Chelsea v Crystal Palace

hullaballoo

Chelsea can win the league with victory over Crystal Palace today but Alan Pardew.

Even so, it's hard to see Chelsea fall to win at home with the title within grasp.

I will be very nervous.

Edgy 1-0 for me.

GavRedKing

Team to face Palace: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Ramires, Matic; Willian, Fabregas, Hazard; Drogba. #alltheway

GavRedKing

Today's subs: Cech, Filipe Luis, Zouma, Mikel, Loftus-Cheek, Cuadrado, Remy. #alltheway

GavRedKing

Was hoping Remy would start TBH.

Mushy

No mention needed as to what Alan Pardew can do no?

GavRedKing

Mushy wrote: »

No mention needed as to what Alan Pardew can do no?

Palace have fine away form going into this game.

Not taking this for granted at all but i think we'll do enough to win it today.

GavRedKing

I reckon 3-1 anyway.

But Pardiola could turn up and upset the apple cart for another week.

rottie 11

Chelsea to go 1 down in the 1st 15mins and come back to win 4-1

GavRedKing

Cesc interview now.

Oooohhhhh Fabregas is magic...

Soups123

He's a good guy speaks sense doesn't get caught up in the loyalty crap some fans go on about

GavRedKing

Cuadrado in as Ramires gets injured in the warm up.

Big chance for Juan

rottie 11

GavRedKing wrote: »

Cuadrado in as Ramires gets injured in the warm up.

Big chance for Juan

Serious? Nice one

GavRedKing

Soups123 wrote: »

He's a good guy speaks sense doesn't get caught up in the loyalty crap some fans go on about

I think hes pragmatic anout the Arsenal links, he should be too, its where he made his name.

Ive no issue with it anyway but reporters and story makers will try force an answer for him about the links between chelsea and arsenal and no EPL title.

GavRedKing

rottie 11 wrote: »

Serious? Nice one

Yup.

Ramires was due to play cm so cesc drops back and cuadrado o to the wings.

Oscar is out, otherwise he'd have played RW instead of Cuadrado IMO

GavRedKing

Ramires ruled out through illness apparently.

Weird he was named in the starting XI.

rottie 11

GavRedKing wrote: »

Yup.

Ramires was due to play cm so cesc drops back and cuadrado o to the wings.

Oscar is out, otherwise he'd have played RW instead of Cuadrado IMO

Cuadrados first start? Whats wrong with oscar btw is it over the bang in the arsenal game?

GavRedKing

rottie 11 wrote: »

Cuadrados first start? Whats wrong with oscar btw is it over the bang in the arsenal game?

I think he started in the league a few weeks back, was it Burnley?

No idea mate, id imagine so.

GavRedKing

Ramires out puts willian at 10.

Thats not a bad thing after willians performance there against Leicester.0

Barr

I think Chelsea will win this comfortably today. 3-0.

GavRedKing

Barr wrote: »

I think Chelsea will win this comfortably today. 3-0.

Id take that.

Get Loftus Cheek on for a few mins too.

Mushy

GavRedKing wrote: »

Palace have fine away form going into this game.

Not taking this for granted at all but i think we'll do enough to win it today.

More if you look at the wording of the OP. Would agree with your assessment of the game.

GavRedKing

Mushy wrote: »

More if you look at the wording of the OP. Would agree with your assessment of the game.

It was said during the week, since the Swansea 5-0, chelseas only other game with a 2 goal win was on wednesday.

Today will tight as hell too, nervous enough myself but i think we'll get over the line, probably limping over rather than smashing through it today with a 2 or 3 goal win.

I know I predicted 3-1 but if it is 3-1 it will be like Leicester, a tough game that 3-1 would somewhat flatter us, even if we did deserve to win in the end.

Pardew wont be here to make up the numbers though.

Mushy

GavRedKing wrote: »

It was said during the week, since the Swansea 5-0, chelseas only other game with a 2 goal win was on wednesday.

Today will tight as hell too, nervous enough myself but i think we'll get over the line, probably limping over rather than smashing through it today with a 2 or 3 goal win.

I know I predicted 3-1 but if it is 3-1 it will be like Leicester, a tough game that 3-1 would somewhat flatter us, even if we did deserve to win in the end.

Pardew wont be here to make up the numbers though.

I think it'll mirror the season. Saying it to my mate(DazMarz who posted here) that its been a long slow march to the title for Chelsea. Money on a 2-1 for Chelsea today.

GavRedKing

Mushy wrote: »

I think it'll mirror the season. Saying it to my mate(DazMarz who posted here) that its been a long slow march to the title for Chelsea. Money on a 2-1 for Chelsea today.

Id take that now, would be nervous but sure thats what its like supporting chelsea the last few weeks.

GavRedKing

Hope cuadrado has a good game. Can get down the line to whip in balls for Drogba hopefully.

Nalz

GavRedKing wrote: »

Hope cuadrado has a good game. Can get down the line to whip in balls for Drogba hopefully.

you're all over this thread

GavRedKing

Decent start from us

GavRedKing

Trilla wrote: »

you're all over this thread

Talking/arguing with myself

rottie 11

Palace front 3 are very dangerous

hullaballoo

Mushy wrote: »

More if you look at the wording of the OP. Would agree with your assessment of the game.

You're not exactly lighting the thread up with prose yourself so I don't know why you're having a go at me.

Pardew has a decent record against Chelsea and has already beaten us 2-0 this season, not to mention last season.

GavRedKing

Wtf was that from Sparoni and then Matic

GavRedKing

Hes having one of those games speroni....

rottie 11

GavRedKing wrote: »

Wtf was that from Sparoni and then Matic

Sparoni is having a nightmare tbh

Barr

Rugby tackle from Zaha

hots

Poor enough so far, would like to see drog off at halftime...

Mushy

hullaballoo wrote: »

You're not exactly lighting the thread up with prose yourself so I don't know why you're having a go at me.

Pardew has a decent record against Chelsea and has already beaten us 2-0 this season, not to mention last season.

I apologise, didn't mean to come across as having a go.

rottie 11

Sloppy from us so far

Barr

hots wrote: »

Poor enough so far, would like to see drog off at halftime...

The same thing was being said at Leicester :pac:

Barr

Sweet

frisbeeface

Always interested to see if keepers stay still for Hazard

GavRedKing

Hazard played for that.

Wasnt a pen

blueser

Shocking dive.

rottie 11

Nice

Barr

Never in doubt :pac:

GavRedKing

He got very lucky.

It was never a pen.

Was nearly as bad Herreras the other week

hullaballoo

Get the **** in

frisbeeface

First keeper to not dive early for him, first miss. Well finished the second time

KingdomYid

Never a pen, horrible dive

GavRedKing

Palace hard done by but Hazard driving at any team is hard to stop.

HalloweenJack

Crap peno, lovely follow up.

GavRedKing

It was a very poor peno.

Lucky it fell back to him.

F**k ot ill take it.