Chelesa V Manchester City - Sat 27/02

JP Liz V1

I know its early but no doubt the big talking point will be John Terry facingWayne Bridge

bullpost

Could be lots of goals at this one. Both clubs have defensive problems right now and strikers who can exploit these.

SlickRic

drop Terry.

seriously.

and that has nothing to do with 'Bridgegate'.

he's been as bad as i've ever seen him since he came back from his reconciliation trip to Dubai.

Ivanovic and Carvalho in the centre.

Terry plays, and i fancy Tevez to do his old employers a favour.

2-2.

jaykay74

Come on city. Tevez to score if he makes it back in time.

pistolpetes11

SlickRic wrote: »

drop Terry.

seriously.

and that has nothing to do with 'Bridgegate'.

he's been as bad as i've ever seen him since he came back from his reconciliation trip to Dubai.

Ivanovic and Carvalho in the centre.

Terry plays, and i fancy Tevez to do his old employers a favour.

2-2.

As I much as I hate to say it I agree with the idea of dropping him .

He has been awful for the last few games !

Or do you keep him in and allow him to regain his form ?

RasTa

Mr. Chelsea doesn't get dropped. I suspect a few elbows in his direction at corners.

redout

Reckon bridge wont start and if he does no handshake.

Chelsea to win.

PHB

God, last week I was cheering for Liverpool, this week I'm cheering for City. What has the world come to?

Gillington

bullpost wrote: »

Could be lots of goals at this one. Both clubs have defensive problems right now and strikers who can exploit these.

City? Strikers? Away from home!!!!?

Dont let Plankini see this thread he might get ideas

x in the city

tbh

pistolpetes11

x in the city wrote: »

tbh

Your a bit slow with that one it was posted yesterday in the Chelsea team talk thread

CHD

10-0 to Chelsea

x in the city

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Your a bit slow with that one it was posted yesterday in the Chelsea team talk thread

I dont frequent that place and have no reason to.

chalad07

Drop Terry? And move Ivanovich into the centre? Then do what? We're pretty short of full backs - Maluda playing at LB v Inter - not ideal really.

No, keep Terry on. Let him get his confidence back. He's going to be a big player for us in the run up to the end of the season. Esp now that Cech will likely be out.

jaykay74

chalad07 wrote: »

Drop Terry? And move Ivanovich into the centre? Then do what? We're pretty short of full backs - Maluda playing at LB v Inter - not ideal really.

No, keep Terry on. Let him get his confidence back. He's going to be a big player for us in the run up to the end of the season. Esp now that Cech will likely be out.

Is Alex injured or something ?

CHD

jaykay74 wrote: »

Is Alex injured or something ?

Coming back from a knock. He should be 100% this weekend

greenman09

i hope city do them and hope bridge does a roy keane on terry.

GavRedKing

At stamford bridge..........3-1 Chelsea.

Drogba to run riot.

Crann na Beatha

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smuckers

3-1 Chelsea. Zhirkov is still out, looks like it will be same team as against Inter.

flahavaj

Drogba to murder City's suspect defence.

4-1 Chelsea.

Bridge to clatter Terry with a ridiculous sliding tackle to the nuts, ensuring he never misuses his pecker again.:pac:

Smegball

3-1 Chelsea, City to go 1 up and stay level to half time and collapse second half, they will go down like a burning bridge :pac:

KittyeeTrix

At least there will be a silver lining if we do lose, although I hope we (city) win!!!
Either way, I'll still have a smile on my face:D

OhNoYouDidn't

Nothing of any significance to happen between Terry and Bridge, but I fully expect the Chelsea fans to disgrace themselves again abusing Bridge.

kryogen

i also expect Chelsea fans to let themselves down yet again unfortunately

and on a more depressing note im pretty sure Terry will come out of his bad form tomorrow cause of the event that it is and will have his best game of the season

on the plus side the boards jinx might work again

Chelsea to win easily

bullpost

is Adebayor out for this?

GavRedKing

bullpost wrote: »

is Adebayor out for this?

Yup, straight red card, so instant ban. A 4 game ban at that.

CHD

From what I have seen Chelsea fans will not be booing Bridge.

rossie1977

flahavaj wrote: »

Drogba to murder City's suspect defence.

4-1 Chelsea.

my moneys on a draw so

syngindub

looking forward to this even though i probably won't get to see it. following thread anyway

That_Guy

Should be goals in this. Both sides are having defensive problems as of late. I expect Chelsea to win it though. Only just though.

Johner

1200: Hello there. A warm handshake to you... And you... And you... But not you.

Boggles

1205: Generally (so Wikipedia tells me) it is considered inappropriate, if not outright insulting to the initiator side, to reject a handshake without good reason (such as an injured right hand). Tony Blair and Colonel Gaddafi; Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat; Saddam Hussein and Donald Rumsfeld; Richard Nixon and Chairman Mao. Could John Terry and Wayne Bridge join that list of momentous handshakes today?
1202: TEAMS Chelsea v Man City
Chelsea: Hilario, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, Malouda, Ballack, Mikel, Lampard, Anelka, Drogba, Joe Cole. Subs: Turnbull, Paulo Ferreira, Kalou, Sturridge, Matic, Alex, Belletti.
Man City: Given, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Bridge, Zabaleta, De Jong, Barry, Bellamy, Tevez, Adam Johnson. Subs: Taylor, Onuoha, Wright-Phillips, Santa Cruz, Sylvinho, Toure, Ibrahim.

Johner

Malouda stays at left back. Joe Cole in for Kalou, I think that's very harsh on Kalou won't do his confidence any good. And Hilario for Cech obviously.

smuckers

Joe play a blinder, you've been give enough chances

Dean820

Given is captain for City today. God only knows why he's not for Ireland.

From BBC

"What are the odds that JT jokingly wears a fake hand? As Bridge shakes very tightly it falls off... That would lighten the mood."

IvySlayer

wtf was Given doing?

That_Guy

Dean820 wrote: »

Given is captain for City today. God only knows why he's not for Ireland.

He's inspirational yes but he's only really influential in a limited area of the pitch.

Dean820

That_Guy wrote: »

He's inspirational yes but he's only really influential in a limited area of the pitch.

But considering Robbie Keane is captain (forward), thats hardly more influential is it? Why not just give it to a midfielder if thats the most important aspect of being captain. Dunne or Given are ideal captains of Ireland for me, not Keane. But this is a City-Chelsea thread, I won't get into it.

KittyeeTrix

OOOOh, ///:eek:

PHB

Gwan Bridge, no handshake

I am looking forward to the first 50-50, it's gona be good

I wonder will City help out their teammate and show a bit of physicality towards Terry

IvySlayer

Oohhhhh no shake for JT. Load of Chelsea fans booed.

redout

Well done Bridgey

That_Guy

That was a real... PSYCHE moment.

wandatowell

Though match to call but i'll make a stab at it.

Looks like a 1-1 draw here for me.

Here's hoping for a fantastic game

Go Bridge !!

That was hilarious

redout

Did you notice Bridge stared Terry down.

Terry looked like he was keeping his eyes down.

KittyeeTrix

Have to laugh how JT went to shake the hand and Bridge just swept his hand underneath and continued onto the next man.:D

SlickRic

i'm really glad Bridge didn't shake the hand.

plus he didn't overdo it.

good man.

nobody should be booing him for that.

James Forde

sky are a bunch of hypocrites saying we have a football match going on...

whens the last time sky have shown the players shaking hands instead of cutting to a break