Next: Chelsea (at Home)

[Beefymcfc]

I'm not sure about Kompany coming back in.

Guardian: After holding off his return for a couple of weeks, City will welcome back captain Vincent Kompany to the team against Chelsea.

Bonus. He better be ready.

[MilnersJaw]

I would go with this side for Sunday's game:

---------------------------Hart

Zabaleta-------Kompany (c)----Nastasic--------Clichy

-----------------Yaya Toure------Barry

Milner--------------------Tevez-----------------Silva

----------------------------Aguero

not used to seeing silva play natural left this season. he did great against leeds there.

[Cit.revenge]

It' s must win because they are 4 points from us Spurs 5 and Gunners 9 so i can't think abaut title now , i just want out of the hole and win this one and be clear second and if something rags fuck up , good , but i can't see them lost four games and we win all games sadly.
I would go with almost same eleven from Leeds game and course if-Kompany is fit then him in for Kolo , like how Kolarov play last game but yap Clichy is in defense stronger so him .Please Bob Nasri must earn to play and for now Kolo have more rights to play on his place then him.

[Green & Blue]

It' s must win because they are 4 points from us Spurs 5 and Gunners 9 so i can't think abaut title now , i just want out of the hole and win this one and be clear second and if something rags fuck up , good , but i can't see them lost four games and we win all games sadly.
I would go with almost same eleven from Leeds game and course if-Kompany is fit then him in for Kolo , like how Kolarov play last game but yap Clichy is in defense stronger so him .Please Bob Nasri must earn to play and for now Kolo have more rights to play on his place then him.

Must win is right.If we slip up on Sunday we will get dragged into a battle for second, that's the last thing we want.It's a good thing they play in Europe tomorrow night.I will be looking on with interest to see what kind of a team they put out.

[Beefymcfc]

It' s must win because they are 4 points from us Spurs 5 and Gunners 9 so i can't think abaut title now , i just want out of the hole and win this one and be clear second and if something rags fuck up , good , but i can't see them lost four games and we win all games sadly.
I would go with almost same eleven from Leeds game and course if-Kompany is fit then him in for Kolo , like how Kolarov play last game but yap Clichy is in defense stronger so him .Please Bob Nasri must earn to play and for now Kolo have more rights to play on his place then him.

Must win is right.If we slip up on Sunday we will get dragged into a battle for second, that's the last thing we want.It's a good thing they play in Europe tomorrow night.I will be looking on with interest to see what kind of a team they put out.

Is it 'must win' or 'don't lose'?

[Green & Blue]

Is it 'must win' or 'don't lose'?

Must win, they all are now.

[Cit.revenge]

It' s must win because they are 4 points from us Spurs 5 and Gunners 9 so i can't think abaut title now , i just want out of the hole and win this one and be clear second and if something rags fuck up , good , but i can't see them lost four games and we win all games sadly.
I would go with almost same eleven from Leeds game and course if-Kompany is fit then him in for Kolo , like how Kolarov play last game but yap Clichy is in defense stronger so him .Please Bob Nasri must earn to play and for now Kolo have more rights to play on his place then him.

Must win is right.If we slip up on Sunday we will get dragged into a battle for second, that's the last thing we want.It's a good thing they play in Europe tomorrow night.I will be looking on with interest to see what kind of a team they put out.

Is it 'must win' or 'don't lose'?

Think we need a win to secure second place and still have some unrealistic hope to at list make this Champions fight not just over yet. And we must be better then Chelsea under Benitez , think Bob is way better manager then him with whatever flaws he have.I just wanna see our players to really go for this win , they must show that they need this win more then Chelsea.

[Mark Garrett]

A draw is far from a disaster as it keeps the points gap over Chelsea intact however, I think though that for the team's self-belief and for the fans we could do with an important win against a good side like Chelsea.

If we play with the same intensity as we did last Sunday against Leeds and the fans continue to get right behind the team, then we will have a really good chance of winning the game

[rocket blue]

good we are at home,i hope they get to grips with long range shots better than they did v liverpool,even i knew gerrard would be having a go from distance,mata and lampard will be the same and what is with turning to the side all the time?enough already with that,take it in the face or nuts if you have to,miss micha in that regard,should have enough to win,this management lark is easy!

[AG7]

If we lose two more games between now and the debry, and they don't drop any more points till then ... then come derby day they could beat us to be crowned champions ... and we have those potential two games between now and then, i.e. this Chelsea game and then Everton away, so we better not let this bad situation we are in to get that worse ...

[Alex Sapphire]

If we lose two more games between now and the debry, and they don't drop any more points till then ... then come derby day they could beat us to be crowned champions ... and we have those potential two games between now and then, i.e. this Chelsea game and then Everton away, so we better not let this bad situation we are in to get that worse ...

thanks for pointing that out
ever the optimist

[AG7]

Chelsea play their Europa tie tonight, guess we'll know which players they 'rest' to keep fresh for us on the weekend ... hope they play Ba tonight and keep Torres for us!

[Green & Blue]

Chelsea play their Europa tie tonight, guess we'll know which players they 'rest' to keep fresh for us on the weekend ... hope they play Ba tonight and keep Torres for us!

Fat Spanish waiter already confirmed Fat Frank will be rested.Should be interesting to see the line up alright.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Should Kompany walk straight back in the team? is he ready ?

[Clowncrete]

Chelsea play their Europa tie tonight, guess we'll know which players they 'rest' to keep fresh for us on the weekend ... hope they play Ba tonight and keep Torres for us!

Ba is cup-tied.

[AG7]

Should Kompany walk straight back in the team? is he ready ?

I think he's been ready for past two weeks, they didn't want to risk rushing him in against Saints (in the hindsight, it's was such an easy game after all, but their decision was based on paper we should have walked over that) ... and then against Leeds they just let him rest on ... at least that's how I read from various reports around both games ... DH might know more?

[AG7]

Chelsea XI v Sparta Prague: Cech, Ramires, Torres, Juan Mata, Oscar, Mikel, Moses, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Bertrand.

So who's a sure starter against us? ... Ba, Lampard, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cole, Hazard?

[zuricity]

Should Kompany walk straight back in the team? is he ready ?

Now you're being cheeky Carl!

Anyway , my answer is Yes, because he is the club captain

[Beefymcfc]

Is it 'must win' or 'don't lose'?

Must win, they all are now.

When the pressure is on a must win can be hard. This game isn't a must win, it's a don't lose. Although we want to win every game, we want to maintain that 2 game gap with a chance of grabbing the title.

[Manc bluey]

When the pressure is on a must win can be hard. This game isn't a must win, it's a don't lose. Although we want to win every game, we want to maintain that 2 game gap with a chance of grabbing the title.

This is a must win though! If the rags win and we drop points again we're proper fucked!!!