City vs Chelsea pre-match thread

[MarsLlama]

Chelsea are at their peak for the season, City are nowhere near theirs yet and likely won't reach it until Gabriel Jesus is here. Simple. So this isn't a title decider by any means. Still, a win would be a brilliant, brilliant result.

Our record in big games this season is good compared to last year, when we collapsed against basically any decent team.

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

Chelsea are at their peak for the season, City are nowhere near theirs yet and likely won't reach it until Gabriel Jesus is here. Simple. So this isn't a title decider by any means. Still, a win would be a brilliant, brilliant result.

Our record in big games this season is good compared to last year, when we collapsed against basically any decent team.

I think the only decent team we've played so far was Spurs. Hope that's not an omen.

 

[MarsLlama]

I think the only decent team we've played so far was Spurs. Hope that's not an omen.

Barcelona aren't bad.

Granted United were shit when we played them but away at the half-built rollercoaster is a big game.

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

Which game?

They beat us 4 - 0 in the first remember

 

[Captain Pugwash]

Chelsea are at their peak for the season, City are nowhere near theirs yet

What?!

 

[coleridge]

4-3 City, toure off the bench with the winner.

That's the spirit!

 

[bellsouth]

I think its important we win this game and hope we don't settle for a point. Chelsea will be strong in the 2nd half of the season, out of league cup, no European football, they are able to play the same team and most importantly (as Leicester could do last year) the same defence in most matches - that gives them a solidity which means they can win games 1-0 and just keep accumulating the points.

I don't fancy our chances of overturning a 5-6 point gap at Christmas, so let's get ahead of them now and at least put some doubts in their mind. 2-1 City, a late winner from Gundogan.

 

[Dax777]

I think Stones is better than most people give him credit when it comes to the physical stuff.

He is. The facts suggests it.

 

[Dax777]

I think its important we win this game and hope we don't settle for a point. Chelsea will be strong in the 2nd half of the season, out of league cup, no European football, they are able to play the same team and most importantly (as Leicester could do last year) the same defence in most matches - that gives them a solidity which means they can win games 1-0 and just keep accumulating the points.

I don't fancy our chances of overturning a 5-6 point gap at Christmas, so let's get ahead of them now and at least put some doubts in their mind. 2-1 City, a late winner from Gundogan.

I like how you see things.

 

[NQCitizen]

I'd be tempted to play Nolito over Sterling. Think we've missed his nous and concistency in recent weeks. Would say he's our biggest goal threat after Aguero.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Could this be the day of a long overdue clean sheet?

In a word, no.

 

[Father Paul]

In a word, no.

That's a pity but anyway it was worth a try!!

 

[MarsLlama]

What?!

I doubt Chelsea will get much better. But City have so much room for improvement under Guardiola because they haven't put in a perfect performance yet. Closest we've come was probably Bournemouth.

 

[Bluep*ss]

Bravo
Sagna Otamendi Kolarov Clichy
Fernadinho Fernando
Sterling KDB Silva
Aguero
I can see this X1 starting. We will have Yaya and Gundogan to come off the bench. I too would give a start to Nolito , who is a technically gifted player.
Sterling will have to give us more than at Burnley.
I am going for a 2-2.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Which game?

They beat us 4 - 0 in the first remember

Well if you want to dwell on the negatives.

 

[GuardiolaIsHere]

Anybody know how long the "The Club and Stadium Tour - Go behind-the-scenes" tour takes?

 

[MadchesterCity]

At this stage of the season I think both sides will be ecstatic with 1 pt each.

Nope we must win

 

[mosssideblue]

What?!

He's right though, we still have several gears to go up to bring us to the level of play we are capable of. Chelsea are probably not going to improve much more.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I'm sure Costa will behave impeccably.......

Nolito needs to stay away from him as he is a proper wind up merchant. He's liable to get one of ours sent off, and Nolito can be a bit of a hot head at times.

I can see them sitting back and trying to hit us on the break. I hope I'm wrong, but I can't see it being an open game.

 

[rnblade]

I will take a scrappy 1-0 for us now. But I'm sure we all know we will concede at least one goal.
Let's see the city that destroyed Barca.