***City v Chelsea |Official Match Thread***

[john@staustell]

Sterling will score....and will be forgiven!!...I can just see the 'We always believed in you' comments

I will say it, but it's a Dad's Army joke.

"Never doubted him for a minute"

[sheblue]

He will probably play Phil in the middle and Sterling left.
I am not anti Sterling but I can't understand why he picks our most out of form player.
And dicks about with a winning formula. I really hope the gamble pays off. But I am quite worried now.

[Kippax Sean]

Enjoy lads, come on City!

[Harry Dowd scored]

We can always bring Sergio on to win the game, come on City

[Sideshow Bob]

sterling?????? Just fuck off. U do not deserve to be anywhere near this!!!!. u deserve fuck all.

[PeterParker]

It's fucking stupid no matter how you turn it. We have no holding midfielder vs a team that loves to counter.
If we don't score fast and control the game, this will turn out bad because it looks like an astronomical brainfart.

[zuricity]

The problem with Fernandinho is this ref’s card happy.

This , all day long. More than happy with that line up.

Fern is a master of not getting booked.

Incorrect, Fern gets booked least when it is necessary that's why he laughs at the Refs. We don't need to give this Ref any chance. I don't trust the bugger one inch.

[mr_nool]

We've played great with Gundo as holding midfielder in the past. Kev, Bernardo and Gundo should have enough legs and quality to handle Chelsea. I rather see them than Gundo of Ferna isn't 100% fit (don't know if that's the case) . Sterling's inclusion is a bit more puzzling, but maybe he's been on fire in training.

[Dameerto]

Can I just say "Thank you" to BT for making this available online to none-subscribers (for UK peeps/VPN users anyway).

[PeterParker]

The problem with Fernandinho is this ref’s card happy.

This , all day long. More than happy with that line up.

Fern is a master of not getting booked.

Agree. He was on a yellow card since Dortmund and he avoided getting the suspension.

[Outcast]

We'll score more than two

[Mase]

We've played great with Gundo as holding midfielder in the past. Kev, Bernardo and Gundo should have enough legs and quality to handle Chelsea. I rather see them than Gundo of Ferna isn't 100% fit (don't know if that's the case) . Sterling's inclusion is a bit more puzzling, but maybe he's been on fire in training.

Gundo isn’t 100% mate, never mind Fern!

[aaron bond]

The problem with Fernandinho is this ref’s card happy.

This , all day long. More than happy with that line up.

Fern is a master of not getting booked.

Incorrect, Fern gets booked least when it is necessary that's why he laughs at the Refs. We don't need to give this Ref any chance. I don't trust the bugger one inch.

And if Fern was booked, he’d make sure he wasn’t booked again.

That’s one of his biggest strengths.

Playing no defensive midfielder at all is worrying. But also moving Gundogan out of the position where he has starred all season makes no sense.

[blues2win]

Bricking it but it has nothing to do with the team selection!

[Cotswoldknight]

Surely you would start Aguero,Jesus or Torres ahead of Sterling

[ruralblue]

No Rodri or Fern baffles me especially with playing a man so off his form.

[aaron bond]

No Rodri or Fern baffles me especially with playing a man so off his form.

Apparently the first game all season we haven’t played with either of them.

[blues2win]

I expect Pep wants to drive back Chelsea’s wing backs, give them more than they can handle. They’re so important for Chelsea’s forward play.

[john@staustell]

Surely you would start Aguero,Jesus or Torres ahead of Sterling

Fernandinho was the expected move

All we can do is wait and see

[sheblue]

No Rodri or Fern baffles me especially with playing a man so off his form.

Apparently the first game all season we haven’t played with either of them.

Mad and uneccassry gamble.