in the league this season, most of their points have come against bottom half teams and even then they have been lucky in many of their games (anyone see their game at Hull? FIX!).Without Rooney and van Persie they are even more vulnerable. I genuinely think we can do what City did to them and win by three or four.I hope Matic starts. Him, Ramires and Oscar would be my midfield preference; it has a bit of everything. Whereas their midfield has... Tom Cleverley! I guess they might go with a Fletcher-Carrick combo, but that's well past its sell by date and you would expect Hazard to shit all over them.I'm so excited for this. I really hope we smash the arrogant arseholes. They act as if Jose would have 100% chosen them over us given the chance.Cech; Azpiliceuta, Cahill, Terry, Cole; Ramires, Matic, Oscar; Willian, Torres, HazardTorres always does well against these too. I hope my confidence is justified.COME ON YOU BLUES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane 2,275 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 You want pressing in midfield so opt for Luiz ahead of Ramires?Ramires has play so much PL football this season, can't see him not been in the team. A game like this is made for him. He will press for 90 mins. I think Jose will start Matic, and I've been impressed with Luiz in midfield in his last two games there. Against Liverpool he hardly gave their midfield a moments peace, and along side a creative presence like Matic, who he can pass the ball short too, and allow Matic to spray the ball around. Ramires to come on around the 60th minute mark along with Mata/Schurrle to really inject that pace into our game when the United players are tired.Big big calls for Jose to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Matic or not, we should win this with Ramires-Mikel, too. I doubt he has learned all the tactics already so I guess he will be an attentive watcher on the bench, which is completely fine. Our big plus is our attack, so we should run at them. Hazard is our in-form player and he is currently one of the top ten attackers in the world and surely the most dangerous in the league. He can make goals out of nowhere, but Utd can not indulge on only covering him with three players as there will be Willian, Oscar and our striker moving around their D, too. I am sure with Jose, it is safety first, but we won all our big matches at home so far IIRC and his plan was usually spot on without the need of extra-insurance via 3man midfield. I am pretty sure MOu will go out----------Cech----------Iva--Cahill---Terry-Azpi------Rami--Mikel--------Willian--Oscar--Hazard---------Torres-----------with Schürrle, Luiz and maybe Matic coming from the bench.which is a much stronger team than anything Moyes can throw at us. I have trust in every player except the striker.They probably will lineup------------De Gea-------Rafael-Smalling--Vidic-Evra-----Carrick---Fletcher-----Valencia--Kagawa--Januzai------------Welbeck----------ishwhich will offer them a certain level of protection, but honestly lacks the class to trouble us if we do our job. Still there are some factors we have to consider.They tend to be helped by inexplicable ref decisions or crazy mistakes by the opponent. Further they surely will be out to prove a point as they got nothing to lose. Some players like Januzai and Welbeck have gained form in the absence of their star men. Somehow there still has to be a remainder of that Fergie mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Lion 1,223 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Ramires must start, we need someone pressuring Carrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman43 45 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I've been impressed with Luiz in midfield in his last two games there. I agree about Luiz. You only need to see the player influence map to see what he can do in CDM. In all honesty I haven't seen much of Matic but from what I have read on here he seems to fit the bill. Would I would have him in my starting lineup half a week after joinging? certainly not over ramires. I have never really thought of rammy as an impact player, why would you when he can do it at the same intensity for 90 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Ramires must start, we need someone pressuring CarrickOscar will take care of Carrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsm 3 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Hoping for Chelsea 5-0 white wash in preparation for the City away game! Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott 2,732 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I would lol so hard if José put a one pound bid on Rooney after we beat them. Would cement his status as the GOAT manager-troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouNameIt 1,511 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Im pretty sure we'll see a 4-3-3 and play defensively. I reckon we'll win by 1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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