The wheels are coming off of SarriBall at the wrong time. The reality is that we have too many players that are not good enough all over the field. Sarri is worried and so am I. This side needs new blood. Man City will win today and I doubt I will watch it. It's a mess at Chelsea FC with Roman in Israel and some bird who knows zilch about football buying our players. We need good players in January. COME ON YOU BLUES !!!

Footy365's take on this with expected key battles:

https://www.football365.com/news/chelsea-v-man-city-one-big-game-five-big-questions

I forgot Walker would be up against Hazard 

 

Fairly good surface-level piece on the influences on Guardiola and Sarri:

http://www.goal.com/story/the-innovators-Guardiola-Sarri/index.html

We could be completely embarrassed today, but equally, with football being the game that it is we could turn up and play the best game of the season and win the match.

All I want to see today is FIGHT GUTS BATTLING spirit and IINSTENSITY, at this point the player's need to show some damm ambition and fight for the badge today that's all I want to see because the last few matches the fight hasn't been there.

3 0 for us. You've heard it first here. How we can achieve such a result? Strong press à la lyon and set for direct attacks. Put Kanté as number 6 alongide Barkley; play willian on the wing and hazard as number 10.

Fairly good surface-level piece on the influences on Guardiola and Sarri:
http://www.goal.com/story/the-innovators-Guardiola-Sarri/index.html

Pretty much sums up what Sarri Keep saying about space ....but our players don't seem to be brave enough to do it

GAMEDAY!! COME ON CHELS!!!

No two ways about it we need a win here today, players owe it to us, this team has been known to fly then down tools for years now, then see what Sarri can do

1 hour ago, abramovich said:

Kepa

Azpi  Rudiger  Luiz  Emerson

Jorginho

Kante     Barkley

Pedro     RLC     Hazard

That's bold, but I'd play Giroud simply because Hazard plays well off him and if we win it will be down to Hazard 

After betting for an awful long time i have never seen Chelsea at 3/1 for a home win.

Have we lost three league games in a row before in the Roman-era? 

I have no expectations from this game whatsoever.

Hope I'm pleasantly surprised...

1 hour ago, Sindre said:

Have we lost three league games in a row before in the Roman-era? 

We beat Fulham so a loss today wouldn't equate three losses in a row.

22 minutes ago, Amputechture said:

We beat Fulham so a loss today wouldn't equate three losses in a row.

It is these facts that spoil it !

Silver lining is if we lose we help knock liverpool off the top of the table lol...

We need a strong defensive performance in this game, and we need to take the chances that come our way  If we can do that then we give ourselves a chance

Strange feeling knowing that every Liverpool fan will be shouting for us today. Maybe we shouldn't disappoint them!

False 9

Well, assuming Morata isn't injured, that's a big statement of f**k you to him and his performances so far. Not even in the squad.

Probably we're going to play more on counter-attacks. Same midfield, same defence. Let's hope the boys are prepared well.

COME ON CHELS!!!

RLC dropped....strange one that

3 minutes ago, IliyaKrostin said:

I’m ready for lots of blind one touch flicks, some tricks, and very little actual attack 

Edited December 8, 20187 yr by Skinnedy

Was hoping to see Emerson instead of Alonso who has been pretty dreadful recently