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I think we're going to get beaten. Sadly, I don't think Chelsea are even going to have to play that well to do it.
Alexis loses the ball almost every time he touches it (don’t ask me why), and Rashford is very selfish and just tries to get out a shot out even if there’s a teammate in a better position. How are we ever going to get Lukaku the ball?de Geafeck it, might as well just attack. Nobody expects us to win, and Jose knows he needs a big win, so just go for it. I've always wanted to see Mata in his natural position for us, lets see what he's made of there on his old ground. Bailly by default, as Jones vs. Hazard is a no-go & Lindelof can't deal with the aerial threat of Giroud or Morata. If Alexis or Lukaku are having one of their 'donkey days' replace with Martial ASAP.
Valencia - Bailly - Smalling - Shaw
Fred - Pogba
Alexis - Mata - Rashford
Lukaku
Could Lindelof play right back and mark Hazard?I think a lot would depend on how we can handle Hazard. If he's successfully marked out of the game, we have a chance to come out with a positive result. But it's admittedly no easy task though.
And also, if Lukaku decides to continue his form, then there are no hopes of winning.
We can match up to them player to player, it all depends on which United side play on the pitch. Our best chance is to go all out attack in the first 15-20 minutes and surprise them. Can't see us coming from a goal down on this one.
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I would rather it be Herrera or Fred. I think Hazard would run circles around Lindelof to be frank.Could Lindelof play right back and mark Hazard?
Bailly's and Lindelof's confidence looks shot to pieces at the moment, and Jones and Rojo are only just back from injury so too big a risk going into a must not lose match, so Matic it is, not ideal but...do you genuinely think that Matic is better at CB than Bailly, Lindelof and co?
Matic was really poor in his last game in midfield and defence
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You what?I would love Hazard to torment the Solent Buttner and his new contract.
Teach our supporters a lesson.
fecking mess.I would love Hazard to torment the Solent Buttner and his new contract.
Teach our supporters a lesson.
I've seen a lot here but this is absolute top. Absolute top.fecking mess.
Yeah, newbie system is a problem.I would love Hazard to torment the Solent Buttner and his new contract.
Teach our supporters a lesson.
It won’t work. More likely to get sent off than anything if that’s the tactic.Herrera will play tomorrow and stick on Hazzard like flies on sh*t.
It has been a pretty terrible season so far, we are already a quarter of the way through and realistically whatever results United get this week we are well off the pace of where I believe we should be in the league and we are out of the league cup. The expectations have already needed to be lowered from being expected to make a genuine title challenge to making sure we make the top four. Things don’t get any easier this week, we are away to Chelsea a place United always seem to struggle to get results before hosting Juventus and Everton. ”It’s a tough place to go. It’s very hard to get the results you want and you’re always in for a tough game. Obviously, we’ve dropped points against the so-called smaller teams so it’s now about the need to get some points off our rivals.” said Chris Smalling in the build-up to the game. Any good feeling generated by the comeback against Newcastle United before the international break is sort of broken up by the disruption the International break causes with players coming back in dribs and drabs. Mourinho described it as ‘strange ‘ in his pre match press conference. It’s really difficult to predict how United will perform, the behaviour of this team is that they tend to perform really well in these big matches and are far more complacent in games against smaller side’s, but you just feel that the mood in the dressing room is not what it needs to be to generate the consistency required. You just don’t know what you will get from this side which is a real problem a quarter of the way into Mourinho’s third season.Telecast Schedule and Info
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Date - Saturday, October 20 2018
Kickoff Time - 1230 Hrs BST
Venue - Stamford Bridge, London
Premier League form guide
8. Manchester United: WWDLW
2. Chelsea: WWDDW
Previous League Meetings
Manchester United 2—1 Chelsea
Chelsea 1—0 Manchester United
Manchester United 2—0 Chelsea
Chelsea 4—0 Manchester United
Chelsea 1—1 Manchester United
All-Time League Record
Manchester United wins: 61
Chelsea wins: 45
Draws: 46
Pre-Match Pressers
José Mourinho
Maurizio Sarri
Team News
Manchester United
Marcos Rojo and Jesse Lingard ruled out. Alexis Sánchez, Luke Shaw, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić and Scott McTominay doubtful.
Chelsea
Ethan Ampadu ruled out. Antonio Rüdiger doubtful.
Know the opposition
Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues and The Pensioners) are a professional football club based in Fulham, London. Chelsea were founded on 10 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher's Hook) after Gus Mears had previously acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium with the aim of turning it into a football ground. Since there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough, the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, was settled on.
Chelsea's first major title success came in the form of the League Cup with the appointment of former Arsenal player, Ted Drake, who also led Chelsea to the their first ever League title, enabling them to compete in the European Cup, but after objections from The Football League and the FA, Chelsea were persuaded to withdraw from the competition before it started - allowing Matt Busby's Manchester United to start their illustrious adventure with the competition.
After decades of being non-competitors, Chelsea returned to the domestic title fore in 2003 under new owner Roman Abramovich, who fueled an unprecedented spending spree - starting in the mid 2000s. Since the takeover, Chelsea have won 1 Champions League title, 5 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cup titles, 1 Europa League title, and 3 League Cup titles, among others. Chelsea's most prominent rivalries include local clubs Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, title rivals Manchester United, Liverpool and Leeds United. Chelsea play their home games at Stamford Bridge - which had been their home for over a century.
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And the award for the worst post of 2018 goes to...I would love Hazard to torment the Solent Buttner and his new contract.
Teach our supporters a lesson.
That's why you take care of business against small teams- because of the inevitability of dropping points in bogey fixtures like this. The points have to come from somewhere. History isn't a mitigating factor after we've dropped points to the likes of Brighton and are battling for top 4 in OctoberChelsea away, anything other than a loss is a bonus, it was the same under SAF.
That's great. You agree with caf for onceI'm hoping that United can squeeze out a draw, but don't think you will.
To be fair he was actually very good last year for PSV; he had a serious knee injury last June that meant his options were very limited. Personally I thought he actually had a chance of being in the first team picture - his skillset would in theory fit nicely into Sarri's midfield.Did anyone know Marco van Ginkel is still part of the Chelsea squad? Just saw on team news that he's out for the game tomorrow and I thought "no shit"
He's been registered at Chelsea for five years.
How do you even support a team?I would love Hazard to torment the Solent Buttner and his new contract.
Teach our supporters a lesson.
However, a number of big name players weren't spotted getting on the train. Alexis Sanchez was one of those players but there's a possibility that he could have stayed down in London as he only arrived back to Heathrow after international break late on Thursday night.
MEN photographers didn't spot Phil Jones, Diogo Dalot, Marouane Fellaini, Scott McTominay, Jesse Lingard or Antonio Valenica boarding the train.
There have been times in the past when players have got on the train at other stations which is also a possibility.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/man-utd-chelsea-squad-news-15303465
To be honest he is more an offside master than crazy movement guy though.Chicharito the Chelsea Killer.
Their organized strong defense don't know how to handle his crazy movements.
Sarri is just a likeable bloke isn't he?Sarri was asking in the pre-match conference if he thinks Chelsea play better football than under Mourinho. He said "I don't know. We are talking about a coach who has won everywhere. I have to respect him but I also think you all have to respect him".
I translate that to mean "yes but it's a dickish question and I'm not going to give you the answer you want".
It's a protest against the dark one.I see there's a new feature - that black-font post "live updates".
Chicharito is probably the only player scoring against every time that I still liked!Chicharito the Chelsea Killer.
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