NishC300 1,865 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Coming back from holiday on Monday! Only seen highlights of our pre season! Let's hope we get off to a great start and make our presence felt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehappyone 140 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonBLUE 819 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Would rather have Willian as number 10 and Andre on the right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,187 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Would love an early goal from us. There crowd will be right up for this, and this being the first game at home since gaining promotion the players will be right up for it. We can kill it dead if we score first, plus, it will be a great confidence boost for us to kick on the game. Really hope we come out sharp and get at them, our away support will be right up for it and hope to god we get all three points.UTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donev 79 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 PL is finally back. I`d go with thisCourtoisIvanovic - Cahill - Terry - AzpilicuetaFabregas - MaticSchurrle - Willian - HazardCosta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Pretty confident this team will startCourtoisIvanovic - Cahill - Terry - LuisFabregas - MaticWillian - Oscar - HazardCosta but if Ramires wasn't suspended i think he would have started in a 4-3-3This is the team I see as well, simply because Schurrle doesn't seem fully fit yet, so it might be better for him to come off the bench, and Brana has been class this pre season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Think I'm right in saying the last 4 years the eventual winners of the league started the season on a Monday night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueGuy 1,552 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Considering this is probably the worst team in BPL, I expect nothing other than a 3-0/dominant win from us, especially with us having a full 1st 11 to choose from with no one injured. Scraping a 2-1 or 1-0 win isn't good enough imo, the players should also be at 85-95% fit now too and most of them 100% considering they have been playing preseason for nearly 1 month now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo7 3,496 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Would rather have Willian as number 10 and Andre on the rightI agree, Oscar deserves nothing more than a sub appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Considering this is probably the worst team in BPL, I expect nothing other than a 3-0/dominant win from us, especially with us having a full 1st 11 to choose from with no one injured. Scraping a 2-1 or 1-0 win isn't good enough imo, the players should also be at 85-95% fit now too and most of them 100% considering they have been playing preseason for nearly 1 month now.You're setting yourself up for disappointment there. Promoted teams are buggers to play on the first match of the season, so you expecting a dominant win is simply giving you a reason to moan later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I wonder whether they will give us the ball and park the bus, waiting for an opportunity to counter attack, or try to bully and outrun us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueGuy 1,552 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 You're setting yourself up for disappointment there. Promoted teams are buggers to play on the first match of the season, so you expecting a dominant win is simply giving you a reason to moan later.Yes but they are Championship quality while we are CL quality, I don't think they have signed anyone that most of us knows or heard of? The difference should be great and we should really be able to show it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Yes but they are Championship quality while we are CL quality, I don't think they have signed anyone that most of us knows or heard of? The difference should be great and we should really be able to show it.If only football worked like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 No easy games in the Prem... None.I think the difference in this game will come down to the manager, Jose doesn't like to lose and will have the boys RIGHT UP for this one. I'm not 100% who will start, if I'm looking to Real Sociedad for clues I'd say I'd be difficult. Real didn't really press us at all and allowed us to play our football, Burnley at home I would imagine will be very different.What I'd like to see is this:CourtoisIvanovic - Cahill - Terry - LuisFab - MaticSchurrle - Oscar - HazardCostaWhat I think we'll see is this is:CourtoisIvanovic - Cahill - Terry - AzpiFab - MaticSalah - Willian - HazardCostaJose will need someone to come off the bench to change it if things slow down and we're not winning, I can only think of Schurrle and Oscar as the bench players capable of changing a game. We will hope that they want to come out and play football in front of their fans and in turn expose them with our speed and passing ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDY 1,290 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Courtois Ivanovic - Cahill - JT - Azpi Cesc - Matic Schurrle - Willian - Hazard Diego CostaJose has basically confirmed Ivanovic will be starting, so it's either Luis or Azpi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManchesterMatt 52 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Courtois Ivanovic - Cahill - JT - Azpi Cesc - Matic Schurrle - Willian - Hazard Diego CostaJose has basically confirmed Ivanovic will be starting, so it's either Luis or Azpi.Where did he say/hint about Iva? Just wondering as I have Luis in the old fantasy team!Will be up at Burnley for the match on Monday and I expect a very tough game. Hopefully Burnley will be a bit naïve in their approach to the match and will not sit back as much as they should! - Hoping for a 3-0 win but expecting a tight fought 2-1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDY 1,290 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Where did he say/hint about Iva? Just wondering as I have Luis in the old fantasy team!Will be up at Burnley for the match on Monday and I expect a very tough game. Hopefully Burnley will be a bit naïve in their approach to the match and will not sit back as much as they should! - Hoping for a 3-0 win but expecting a tight fought 2-1!Before or after the match yesterday. Said something along the lines of the likes of Ivanovic, Terry, and Matic have been training for going on a month now, so will most likely feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saeed_BK 6 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Finally just a few days till we play in our first official game of the new season !! Playing an away game vs newly promoted side like Burnley wont be a walk in a park, they will be difficult to play against and especially to break down there defense if there not playing to open up. But in the other hand we have a squad now that can beat any team so far as we can mange to create chances and score them which im sure the likes of Costa, Hazard, Fabregas, Schurrle, and others can do it. My prediction is a 1-0 victory. Its not really important the score should be big but more important we start with 3 points ! All the best to our blues and lets hope this season we make history and win lots of trophies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edetarod 2,155 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 i can only imagine the scenes if we draw or lose and Costa doesn't score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,187 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 My pal Akis on the right and Talksport's Andy Jacobs on the left. Bouncy bouncy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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