Pre Match Thread | City v Chelsea

[Wrighty Wrexham]

Wheres your Eva gone,
wheres your Eva gone
far far away!!!

 

[richards30]

Weakens the side, Demichelis shouldnt be anywhere near the midfield.

agreed, he looked old on Monday did our martin!

 

[cheddar404]

Weakens the side, Demichelis shouldnt be anywhere near the midfield.

Not against Chelsea anyway. His appearance against West Brom served a purpose. Yaya had to come off and the game was won. We were just keeping possession at that point and Demichelis is fine doing that.

 

[BenLlewellyn]

Demichelis went in CM with Yaya when we lost to Chelsea at home in 13/14, Chelsea dominated the midfield with David Luiz, Matic and Ramires(?) iirc. Both Javi Garcia and Fernandinho were injured so MDM went there, and was to slow to have an impact.

 

[Danamy]

Thanks for your thread for inspiring me to do the write up. Yes I can update the content in the original post with player injuries, successful appeals etc

It looks like you've got yourself a full time job on here fella going by the feedback, i had a feeling it would go down well

Keep up the good work!

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

I think if they come and try to park the bus as usual we will destroy them.

 

[Chelsea4ever]

I think if they come and try to park the bus as usual we will destroy them.

Ffs...

 

[LHarper]

I believe it will be a different formation on Sunday, with Navas on the bench and Fernando coming into midfield (depending on if he's available; does anyone know his status?)

Silva will nominally be on the left but will drift inside as usual leaving space for Kolarov to overlap.

Fernandinho and Fernando together should be able to cover and try and prevent us being hit on the break down their right, including diagonal balls from deep.

Tough decision whether to start Aguero and play him for ~60 mins or start with Bony and bring Aguero off the bench. Neither striker is match fit.

Chelsea didn't look particularly impressive against Swansea, even with 11 men, and they certainly don't look as fit as they should be.

It will be a close match but I can see us winning 2-1 or 1-0.

 

[aguero93:20]

Ffs...

Ffs what? Do you want to see the heat maps from last season?

 

[Sergio Picasso Aguero]

I believe it will be a different formation on Sunday, with Navas on the bench and Fernando coming into midfield (depending on if he's available; does anyone know his status?)

Silva will nominally be on the left but will drift inside as usual leaving space for Kolarov to overlap.

Fernandinho and Fernando together should be able to cover and try and prevent us being hit on the break down their right, including diagonal balls from deep.

Tough decision whether to start Aguero and play him for ~60 mins or start with Bony and bring Aguero off the bench. Neither striker is match fit.

Chelsea didn't look particularly impressive against Swansea, even with 11 men, and they certainly don't look as fit as they should be.

It will be a close match but I can see us winning 2-1 or 1-0.

I think Sterling will be on the left because he is exactly the type of player Ivanovic struggles against; diminutive, fast and skillful.