Closed Man City v Chelsea

[bushman 2,043]

No slow start please, no sloppiness and no missing guilt edge chances.

Focus, we can win this.

I am focused, does that count ?

[Pizy 18,368]

Have a bad feeling that Matic will start on the bench and we'll see the dreaded Ramires/Lampard pivot. I really hope not.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Wow, this thread is more depressing than the "RIP Aragones" thread!

I'm going for a 1-0 win from a JT header. Come On You Blues :blue scalf:

[bushman 2,043]

Wow, this thread is more depressing than the "RIP Aragones" thread!

I'm going for a 1-0 win from a JT header. Come On You Blues :blue scalf:

Sorry 19, not depressing but folks are shit-less here.

When Jose says, he would happily take second place ahead of tonight´s clash some folks here are shaking, badly. lol.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Hopefully City don't get scared to attack us and commit players forward leaving themselves open to be countered like Arsenal and United were scared to do.

[Hazardinho 88]

Difficult game, I think a draw would already be good as Man City is in big form. At least we should do everything to avoid a loss tonight.
I hope for a win, 0-1 goal scored by Willian, assist Hazard.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Sorry 19, not depressing but folks are shit-less here.

When Jose says, he would happily take second place ahead of tonight´s clash some folks here are shaking, badly. lol.

Regardless of what anyone says, tonight we'll have 11 players on the pitch and they'll have 11 players as well. The way I see it, anything can happen and we have every chance to win.

[Cosmin 2,484]

I don't think we stand a chance. They are the better team.

[bushman 2,043]

Regardless of what anyone says, tonight we'll have 11 players on the pitch and they'll have 11 players as well. The way I see it, anything can happen and we have every chance to win.

Of course, Chelsea has a big chance, I feel. Nobody should be scared of these lumberjacks of Citeh.

If Hazard goes tonight, Chelsea wins, I am certain. He has to play his best game of this season. I hope, he can cope with it.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

I don't think we stand a chance. They are the better team.

We heard it when they came to Stamford Bridge, we heard it about Liverpool, we heard it about Arsenal....Did we lose? Did we fuck. Have some faith.

[Cosmin 2,484]

We heard it when they came to Stamford Bridge, we heard it about Liverpool, we heard it about Arsenal....Did we lose? Did we fuck. Have some faith.

I didn't say it about Arsenal or Liverpool because I was sure that they weren't better than us. Now I am pretty sure.

People are being too naive, thinking that Hazard or Willian are gonna make a difference. They're gonna make fuck all, since we'll be defending for 90+ minutes. That's what we always do in this kind of games, how can you expect anything else? If we score, which I highly doubt, it's gonna be from a set piece. Terry or Ivanovic.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

We heard it when they came to Stamford Bridge, we heard it about Liverpool, we heard it about Arsenal....Did we lose? Did we fuck. Have some faith.

Honestly, I love it that everyone is writing us off. Takes all the pressure off the players. I was dreading the West Ham match because everyone kept saying that it was easy 3 points.

[edetarod 2,155]

I didn't say it about Arsenal or Liverpool because I was sure that they weren't better than us. Now I am pretty sure.

People are being too naive, thinking that Hazard or Willian are gonna make a difference. They're gonna make fuck all, since we'll be defending for 90+ minutes. That's what we always do in this kind of games, how can you expect anything else? If we score, which I highly doubt, it's gonna be from a set piece. Terry or Ivanovic.

agree, can't see us scoring except from set piece, but it seems ages ago since we've scored from those, Oscar's free kick aside

0-0 is the best we can hope for

prove me wrong Chelsea

[Special Juan 27,422]

I'm not sure if our players should turn up, shall we just give them the game?

[Pacquiao 1,834]

I didn't say it about Arsenal or Liverpool because I was sure that they weren't better than us. Now I am pretty sure.

People are being too naive, thinking that Hazard or Willian are gonna make a difference. They're gonna make fuck all, since we'll be defending for 90+ minutes. That's what we always do in this kind of games, how can you expect anything else? If we score, which I highly doubt, it's gonna be from a set piece. Terry or Ivanovic.

Is that why we scored 2 past Bayern in open play, who are a much better team and have a much better defence then City! We also created enough chances to beat Arsenal as well, and would have beat them if Lampard's shot that hit the bar was a inch lower!

I think it makes more sense to compare this game to the Bayern game as City will really attack us, not like Arsenal and United who half heartedly attacked us as they were very cautious of leaving us too much space to counter attack in! City will be more like Bayern and try to score some goals and leave themselves more open for us to punish them on the break.

[bushman 2,043]

I didn't say it about Arsenal or Liverpool because I was sure that they weren't better than us. Now I am pretty sure.

People are being too naive, thinking that Hazard or Willian are gonna make a difference. They're gonna make fuck all, since we'll be defending for 90+ minutes. That's what we always do in this kind of games, how can you expect anything else? If we score, which I highly doubt, it's gonna be from a set piece. Terry or Ivanovic.

Not any of us is naive. There´s no need to tell us about the strength of Citeh. Those who watch PL games know it well.

For you to drivel here about who is & Chelsea will score from a set piece only, how do you know all that ?

We all love your opinion here, valued greatly but do not tell us what will happen tonight. Nobody knows that now.

[Pizy 18,368]

I look forward to next season and beyond when we no longer dread matches like this but rather can't wait for them. That's what a world class, in form striker will do for us. Teams like United, City, and Liverpool go in to big games like this knowing ahead of time that they have a striker that can score at any time and from any place. None of ours can do that and we currently rely on a winger to be our match winner. That winger will be man marked by 2 or 3 players in most games.

If we had an Agüero or a Suarez leading our line for a game like this I'd be chomping at the bit for it to start. As it is, I can't say I'm excited for this one.

I think we'll play a very good match but in the end just won't have the teeth to edge it. I think it'll be a 1-1 draw.

[bushman 2,043]

I look forward to next season and beyond when we no longer dread matches like this but rather can't wait for them. That's what a world class, in form striker will do for us. Teams like United, City, and Liverpool go in to big games like this knowing ahead of time that they have a striker that can score at any time and from any place. None of ours can do that and we currently rely on a winger to be our match winner. That winger will be man marked by 2 or 3 players in most games.

If we had an Agüero or a Suarez leading our line for a game like this I'd be chomping at the bit for it to start. As it is, I can't say I'm excited for this one.

I think we'll play a very good match but in the end just won't have the teeth to edge it. I think it'll be a 1-1 draw.

Why wait for next season ? It´s all there tonight. Chelsea is more than a competitive opponent for Citeh.

Just because Citeh hammered some poor sobs before, it does not mean they are a shoe-in for tonight.

As you mentioned above, " I can´t say I´m excited for...well, come back around 11 p.m. I will tell you all about the game, then.