Crystal Palace V Manchester City pre match thread

[Blue Beard]

Is Maurinho playing mind games with us or Liverpool, talking about playing a weakened team v Liverpool ?

 

[Wilf Wild 1937]

Is Maurinho playing mind games with us or Liverpool, talking about playing a weakened team v Liverpool ?

Probably both of us is my guess.

 

[johnson28392]

Is Maurinho playing mind games with us or Liverpool, talking about playing a weakened team v Liverpool ?

i'm afraid he's dead serious. They're out of the title race and have this chance to make another CL final so why not field a weakened team for Sunday ?

 

[Santiago Street]

Is Maurinho playing mind games with us or Liverpool, talking about playing a weakened team v Liverpool ?

i'm afraid he's dead serious. They're out of the title race and have this chance to make another CL final so why not field a weakened team for Sunday ?

When was it announced that they were out of the title race ?

 

[Wilf Wild 1937]

Is Maurinho playing mind games with us or Liverpool, talking about playing a weakened team v Liverpool ?

i'm afraid he's dead serious. They're out of the title race and have this chance to make another CL final so why not field a weakened team for Sunday ?

They're not yet out of the title race. If they beat Liverpool then Liverpool may well crumble and lose against Palace.
He will be expecting us to drop points probably at either Palace or Everton (or both). There is also still the chance that
they could finish 5th. Remote maybe but he can't put all his eggs in the winning the CL basket.

 

[johnson28392]

Is Maurinho playing mind games with us or Liverpool, talking about playing a weakened team v Liverpool ?

i'm afraid he's dead serious. They're out of the title race and have this chance to make another CL final so why not field a weakened team for Sunday ?

When was it announced that they were out of the title race ?

When they lost to Sunderland.

 

[Blue Is the Opposite of Blue]

Pulis has truly gone in there, got the boys organised and made them hard to beat.

I predict 90 minutes of stressing with an eventual 1-0 defeat courtesy of a last-minute breakaway goal that spoons in off Kompany's thigh.

You heard it here first.

 

[johnson28392]

Is Maurinho playing mind games with us or Liverpool, talking about playing a weakened team v Liverpool ?

i'm afraid he's dead serious. They're out of the title race and have this chance to make another CL final so why not field a weakened team for Sunday ?

They're not yet out of the title race. If they beat Liverpool then Liverpool may well crumble and lose against Palace.
He will be expecting us to drop points probably at either Palace or Everton (or both). There is also still the chance that
they could finish 5th. Remote maybe but he can't put all his eggs in the winning the CL basket.

Don't be silly. They're all but out of it and he knows it.

Besides, Chelsea reserves aren't that bad. Mikel and Lampard are banned for the next CL game so they'll be available. And the back four won't change as there's not much running for them to do.

ivanovic-cahill-luiz-cole
-------------matic-----------
salah-lamps-mikel--shurle
--------------Ba-----------------

They'll go there and park the bus Crystal Palace style. It'll be a great feeling when Liverpool drop two points. If they drop three points it'll be even better but I'd be happy with two points dropped.

 

[sam-caddick]

Is Maurinho playing mind games with us or Liverpool, talking about playing a weakened team v Liverpool ?

i'm afraid he's dead serious. They're out of the title race and have this chance to make another CL final so why not field a weakened team for Sunday ?

They're not yet out of the title race. If they beat Liverpool then Liverpool may well crumble and lose against Palace.
He will be expecting us to drop points probably at either Palace or Everton (or both). There is also still the chance that
they could finish 5th. Remote maybe but he can't put all his eggs in the winning the CL basket.

If he had Cech, Terry, Hazard and Eto'o available I reckon he would go for the league as well but now I doubt it very much.

Chelsea absolutely have to win at Anfield, a draw is no good, whilst in the Champions League he is 90 mins away from being in the final and anything goes in a final.

 

[ManCityJordan]

If all fit:

----------------------------------Hart---------------------------
Zabaleta----------Kompany--------Demichelis--------Kolarov
---------------------Garcia--------------------Fernandinho---------
Milner-------------------------Yaya-----------------------------Navas
--------------------------------Aguero---------------------------------

We need strength and high work rate against these, if we don't piss about and make defensive errors we should be alright. Thats a big if though.