I can see us losing this badly, but I wouldn't be surprised at all by any outcome except a goalless draw.

    Burnwinter even at our nadir, we haven't really collapsed or been blown out for a while. games have still been fairly tight. if we hold Chelsea to less than 2 goals at their place with the form they're in, it will show that our defense can still be relied on in a pinch

      Yeah. We don’t do bad losses.

      Sounds to me like there is a chance Rice doesnt play in this one. If he hasnt even trained yet, and its Friday, that leaves a lot of doubt.

      If they score we are done, at this moment in time we don't have 2 goals in this team. So our defenders need to be on it.
      They have played kinda like us, slightly better when attacking. Hope Palmer does not play

        flobaba If Odegaard and Saka are fit, we'll win. I expect a sense of urgency from the moment the whistle is blown till the very end. Fresh energy brewing around the team. Can't you feel it?

        Coming in the air tonight, oh Lord

          This season has definitely been in its "histrionic mega reverb Phil Collins drum fill" phase for many weeks. We now need it to move onto its "Peter Gabriel ignites his solo career with MTV sensation 'Sledgehammer'" phase

          I know this isn't the Music Thread, but inspired by the Americans consistent use of Peter Gabriel, I listened to a couple of his albums recently. Didn't love 3: Melt, but I thought 1986's So was a cracker. Sledgehammer is a proper banger. 😁

            With City losing it will be sickening if we don't capitalise tomorrow. In a wider context it'll be even worse if they continue to drop points and we finish behind Liverpool who have a new manager at the helm, need them to start dropping a few too, hopefully this evening will be the beginning of that.

              Our 5-0 home win under the lights at the Emirates against these lot was definitely my fave performance from last season. Hope we come out fighting. This will be tough especially if Palmer plays.

              Badly need the win to stop the rot and attempt to start inserting ourselves into the title race.

              Doesn't look like Rice trained but Havertz and Odegaard did.

              IBL we just need to win tomorrow and start to stabilise the season. We’ve had the worst possible start in terms of circumstances conspiring against us. If we can get a few weeks of rhythm in some area of the pitch, would be great.

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