Chelsea (A) - Thu 5th Jan, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[uwe rosler 28]

Just need to concentrate on getting enough points for top 4 now seems like a transition season for us and the Premier league are hell bent on making sure we don't win it.

Ederson

Walker
Stones
Ake
Cancelo

Rodri
Gundogan
Kdb

Bernardo
Haaland
Foden

 

[Manc123]

Just get the points in this game. Theres loads of points to play for anyone saying were out of a title race when theres over 60 points to play for including arsenal twice is a bit silly. Reminds me a bit of 18/19 season when we lost back to back games in the December (one was leicester) with a big game looming. Plently of points will be dropped by both teams.

my team would be

ederson

walker, stones, ake, cancelo

rodri kdb bernie

foden haaland grealish.

 

[Stelea]

Leave Mahrez, Grealish and Akanji at home for this one

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Give it to foden!

 

[JamesMCFC]

We need a win so we need to play our strongest 11 for a bit now to get our momentum back

Ederson
Walker Stones Laporte Cancelo
Kev Rodri Silva
Alvarez Haaland Foden

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Only vaguely positive thing about this being next is that Chelsea away has been a turning point for us at a similar time of the season on more than one occasion.

 

[Len Rum]

Perhaps Pep will start this one with the side he should have also started with today ( we all know what it is give or take one).

 

[Roachy]

Just need to concentrate on getting enough points for top 4 now seems like a transition season for us and the Premier league are hell bent on making sure we don't win it.

Ederson

Walker
Stones
Ake
Cancelo

Rodri
Gundogan
Kdb

Bernardo
Haaland
Foden

To be fair mate, we aren't doing ourselves any favours with some of our showings.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

There’s an argument to bench Kev for this one.

Nah. He is a match winner. Benching him today would have made more sense but we are so reliant on him and with other players out of form, it’s too risky not to play him, even in games like today that we should be able to win easily.

Out Lewis, Akanji, Grealish, Mahrez.

In Foden, Gundogan, Walker, Cancelo

 

[uwe rosler 28]

To be fair mate, we aren't doing ourselves any favours with some of our showings.

We are not as good as we was last 2 seasons but still creating enough to win games and controlling every game. Pep is still trying to work out a system to best suit us with halland but still keep total control of all games.

 

[jmant10]

Feels like a must win so early in the season. Hopefully a big game will get us going. Arsenal also have some tricky games coming up with Newcastle and Rags at home and Spurs away!

 

[MadchesterCity]

Ederson
Walker Stones Laporte Cancelo
KDB Rodri Bernardo
Alvarez Haaland Foden

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

We had better shape up and soon. I really want us to ditch the inverted winger stuff and run at a team

 

[MillisleBlue]

Unleash the hounds, Baldy.

 

[jamesha]

Looking forward to this as hopefully Chelsea will want to play and that should suit us.

 

[chris85mcfc]

Probably go there and turn them over

 

[johnnytapia]

Perhaps Pep will start this one with the side he should have also started with today ( we all know what it is give or take one).

Have you let Pep know?

 

[Oyster28catcher]

Who's Chelsea manager these days? I'll ask again a few times, this season.

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

MASSIVE GAME

 

[Withnail]

No messing about now, we can't afford to drop any more points for the forseeable.

Ederson
Walker Stones Laporte Ake
Rodri Kdb Bernardo
Alvarez Haaland Foden