Closed Man City v Chelsea

[boshman 1,073]

I don't like it at all. Especially when you have two top notch wingers who haven't started for a while/yet. Ramires is a box to box mid..

In no shape or form is he a winger.

There is nothing wrong with him playing there though. Against a team as good as City we have a better chance of winning playing a player with the experience and form and ability of Ramires than that of Shurrle and/or Salah... in my opinion anyway.

[Chelsea Buzz 487]

Got the Blue flag flying high today in the mountains of Georgia.

Like the lineup and here's to a Blues victory.

Beat that Citeh scum!

Come on you Chelsea!

:blue scalf:

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Why is Cole not starting I dont understand this at all, Mou is so arrogant sometimes

[Polo7 3,496]

Luiz would have been a better option than Mikel in midfield....damn you Terry why you injured!!

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Sending a message to Oscar I think.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

I'm actually excited to see matic-mikel

I hope matic is the main DM with mikel having more freedom

[1chelsea 864]

I never mind mikel now that we have MATIC to do the passing of the long ball

[Weckerz 3,781]

I'm actually excited to see matic-mikel

I hope matic is the main DM with mikel having more freedom

More freedom to search for that perfect back pass!

[SinineUltra 1,170]

Hope we are not overplaying Hazard and Willian.

[Fernando 6,464]

What do people make out of it with City fans getting Mourinho autograph?

[DDA 9,690]

There is nothing wrong with him playing there though. Against a team as good as City we have a better chance of winning playing a player with the experience and form and ability of Ramires than that of Shurrle and/or Salah... in my opinion anyway.

It says ... we are going to defend deep with the wingers supporting the fullbacks. We have the attacking force to control the game and not just counter attack. I know this tactic worked very well against City a few weeks ago but what does this mean.... we are going to play a ball winning midfielder on the wing everytime we play a big side? Schurrle is more than capable of executing the worth ethic Jose expects which he showed against Byern in the Super Cup.

[dee25 1,044]

His lineup seem to suggest that. Only 1 ST this time. Have a proper DM and workhorse in Milner outwide to do a job on Hazard.

For sure. That's exactly how I think City should line-up against us. Milner and Garcia will give them more control while Jovetic will provide good support to Silva. I don't think Silva will be as easy to mark out this time. Definitely see this being a more tactical, cautious game which might mean that we'll have fewer opportunities to counter, but we'll see.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Wtf with oscar he is not playing against big teams

It's the same team we dominated them before. Except JT. Why do something different.

This way we can go 4-3-3 and dominate the midfield. And hit them on the counter.

[Barbara 15,149]

The reasoning is quite simple actually. When playing against teams strong offensively away from the Bridge Jose will favor pacey players and right now he believes Ramires us the best option probably because he offers a lot defensively too. I respectfully disagree about it. I agree about the strategy and dropping Oscar, but Ramires in the RW is a living nightmare. The implication if some here that Jose drops Oscar in big games is ridiculous. He plays all important games home and most away. It's the high fast counter-attack pace based that doesn't fit Oscar. There are about 4 teams in the whole Europe that fits the description. All the other possibilities fit Oscar and I'm positive he'll start most of those

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[NishC300 1,865]

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[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

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Time to do the hatrick!

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[darrus 422]

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[bluedrake55 1]

playing mikel might be a materstroke by JM! but knowing how much defensive work the forwards have to do makes me wonder if we will have enough forward play to enable enough chances to score?