closed Man City v Chelsea

[MefiX19 1,092]

17 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Super anxious about Sterling against Alonso especially. Kyle Walker was just all pace and was beating him with ease last weekend. Sterling has pace and fantastic trickery at the same time. Pep will probably use him as his main threat and they'll be looking to get the ball to him at every opportunity.

If we manage to get any points at the Etihad it'll be a good result.

 Berfore every game your posts are soooo pesimistic

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

If I was Manager of Chelsea for this Match.

because Man City are Good on Attack.

I would play these Two Formations [5-4-1 or 4-5-1] throughout the Match.

[Antonio8 736]

please humiliate that arrogant clown with horrible gilet..

[BoyBlue96 990]

15 minutes ago, iceboy said:

http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/chelsea-fc?editorialproducts=sport&family=editorial&phrase=Chelsea fc&excludenudity=true&sort=best#license

 

No Matic and Willian, Cesc and Michy to start?? 4 2 4 against City??

4-2-4 with no Matic but Fabregas? Does Conte want City to flood our midfield?

[jernej93 565]

I couldn't spot Matić at training ground today ... is he injured? I hope Chalobah is his replacement, it could be an upgrade 

[different level 1,056]

Sadly I'm set to miss this game as work schedule is going to get in my way. Does anyone know what's the best way to watch the replay as soon as I get home without any spoilers? Are there any streams with the replay and is there a way to find out about them in advance?

[TheIceMan 596]

33 minutes ago, different level said:

Sadly I'm set to miss this game as work schedule is going to get in my way. Does anyone know what's the best way to watch the replay as soon as I get home without any spoilers? Are there any streams with the replay and is there a way to find out about them in advance?

http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/

[Unionjack 7,531]

37 minutes ago, different level said:

Sadly I'm set to miss this game as work schedule is going to get in my way. Does anyone know what's the best way to watch the replay as soon as I get home without any spoilers? Are there any streams with the replay and is there a way to find out about them in advance?

IF its not on THEICEMANS link then theres bound to be a torrent. Just download it,.

 

Well in the grand scale of things tomorrows result is neither here nor there. If the wose happens the most important thing is how we handle it. IF we take it as a slap and come out fighting stronger after then great., But if it knocks our confidence then thats a fucjer.
But if its just about the points then no probs we can easy get them back over the next games.

But I reckon some of you are more sure pof us losing than Shitty lot are of beating us. Their fans Ive checked on are saying we are playing amazing and they will be lucky to get a draw!!

Im not thinking its gonnas be a walkover but I do think we will win.

Right I'm off to Mancland to go chat with the Berties. Had a looksee and seems clubs/bars up there shut at 4asm so booked a hotel.

Antone going I should think there shall be a few of us in the Spoons in town as I havent seen a decent pub near ground before!!

COME ON YOU FUCKIN BLUES!!!!

 

 

 

[Captain Ahmed 528]

Benchs Players one of the keys to this confrontation

[The Chels 2,502]

Not looking forward to this one. Hopefully we don't allow ourselves to be too penned in and constantly bombarded, as has recently been the case playing at the Etihad and is often the case with Guardiola teams at home. 

[Fulham Broadway 17,019]

I am looking forward to tomorrow. PL game of the week. Come on Chels !!

[Fernando 6,508]

You guys have any good stream to watch this game tomorrow?

[Captain Ahmed 528]

26 minutes ago, Fernando said:

You guys have any good stream to watch this game tomorrow?

http://www.yalla-shoot.com/live/

[MichaelDance 552]

42 minutes ago, Fernando said:

You guys have any good stream to watch this game tomorrow?

Not sure if you're up for it, but Kodi and SportsMania.eu are good to have. I've noticed they have all the 3 o clock kick offs.

 

But on the topic this is one we have to win. Kick City to the ground  get 3 points and we stay top and we've had most of our hard games.

[BoyBlue96 990]

COME ON CHELSEA! FORZA CONTE!

They can say what they want about us and City having no history, but we got a shitload more identity and club legends than these (light)blue Mancs! 

[Pizy 18,538]

11 hours ago, MefiX19 said:

 Berfore every game your posts are soooo pesimistic

I'm a generally pessimistic person. Expect the worse, hope for the best kind of guy. 

Just thinking about how huge it would be to get 3 points here. We'd have to start considering ourselves favorites with our fixtures following this one easing up considerably. We could extend our run of wins to ridiculous lengths if we win this.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Judging by the kits, it looks like Cesc will start the game.

I have bad feeling about this. I dont want to be pessimist, but with him in lineup, we have very slim chances of winning the game. They will be all over our midfield.

Anyway come on chelsea, make us proud

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Fabregas starting in a 3-5-2 is not a disastrous idea as it might help against their high press and for our ball circulation but it's risky. For one, it puts more pressure on our wingbacks to help generate attacks.

I wanted to write a long post about this game but figured, what's the point. I'll say this though. We have to start the game on the front foot, if that means keeping possession for the sake of it for say, the first 5 mins, then so be it. We need to releave some pressure on our backline early on which will give us some pressure. We can't afford to allow Aguero, Silva, De Bruyne, Gundogan and Sterling run them ragged early on.

We need to find Eden Hazard as frequently as possible early on. He needs to come in more centrally and get involved with the flow early on. I don't want a scenario where he's stuck on the left wing and closed down every time he touches the ball. He sets the tempo for how we attack and if we can't get him going early, then we our prospects of generating meaningful attacks is in some peril. City are soft at the centre. Their centre back pairing is not convincing at all and their players don't get stuck with the same intensity as Spurs or Liverpool. We can exploit that with direct running from Costa and Eden through the middle.

I just want to see good football from us. I trust Antonio to do that for us. We can't demand results in such a fixture but at least we can ask for good football. We deserve that after 3 years of (mostly) watching our team cowardly, drab and inept way away from home in these big games. With rarely any shots on goal, chances created or attacking/counter-attacking play of note.