axman2526 Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 A few weeks back both us and City have to travel for European matches. Fortunate favored us as we had the Tuesday game, them the wednesday one. These extra 24 hours made us look fresher than them in the fa cup, despite Pep making several changes. Now it has swung back in their favour, while neither side travelled we have 24 hours less prep times and put in a real shift last night. Hard one for TT to overcome imo. Does he go mass rotation for freshness or just make a few changes? There is also the concern those thugs Fernadinho and Rodri will decide to take aim at our best players to give them further advantage for the final. Imo we unfortunately have to serious consider leaving out Silva, Dave and Kante for this big game. The former two as they have played a lot and need the rest, the latter to protect him after one heck of a shift. While this makes us weaker I still think we can put out a good team. Mendy Christensen Zouma Zorro James Jorginho Kovacic (Gilmour if not fit) Chilwell Mount Werner Pulisic I would also consider Ziyech in for Mount depending on how much yesterday took out of him. The Don Antonio 1
Imran_CFC Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 Like stated in another thread, I wonder if TT may thing of switching to a 4-3-3 just to keep Pep guessing for the formation in the final.
Term_X Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 Actually hope we lose or draw, which is a mad thing to say when we’re still competing for top 4 but the last thing you want is Tuchel using every tool and trick in the book to beat them at this stage.
Munkunku Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 We’re normally involved in some shape when the league is decided - let’s hope this year is different. The Don Antonio 1
The Don Antonio Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 We should be rotating players because our squad is good enough and our players need to be protected for the remaining league games and cups. We wud have had only 2 days to recover so hopefully no injuries. Mendy Azpi Christensen Zouma James Jorginhi Kante Alonso Ziyech Havertz Pulisic
The Don Antonio Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 We should be rotating players because our squad is good enough and our players need to be protected for the remaining league games and cups. We wud have had only 2 days to recover so hopefully no injuries. Mendy Azpi Christensen Zouma James Jorginhi Kante Alonso Ziyech Havertz Pulisic Just found out Anthony Taylor is the ref. i say we just send the kids and rest everyone...
axman2526 Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, The Don Antonio said: We should be rotating players because our squad is good enough and our players need to be protected for the remaining league games and cups. We wud have had only 2 days to recover so hopefully no injuries. Mendy Azpi Christensen Zouma James Jorginhi Kante Alonso Ziyech Havertz Pulisic Just found out Anthony Taylor is the ref. i say we just send the kids and rest everyone... Oh yeah if Taylor is ref nevermind send the under 21 team. The Don Antonio 1
axman2526 Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 Nevermind the reverse jinxing I am very serious. With that incompetent biased ar*e of a ref in change of us in a big match we have no hope at all as we will see that jack*ss swanning about like Mike Dean on Riods thinking he is big shot smiling whole he f*cks us over and loves every second of it. meta4man and mojo 2
PraetorianGuard Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 We do need at least a point to keep our top four hopes solid, although I guess resting players makes sense here.
Deino Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 Hope Tuchel sends the team to the best recovery team in sports. Get them massages and ice baths and all that every week till the end of the month
chiefBlueCFC Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 This match is going to be pretty interesting to see how Pep and City line up and same for Tuchel and Chelsea.
Jezq8 Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 A possible dress rehearsal for the final. Though we need to rotate some players I feel. A point would do for me here. mendy Azbi christensen zouma james Jorginho kante alonso Ziyech pulisic werner
axman2526 Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 Speaking of the under 21s, I am pretty confident we could play them against Arsenal and get a result. Simplymo 1
axman2526 Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, mojo said: Nailed on we get someone sent off and city get a pen with that tw@t in charge.
icecoolguy22 Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 Surprised this is not a sunday game, the short turn around will hurt us more. They will want to win this, in the CL final and winning the title in the same week would be huge. I reckon we will setup like the first leg against Madrid, give City 67% possession and they will score a few
dansubrosa Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 You know we are playing City in the final, they’re winning the league anyway does that mean we’re guaranteed CL spot, even if we lose?
Gol15 Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 A preview of the CL final but the problem for us is that Man City will win the league before the last games and we will still be forced to play our best players till the last match, maybe Pep rests some and keeps an ace in his sleeve for the CL final, not sure if we can do it as well here.
turnyitb Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, dansubrosa said: You know we are playing City in the final, they’re winning the league anyway does that mean we’re guaranteed CL spot, even if we lose? No
Malta Blue Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, dansubrosa said: You know we are playing City in the final, they’re winning the league anyway does that mean we’re guaranteed CL spot, even if we lose? No have a read of this it is explained pretty well https://www.premierleague.com/european-qualification-explained#:~:text=If a club win the,for UEFA Champions League qualification. dansubrosa 1
Bluesince66 Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 Definitely rest players, some of our bench players should do just fine,I would settle for a drawn game. The Don Antonio 1
JM7 Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 Will be a tough game. Unfortunately I can’t see us getting 3 points. Would take a point.
Luiz4Chelsea Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Gol15 said: A preview of the CL final but the problem for us is that Man City will win the league before the last games and we will still be forced to play our best players till the last match, maybe Pep rests some and keeps an ace in his sleeve for the CL final, not sure if we can do it as well here. Doesn't have to be a disadvantage imo. Let's have Pep spend every minute of the next three weeks coming up with some magical way to screw it up while we keep our rhythm. Gol15 and Simplymo 2
bluedave Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 I love all these Saturday evening kick-offs, probably the only up-side of not having fans in the stadium. Traditional afternoon kick-offs only really make sense when you've got 40000+ fans needing to travel to/from the stadium. I'm really not looking forward to how much this is going to be hyped up as a 'dress rehearsal' for the CL final though.
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