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Man City Vs Chelsea (PL) Sun 04 Mar 2018 16:00 UK

If there was a perfect time to play City, we are playing them now. They are playing two top four challengers, three times within the space of 7 days. They are travelling to Emirates on Thursday then have 2 days rest to recover for Sunday in which we have a full week's rest. Only reason I am have higher hopes than I would of without their game in the week. Fernandinho will probably be a few weeks on the sidelines and for our counter-attacking style we look to implement at the Etihad, him not playing is a huge bonus for us, as when we do counter, they don't have another player who can do the defensive work he does.

We really can't afford to lose this with Spurs and Liverpool having on paper, games where they should be collecting 3 points. That being said, this City team is on another level and literally are world class or bordering on it. Just hope that in this week building up to the game, Conte works on his tactics and pulls of a master victory.

If it was not for City having the league wrapped up, no doubt they would be complaining regarding the timing of the fixtures and how unfair it is, but really on the scheduling side of things, let's hope it gives us an advantage and we be the first team this season to go and win at the Etihad.

 
STATS said:
If there was a perfect time to play City, we are playing them now. They are playing two top four challengers, three times within the space of 7 days. They are travelling to Emirates on Thursday then have 2 days rest to recover for Sunday in which we have a full week's rest. Only reason I am have higher hopes than I would of without their game in the week. Fernandinho will probably be a few weeks on the sidelines and for our counter-attacking style we look to implement at the Etihad, him not playing is a huge bonus for us, as when we do counter, they don't have another player who can do the defensive work he does.

We really can't afford to lose this with Spurs and Liverpool having on paper, games where they should be collecting 3 points. That being said, this City team is on another level and literally are world class or bordering on it. Just hope that in this week building up to the game, Conte works on his tactics and pulls of a master victory.

If it was not for City having the league wrapped up, no doubt they would be complaining regarding the timing of the fixtures and how unfair it is, but really on the scheduling side of things, let's hope it gives us an advantage and we be the first team this season to go and win at the Etihad.
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BUT...

cant really get positive. I think we played quite good against United and Barca but have a draw and loss to show for it. Somehow, we are missing that X-factor to see us over the line. That clinicality, that sense of bloody killing edge.

 
STATS said:
If there was a perfect time to play City, we are playing them now. They are playing two top four challengers, three times within the space of 7 days. They are travelling to Emirates on Thursday then have 2 days rest to recover for Sunday in which we have a full week's rest. Only reason I am have higher hopes than I would of without their game in the week. Fernandinho will probably be a few weeks on the sidelines and for our counter-attacking style we look to implement at the Etihad, him not playing is a huge bonus for us, as when we do counter, they don't have another player who can do the defensive work he does.

We really can't afford to lose this with Spurs and Liverpool having on paper, games where they should be collecting 3 points. That being said, this City team is on another level and literally are world class or bordering on it. Just hope that in this week building up to the game, Conte works on his tactics and pulls of a master victory.

If it was not for City having the league wrapped up, no doubt they would be complaining regarding the timing of the fixtures and how unfair it is, but really on the scheduling side of things, let's hope it gives us an advantage and we be the first team this season to go and win at the Etihad.
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Chelssa have been given the best chance to get something at City, if they can't in these circumstances they never will.

 
A draw out there, will be perfect just for keep going and not lost our moral after 2 defeats in row. If we lose there 3-0 it's the end of Conte...

 
Ernie_blue said:
City have 3 games in 6 days, won the league and through the champions league so it will be interesting to see which game or games Pep takes more serious. I guess he will want to put a show on at home against the Champions. One position City don't have much depth is centre midfield and Fernandino is out, Conte gets a full week to work on a counter attacking system, im pretty sure he will get something out the game.
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Now I feel a bit more confident. Hopefully in the latter stages of the game City start to show fatigue from playing Arsenal in midweek and we can capitalise on that. Though we suck at holding the ball when they press us so I still see it being very difficult. 

 
Only team to beat City this year in the league is a team that went out to attack. Conte will set us up like Barca with a false 9 and expect us to hit them on the counter attack. Can see it being 2-0 City this one. 23% possession to Chelsea with 2 shots 0 on target. Hazard subbed in the 70th minute to piss everyone off even more. Gary Cahill to start too. 

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Only team to beat City this year in the league is a team that went out to attack. Conte will set us up like Barca with a false 9 and expect us to hit them on the counter attack. Can see it being 2-0 City this one. 23% possession to Chelsea with 2 shots 0 on target. Hazard subbed in the 70th minute to piss everyone off even more. Gary Cahill to start too. 
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What about Baka vs Toure in midfield  :laugh2: , two lethargic and lazy midfielders.

 
Fully expect us to line up more or less how we did against Barca and approach the game with a similar mindset. 

They'll dominate possession and we've just got to hope the defence holds. Given Christensen's recent creaks don't be surprised if Cahill is recalled. 

I'm expecting the false 9 to be deployed but really you'd want Hazard picking up the ball much deeper against City because I think he could get some joy running at the right hand side of their defence, he's had Walker in knots before. 

Hopefully Willian continues his fine form, he's currently our most important player so needs to start. 

Midfield will be interesting, does he go with Fabregas in hopes of him getting enough time on the ball to play some incisive balls over the top on the counter or does he go with the more conservative choice of Drinkwater? 

I expect Bakayoko to continue to be "injured" for this one. 

A draw wouldn't be a bad result given the opposition but seeing as we've slipped to 5th we really need to be going for the win because the games are running out now and looking at Liverpool and Spurs games for March I can't see either of them dropping many points in the coming weeks.   

 
Don't know if I'm confident or not. We're in very poor form at the moment. Wouldn't be surprised if we lost.

 
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Praying for a miracle but them at full strength is going to be hard work. 

enigma said:
I know our fans are expecting us to get a thrashing here, but I feel we will turn up for this. It feels like the tie vs barca where our backs are against the wall to get a good result.

Not saying we will win, but I believe  we will put up a great effort and trouble city. I feel they can be got at defensively. Utd defend more and it's harder to get goals, but with city they are more open and chances can be created. 

Last time they played us was after a midweek visit to athletico in which we put a lot into. This time we are rested and ready to go. 
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Its a pity their CL game is over with as they may have had one eye on that but pep will have a full strength team to choose from. Kante has to shut down de bruyne, be on him like a f**king rash every minute of the game.

 
I can't see us winning this one and would be pleased to see Conte pull a rabbit out of the hat yet unlikely.

De Bruyne seems to be the danger man yet trying to man mark him would be near impossible with a back three as his movement is terrific.

I would like us to go 3-4-3 like last week yet with Giroud upfront. If we can get a goal up and if so go to a 3-5-2 to hold the lead no problem yet we need a goal first.

 
They don't need to win, but we do. A big factor at this time in the season.

However, I fear we're witnessing a repeat of the Chelsea Pantomime where the manager engineers the sack and walks away with a shed load of money. Why wouldn't he? And why would the players give a toss? They certainly don't look as though they do. RA has become like a race horse trader, buying, selling loaning out players right left and centre. Not football as I remember it . Pretty bloody tedious actually. We're becoming a graveyard for talent

 
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The battle on top 4 is becoming more difficult, these are the fixtures everyone has. This game must be a win for us.

 
Whenever Conte has a whole week to prepare a gameplan he is usually spot on ( The main reason we won the league last year). Wouldn't suprise me if we robbed these CITYZENS

 
City, Spurs, Liverpool and about 3 of our bogey teams. We're f**ked.  :laugh2:

 
carrickblue said:
Spurs have still to play us and City; obviously we've got Spurs then, but we've this game v City and play Liverpool in May. I think top 4 is going to rest on these games. We have got to beat Spurs and get something from the City and Liverpool games. I'm undecided about how good Man Utd are but on current form, City, Liverpool and Spurs are the best sides. We're a little bit off and need to find something to get us through, it's not getting any easier.
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I'd be amazed if we beat any of y*ds, dippers or city, and throw in the odd sh*t performance against lesser teams and we will have to decide what's best Europa league or no Europe at all. Mind you with our lot I'm not sure whether their good enough to even be able to not qualify for Europa if they wanted to. Piss poor all season and to be honest first time in 30 odd years when losing a big game it didn't really bother me after about a minute of the final whistle last Sunday. Just find this team at present to be so detached from fans. 

 
Sorry to be negative nancy but I'd be amazed if we somehow managed to get a top four place now. For the game on the weekend I can't see anything other than a City win as the team seem to be lacking in leadership, luck and balls.

 
We’ll get something from this one...

It’s a 4pm kick off, not 2pm as the thread title says though.

 
Hate to say it but 4-2  with us scoring first  1-1 at half time  then Conte will do his defensive mode take Hazzard off and we will fall apart  trying to defend  

 
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