Closed Stoke v Chelsea

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

This will be a tough game. No doubt about it and honestly I wouldn't be disappointed with a draw. Yes 3 points should be the aim but a point wouldn't be bad either.

That is without a doubt the minimum... Stoke get up for big teams but we can't be drawing there and calling ourselves champions elect.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually think this is a game Schurrle should play in... He hasn't been the best teammate but I think this might be a game for selfishness. He scored two against them last time too

[Stats 7,075]

This will be a tough game. No doubt about it and honestly I wouldn't be disappointed with a draw. Yes 3 points should be the aim but a point wouldn't be bad either.

From being 8 points ahead a few weeks ago to being 1 point potentially on Monday, I would not be happy with a point. It is a hard game but one I expect us to win and will be annoyed with anything less. Especially when you consider that there next three fixtures are Palace (H), WBA (A) and Burnley (H).

[iseah100 5,612]

Very quiet here.

Unusuallu quiet. Calm before the storm?

[LAM09 6,865]

This game could be massive if City beat Palace. Hoping our fellow Londoners do us a favour!

[Madmax 9,219]

City's fixtures during Aguero's absence are a cakewalk so that's no factor at all :/

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Let's hope. Tough fixture, if Citeh win tomorrow we will be in fucking pressure for this match. We all know.

I have experiencing several times before, strangely, when our rivals f***ed up before our match, we usually will f***ed up our matches too!

Hopefully we could win this, regardless whatever City result is.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

And finally we will play Matic - Fabregas in the pivot again

[MichaelDance 552]

Hopefully, city loose and we win.

[Billy. 2,742]

If people are hoping City will drop points today, get ready to be disappointed

[Thendo 1,088]

Hopefully palace will park the bus and force a draw, specially now that city have no recognized striker.Altough Lampard will probably score a winner in the last minute as usually.

I can see us having a tough game on monday and we need to have the physical pressence of the likes of Ivan and Matic for sure.

[MichaelDance 552]

If people are hoping City will drop points today, get ready to be disappointed

They will only win if they use Lampard.... They also have Phil Dowd whatever the git is called.

[Barbara 15,149]

I hate Monday football - which is why the thread is quiet, we're two and a half days away from our match

I spend the whole weekend anxious, waiting for our match, and if our rivals win their matches, we even play under some pressure. HATE IT.

That said, if Palace park the bus properly, I can see a goalless draw. Lampard or no Lampard.

[lucio 5,418]

Palace give us a Christmas miracle

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I hate Monday football - which is why the thread is quiet, we're two and a half days away from our match

I spend the whole weekend anxious, waiting for our match, and if our rivals win their matches, we even play under some pressure. HATE IT.

That said, if Palace park the bus properly, I can see a goalless draw. Lampard or no Lampard.

Problem is, it's a lot harder to park the bus effectively against City because they have Navas and Kolarov and people who provide genuine width with real pace and can put in quality crosses.

[Barbara 15,149]

Problem is, it's a lot harder to park the bus effectively against City because they have Navas and Kolarov and people who provide genuine width with real pace and can put in quality crosses.

both of which that are very inconsistent. There's a reason why Navas has never been an established regular in their first team. When he's on his day, he's amazing, but he has some horrible presentations too. Kolarov is no better.

[Pizy 18,538]

If people are hoping City will drop points today, get ready to be disappointed

This. Not sure if I even want to bother watching this weekends other matches or paying attention to Twitter at all. Don't feel like seeing City completely eliminate the gap we had over them and see that shit United side pull within 5 points of us.

The asshole licking for both of those sides on Twitter after they win is going to be nauseating.

Not expecting any of these "small" or poor sides to take points off of our rivals during this holiday period.

[Jusek 2,031]

The only question is, can Costa do it on a cold Monday night at Stoke?