Time to crack open the Chelsea thread
Come on.... We are way better in away games this season. Just remember us home against West Ham, Villa
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They play play better "bigger" matches, hence it will be very difficult match.Potential banana skin for us. More often than not they're woeful but every now and then they play like a top team. It's not an exaggeration to say they could have had 3 wins in the 3 games they played City this season.
But then again we could get the Chelsea who couldn't even hold on to the lead against 10 men Burnley at home among other stinking performances they have had.
So it depends which Arsenal turns up. The one that showed up against Villa, the Bayern tie or even parts of the Wolves game or the one after the winter break who mercilessly killed teams off as soon as we saw a weakness to exploit. If is the former we could be saying bye to the title after this game, if it is latter and we will give Chelsea a spanking or at least a comfortable 2-0 win.
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The reality is they’re both tough games - on paper we should win both but we’re tired, its tense and in reality, Chelsea are capable (as we saw on Saturday) of playing dangerous stuff and have nothing to lose now, plus the NLD is the NLD. If we win these two, which lets be frank is what is required at this stage of an incredibly tonight season, even with the game in hand 115 will have in hand come the end of the weekend (and who knows maybe they/Liverpool drop points in between), we’ll have every reason to believe.I think Chelsea is a much tougher game than Sp**s.
Think Sp**s are on the decline in the later stage of the season and we should be a good match to counteract the way Ange will get them to play. Chelsea worry me, i think they are in good form and can be class on any particular day, which tends to happen more often when opposing the top teams.
How can we be way better in away games when we have picked up 2 more points at home even though we have played 1 game less than away?Come on.... We are way better in away games this season. Just remember us home against West Ham, Villa
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Always fascinated to know how teams prepare for a game with less than 72 hours to work with. Sunday was surely light training focused on just pure recovery. How much tactical stuff can you get through within 24 hours?
Gusto (very good defender) completely locked up Martinelli at Stamford Bridge but had a mental lapse in Trossard's equaliser (big game player) from a Saka cross (glimpses that he can be that moments player) despite playing poorly for 70 minutes vs Cucurella. One of the reasons why Arteta doesn't sub him off.
Always fascinated to know how teams prepare for a game with less than 72 hours to work with. Sunday was surely light training focused on just pure recovery. How much tactical stuff can you get through within 24 hours?
I shudder to think of what offering our manager sacrificed up to the Arteta Luck Gods if Palmer can’t make our game.
Gusto nullified Martinelli at Stamford Bridge but had a mental lapse in Trossard's equaliser (big game player) from a Saka cross (glimpses that he can be that moments player) despite playing poorly for 70 minutes vs Cucurella. One of the reasons why Arteta doesn't sub him off.