CITY v Chelsea - Official Match Thread

[Tevez City]

-----------Hart---------
Zaba---kolo---kompa---bridge
-------------Barry---------
AJ---------Milner-----Silva
-------Tevez-----Ade

Let's surprise them Roberto !

 

[Jimma]

hart
boateng kolo kompany bridge/zaba
yaya ndj
milner/barry
AJ silva
tevez

 

[simon23]

---------------hart----------

richards----kolo-----kompany------bridge (if fit)

----------------dejong-------------------

swp-------------yaya---------------milner

----------------tevez----------------------

-----------------Ade------------------------------

for me tat teams has everything....can attack from midfield and defend from the front as well. I konw AJ is the inform player but I think SWP gives us more defensively...esp as chelski like to attack through ashley cole....all the midfield four (swp, yaya, milner and tevez in the hole can attack and defend and are al battlers, but can also add to the attack.......

having ade on gives us a focal point for attack as well and stops tev being isolated as is happening in other games.....you could argue that ZAbba should be right back after his recent performances however.

its a tough one this for RM......if we go and sit back like normal...chelski will pummle us and i cannt see thenm not scoring (even with our defense playing the way it is)....however we cant go on the all out attack either as they will just hit on the break and they are excellent at that.

i thihk the starting 11 above gives a nice balance of a team that can defend and attack both in numbers and recover very quickly when we lose the ball

 

[MadchesterCity]

-----------Hart---------
Zaba---kolo---kompa---bridge
-------------Barry---------
AJ---------Milner-----Silva
-------Tevez-----Ade

Let's surprise them Roberto !

I know it wont happen but this would be a nice surprise

-----------------Hart---------------------
Richards---Kolo---Kompany---Boateng
---------------De Jong-------------------
-----------Ya Ya-------Milner------------
-----------------Tevez-------------------
----Adebayor----------------Balotelli----

 

[citysky]

...............tevez
....milner..............johnson
..............silva
......de jong......yaya
lescott..kompany..kolo..boateng
.................hart

or

.............adebayor
....tevez..............johnson
...............silva
.......de jong.....yaya
lescott..kompany..kolo..boateng
................hart

 

[Tevez City]

-----------Hart---------
Zaba---kolo---kompa---bridge
-------------Barry---------
AJ---------Milner-----Silva
-------Tevez-----Ade

Let's surprise them Roberto !

I know it wont happen but this would be a nice surprise

-----------------Hart---------------------
Richards---Kolo---Kompany---Boateng
---------------De Jong-------------------
-----------Ya Ya-------Milner------------
-----------------Tevez-------------------

----Adebayor----------------Balotelli----

It looks like Chelsea formation

Mikel-----Essien------Lampard

Kalou----Drogba----Anelka

 

[u2fme2]

i will settle for a draw.
but hoping for a 3.0 win

 

[edira]

This match will be very difficult but if we want to be one of the best teams in England we have to win to the best team in England. So I think we'll win 3-2

 

[Jimma]

judging from Mancinis players last night i would assume that milner AND silva are going to be playing against chelsea...

so i would think milner will be in the middle?

so we might be looking at
hart
rich/boat kolo komps zabba
ndj
milner yaya
silva
tevez
ade

maybe?<br /><br />-- Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:45 pm --<br /><br />does anyone have an injury update?

 

[Uwes Grandad]

3-1 City

I would love this to be true but think that Chelsea will be too strong in all departments so I think City 0 Chelsea 2