Presume we won't be playing Hazard as a striker! Tough match as SAF and his crew have opened up a fair lead. Torres to start. 1-1 the result (I'm feeling pessimistic).
Don't expect any fairytale start for Rafa especially as we're in a deep trough of despair; I don't see us getting winning for another couple of weeks until JT's back - it'll take more than a few games to rectify the mess at the back. City (CL games apart) have been consistent and have got into the knack of winning ugly...2-0 to City.
I dont do predictions, but what I will say, is when JT is on the missing list, we dont/cant perform! .I too am gloomy about our chances.
Not sure on the result, i'd take a draw. Its happened many times before when teams seem to proper turn it on when it's a new managers first game in charge. Hopefully that's what we do today. One thing i'm pretty sure of is Carlos Tevez scoring, he usually does!
Boos all round for Coco. It seems that the Chelsea faithful simply do not want him at their club. Not a promising start for him, especially as Mad Dog may well fear that the wrath of the fans will soon turn on him for having turned your club into a circus.
I'm watching it, pal. Oh, by the way, it's 1-0 to the Spurs. Superb individual goal from Defoe. Watch it on MOTH2 tonight
0-0... Looking at it in a positive way it is good to get a clean sheet and especially against the current Champions. If we can keep that up and now focus on the attack we should do well. Torres played a tad better but he still needs to improve. No point in playing long balls all the time though up to him. Rafa has only had 3 days to sort out his tactics for one of the toughest games of the season so getting a point out of it isn't bad at all. If we can get 3 points against Fulham and West Ham then we are back on track.
I hope Rafa makes Mata play only centrally or on the left. It is totally pointless when he comes out wide right. Everyone in the world knows what happens next. Azpi is rapidly growing in to the right back role,really like the way he defends and attacks. The other plus is that Ivan can move centrally. Not sure what has happened to Hazard but I suspect its the pressure of the league week in week out and he could really do with a rest it appears. Still waiting to see Marin. Can't believe he's not getting even 10mins at the end.
