I think we really knocked City out of their stride with our surprising win against them last time, I'm sure they'll take us seriously even given our form (we weren't exactly in great form last time). 

I just hope even if we lose we give them a good game, show signs of progress, please do not get steamrolled.  

Our next 6 games are

City (A) - PL
Malmo (A) - EL
United (H) - FA
Malmo (H) - EL
City (N) - LC
Spurs (H) - PL

This is gonna be rough.

On 03/02/2019 at 11:33, gruda1905 said:

Will Sarri drop Higuain after 2 goals and play Hazard up front for defensive shape like last time?

It will be interesting to see.

I saw psg beat Liverpool in the champions league this season, and the defensive work that neymar got through was incredible, considering he is generally quite a lazy player. 

I think we can win with hazard out wide but he has to put a real shift in defensively.

It's going to be a tough few weeks. 4 points from spurs and city in the league would be great. 

I think if we play deep like we did at the bridge then we will have a chance, but if we push up as much as arsenal did yesterday, then we will get torn apart on the counter.

18 minutes ago, big blue said:

I saw psg beat Liverpool in the champions league this season, and the defensive work that neymar got through was incredible, considering he is generally quite a lazy player. 

I think we can win with hazard out wide but he has to put a real shift in defensively.

It's going to be a tough few weeks. 4 points from spurs and city in the league would be great. 

I think if we play deep like we did at the bridge then we will have a chance, but if we push up as much as arsenal did yesterday, then we will get torn apart on the counter.

I agree, if Hazard put in effort we can even be better defensively bcos Higuain i pretty good in tracking defenders, and ofcourse we will be much more dangerous. We really need good long passes from Luiz in this one.

2 hours ago, AlexTommo said:

Our next 6 games are

City (A) - PL
Malmo (A) - EL
United (H) - FA
Malmo (H) - EL
City (N) - LC
Spurs (H) - PL

This is gonna be rough.

For all of them hopefully

1 hour ago, AlexTommo said:

Our next 6 games are

City (A) - PL
Malmo (A) - EL
United (H) - FA
Malmo (H) - EL
City (N) - LC
Spurs (H) - PL

This is gonna be rough.

It is tough. But we are a team that is more than capable of wining those games. We just have to be up for it and ready to show  fight. 

 

We will lose 3-1. 

4 minutes ago, Semper Fi said:

We will lose 3-1. 

Like we did last time we played City?

 

oh, wait..........

One of the few games where we are unlikely to dominate possession which I actually think might help us. 

We're likely to move the ball forward a bit quicker and when we played Spurs in the league cup recently we looked the better for it. 

I think Kovacic will be recalled ahead of Barkley despite his having a good game against Huddersfield. I think Willian will play on the right wing despite not much of note in recent appearances... We can all want CHO to be given a chance in one of the bigger games but it's so unlikely to happen. 

Big game for Sarri this one, he's got to try and show we're not fragile away from home and need to show some confidence and self belief to try and go out and win this one. 

41 minutes ago, Semper Fi said:

We will lose 3-1. 

Bore off

52 minutes ago, Semper Fi said:

We will lose 3-1. 

I think surprisingly we will 2-1.

One of us might be right or both might be wrong.

15 minutes ago, mclovin83 said:

Bore off

Whats your issue bud? Youve got a problem? Better yet, hold that thought. Ill do you a favor and piss you off to my ignore list. 

56 minutes ago, yorkleyblue said:

Like we did last time we played City?

 

oh, wait..........

Hope youre right, but what they did to Arsenal and the up and down form were in, I can see the loss. Especially at their home ground. 

We'll be up for this one.  It's the dross we struggle with.

Like we were up for Spurs twice and Arsenal?

What was wrong against Spuds?

Anyway, I said we struggle against the  dross

Edited February 4, 20197 yr by yorkleyblue

20 minutes ago, Semper Fi said:

Whats your issue bud? Youve got a problem? Better yet, hold that thought. Ill do you a favor and piss you off to my ignore list. 

I am truly devastated by this news.

 

23 minutes ago, Semper Fi said:

Whats your issue bud? Youve got a problem? Better yet, hold that thought. Ill do you a favor and piss you off to my ignore list. 

Grow up.

I think it'll be a 1-0 win snooze fest. An early goal then a lot of nothing from both sides.

14 minutes ago, mclovin83 said:

I am truly devastated by this news.

 

Are you alright mate? I really don't know how you'll recover from this. 

Well, if there is one thing I'm pretty sure of: it won't be like City away last year.

43 minutes ago, Semper Fi said:

Hope youre right, but what they did to Arsenal and the up and down form were in, I can see the loss. Especially at their home ground. 

Home advantage means nothing to City as their home support makes Arsenal’s  look good. 

A bit torn here; obviously I want a Chelsea win but a Chelsea win helps Liverpool close in on the title. This game is making me question my very existence.  
 

My feelings exactly!

With sh*tty having a midweek game against Everton and us resting I expect us to be fresher and hopefully steal a smash and grab against this Lot even if that means we will lose the carabao cup final because I don't see us beating 3 times in one season

The most important match we have this month is the carabao cup final, losing that match will................I don't know the word to use that can best describe how bad I will feel if we lose that. Losing to city this weekend isn't the end of world. We can still get top 4 even if we lose this because our rivals for the top 4 will probably also lose to City in the league.

I saw psg beat Liverpool in the champions league this season, and the defensive work that neymar got through was incredible, considering he is generally quite a lazy player. 
I think we can win with hazard out wide but he has to put a real shift in defensively.
It's going to be a tough few weeks. 4 points from spurs and city in the league would be great. 
I think if we play deep like we did at the bridge then we will have a chance, but if we push up as much as arsenal did yesterday, then we will get torn apart on the counter.

Actually I thought Arsenal was really defensive in that game by playing 5 defenders and 2 defensive midfielders in Torreira and Guendouzi which helped them to neutralize City's attacking threat for most of the game but City eventually got the edge because Aubameyang and Iwobi didn't threaten the City defence much on the counter attack. Swap those two players with Hazard and Higuain and Arsenal would have won that game or at least get a draw.
I see us being set up by Sarri to be as defensively solid as Arsenal was given the fact that Sarri will want to find a spot for Jorginho in that midfield. So unlike in the game against Arsenal, City will have much more chances to score, but if Hazard and Higuain are at there best, we PROBABLY might outscore them to win it.