Match Day Thread Chelsea v City

[chelsea - over 100 years of history]

Are u real??

August 2015, Jose said pay up or fire me.

I just interpreted that for morons like you.

I am glory hunter because I can interpret implied messages??

No, Jose didn't say that. You just pretend he did in the little world you live in where Jose deliberately orchestrates players to perform badly so we end up near the bottom of the league, so he can get sacked, so he can go to United.

Put your tin foil hat away. Its embarrassing.

You just need to reel it in a tad.
Fundamentally, we are in agreement that a midfield of Kante and Fab is not balanced, nor is it good enough.
However, it's when you come out with Cockish, overblown statements, like, "We wont make top 6 if Cesc starts".Or "We have no chance of 3 points if Cahill plays".
You become a little hysterical mate, that's all.
reel in the hysteria slightly.

Problem is he can't reel it in. Because every time we don't win a game by a landslide, he has a melt.

Last week he was moaning after the Madrid game FFS!!

It's either a really bad reactionary complex or he just simply doesn't understand the game. Or is on the wind up.

I suppose every board needs a 'Matth'......

 

[Bodinki]

I suppose every board needs a 'Matth'......

LOL I guess.

 

[BobbyD]

Most of them sub apps or meaningless games.

Cescy never started 2 games in 10 days after Goons mauling.

Ffs read my comments properly before throwing a hissy

Soz mate, going to have to side with the mob on this one. Fabregas shouldn't be a starter but he was a key contributor turnings many draws into wins for us to win the league

 

[armchairblue]

City are hot at the moment end of,although i'm a bit worried about our home form in general.Always knew flogging
KDB was a monumental **** up!.....On the plus side we're not expected to win it this season,huge pressure and expectation
on pep and jose is a positive for us.

 

[The Ginger Marks]

De ja vu - we seem to be falling into a familiar pattern: 2 games in a week, play for a draw in the Premier game and pay over the top respect for top opposition which cripples us with caution. CP is right about our weakness: squad style plus insufficient depth of quality - time to pull finger Michael.

Michael no longer has say in purchases since the Conte Roman summit.

 

[Bristol Blue]

Fair to say that we have done well with our defenders, both Rudiger and Christensen are excellent and should get even better. With Luiz to return we have options at the back now without weakening the defence. At the risk of boring everyone to snores, De Bruyne shows exactly why our midfield needs a serious quality injection . Who was the genius that decided he was surplus to need?
On the positive side, we won't come up against a better team than City for a while, and our new recruits will get better as the season goes on. Squad depth is our real achilles heel and the game after every CL match becomes a minefield.

I was in the Shed End for the Hull game - 4 years ago? - for Mourinho's first game of his second spell back here. I remember De Bruyne blazing shots over the bar of the Shed End goal right in front of me. De Bruyne definitely was not the finished article when he played for us and very far from being so in my opinion.

As for this season, Citeh look set to run away with the Premiership on Saturday's showing but - with a bit of luck - we're well capable of winning the Champion's League again especially after our showing against Atletico de Madrid.

 

[Bodinki]

Is everyone forgetting that the same **** happened last year?
I think City won 8 and drew 2 of their first 10 games, and the Pep ****fest was in full swing.
I still don't think City will win the league.
Still United or us for me.

 

[Bristol Blue]

Is everyone forgetting that the same **** happened last year?
I think City won 8 and drew 2 of their first 10 games, and the Pep ****fest was in full swing.
I still don't think City will win the league.
Still United or us for me.

Manchester City spent a fortune recently on new players and it shows in how well they can now play. I'd be very surprised if they slip up this season. The best chance we've got of retaining the Premiership crown is for Man C and Man U to draw their derby games and we go on a 13 game winning run as per last season.

 

[chelsea - over 100 years of history]

I think City look a lot better equipped than last year; especially with the keeper and defenders they have brought in. However I'm wary of proclaiming them as the second coming until we have seen how they fare over a congested winter period. Can't really accurately judge anyone until Jan at least.

That said, I think it'll be a hard ask for us to win it again.

 

[StanDMan]

League is always war of attrition.
Does it really matter how teams perform in congested period. Everyone will drop points there. We didn't last season due to lack of congestion for us.

 

[Blueman]

I thought City looked class, the best I've seen so far this season. I don't like having a pop at Tony C but I thought he approached the game far too defensively, and I was baffled by the team he put out. Should have had Azpi at RB, switching Rudiger to LB, and Moses out wide imo. Thought we started slowly and never got going, giving City far too much space to play in. Big plus for me was Christensen, could have a real player on our hands there.

 

[StanDMan]

Christensen has convinced already. Rudiger was a suspect before today's game. But he showed his ability. But for him we could have shipped 2 more goals.

The Negative Defensive setup in fact made our Defending weak. Especially due to the usual passengers.

QUOTE="Ginger Marks, post: 10996170, member: 1000346"]But we have a Kante.[/QUOTE]

This is also why we lost. Kante was used further up. For kdb goal Cescy was the last of our 3 CM players. Goal written all over as soon as it was Cescy. Very poor from our structure setup. May be tired and not focused