Pre Match Thread: Chelsea vs City

[carlos tevez is a blue]

Sick of this useless Chilean yes man fucking about with our defence.

Biggest game of the season and no Zabba.

Fucking joke.

Get a grip you weirdo, let's see how Sagna plays before having a fucking breakdown. Zaba's hardly been brilliant this year and Sagna's fucking cracking back up.

 

[sam-caddick]

I really don't understand the team selection.

Chelsea will do what Arsenal did the other week and mark Silva out of the game and it will leave us toothless in attack.

Sagna over Zaba as well, Sagna has been worse than Zaba this season.

 

[J_Bow]

It's hard to criticise the selection due to having no Nasri or Yaya. His hand has been forced.

Praying for a Roma type game from the back four and 2 Ferns.

 

[Jullarkey]

Re: Pre Match Thread: Chelsea vs. Man City

Please no Fernando.

Can't see anything better than a draw in this and that would do me.

Agreed. If Pellers doesn't change his current tactical thinking, we haven't a prayer

Given their recent performances, I Wouldn't have Fernando or Navas anywhere near today's team sheet myself.

Rather than going all out for a win and getting "mugged" on the counter attack, (yet again) Our main objective today should be to keep at least 10 men behind the ball throughout, park the bus, and take the Point we start with,

Navas is too lightweight to cope with a physical battle of this sort, while Fernando hasn't even attempted to challenge an opponent, with anything worthy of the name, for weeks now.

I'm sure "Pellers" will disagree, but this is the team I would start with

____________Hart_____________
__Sagna______________Clichy__
_____Kompany__Mangala_______
____Milner________Fernandinho__
____________Silva_______________
__Zabaleta___________Kolororov__
____________Aguero____________


Zabba & Kolorov to tuck in (& make it a 4-5-1) when Chelsea have it, or push forward to make it 4-3-3 when we have possession

Absolute nonsense.

 

[oldhamblue]

When Zaba overlaps Navas he is nearly always ignored as Navas cuts inside and runs across the 18 yard box. When he loses the ball Zaba is stuck up field. At least with Sagna he's frightened of crossing the halfway line. So if Hazard leads a counter attack Sagna will be in a defensive position. (crosses fingers and says a prayer)

 

[J_Bow]

Why would you choose Kolarov to start? Suicidal. Never mind Clichy being in brilliant form, Aleks has steeply declined this year.

 

[Love Bites and Everything]

Sick of this useless Chilean yes man fucking about with our defence.

Biggest game of the season and no Zabba.

Fucking joke.

Get a grip you weirdo, let's see how Sagna plays before having a fucking breakdown. Zaba's hardly been brilliant this year and Sagna's fucking cracking back up.

Every single game he's tinkering with the back four!!! Every game.

Fucking sick of it.

 

[Phil1]

Sick of this useless Chilean yes man fucking about with our defence.

Biggest game of the season and no Zabba.

Fucking joke.

Get a grip you weirdo, let's see how Sagna plays before having a fucking breakdown. Zaba's hardly been brilliant this year and Sagna's fucking cracking back up.

Yeah he's definitely gone a bit mental there, although in fairness Sagna hasn't done anything to be seen as cracking back up as yet this year. He's looked a bit ponderous going forward and his passing has been wayward.
Hopefully today will be the day where he proves to be the player he was at arsenal, because that player was more than good enough to cover Zabaleta.

 

[Wio Gumflapdinand]

Zaba on his own on the right would fill me with more confidence going forward and defending than Navas and Sagna. Also the two Brazilians have to do a damn lot more than they have been recently, they can't not show for the ball again today and go hiding like last few weeks. If they do that again we will be well beaten. They need to help Silva more today, I actually think the performances of the two Ferns could be key

 

[Barcon]

Hart

zabba
vinny
mangala
kolarov

nando
diniho
silva
nasri

dzeko
aguero

think kolarov will just get the nod with his height or maybe sagna over zaba

If that happens I'll kick my fucking screen in.

You need a new TV!

I'm going back on what I said. The tv is new and not cheap. I will however have a sponge brick in my hand at the ready.