Billy Jones is a legend! A key part of my Crewe side on FM 2006.

we're f**ked

1 hour ago, PloKoon13 said:

Why don't you marry Fabregas if you love him so much?

 

1 hour ago, RMCM said:

Fabregas' missus is a cracker, but I'm sure he could be tempted to elope with @@magichat 

see, stuffs like these is why I posted my previous post in the first place. as if you're not a real Chelsea fan if you even remotely like Fabregas (funny thing is, I remember one member of this forum said something along the line in one of the thread)

Edited December 13, 20169 yr by magichat

The trip to Tyneside to play Sunderland has been a tough one for us in the last few years.

Last we time we beat them up there was in 2013, so I'm not taking this fixture for granted despite Sunderland being on the bottom at the moment. I don't expect Conte to get complacent for this fixture.

It won't be easy especially with recent improvement from Sunderland, but I think we need to push for an early goal and attack early rather than sit back and start slow as we have in the last few weeks.

Still think we will win in a hard-fought game, but I wouldn't be shocked if we drew to them.

Prediction: Sunderland 0-2 Chelsea

Edited December 13, 20169 yr by Jezz

I definitly agree that Conte should consider starting with Fabregas against Sunderland. He is still really good at unlocking the opposition and he is also on a bit of a roll with assisting Costa again. Yes, he will never be ideal for a midfield two but i think he can do a job there against Sunderland.

I mean, he was rubbish last season but who wasn't? And he was absolutely fantastic in his first season here.

Edited December 13, 20169 yr by Sindre

1 hour ago, magichat said:

 

see, stuffs like these is why I posted my previous post in the first place. as if you're not a real Chelsea fan if you even remotely like Fabregas (funny thing is, I remember one member of this forum said something along the line in one of the thread)

I can't speak for Ploks(I believe he was also joking) but my remark was very much tongue in cheek. I'm a huge fan of Fabregas and before Luiz returned i would have had him or Dave as my choice for JT's successor as captain

5 minutes ago, RMCM said:

I can't speak for Ploks(I believe he was also joking) but my remark was very much tongue in cheek. I'm a huge fan of Fabregas and before Luiz returned i would have had him or Dave as my choice for JT's successor as captain

No, I genuinely think he should marry Fabregas if he loves him that much.

Who am I to dispute true love. It could be the plot of a Disney movie. 

1 hour ago, havelschayes said:

we're f**ked

He'll likely boss this game 

I hope Dildobodgejob has a howler.

Just realised Borini is out.. we might actually snatch a point.

 

Thankfully we won't be facing Borini and his annual performance against Chelsea. Will be a very tough game and I would be tempted to start Fabregas; he can unlock any door and won't be overrun in the middle as he was against City because mainly they'll be playing long balls to Anichebe and hoping he can knock it down for Watmore/Defoe.

Let's get that tenth win!!

In that press conference at 15:56 it sounds like he says 'In the pasta' which I laughed at far more than I should have, because Italian. I love Conte.

drinking game : drink everytime conte says "i repeat"

surprisingly, only once in today's pc!

 

chelsea tv just showed the highlights of last season's home game vs sunderland (first game post jose sacking) wow we really did booed the sh*t out of diego and eden lol kudos to them for still sticking with us ungrateful pricks even after that

 

Edited December 13, 20169 yr by havelschayes

1 hour ago, Van Butsen said:

Just realised Borini is out.. we might actually snatch a point.

actually borini is in. Moyes just confirmed it. We have Luiz, Kane Matic and costa on four yellows. i just hope kante and matic dont get yellows in the same game or we are f**ked. Also it is obvious that luiz is our only ball playing defender. Iwe need to buy a defender in january 

1 hour ago, BenCFC19 said:

Thankfully we won't be facing Borini and his annual performance against Chelsea. Will be a very tough game and I would be tempted to start Fabregas; he can unlock any door and won't be overrun in the middle as he was against City because mainly they'll be playing long balls to Anichebe and hoping he can knock it down for Watmore/Defoe.

Let's get that tenth win!!

Watmore is out for the season, done his knee in the other week. It'll be Anchiebe to Defoe and both are in decent enough form.

Anchiebe can bully the toughest defenders too so its going to be interesting to see how we cope with his size and pace.

On 12/11/2016 at 23:40, Jezq8 said:

Potential Banana Skin.

North east is a place we tend to find hard, We won't be as fresh as we are playing just 3 days after WBA.

Sunderland are playing with only one more day of rest, so I don't think that will make a difference.

They have been terribly unlucky with injuries. They've lost another player as Watmore tore his ACL last game. 

Based on the few games Sunderland games I've seen, they give up when they go behind. They competently held off Arsenal until Arsenal scored, and then the floodgates opened. Against Liverpool,  Sunderland played well, even better than Liverpool at times, but once Liverpool scored, they gave up.

I expect the crowd to roar them on and their fans and players to try to wind our players up which, unfortunately, isn't so hard to do. 

Sunderland are playing quite well at the moment, I think Moyes is starting to get his ideas across much like Conte at Chelsea.

Don't think it'll be a particularly easy game for us.

I can see Anichabe trying to bully Luiz after seeing how he struggled with Rondon at the weekend. 

Will be interesting to see how we fair if Sunderland continue playing 4-4-2... off the top of my head I can't remember if any team has started two forwards against us since the switch to three at the back? 

I'm interested to see if Pedro starts or Conte goes with Willian who he's clearly keen on giving game time to based on how early he has been subbing him on.

Papy against Diego? LOL

Anichebe is a f**king shocking footballer and it's a genuine mystery as to how he is still in the Premier League. Therefore he will definitely score against us tomorrow.

5 hours ago, RMCM said:

I can't speak for Ploks(I believe he was also joking) but my remark was very much tongue in cheek. I'm a huge fan of Fabregas and before Luiz returned i would have had him or Dave as my choice for JT's successor as captain

no no sorry, I think I also made the wrong remark. I also wasn't being serious in my previous post, I knew you two were (kinda) joking. but the point still stands, it's what I observe from some of the posters

anyway, seeing that this is a midweek fixture and we're entering a very crowded weeks, I think we should rest a few starters. here's my lineup
         Courtois
Azpi Ivan/Zouma Cahill
Aina Cesc Matic Alonso
 Willian Costa Hazard
so a rest for Luiz, Kante and Pedro. Luiz probably still recovering from Aguero's tackle, evident in the last match where he clearly wasn't as focused as usual. Kante hasn't been rested for months, so a day off is due. and lastly Pedro was very so so in the last two matches, maybe tired, maybe not, either way dropped for Willian

Edited December 13, 20169 yr by magichat

Looking forward to the trip tomorrow. I hoping for an easier win than my last trip when we won 4-3. Up the Chels! 

does not matter how crap this lot are playing, they always seem to save one of their games of the season for us. Hope we smash them up.

Wow - thanks Everton!

OK so we go into this game knowing that a win puts us 6 points clear at the top of the table. Bring it on!

COME ON CHELSEA!

 

 

We got a nice gift by Everton, hopefully we will be ready for tomorrow. 

COME ON CHELS!!!