Been thinking long and hard about this game all week, as I'm sure Jose and Wenger will have done, as time goes on it is more and more a personal battle between them.

 

Wenger will have watched the WHL defeat -amongst other games- and worked out our weakest point is our right wing, mainly because Ivan gets forward so much, and it's the best place to avoid JT.

 

He will also look to expose Matic in our midfield and win the ball higher up the pitch, and leave our defence exposed.

 

I think Zouma could play again next to Matic.

 

At the other end, Hazard is clearly our most dangerous player by a country mile, he is impossible to stop on his day, but Wenger will want to smother him with players doubling or trebling up on him.

 

This is where I think we can take advantage, if we can expose the spaces that will be left by Arsenal players leaving their positions to 'smother' Hazard we could really do some damage. I want to see us really push players forward when this happens, tell them to get into the pockets left vacant by defenders charging out to hound Hazard. 

 

Anyway I'm not concerned, we have the best bloke in charge, sure he knows way more than us at this lark.

1-2 Chelsea

Gooners to score first & us to win it in injury time

Cue loads of them bubbling on TV as their season fails again...

/\ Dont think my ticker would take that!

/\ Dont think my ticker would take that!

Me either haha, if they score first I will think the worst

I'm hoping arsenal players are as over confident as their fans seem to be that they will win today...genuinely surprised they feel so optimistic given their poor record against us...It's not like I think we are guaranteed a good result cos of what we have done in the past -and that's despite Jose's ability to get results in big games...I will take a point now for sure, that will definitely put title to bed

I'm hoping arsenal players are as over confident as their fans seem to be that they will win today...genuinely surprised they feel so optimistic given their poor record against us...It's not like I think we are guaranteed a good result cos of what we have done in the past -and that's despite Jose's ability to get results in big games...I will take a point now for sure, that will definitely put title to bed

I think 8 wins in a row plus the way we have been playing and the fact we have two strikers out perhaps makes them think thepy're going to do us. Yet they are like that pretty much every time they play us. Bring it on I say!

The good thing is you read articles in the papers today or on the Internet, all the pressure is on Arsenal. It's all about them ending their hoodoo against us, I really hope it gets to them.

I'm hoping arsenal players are as over confident as their fans seem to be that they will win today...genuinely surprised they feel so optimistic given their poor record against us...It's not like I think we are guaranteed a good result cos of what we have done in the past -and that's despite Jose's ability to get results in big games...I will take a point now for sure, that will definitely put title to bed

 

13 wins out of 15 in the league since Christmas with the two losses away to Southampton and Spurs.

 

There's the win against City and some tricky away ones in there but you could make a case that they've been playing poor teams and teams out of form or with nothing really to play for but it's still a fantastic record. 

 

However, in that same 15 game period we've won 10 but only lost once (ironically, away to Spurs!). Now I've been one of those voices talking Arsenal up but when you look at the fact that we've been going into games as the league leaders then it's a fantastic record under that type of pressure. We've been digging out wins (and often snatching victory from the jaws of victory at times) and done what we needed almost every week.

 

Amazingly intriguing game. So many permutations when it comes to the line-up, the tactics and the mindset of both the fans, players and managers. At the end of the 90 minutes you'll almost certainly be able to take whatever you want from the result. 

 

Hope everyone enjoys the match. Come on you blues!!

i dreamt last night that i was on a plane and bricking it at landing time. the landing was so smooth that i did not even know that we had landed !!. i then looked in the cockpit and saw that jose was the pilot !! and what was more was that a young kid had actually landed the plane with jose instructing him !!

make what you want of that lol f ucking football !!

/\ It's a sign, look out for a spare boot.

i dreamt last night that i was on a plane and bricking it at landing time. the landing was so smooth that i did not even know that we had landed !!. i then looked in the cockpit and saw that jose was the pilot !! and what was more was that a young kid had actually landed the plane with jose instructing him !!

make what you want of that lol f ucking football !!

May mean a goal from a youngster, exciting!

Come on CHELS! Let's show them who's going to win the league!

I want to see Cesc doing the same thing. 

 

 

I will immediately buy a kit with his name. 

Everyone needs to watch MOTD Extra, we're finally getting the praise we deserve XD

Sounds, Henry and Carragher in studio, ugh!

Everyone needs to watch MOTD Extra, we're finally getting the praise we deserve XD

Just flicked over from Sky Sports, thanks

I find it funny how there was all of that build up about Henry becoming a pundit and it turns out he's absolute w**k. Never says anything insightful and his little rant about Hernandez celebrating his winning goal was just a complete embarrassment. Arrogant c**t on and off the pitch.

Not sure if it's been mentioned already but a loss isn't the end of the world..........assuming we best Leicester and beat palace we would be champions. This would mean the dippers have to give us a guard of honour!! Almost worth losing to arse to see that happen.

Not sure if it's been mentioned already but a loss isn't the end of the world..........assuming we best Leicester and beat palace we would be champions. This would mean the dippers have to give us a guard of honour!! Almost worth losing to arse to see that happen.

Guard of honours are only performer when the other team is at home

Draw wouldn't be bad either, but you always want to beat the Gooners don't you. 

What time is team news? About an hour before?

What time is team news? About an hour before?

 

Zouma, Mikel and Matic starting. 

 

You heard it here first. 

I'm so antediluvian.

 

I don't know what it is either Droogba, don't worry!

Good luck to the boys a win for sure HAMMER them plzzz 2-1 commmme on champions

Edited April 26, 201511 yr by Chelsea forever1

In pub waiting to go into Arse wipes stadium.... chant being sung......

Fabregas is magic, he wears a magic hat, he could have gone to Arsenal, but he said 'no, f**k that' He passes with his left foot , he passes with his right; and when we win the league (again) we'll sing this song all night... Ohhhhhh. Fabregas is Magic, he wears..........