Chelsea V Man United

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Can the mini revival at United continue or will Gus Hidinks Chelsea continue their unbeaten run under him?
Live on Sky from 3:30
It's
Courtois V DeaGea
Terry V Rooney
GavRedKing V Lord TSC


Game on!

Liam McPoyle

Two teams going through a state of flux.

On paper United would be favourites but Chelsea at home can be tough.

If United play like they did against Stoke then I'd expect a comfortable win however I think LVG may decide to put the shackles back on the team and attempt a more defensive approach.

1 - 1

madcabbage

Can't see United get a result here, they'll try and play for the draw and get stung.

StringerBell

"Two **** teams"
"Boring"
"#negativenellies"
"Blah blah"

That cover the neutral input?

Big test this to see how the confidence levels hold up. Chelsea is always tough at the Bridge and Hiddink knows how not to lose!

Hope to see some good attacking intent from the team and Rooney to stand up again and be the difference maker as he has so often been in these type of games. A win here would put the morale through the roof for the first time in a long time! A defeat derails the momentum that is picking up and a draw isn't good enough anymore though it is obviously better then a defeat, marginally.

niallo27

Impossible game to call this one. Anything could happen.

Trigger

what a fantastically detailed OP.



heart says 2-0 United, head says 1-1.

That_Guy

It's crazy given the state of the league this season that this game has been overlooked by many.

Wouldn't be expecting a huge amount of action in this game but I think Chelsea will grind out a 1-0 win here.

https://twitter.com/SemperFiUnited/status/696284935934468096

Part 2 is even better :P

https://twitter.com/ManUnited_Hub/status/696285252931751937

Mars Bar

What amazes me is that they find clips of the players and managers with the perfect facial expressions for it!

Mars Bar

Mars Bar wrote: »

What amazes me is that they find clips of the players and managers with the perfect facial expressions for it!

The face on Wenger is priceless :P

Predictions for the match:
My heart says 2-1 Utd, as long as Chelsea don't park the bus
I can see Costa pissing someone off, maybe Felleni can soften him up a bit
Need another good performance from Darmian on the right, as with Mata if played at #10
Martial always a threat and Rooney's coming into form at the right time.
Interestingly enough this was the match that derailed us last year. Although our best player at the time was Carrick and he got injured prior to the game.

Rossi IRL

Martial vs Ivanovic could be tasty. Hopefully Martial gives him nightmares after today.

Panthro

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Martial vs Ivanovic could be tasty. Hopefully Martial gives him nightmares after today.

Not to worry, Ivan won't keep up with the pace of the dream anyways!:pac:
Won't lie, Chelsea need a win.
But a bore 0-0 is the most likely outcome.

(Que Ivan scoring a winner now!)

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Going for 1.1 today

GreNoLi

4-4.

Mars Bar

Smalling and Blind better not fall for Costa's antics. They need to keep a cool head and let their football do the talking.

Cantona's Collars

OP is WAF.:P

Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Azpilicueta; Mikel, Matic; Willian, Fabregas, Oscar; Costa
Subs: Begovic, Baba Rahman, Cahill, Loftus-Cheek, Pedro, Traore, Hazard

Manchester United: De Gea; Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Borthwick-Jackson; Fellaini, Carrick; Lingard, Mata, Martial; Rooney
Subs: Romero, McNair, Varela, Schneiderlin, Herrera, Pereira, Depay

GreNoLi

A lot of weak links in that united team.

StringerBell

I'll try my weekly jinx, ****in hate seeing Lingard start these games he offers nothing! Never gonna win you a match!!

Antibac

Could be a very open game here

Maximus Alexander

Have a feeling it'll be a bore draw or narrow Chelsea win. Hopefully wrong.

Rossi IRL

Fellaini just beat a man, who is this imposter.

Toobz

It's finally clicked with us an early goal is an advantage.

Great pressing game so far.

Liam O

United need to show some urgency, Chelsea look lackluster and that could change.

Jackson a real threat

Toobz

How did it take so long for CBJ to get a game. Very calm and class youth prospect.

The big fella winning everything midfield

Toobz

Darmian has been taking passing lessons from valencia... Awful

Rossi IRL

Toobz wrote: »

How did it take so long for CBJ to get a game. Very calm and class youth prospect.

He is only just gone 19 like and I think he was a centre back before.

Rossi IRL

Thierry Henry Jnr by the look of Martial there.

Rayne Wooney

Martial doesn't need teammates

Great save

Martial you beast

Great play from Darmian there

Rossi IRL

I can see us getting done on the counter here.

GreNoLi

United been excellent.

All over Chelsea, they are piss poor
We need to take the lead

Kerrydude1981

Utd are full of confidence

They need to cash in soon though

Rayne Wooney

We need a goal

Antibac

Goal badly needed while on top

GreNoLi

Oh Costa.

Ffs Costa

Screaming in the refs face too without consequence

Rossi IRL

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Ffs Costa

Screaming in the refs face too without consequence

Refs should just grow a pair and book him. Imagine if Fellaini did it, he would be booked every time.

Kerrydude1981

Good save Dave

Chelsea beginning to come more into it now,

Rossi IRL

and now our dominance is over......

Johner

Need to get Willian attacking that young full back more.

Lord TSC

Rossi IRL wrote: »

and now our dominance is over......

Its typical United; dominate for 25 minutes and then lose confidence

Mr.Crinklewood

CBJ lucky h3 didn't make contact there.

Panthro

Chelsea kicked off at 4.30pm

Rossi IRL

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

CBJ lucky h3 didn't make contact there.

Willian could of easily made that into a pen.

Sand

We are losing the possession stats - thats encouraging.

Lol Costa again

Such bs