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city72 wrote:Is the grass OK for ballotelli or will he start bubbling again?

TBF to Balotelli, there was a player in Italy effected by a similar thing a couple of weeks ago. They'd put something on the grass to make it appear greener. whether they did this in Kiev is another matter.

Finally get AJ back and he plays Milner on the right wing, hmmm.

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:

Twobob wrote:Sell out - going all corporate and official!

I pressume yaya will be pushed forward or kolarov more advanced with Lescot at LB if thats true

Lescott at left back,where does that come from?

Was goin from Arjans post from the joan site - its a conspiracy i tell thee!

Twobob wrote:Sell out - going all corporate and official!

I pressume yaya will be pushed forward or kolarov more advanced with Lescot at LB if thats true

EDIT: just seen zavis post.

Dont feel quite as confident now

yeah, looks like i was deceived, presuming xavi's got that from somewhere kosher.

well, with the exception of yaya, that's a hardworking team. win 1-0 or lose 3-0 i reckon.

Slim wrote:Finally get AJ back and he plays Milner on the right wing, hmmm.

to be honest, in the system bobby plays i'm not in the slightest surprised that milner gets the nod for chelsea away.

i'm a bit worried, tevez missing out is a big blow for us. hope for a good result for us. COME ON CITY!!!!

I'm going to be pessimistic and say we're fucked with that lineup. It'll be arses to the wall again like at the Emirates.

A horrible 90 minutes awaits.

Tevez hasn't scored in 7 games, in that time we have lost one, drawn one and won five.

Not as concerned.

Subs: Taylor, Wright-Phillips, Adam Johnson, Boateng, Vieira, Boyata, Balotelli

Arjan Van Schotte wrote:

Twobob wrote:Sell out - going all corporate and official!

I pressume yaya will be pushed forward or kolarov more advanced with Lescot at LB if thats true

EDIT: just seen zavis post.

Dont feel quite as confident now

yeah, looks like i was deceived, presuming xavi's got that from somewhere kosher.

well, with the exception of yaya, that's a hardworking team. win 1-0 or lose 3-0 i reckon.

If we had Milner in the middle with AJ on the right/left i'd feel much better.

But that said come out fighting and we have a great chance!

xavi6 wrote:I'm going to be pessimistic and say we're fucked with that lineup. It'll be arses to the wall again like at the Emirates.

A horrible 90 minutes awaits.

I agree with this, I don't think we've got a prayer on current form - hoping to be proved wrong!

not too fussed about the carlos absence great chance for dzeko, what i will say is that when carlos ain't playing well, or missing out all together, mario normally gets the goals. so neither of them playing worries me.

Tevez being out is a massive blow to us at the most important part of the season, let alone this fucking game.

No pace whatsoever in attack. I'll be amazed if we win this - I think he should have started Balo TBH. Like someone said, he either steps up to the plate now or moves on, but excluding him for one game, especially in light of Tevez being out serves no purpose IMO.

i'm really worried as tevez has been our biggest threat against chelsea the last three meetings and dzeko isn't exactly playing well atm i guess lets hope for the best. COME ON CITY!!!

So if Tevez passed the fitness test why is he not even on the bench??

I think we are playing for a draw here, maybe a big mistake.

avoidconfusion wrote:So if Tevez passed the fitness test why is he not even on the bench??

they said they don't want to risk anything. if this groin situation was to go worse he could've missed 4-5 weeks.

Balo to make up for the card with a winning goal... come on BALO!

cityPinoy_fc wrote:i'm really worried as tevez has been our biggest threat against chelsea the last three meetings and dzeko isn't exactly playing well atm i guess lets hope for the best. COME ON CITY!!!

Well Chelsea have Drogba and Anelka on the bench so its sort of evens things out !

Over than Micah there is no pace at all in that lineup. Still, will be tough to break down that midfield. Looks like Bobs going for a draw?