El Cashico Manchester city vs Chelsea. 4PM kick off sky sports 1

JohnDaniels · 16-08-2015 4:56pm

who_ru wrote: »

What's he got besides pace?

Are you kidding? Sterling has created havoc in that first half with his movement. The amount of times he has dragged defenders out of positions into the middle or drifted to the other side leaving Kolorov with all the space in the world. It caused Chelsea all sorts of problems in the first 20. His movement off the ball is one of the things that makes him so special as you just don't see that intelligence for players his age. It creates huge amount of space for the players around him. Anyone who can't see the difference he has made to the City attack doesn't know wtf they are taking about.

Talib Fiasco · 16-08-2015 4:56pm

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I think it's one of those "joke" things you may have heard about.

Pretty sh*ty and illogical joke though. Wouldn't mind of there was some merit to it.

Alfred Borden · 16-08-2015 4:56pm

Oscar should come on for Fabregas at the break.

Talib Fiasco · 16-08-2015 4:57pm

Mangala has been rock solid today again. Good signs.

titan18 · 16-08-2015 4:57pm

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Pretty sh*ty and illogical joke though. Wouldn't mind of there was some merit to it.

Even Sterling has joked about it

https://twitter.com/sterling7/status/497082199293067265/photo/1

dfx- · 16-08-2015 4:58pm

That_Guy wrote: »

"Sacked in the morning"

:pac:

As a neutral, the game couldn't have gone much better. Chelsea can't sit out a 0-0 again (they may still begrudgingly have to get a win or sit out a 1-1 now) and then the physios circus..elbowing Diego Costa may also give bonus liveliness..

Far from over though.

Turtwig · 16-08-2015 4:58pm

Andersonisgod wrote: »

All in all it's been a woeful performance from Chelsea. Mourinho has tried to play open and expansive football against City and the team just aren't equipped for it. This really is a team that, in big games, can only shut up shop, this side has no other options, no versatility.

I would say though that if you take this as the biggest game in the English league (based on current quality, not historically) it's been not been impressive. Both sides look weak without the ball, neither have the attacking firepower of the really great teams. It's an interesting game between two very good sides but these are not elite teams.

They sure have a better defence than Barcelona :pac:
(at the moment anyway)

Johner · 16-08-2015 4:58pm

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Oscar should come on for Fabregas at the break.

Injured.

Talib Fiasco · 16-08-2015 4:59pm

titan18 wrote: »

Even Sterling has joked about it

https://twitter.com/sterling7/status/497082199293067265/photo/1

I'm sure Sterling thinks it's a big joke alright. I'd say he's sick to death of the constant idiotic jabs from social media

Ulysses Gaze · 16-08-2015 4:59pm

Andersonisgod wrote: »

All in all it's been a woeful performance from Chelsea. Mourinho has tried to play open and expansive football against City and the team just aren't equipped for it. This really is a team that, in big games, can only shut up shop, this side has no other options, no versatility.

I would say though that if you take this as the biggest game in the English league (based on current quality, not historically) it's been not been impressive. Both sides look weak without the ball, neither have the attacking firepower of the really great teams. It's an interesting game between two very good sides but these are not elite teams.

Start to wonder are these orders from the Russian.

Sugarlumps · 16-08-2015 4:59pm

G'way henry you bore.

Turtwig · 16-08-2015 5:00pm

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

I really don't get this whole Sterling kids thing...he has one daughter and that's it

It's a really stupid joke.

SlickRic · 16-08-2015 5:00pm

Costa is unable to get as good as he gives. Quite pathetic really.

Andersonisgod · 16-08-2015 5:00pm

Turtwig wrote: »

They sure have a better defence than Barcelona :pac:
(at the moment anyway)

I really don't want to talk about that, all I'll say is that I would rate all of the elite teams, Barcelona included, higher than both of these teams out of possession.

Ulysses Gaze · 16-08-2015 5:00pm

Sugarlumps wrote: »

G'way henry you bore.

£4 Million a year!!!!!!:eek:

hots · 16-08-2015 5:02pm

Lucky to be only 1 down, need far far more quality on the ball. Every counter attack is killing us too.

JustTheOne · 16-08-2015 5:02pm

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Start to wonder are these orders from the Russian.

Why now?

After his first stint at the club and a full season why would he order him now

I call bs on this one.

Duck Soup · 16-08-2015 5:03pm

Costa is bulling. Tell Falcao to start warming up.

blueser · 16-08-2015 5:03pm

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Mangala has been rock solid today again. Good signs.

He loves playing against Chelsea (he had Costa in his back pocket in the corresponding game last season as well).

It's against everyone else that the problems begin!

Sugarlumps · 16-08-2015 5:03pm

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

£4 Million a year!!!!!!:eek:

Books on cassette is his next calling.

Andersonisgod · 16-08-2015 5:03pm

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Start to wonder are these orders from the Russian.

It's impossible to say but certainly something is off about this whole start to the season and I don't think that is purely down to the extended pre season break.

Turtwig · 16-08-2015 5:05pm

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Start to wonder are these orders from the Russian.

Possibly but Jose, like Rafa, does try to get his team to adapt to more open football. The idea being that they'll be able to execute counters more effectively. Control possession for short periods and take sting out of games while giving their backlines a rest. The season he won the league with Madrid they were basically bombaring the oppositions boxes until fatigue took its toll.

rottie 11 · 16-08-2015 5:06pm

Zouma on for terry

blueser · 16-08-2015 5:06pm

Terry off, Zouma on.

And Costa back out!

That_Guy · 16-08-2015 5:06pm

Terry off? Did he take a knock?

Lucas Hood · 16-08-2015 5:06pm

Wow Terry off.

I thought Cahill was worse in that first half.

Turtyturd · 16-08-2015 5:07pm

Terry this weeks fall guy?

blueser · 16-08-2015 5:07pm

If I was Fern, I'd grow eyes in the back of my head!

Charlie19 · 16-08-2015 5:09pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

Terry this weeks fall guy?

Thrown under the bus

Fudge You · 16-08-2015 5:11pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

Terry this weeks fall guy?

Big narky head on him. And he blanked Jeff, ahhhh poor Jeff

Turtyturd · 16-08-2015 5:11pm

Charlie19 wrote: »

Thrown under the bus

He'll be grand, there's already a medical team under there.

Vicxas · 16-08-2015 5:11pm

Charlie19 wrote: »

Thrown under the bus

Jose must have a quota of alienating people per week in his new contract

That_Guy · 16-08-2015 5:12pm

That's close.

Sanity_Saviour · 16-08-2015 5:13pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

Terry this weeks fall guy?

lol

That_Guy · 16-08-2015 5:13pm

Doing their best to get Costa sent off here.

Johner · 16-08-2015 5:14pm

How has Silva not been booked yet, about 5 fouls so far.

That_Guy · 16-08-2015 5:14pm

How has Silva not been booked yet? He's done that a couple of times in the game.

That_Guy · 16-08-2015 5:15pm

I'm sorry but what did Aguero do there???

Johner · 16-08-2015 5:16pm

Playing a bit better now.

Berserker · 16-08-2015 5:16pm

Have the away fans been moved or have Chelsea taken a reduced allocation for this?

Sanity_Saviour · 16-08-2015 5:18pm

has Costa broken into a sprint yet

GreNoLi · 16-08-2015 5:20pm

City need another midfielder on.

MagicIRL · 16-08-2015 5:21pm

Chelsea clawing their own way back into this. City need some proactive changes asap.

Sugarlumps · 16-08-2015 5:22pm

Second goal is imminent.

That_Guy · 16-08-2015 5:23pm

Something tells me that by Jose taking Terry off, he might see it as a ploy for Roman to front up more cash for John Stones this week citing that, "the defence needs reinforcements" or some BS.