Tony Montana wrote:
Sky did an analysis showing that City have most of the big teams away to play. Chelsea only have two of which we are one. They will probably beat us.
I wouldn't be so sure they'll beat us, even when we played them at their place they didn't have an easy game. He will come to our place and shut up shop rather than come to turn us over.
Even if City have to go away apart from possibly Chelsea I think they'll turn over most teams away. Also they'll have belief they can hunt down whomever is top, last few seasons they have clawed back a fair few points to win titles.
Klaus wrote:
Watching him take the piss right now only makes me madder over our inability to get anything done in the last January window. He's exactly what we've needed for the last few years.
Cost them a fair bit because they gave the player for free apart of the David Luiz deal and then bought him back for like £25m. Seems to have come back a different player though, Jorge Jesus really turned him into one hell of a player. Originally played as an attacking player before being converted into a DM. I think that explains why he passes and distributes the ball so well, built like a guy who is a destroyer but the guy can play. He really caught my eye when they beat City last season, guy had Yaya Toure under his thumb the whole game. This season he seems to have stepped it up another level though. They do play in a more compact way though which suits him, he isn't the quickest and you could just imagine him being left exposed with two opposition players around him on a weekly basis if he played for us!
Honestly apart from a Javi Martinez I can't think of a player like him who is on that kind of level. Busquets maybe but is unique and a different kind of player.
Like you say though Chelsea have gone about building their squad the right way, get a system in place and sign the best player they can in each position they were weak in. They needed a striker, creative midfielder and defensive midfielder, every single one of those signings have been top class. Like us they are a bit light in numbers at the back but their training regimes and 'miracle' supplements seems to keep their players fit and in top physical shape
