This weekends other Prem Games 06-08 Dec

[middleton___blue]

With a bit of luck it'll stay like this but knowing Chelsea, they'll get a dodgy last second penalty or summat

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

mourinho playing with two strikers...tactical genius.

 

[MCFC1993]

North-East teams have been kind to us this year...so far anyway.

 

[RandomJ]

Parking the bus for 25 minutes...

 

[kaz7]

Long way to go yet,come on geordies

 

[J_Bow]

No idea why they start Luis on the bench and put Ivanovic at right back, surely Azpilicueta at right back and Luis at left back is better..

I heard many times last year that Luis was arguably the World's best left back.

Chelsea look a bit clueless here, cue a lucky late equaliser.

 

[adrianr]

Even if they come back here, this isn't a great Chelsea side. Once their luck with injuries runs out, we'll overhaul them easily.

I'd feel a lot better with a 4 point gap after this weekend. That said even without injuries, the business end of the season couldn't be more different to pre-christmas. How many teams, time and time again, have either fallen away during the winter months, or just flat out bottled it in the run in?

Last year Chelsea managed to get themselves into a strong position but they didn't have the fortitude to see it to the end. Really is a whole new beast for those last couple of months.

 

[Blue Maverick]

You can thank me I put the Chelsea keeper in my fantasy team last night, bloody typical.

 

[Stato]

North-East teams have been kind to us this year...so far anyway.

Newcastle knocked us out the cup.

 

[MCFC1993]

Come on Newcastle, 15 mins to go.