Chelsea (H) - Sun 4th Jan, 17:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Don Karleone]

Bench is weak

 

[city warrior]

Ni Nico means Bernardo will probably have to start, which I am just a little tired of it.. I just want so badly to see a Nico-Rodri partnership

 

[citytill1die84]

No width

Still it's a pretty strong 11.

 

[Ryan.98.]

If Rodri goes off early our title push is finished.

 

[denTTony]

Surprised Doku not starting, maybe not fit enough yet. Always think he is better starting than coming off the bench

 

[super_city_si]

Good starting 11. Bench is a worry.

 

[city saint]

If Rodri goes off early our title push is finished.

put your nappy back on

 

[mccity]

 

[mancityscot]

Bench is about as threadbare as it gets

 

[BigJoe#1]

Looks okay/good to me. My only doubt is around Nunes.... he just does not seem to be firing on all cylinders for me.... still we should get a few goals with that line up...

 

[super_city_si]

Surprised Doku not starting, maybe not fit enough yet. Always think he is better starting than coming off the bench

I don’t think Rodri would be starting either if we weren’t bare bones.

 

[MCFC1993]

Buzzing I get to watch Rodri today.

Should be beating that Chelsea team but their front 4 is the type of attack that will cause us problems on the counter attack.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Good balance to the team, but nervy about Rodder's.

Needs putting to bed early and then solid game management to secure the result and protect the players.

 

[deano ou812]

Got to be a concern with Rodri starting only after roughly 2 days rest..

 

[phargrave]

We’re doomed….

 

[DMA's]

Shame Sanchez and tosim aren’t starting. Both got huge errors in them

 

[ninjamonkey]

No Nico is a blow. Would have rested O'Reilly anyway but even more so without Nico available as he can be the replacement for Rodri in midfield when he's fucked after an hour. Bench looks incredibly weak, especially when you compare it to how Arsenals looked yesterday. Its basically just Doku from an attacking perspective. Reijnders to do something today.

 

[citytill1die84]

Simply have to be beating that.

 

[Paleblue2]

Foden needs a good game

 

[chris85mcfc]

Christ I thought we were light until i looked at Chelsea's side