Closed Chelsea v Man United

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

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.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Im pretty sure we'll see a 4-3-3 and play defensively. I reckon we'll win by 1-0

[Strike 7,218]

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.

all the combinations you mentioned should own the United midfield.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Rooney, Van Persie out of Chelsea clash

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/274285.html

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

It would not surprise me one bit if both Rooney and RvP start this match...

[oxfordblues 299]

i got a funny feeling about this game,im thinking 5 goals plus 3-2 home win

[Wfisheruk 22]

Jose press conference: Ryan Bertrand going out on loan

[Special Juan 27,429]

I have a feeling too, it's this one......

We are going to fucking arse end them big time.

[didierforever 7,349]

bertrand on loan... fuck... thats just stupid...

[Thendo 1,088]

bertrand on loan... fuck... thats just stupid...

Why? He isn't going to get many minutes here as it is now anyway, better to let him get some gametime than be on the bench as Jose's 3rd choice LB.

On topic: Matic won't start, Lampard fit and Ivanovic is out.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

bertrand on loan... fuck... thats just stupid...

yeah lets just leave him on the bench for the rest of the season instead!

[didierforever 7,349]

Why? He isn't going to get many minutes here as it is now anyway, better to let him get some gametime than be on the bench as Jose's 3rd choice LB.

so now we have 6 defenders. JT, GC, DL, iva, AC and azpi. 2 of those 6 defenders are 33 year olds and we are in the business end of the season but suddenly we are worried about the "development" and "playtime" of a 24 year old LB. ya great move!!!

yeah lets just leave him on the bench for the rest of the season instead!

THUD indeed!!! lets play JT and AC every match until they fall down on the pitch. but leave RB on the bench... oh nooo thats just blasphemy!!!

we have 3 strikers for 1 position, 6 CMs for 2 position but are worried about bertrand being on the bench. BRILLIANT!!1

[Pacquiao 1,834]

THUD indeed!!! lets play JT and AC every match until they fall down on the pitch. but leave RB on the bench... oh nooo thats just blasphemy!!!

we have 3 strikers for 1 position, 6 CMs for 2 position but are worried about bertrand being on the bench. BRILLIANT!!1

Ash doesn't play every game! and there is no problem playing them week in week out as they can clearly handle it! I think Jose and his backroom staff are not stupid and know that Cole and JT are capable of playing most matches! So by your logic you want Bertrand to come in and play every now and then? when he can play every week and become a better player at Villa! but yeah of course Jose must be sooo stupid letting him go on loan and play every week and to improve and become a better player!

[Thendo 1,088]

so now we have 6 defenders. JT, GC, DL, iva, AC and azpi. 2 of those 6 defenders are 33 year olds and we are in the business end of the season but suddenly we are worried about the "development" and "playtime" of a 24 year old LB. ya great move!!!

THUD indeed!!! lets play JT and AC every match until they fall down on the pitch. but leave RB on the bench... oh nooo thats just blasphemy!!!

we have 3 strikers for 1 position, 6 CMs for 2 position but are worried about bertrand being on the bench. BRILLIANT!!1

We managed just fine the first half of the season, how many games did he really play tbh ? He's only 24 years old and he needs gametime,we could just damage his career if we let him warm the bench forever. And we also got Kalas so it's 7 defenders for 4 positions, And who knows we might have a recall option if (god help us) both of Cole/Azpi for some reason gets injured...

[didierforever 7,349]

Ash doesn't play every game! and there is no problem playing them week in week out as they can clearly handle it! I think Jose and his backroom staff are not stupid and know that Cole and JT are capable of playing most matches! So by your logic you want Bertrand to come in and play every now and then? when he can play every week and become a better player at Villa! but yeah of course Jose must be sooo stupid letting him go on loan and play every week and to improve and become a better player!

24 year old and we are worried about his "developement". cos if he plays week in and week out now, he will probably become the next AC. i mean in the next 4 months, RB playing for villa would change him into the best defender in the world, right?

SCENARIO - iva is out for city match. azpi/cole get an injury in the united/stoke fa cup game. who plays as your RB/LB? kalas? essien? but u r right, sending out bertrand for loan is more important than title aspirations.

mata is also sitting on the bench, lets loan him out.

We managed just fine the first half of the season, how many games did he really play tbh ? He's only 24 years old and he needs gametime,we could just damage his career if we let him warm the bench forever. And we also got Kalas so it's 7 defenders for 4 positions, And who knows we might have a recall option if (god help us) both of Cole/Azpi for some reason gets injured...

KALAS? so u r fine with a 20 year old CB being our 7th choice defender (which is actually not true cos if kalas is our 7th choice defender then baker is our 6th choice CM since both of them have played the same amount of minutes this season). instead we go out and loan a perfectly fine LB. this deal makes 0 sense, why not simply loan out kalas then? his "develpoment" is way more important and even possible than bertrand's.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

24 year old and we are worried about his "developement". cos if he plays week in and week out now, he will probably become the next AC. i mean in the next 4 months, RB playing for villa would change him into the best defender in the world, right?

SCENARIO - iva is out for city match. azpi/cole get an injury in the united/stoke fa cup game. who plays as your RB/LB? kalas? essien? but u r right, sending out bertrand for loan is more important than title aspirations.

mata is also sitting on the bench, lets loan him out.

LOOOL! The guy needs games simple!

HA you can talk about worst case senario's all you want it doesn't prove anything! i could say what if Torres, Ba, Eto'o and Schurrle all get injured? does that mean it was a bad decision to loan out Lukaku?

so you actually think loaning out Bertrand could hurt our title aspirations? LOOL! we could get injuries in any position and we would have players on loan who could fill in, it doesn't mean its wrong to loan someone out! how about we just recall every player we have on loan in case we get some crazy injury problem where every player in a certain position get injured! LOOL!

[didierforever 7,349]

LOOOL! The guy needs games simple!

HA you can talk about worst case senario's all you want it doesn't prove anything! i could say what if Torres, Ba, Eto'o and Schurrle all get injured? does that mean it was a bad decision to loan out Lukaku?

so you actually think loaning out Bertrand could hurt our title aspirations? LOOL! we could get injuries in any position and we would have players on loan who could fill in, it doesn't mean its wrong to loan someone out! how about we just recall every player we have on loan in case we get some crazy injury problem where every player in a certain position get injured! LOOL!

are u an idiot or something? there is a reason there is a squad of 25 people. there is a reason why "big" teams have 8 defenders for their 4 positions.

city - zabaleta, kolarov, richards, clichy, kompany, nastastic, demichellis, lescott

united - vidic, jones, evans, smalling, rafael, evra, fabio, buttner

or do u think they should loan out players too?

their is a squad so as to cover for injuries and too many games. bertrand was a perfect squad player for that. and thats the reason we had 6 ams for 3 positions, 5 CMs for 2 positions. get it?? so as to cover for injuries which unfortunately plays a big role!!!

[The only place to be 11,313]

united - vidic, jones, evans, smalling, rafael, evra, fabio, buttner

Actually United look likely to loan out Fabio because he's third choice left-back and has only appeared in one league game all season....a bit like Bertrand.