Champions League Final | Pre-Match Thread

[citytill1die84]

1 things for sure, it's going to be a nervous 23 days for me.

I feel sick lol

 

[bluwes]

I’d rather drag them over to Turkey with us then play in their home City Wembley .
If there only going to be 10 or 15k
Fans then Villa Park would be ideal.

Millennium stadium would do, and its in a neutral country.

 

[bluedan]

Chelsea have a top 4 place to secure and a FA cup final to contend with before they play us in Istanbul.

On one hand we can be fresh but on the other hand momentum can be key and could work in Chelsea's favour for the final. They have a very strong squad too so any injuries won't hurt too much.

Id like to think pep plays near enough his CL lineup twice before end of the season to keep them ticking over

 

[KennyG]

Werner? Surely taking the piss, and Kante would look like Jamie pollock in our set up!

Werner has lacked goals but the movement is underestimated for me. Of the two teams, Chelsea have a focal point upfront, and that’s down to Werner.

 

[mcfc_ms]

Thing I’m most looking forward to is having my grandad round. Sit together at the etihad but barely seen each other in over a year. Can’t wait!

 

[Deleted member 87819]

Let Aguero start all the remaining PL games and see how he’ll be at end of the run. If he holds up, start him in the final. A proper striker will make us stronger

 

[mccity]

Chelsea are probably the biggest threat on the counter out of anybody. Not because of who they've got, but because they've got one of the smartest managers in football.

A matter of reassurance would be our two games in the league vs Tottenham. Mourinho is a brilliant counter attacking manager and comparing the first and second games it was a huge contrast with how we've adapted to counter attacking sides. We also did really well defensively against United the second time we played them, in the LC (you know the one without the 1st minute penalty).

We've kept Leciester, Dortmund, and PSG rather quiet too on the break too recently.

 

[Bill the Blue]

Right, let's look at the big picture..

We wiped the floor with them at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season..

We are 18 points clear of them in the league..

We have a +25 goal difference more than them..

We have scored more and conceded less than them in the league this season..

They beat us 1-0 in the FA Cup semi.

However, we had more possession, more shots on goal, more corners and completed over 100 more passes..

Their team that day had 8 players in the starting 11 they picked tonight..

We had 3 in ours, Ruban, Ferna and Kev..

Kev limped off injured..

We will be the favourites and rightly so..


Let them f'kin worry about us..!

 

[mikeyboy]

Forget about that semi final. Under strength side who played piss poor and they still could only put one goal past us. Play like we have been doing and there's only one winner. People are getting too carried away with this Chelsea side. They're good but PSG are better and look what happened there.

 

[JRockBlues]

I'm hoping CBS put on a decent show as you just know the BT lineup for this game is gonna be as follows:

Studio: Lineker, Ferdinand, J. Cole & Lescott
Comms: Fletcher, McPointyman & Hoddle