ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Chelsea vs Manchester City PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS 25th September, Saturday 2021 Stamford Bridge 12:30 Kick Off (UK time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Mendy Chris Silva Rudiger Azpi no idea who should be left out of Kova, Jorgi and Kante Alonso Havertz Lukaku Werner Or play 3 5 2 with all 3 MFs but Kai out. Laporte, Stones out probably Gundogan as well so Ake will play. Chris and Azpi will cover Grealish very well. For the first time I dont fear City at all. We have their number. Lets see what will Pep do, he always changes something against us. Probably spent all summer thinking about us 😆 Only hate this kick off 12:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,187 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: For the first time I dont fear City at all. We have their number. I am so not going there 😟 bigbluewillie and Johnnyeye 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Testy testy testy..hopefully we can start well from the first whistle.. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 City have Chelsea, PSG and Liverpool all away next 3 games. Probably toughest week in the history of football 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Back 5 picks itself. Then Jorginho. Then it gets tricky. Tuchel has enough time to figure out the best solution. 352 or 343. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 If we win vs them for the 4th time in a row, it means we permanently got into their head and really would be title favourites. This time I think, Pep will not come up with anything fancy tho. He will play Jesus and Rodri where they belong. We will have to go through some serious shit this time to best them. Esp if Mendy is out. It will be difficult to stretch and go in behind City tho with our current wing back pairing of Alonso and Azpi due to their lack of pace. I really hope Tt plays at least James. mount was terrible again today and should not play I would probably go for ----------------Mendy/Kepa----------- -----Azpi---------Thiago---------Toni--- RJ---------Kante--------Kova------Alonso -------Kai-------------------Timo-------- -------------------Rom----------------------- will be interesting to see how Rom deals with their more skilled but physically inferior defenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 36 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: Mendy Chris Silva Rudiger Azpi no idea who should be left out of Kova, Jorgi and Kante Alonso Havertz Lukaku Werner Or play 3 5 2 with all 3 MFs but Kai out. Laporte, Stones out probably Gundogan as well so Ake will play. Chris and Azpi will cover Grealish very well. For the first time I dont fear City at all. We have their number. Lets see what will Pep do, he always changes something against us. Probably spent all summer thinking about us 😆 Only hate this kick off 12:30. Think it’ll be a 352 with Lukaku and Kai up top. Back 5 remains the same. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if Mount is shoehorned in there somehow. Or if we continue with a 343. Decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,187 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 23 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: City have Chelsea, PSG and Liverpool all away next 3 games. Probably toughest week in the history of football 😂 in 11 days in May 2002, Neverkusen blew the Bundesliga title, The DFB-Pokal final, and the CL final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Just now, Vesper said: in 11 days in May 2002, Neverkusen blew the Bundesliga title, The DFB-Pokal final, and the CL final Poor Ballack nachikethas and Strike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, Vesper said: in 11 days in May 2002, Neverkusen blew the Bundesliga title, The DFB-Pokal final, and the CL final That is painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,187 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: That is painful. Oh, I forgot to add, the next month, in June 2002, some of their players blew the WC Final to Brasil, lol Ultimate horror stretch Edited September 22, 2021 by Vesper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Vesper said: Oh, I forgot to add, the next month, in June 2002, some of their players blew the WC Final to Brasil, lol Ultimate horror stretch Tell me about it. However, the only player who blew it was Oli kahn with that fumble (albeit he played with a broken thumb) but you can not really blame our terrible squad back then for blowing it, they were out of their depth. Just scraping past inferior teams like Paraguay, USA and SKorea on the way to the final. Our only real way to win that final would have been pens As a small remedy, Ballack at least got German footballer of the year in 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero 1,875 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 I hate this 12:30 kick-off games. Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,958 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 We beat them at Wembley, at the Etihad and in Porto last season. Time to do it at the Bridge too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 12 hours ago, Magic Lamps said: If we win vs them for the 4th time in a row, it means we permanently got into their head and really would be title favourites. This time I think, Pep will not come up with anything fancy tho. He will play Jesus and Rodri where they belong. We will have to go through some serious shit this time to best them. Esp if Mendy is out. It will be difficult to stretch and go in behind City tho with our current wing back pairing of Alonso and Azpi due to their lack of pace. I really hope Tt plays at least James. mount was terrible again today and should not play I would probably go for ----------------Mendy/Kepa----------- -----Azpi---------Thiago---------Toni--- RJ---------Kante--------Kova------Alonso -------Kai-------------------Timo-------- -------------------Rom----------------------- will be interesting to see how Rom deals with their more skilled but physically inferior defenders. No way Jorgi will be left out, pretty sure our squad will be like: ----------------Mendy/Kepa----------- -----AC---------Thiago---------Toni--- Azpi---------Jorgi--------Kova------Alonso -------Kante-------------------???-------- -------------------Rom----------------------- where ??? will be Mount, Havertz or Timo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,117 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 8 hours ago, ulvhedin said: No way Jorgi will be left out, pretty sure our squad will be like: ----------------Mendy/Kepa----------- -----AC---------Thiago---------Toni--- Azpi---------Jorgi--------Kova------Alonso -------Kante-------------------???-------- -------------------Rom----------------------- where ??? will be Mount, Havertz or Timo. So slow, no pace. City will have a field day with their high line We need a fast player to unlock them. I hate playing with all three Jorginho, Alonso and Azpi.... so little speed to break their lines. Timo has to play whether we like it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Agreed on Timo: he's very effective against their style of play. I don't think we need pace in all areas and slowing down the game worked very well in the CL final for example. It's very important to keep the ball, so that they don't have it at all times, therefore don't think Tuchel will be making drastic changes. City has immense quality, and so do we. Games like these are decided in a detail, so it's presumptuous to give too much favoritism either way. We may be slightly in better form atm, but both sides are still making early season adjustments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,918 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Think this’ll be an extremely difficult game. City will be more up for this than any game this season I think. All the talk about Tuchel having Pep’s number, City can’t beat this Chelsea, people installing us as title favorites ahead of them etc. They’re going to be desperate to prove a point and stick one on us to remind everyone that they’re still the team to beat. I’m confident in us but won’t be surprised if we slip up. But if we do beat them for a 4th straight time I genuinely will start to believe that we’re the prohibitive title favorite. BenjaminBlue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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