Chelsea pre-match thread

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Chelsea (a) prediction

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    Votes: 120 31.4%

  • Lose

    Votes: 150 39.3%

  • Draw

    Votes: 112 29.3%
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MarsLlama said:
If we win this the title race is back on. For Spurs, that is. If both we and Spurs win tomorrow then Spurs will be just four points behind Chelsea. We'll be 8 behind with 8 games to play, which... sounds familiar...

It's possible. It's just about possible. Chelsea after this game have:

Bournemouth away
United away
Southampton at home
Everton away
Boro at home
West Brom away
Sunderland at home
Watford at home

Barring any collapse I'd expect them to get 18 points from these 24. If we won all of our last 8 we still wouldn't overtake them. So realistically we can only beat Chelsea now if they slip up. However, Tottenham could plausibly win the league still. If not, we can plausibly overtake Tottenham.
I'd take 3rd right now if offered.
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I could imagine them losing at the swamp and Goodison.

After that, West Brom away and Boro are possible draws...

It's very, very unlikely but not impossible. I think if we won the last 9 games, Spurs wouldn't be able to keep up, they are still too erratic.

If it is going to be "on" though, we need to start scoring a lot more goals. 13 behind on goal difference will be near impossible to overcome at the current rate of scoring.
 
MarsLlama said:
Kompany is nowhere near as good as Kolarov or Stones at playing out from the back and I doubt he's as good as Otamendi. We also have to consider that he's a right-sided player so might not complement Otamendi. We need a leader but the psychological impact of losing that leader eight minutes in can't be underestimated.
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Never read as much rubbish in my life. Firstly he may not be as elegant on the ball as Stones but he can certainly defend better teams than all the others. And in terms of psychological impact I'd argue the opposite. The way our heads drop at the first sign of any pressure or a goal from opposition is more unlikely when you have a leader like Kompany on the pitch. Sorry but you are talking garbage.
 
A part of me wants Spurs to win the league over Chelsea.

I think to have 5 different winners in this decade alone would be great for the league, it would be English football pre 1980's/90's.
 
If spuds are too erratic, what does that make us .
domalino said:
I could imagine them losing at the swamp and Goodison.

After that, West Brom away and Boro are possible draws...

It's very, very unlikely but not impossible. I think if we won the last 9 games, Spurs wouldn't be able to keep up, they are still too erratic.

If it is going to be "on" though, we need to start scoring a lot more goals. 13 behind on goal difference will be near impossible to overcome at the current rate of scoring.
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blue ranger said:
Never read as much rubbish in my life. Firstly he may not be as elegant on the ball as Stones but he can certainly defend better teams than all the others. And in terms of psychological impact I'd argue the opposite. The way our heads drop at the first sign of any pressure or a goal from opposition is more unlikely when you have a leader like Kompany on the pitch. Sorry but you are talking garbage.
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Whether he can defend better now is open to question. We don't know. Hopefully he will.

I think Kompany is OK bringing the ball out of defence. He played a bit in midfield, but Kolarov is one of the best passers at the club. He's certainly not better than Kolarov or Stones in terms of his ability on the ball. But Kompany at his best would walk into almost any team in any era. We have really missed him. I really would like to know whether he will be back or not.

I don't think City have an issue with heads dropping when we go a goal down. It's the other way around. We seem to start playing when we concede but don't press our advantage home when we're a goal up.
 
Chelsea have a couple of injury doubts, including Victor Moses, who is nursing a toe injury that ruled him out against Crystal Palace.

If Moses is unavailable then Pedro may again deputise at wing-back.

Manchester City are still without the injured Bacary Sagna, but Pablo Zabaleta is now fully fit and may replace Jesus Navas at right-back.

Ilkay Gundogan and Gabriel Jesus remain absentees, although the latter has returned to light training.
 
blue ranger said:
Never read as much rubbish in my life. Firstly he may not be as elegant on the ball as Stones but he can certainly defend better teams than all the others. And in terms of psychological impact I'd argue the opposite. The way our heads drop at the first sign of any pressure or a goal from opposition is more unlikely when you have a leader like Kompany on the pitch. Sorry but you are talking garbage.
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I don't know why people still expect 2012 Vincent Kompany to walk off the bench....Nothing we saw in his brief appearances this season made me think he's going to be half the player he was at his best.
 
karen7 said:
I'm feeling the same as last season in that i want it over and sort everything out in the summer and get back to next season,i have high hopes for next season
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We are seriously starting to sound like Liverpool fans, sad thing is i feel the same way you do, every time this year we take a step forward (ex. Barcelona home) we get a proverbial middlesboro (I still have anxiety thinking about that cross coming towards Clichy with deroon teeing up to score), this season has been one false dawn for me, hopefully things will dramatically improve next year and we don't turn into the northern Arsenal fighting for perennial 4th place
 
uteblue said:
We are seriously starting to sound like Liverpool fans, sad thing is i feel the same way you do, every time this year we take a step forward (ex. Barcelona home) we get a proverbial middlesboro (I still have anxiety thinking about that cross coming towards Clichy with deroon teeing up to score), this season has been one false dawn for me, hopefully things will dramatically improve next year and we don't turn into the northern Arsenal fighting for perennial 4th place
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We are not at all like the dippers,i purposely didn't say we go again or we'll win everything next year,i just expect with decent players in to replace those no longer able to do it that we will have a better season,i'm looking foward to it already ,the next few weeks are rather meh
 
We are certainly capable of beating the Chavs, and I think we'd all be more confident if GJ were fit and playing, but at least I don't think we'll lose.

cadds92 said:
A part of me wants Spurs to win the league over Chelsea.

I think to have 5 different winners in this decade alone would be great for the league, it would be English football pre 1980's/90's.
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http://www.haveyoueverseentottenhamwintheleague.com

Spuds are historic bottlers. Think they'll be happy enough just finishing ahead of Arsenal for the first time in forever.
 
Caballero

Zaba
Kompany
Stones
Kolarov

Dinho

Sterling
De Bruyne
Silva
Sané

Aguero

Or:

Caballero

Stones
Kompany
Kolarov

Navas
Dinho
Silva
De Bruyne

Sterling
Aguero
Sané
 
Akiva said:
We are certainly capable of beating the Chavs, and I think we'd all be more confident if GJ were fit and playing, but at least I don't think we'll lose.



http://www.haveyoueverseentottenhamwintheleague.com

Spuds are historic bottlers. Think they'll be happy enough just finishing ahead of Arsenal for the first time in forever.
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Wouldn't surprise me if we beat Chelsea but Spurs lose away to Swansea.
 
domalino said:
I don't know why people still expect 2012 Vincent Kompany to walk off the bench....Nothing we saw in his brief appearances this season made me think he's going to be half the player he was at his best.
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Totally agree with that. But by the same account even the 2017 version that we may be lucky enough to get half a dozen games from provides us with our best chance of a top four finish and an FA cup win. Kolarov may be good passing the ball against poor teams, and Otamendi may have a decent game in every six, but none deserve to be anywhere near our team and that's the issue.
 
karen7 said:
We won't sell him,he is us and we are him,he'll retire or see how he goes pre-season imo
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I can't see Pep having the same sentiments.

Vinny can't keep fit and is taking up a place in the squad which Pep may want to utilise better. The only reason I see Vinny staying in the summer is because nobody will risk buying him.
 
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