Pre Match Thread: Chelsea vs City

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Re: Pre Match Thread: Chelsea vs. Man City

Not loving the thread title tbh.

 

[kunaguero10]

Re: Pre Match Thread: Chelsea vs. Man City

Am I the only one unsure if I want Costa to be banned for the match? He is a red card waiting to happen in the match against us (if he were to play)

He also looks bang average half the time, like last night, and all he seemed to do was go chasing lost causes down the channels all night. However he will get a ban, and Chelsea will be lucky if he doesn't get a 6 game ban.

 

[eversince 76]

Re: Pre Match Thread: Chelsea vs. Man City

An injury to Fabregas or a suspension for Costa will only make that Mourinho will play a more defensively style against us. And using the "It's the whole world against Chelsea" to motivate his players. I don't care who he puts on the pitch, it's up to us to deal with the circumstances as we have put ourselves in this position. We win, all is open. We draw and we might take a morale boost out of that one. We lose and we need another catching up act like in the years we won our recent titles.

Many people on here hope Ivory Coast will get dumped so we have yaya and Bony back. Bony will not play; he will not even have trained with the squad. Yaya than will come back from a dissapointed campaign for which he will get the countries blame as being their top player. I very much doubt him to be 100% focused and ready to face Chelsea. And if Yaya isn't 100% we all know how mediocre he can be.

Pellegrini has to go for a starting 11 that are 100% fit and have been training and preparing this week, ready to try and get back some pride in getting a result at Stamford Bridge. The Roma-scenario could be usefull. It's more important not to lose rather than try to win.

 

[SWP's back]

Re: Pre Match Thread: Chelsea vs. Man City

An injury to Fabregas or a suspension for Costa will only make that Mourinho will play a more defensively style against us. And using the "It's the whole world against Chelsea" to motivate his players. I don't care who he puts on the pitch, it's up to us to deal with the circumstances as we have put ourselves in this position. We win, all is open. We draw and we might take a morale boost out of that one. We lose and we need another catching up act like in the years we won our recent titles.

Many people on here hope Ivory Coast will get dumped so we have yaya and Bony back. Bony will not play; he will not even have trained with the squad. Yaya than will come back from a dissapointed campaign for which he will get the countries blame as being their top player. I very much doubt him to be 100% focused and ready to face Chelsea. And if Yaya isn't 100% we all know how mediocre he can be.

Pellegrini has to go for a starting 11 that are 100% fit and have been training and preparing this week, ready to try and get back some pride in getting a result at Stamford Bridge. The Roma-scenario could be usefull. It's more important not to lose rather than try to win.

Nahhhhh

 

[supercity88]

Re: Pre Match Thread: Chelsea vs. Man City

Am I the only one unsure if I want Costa to be banned for the match? He is a red card waiting to happen in the match against us (if he were to play)

He also looks bang average half the time, like last night, and all he seemed to do was go chasing lost causes down the channels all night. However he will get a ban, and Chelsea will be lucky if he doesn't get a 6 game ban.

It will be interesting to see how Chelsea play it... I've not looked at their upcoming fixtures but it's got to be 90% certain Costa will get a ban and if it works how it usually does, wouldn't an appeal give him an extra games ban if unsuccessful? So they will have to decide on whether he misses the game with us or he plays that one, they appeal but he misses more games...

He's a nuisance but I don't fear his quality the way I would have with other top players over the years. I think you can keep him quiet if you match his physicality - and we've got players who can do that.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Re: Pre Match Thread: Chelsea vs. Man City

i'll be amazed if he doesn't get a 3 match ban,

listening to mark halsey on talksport, first one deliberate and if oliver and dowd say they didn't see the incident(which they should for their own reputations) then the f.a. will charge him with violent conduct.

The first stamp happened right in front of where Dowd should have been standing.....unless he'd fucked off for a few pies.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Re: Pre Match Thread: Chelsea vs. Man City

An injury to Fabregas or a suspension for Costa will only make that Mourinho will play a more defensively style against us. And using the "It's the whole world against Chelsea" to motivate his players. I don't care who he puts on the pitch, it's up to us to deal with the circumstances as we have put ourselves in this position. We win, all is open. We draw and we might take a morale boost out of that one. We lose and we need another catching up act like in the years we won our recent titles.

Many people on here hope Ivory Coast will get dumped so we have yaya and Bony back. Bony will not play; he will not even have trained with the squad. Yaya than will come back from a dissapointed campaign for which he will get the countries blame as being their top player. I very much doubt him to be 100% focused and ready to face Chelsea. And if Yaya isn't 100% we all know how mediocre he can be.

Pellegrini has to go for a starting 11 that are 100% fit and have been training and preparing this week, ready to try and get back some pride in getting a result at Stamford Bridge. The Roma-scenario could be usefull. It's more important not to lose rather than try to win.

Agree with some of that, particularly about moanreen. I think both teams will set up defensively and play out a dull draw tbh

 

[Ric]

I'd take a draw right now if I'm being honest.

Five points behind, with Toure and Bony to return, keeps us in with a shout.

 

[BillyShears]

I'd take a draw right now if I'm being honest.

Five points behind, with Toure and Bony to return, keeps us in with a shout.

Would you take the draw if Costa and Fabregas are out and Toure and Bony are back in Manchester by Thursday morning? I'm not so sure I would although 5 point gap with the games remaining seems relatively doable whereas 8 would feel a lot more insurmountable.

 

[Marvin]

We should find out today if Costa is banned.

If it was Balotelli....

 

[Silva_Spell]

He should really get a 6 game ban but I'm sure 3 will be enough for the ref who will just want to avoid any hassle.

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

I'd take a draw right now if I'm being honest.

Five points behind, with Toure and Bony to return, keeps us in with a shout.

Would you take the draw if Costa and Fabregas are out and Toure and Bony are back in Manchester by Thursday morning? I'm not so sure I would although 5 point gap with the games remaining seems relatively doable whereas 8 would feel a lot more insurmountable.

I'd take a draw at Stamford Bridge any time...tough place to go unless you're Bradford

All joking aside I hope we give it a go but if we got a point i'd be happy

 

[tonea2003]

I'd take a draw right now if I'm being honest.

Five points behind, with Toure and Bony to return, keeps us in with a shout.

we should set out not to concede and lets see where that takes us, irrespective of the opposition we have been letting in too many goals over the xmas period to now

 

[chris85mcfc]

I'd take a draw right now if I'm being honest.

Five points behind, with Toure and Bony to return, keeps us in with a shout.

Would you take the draw if Costa and Fabregas are out and Toure and Bony are back in Manchester by Thursday morning? I'm not so sure I would although 5 point gap with the games remaining seems relatively doable whereas 8 would feel a lot more insurmountable.

I'd take the 5 point gap regardless of who is playing for them, as I think we can claw that back especially if Costa is banned for 3+ games

It's tough going into a game knowing a draw isn't a bad result tho, we all know we go into every game playing for the win and I expect us to be doing what we can to win the game

If come Saturday evening we're still 5 points behind ill be pretty pleased given our recent form, unless of course we're 3-0 up at HT then somehow manage to draw the game :)

 

[BillyShears]

I'd take a draw right now if I'm being honest.

Five points behind, with Toure and Bony to return, keeps us in with a shout.

Would you take the draw if Costa and Fabregas are out and Toure and Bony are back in Manchester by Thursday morning? I'm not so sure I would although 5 point gap with the games remaining seems relatively doable whereas 8 would feel a lot more insurmountable.

I'd take a draw at Stamford Bridge any time...tough place to go unless you're Bradford

All joking aside I hope we give it a go but if we got a point i'd be happy

I wouldn't be disappointed with a point but I wouldn't go there looking/hoping for one. We can beat them, they have significant vulnerabilities which Liverpool showed up often enough over the two legs. If Costa's out, with all the running they did last night, we should be going there to take the 3 points and blow this title race wide open again.

 

[Silva_Spell]

With Yaya

-------------------Aguero-------------

------Silva--------Yaya--------Milner (stop supply to Hazard)

--------------Dinho---Nando

Clichy--Mangala--Kompany--Zabaleta

----------------------Hart

Wthout Yaya

-------------------Aguero-------------

------Jovetic?------Silva--------Milner (stop supply to Hazard)

--------------Dinho---Nando

Clichy--Mangala--Kompany--Zabaleta

----------------------Hart

 

[aguero93:20]

Would you take the draw if Costa and Fabregas are out and Toure and Bony are back in Manchester by Thursday morning? I'm not so sure I would although 5 point gap with the games remaining seems relatively doable whereas 8 would feel a lot more insurmountable.

I'd take a draw at Stamford Bridge any time...tough place to go unless you're Bradford

All joking aside I hope we give it a go but if we got a point i'd be happy

I wouldn't be disappointed with a point but I wouldn't go there looking/hoping for one. We can beat them, they have significant vulnerabilities which Liverpool showed up often enough over the two legs. If Costa's out, with all the running they did last night, we should be going there to take the 3 points and blow this title race wide open again.

Same. I'll happily take a point from any tough away games at any point in the season but if we win this it'll give us serious momentum for the rest of the season. It's going to be a cagey match and we need to set up for one.

I'd go:

Hart

Zabaleta
Kompany
Mangala
Clichy

Fernando

Fernandinho
Silva

Navas
Aguero
Milner

Keep Silva deep to shore up our ball retention.

 

[cleveleys blue]

Will Yaya be up for it if Ivorians lose today? I doubt it. Bony not even trained with us yet, no, I think we look to our usual squad to get a bit of bite back and speed up the attacking.

Hit them hard, ignore any upsets over the Costa business and run the game, not allow Maureeno to dictate the pace. We've got it in us, it just needs to come out again and this is the ideal time for that to happen.

Show what we are capable of away from home and grab the game by the throat from the off. This is the biggest game so far this season, if we don't do it on Saturday then we can forget it all in my opinion, it really is shit or bust

 

[aguero93:20]

Oh yes, nearly forgot!

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[BillyShears]

I'd take a draw at Stamford Bridge any time...tough place to go unless you're Bradford

All joking aside I hope we give it a go but if we got a point i'd be happy

I wouldn't be disappointed with a point but I wouldn't go there looking/hoping for one. We can beat them, they have significant vulnerabilities which Liverpool showed up often enough over the two legs. If Costa's out, with all the running they did last night, we should be going there to take the 3 points and blow this title race wide open again.

Same. I'll happily take a point from any tough away games at any point in the season but if we win this it'll give us serious momentum for the rest of the season. It's going to be a cagey match and we need to set up for one.

I'd go:

Hart

Zabaleta
Kompany
Mangala
Clichy

Fernando

Fernandinho
Silva

Navas
Aguero
Milner

Keep Silva deep to shore up our ball retention.

That's the team i'd expect although Jovetic did well against them in the cup last season, and Jimmy was rank against Arsenal, both defensively as well as going forward, so I think it could well be that Jojo gets the nod.