Chelsea Pre match thread

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ethan23 said:
After a great result last night it's back to the grind in the league.

With United essentially getting a free 3 points (villa at home) it's vital we pick up something from the game.

Chelsea will be without Terry and Zouma, with Matic, Willian, Cahill and Hazard all being doubts for the game.

Hopefully Vinnie will be back for us, so Sterling should be the only casualty.

All that being said we should be going after all 3 points. We will be on a high after last nights game whilst Chelsea are all but finished for the season.

We also have the privilege of rotating a few key players.

..........................Hart........................

Zab....Kompany..Otamendi....Clichy

........Fernandinho...Fernando...........

.......Kdb...........Yaya..........Nasri.......

.......................Aguero........................

Was toying with starting Delph as Fernando has played a lot of minutes recently. However I think his relationship with Fernandinho is blossoming and it would be foolish to break them up. The other calls would probably be Kolarov for Clichy seeing as he didn't play v PSG however I think Clichy offers a more solid option defensively. Then finally maybe Navas to start as he would protect the full back more than either KDB or Nasri.

Another big match for Manuel. A lot of tough decisions. However with the amount of quality to choose from we cant go too far wrong (,unless he picks Bony)

Head = 1-1

Heart = 1-2 city
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I think Kun badly needs a rest. I know the prospect of Bony up front is not an exciting one and Peller won't go with Nacho but for how much longer can Aguero run himself into the ground. Game next week too against bar codes remember.
 
Andouble said:
is it possible Newcastle could mathematically be relegated by the time we play them next week? If so that would be the game to do the rotation.
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Don't think Newcastle can technically be relegated for a while yet, with the way the fixtures fall.
 
Anyone know what Chelsea's injury situation will be like? Who will be missing/returning?
 
Obviously Yaya will come back in, and I imagine Delph will be rotated in for one of Fernando and Fernandinho. Fernando was not rested v West Brom, but Fernandinho was. So maybe he'll go with Delph, Fernandinho and Yaya as a 3? Then Nasri in for Silva. Starting to get a few options back now.
 
Hart
Zabba, Kompany, Otamendi, Kolarov
Fernandinho, Delph
DeBruyne, Yaya, Nasri
Aguero

Give Silva's ankle a rest
 
De Bruyne looked and also said that he felt really exhausted after yesterday's match, I think he and Silva should only be on the bench. Yaya and Nasri should be able to get the job done.
 
Need to rest Serg soon, surely. Last thing we want is the usual Aguero injury before a big European game. Fuck Bony off, and have more faith in Iheanacho. Otherwise Aguero is going to start every game and run himself into the ground.
 
IWasHere said:
If we replace navas and silva with yaya and nasri we'll win
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The problem with playing Toure is he cant do 90 mins cant track back because the legs have gone. I only see him as a 20 minute impact player but that wont matter much after this season because he will be somewhere else. He has been fantastic for us but like many others age has caught up!
 
mosssideblue said:
Can you give me the lotto numbers for Sat please :)
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Lol I've just got that feeling mate. Our players have returned at the right time, players will be on a high after last night and Chelsea just got beat on the weekend so confident level might have dropped ;-)
 
If I die in the Kippax St said:
The problem with playing Toure is he cant do 90 mins cant track back because the legs have gone. I only see him as a 20 minute impact player but that wont matter much after this season because he will be somewhere else. He has been fantastic for us but like many others age has caught up!
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I think yaya will do a good job for us imo. If chelsea start mikel fabregas pedro oscar and willian I can't see their midfield dominate our if we start nasri kdb dinho nando and Yaya. Yaya will bully mikel dinho will have fabregas on lock down nando will have fun bullying oscar and nasri and KDB speaks for itself.

But I guess we'll have to wait and see lol
 
Fabulous said:
Anyone know what Chelsea's injury situation will be like? Who will be missing/returning?
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Looks like Matic, Cahill, Hazard, and Willian are all iffy for the weekend.

edit- Hazard is probably out:

"I hope to resume full training in a few days. I hope to be back on the pitch as soon as possible."
 
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BlueMojito said:
Yes, I think I'll feel a lot happier about it too. Still have a bit of a dodgy thought about the Stoke game...is it just me???? But having said that we beat PSG so maybe not...
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I think we will beat Stoke mate. Rags will win 10000% this weekend, but they still have to play Leicester at home. I think Arsenal at home will be a tough one for us. So if we can get 3 points this weekend, I'm pretty confident we will secure 4th.
 
Luke The Blue said:
I think we will beat Stoke mate. Rags will win 10000% this weekend, but they still have to play Leicester at home. I think Arsenal at home will be a tough one for us. So if we can get 3 points this weekend, I'm pretty confident we will secure 4th.
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Yes I'm with you
 
Luke The Blue said:
I think we will beat Stoke mate. Rags will win 10000% this weekend, but they still have to play Leicester at home. I think Arsenal at home will be a tough one for us. So if we can get 3 points this weekend, I'm pretty confident we will secure 4th.
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Funnily enough, I think we'll beat the Arse into 4th place in that game with a goal from Nasri sparking scenes of incandescent rage in the away end.
 
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