Closed Chelsea v Sunderland

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea vs Sunderland
PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT



English Premier League
19th April, Saturday, 2014
Stamford Bridge
17:30 Kick Off (UK time)

[Laylabelle 9,346]

Tough tough toughie..make most of chances!

[Stats 7,046]

If Tottenham can beat them 5-1 we can do the same. We are at home. Sunderland are awful and leak in goals left, right and centre. Even without Hazard I expect a victory and hopefully a convincing one. Should be another 3 points ahead of that big showdown at Anfield.

[iseah100 5,612]

They've lost their last 5....

I swear to god...if we can't beat them.....

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

A victory for us surely?

Sunderland are pretty much relegated and facing us at home, I know people say matches are not decided until the final whistle but surely?

[duo11bluecl 207]

Chelsea 4-0 Sunderland

Eto'o, Oscar, Schurrle and Salah

Anything other than that and it is unacceptable

[didierforever 7,349]

cech

azpi GC JT cole

matic lamps

salah oscar schurrle

BA

cole should play as iva is suspended and he needs some game time. BA upfront cos he deserves it.

[duo11bluecl 207]

cech

azpi GC JT cole

matic lamps

salah oscar schurrle

BA

cole should play as iva is suspended and he needs some game time. BA upfront cos he deserves it.

Agreed with maybe Willian instead of Oscar

[Special Juan 27,419]

This will be easy, they are truly awful.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Easy win. (need to be).

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Probably our easiest remaining match, so naturally, I'm very nervous about it. Chelsea have a knack of making the easy very difficult.

[Pizy 18,360]

Probably our easiest remaining match, so naturally, I'm very nervous about it. Chelsea have a knack of making the easy very difficult.

This.

I'm sure Jozy Altidore will be imbued with the power and ability of Achilles for this one and have the game of his life after looking like a Championship level striker the whole season.

A repeat of Stoke last weekend would be nice. Hopefully the lads aren't looking past this one and thinking about the next game. Take care of business and don't play like we did today.

[DoubleO 192]

Hazard back for this one maybe??

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Hazard back for this one maybe??

we will not risk him.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Crucial games coming after this one. Fresh legs needed in Madrid. Let the big boys have a proper rest.

I know it won't happen with Mourinho in charge, but I'd go for:

______ Demba Torres _____

Schurrle Lampard Matic Salah

Cole __ Luiz Kalas __ Ivanovic

_________ Cech _________

[laeth 527]

Can definitely see Cole and Lampard starting. Doubt we'll swap out the back-four completely though, so Cahill and Terry will play.

[themightyblue 443]

Cech

Ivanovic Cahill Terry Cole

Lampard Matic

Salah Oscar Schurrle

Ba

[Oscar 441]

sunderland fans are funny.

They slag Altidore quite a bit, proclaiming Conner Wickham to be the future. However, Altidore has played better than Wickham/Borini upfront.

Poyet plays a 3-5-2 formation at times, sometimes 4-3-3, so who knows what he will play. However, they are in relegation zone, so we must not take this game for granted. I feel towards the end of the season, near relegation teams are the most difficult to play.

We should win comfortable, however, who knows if the players will be up for it.