dee25 1,044 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Just looking at our away form. Only 2 wins in our last six away matches and one of those wins was two months ago (against Liverpool). Didn't realize it was that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Just looking at our away form. Only 2 wins in our last six away matches and one of those wins was two months ago (against Liverpool). Didn't realize it was that bad.Yeah, beyond poor. Even against Stoke until Fabregas's goal we looked like we were about to concede and draw with them 1-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethos1 802 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 And oh. City play Arsenal next weekend.Easy points for City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Easy points for CityI'm hoping for Alexis to pull something out of his arse. City aren't unbeatable and Arsenal need their 4th place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hope for: CechIvanovic Zouma JT Luis Cesc-MaticSalah Oscar Hazard CostaBench: Courtois, Cahill, Azpi (I don't know how bad or what his injury was, is he available?), Mikel, Willian, Ramires, RemySub 1: Cesc/Oscar off, Rami onSub 2: Costa off, Remy onSub 3: Salah off, Willian on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,142 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Easy points for CityYou will be surprised. No Toure. Arsenal are slowly starting to get their key players back as well and of course Sanchez is playing as well. Anything is possible in the PL. I am watching the Arsenal game now and Stoke have been awful. You have to wonder how the hell City lost at home to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee25 1,044 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yeah, beyond poor. Even against Stoke until Fabregas's goal we looked like we were about to concede and draw with them 1-1. Definitely.Yesterday's game is the sort of game we would have lost if we were playing away. Wonder if the problem lies with the mentality of the team or is it due to a technical problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Cant go any worse then our last away game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Definitely.Yesterday's game is the sort of game we would have lost if we were playing away. Wonder if the problem lies with the mentality of the team or is it due to a technical problem? No idea. But we had some great away games against Schalke and even against Sporting (we were just extremely wasteful). So it's not like we can't do it. I think part of the problem is that we lost some of the confidence we had at the beginning of the season, and after our recent results, other teams know they can get something when we play away. We've lost the fear factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 No need what so ever to drop Zouma here, really good against Newcastle yesterday. I'd personally keep things the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroey 2,525 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Definitely.Yesterday's game is the sort of game we would have lost if we were playing away. Wonder if the problem lies with the mentality of the team or is it due to a technical problem?The problem is the lack of pace and strength in the midfield. Everytime we've played Oscar and Cesc in tough away games, we've struggled. Matic can't fix everyhing on his own. Manunited awayNewcastle away (Mikel Instead of Matic)Spurs awayAnd maybe more games.We need Ramires/Mikel in the midfield to support Matic in these kind of away games and some at home (Mancity, United etc), with Cesc playing as #10.Front 6:CostaHazard Cesc WillianMatic Ramires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yeah, beyond poor. Even against Stoke until Fabregas's goal we looked like we were about to concede and draw with them 1-1. stoke was our best performance (away) this season. dont think we ever looked like conceding. i think the best attempt stoke had that game was a charlie adam shot from 20 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 stoke was our best performance (away) this season. dont think we ever looked like conceding. i think the best attempt stoke had that game was a charlie adam shot from 20 yards.Relatively, Stoke was a very good away performance, but don't you remember how shaky we started looking before the second goal? Stoke became much more aggressive in attack and people here started talking that it smells of a draw. There was a nerve-wracking period when they looked better than us and were all over us before the second goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Easy points for CityI could see a draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chels 2,502 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 stoke was our best performance (away) this season. dont think we ever looked like conceding. i think the best attempt stoke had that game was a charlie adam shot from 20 yards.Doubt we'd have won if it wasn't for that early goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 No Shelvey too, right?Must win.I Really want to see a 7 points gap between us and city after the 31.1 game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid Angel 2,130 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Ramires instead of Oscar is a must. Fabregas can't deal with the pace that Swansea have got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Gomis gave our defence several problems in the reverse fixture. Luckily he was wasteful.Came in here to basically touch on the exact same thing. If Cahill starts he will be picked on again, Gomis was in beast mode that game and probably should've scored 2.Usually I would adopt the old "if it ain't broke don't fix it" stance but that first half at home against a weakened Newcastle scared the shit out of me.Forced change is probably Luis for Azpi since he hurt his groin, Cech should keep his place because in my eyes he was MOTM for his work in the 1st half.Oscar still looks off the pace and should probably be dropped despite having a goal and assist. I'd give Ramires a run out from the start and look to take Sigurdsson out of the game. 4-3-3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Holy hell, it is only Monday. Long way still. Thought why we got stupid boxing days for 2 days in between the match, but we got a whole week now. Why they can't put that one in this mid week, is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizacar 93 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I feel Zouma has to start. We have 3 cup games after this game. 2 against the scousers and the fa cup game.This Will give him a 5 game run in the team and give terry and cahill little breathers. It will be a good way to evaluate his progression same goes for Luis and Remy. My team for swanseacechbane Zouma Terry Luis matic Ramires FabregasBorges Costa hazard.I highly doubt jose will start zouma and luis in the same game. So expect cahill to play if luis plays and Zouma if dave plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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