Moving house tomorrow so won't have time (or the internet) to post. United-Spurs is the big one this weekend, with the Red Devils struggling to get any sort of dynamic going and Spurs hoping to keep up with their London neighbors Chelsea and Arsenal. Mkhitaryan rewarded Mourinho with a strong performance in the Europa League today, let's see if this gets him another start on Sunday.
EPL Sat 10 Dec 2016 07:30a Watford FC - Everton FC - 10:00a Arsenal FC - Stoke City - 10:00a Burnley FC - Bournemouth - 10:00a Hull City - Crystal Palace - 10:00a Swansea - Sunderland AFC - 12:30p Leicester City - Manchester City - Sun 11 Dec 2016 07:00a Chelsea FC - West Bromwich - 09:15a Manchester United - Tottenham - 09:15a Southampton - Middlesbrough - 11:30a Liverpool FC - West Ham -
Tue 13 Dec 2016 2:45p Bournemouth - Leicester City - 2:45p Everton FC - Arsenal FC - Wed 14 Dec 2016 2:45p Middlesbrough - Liverpool FC - 2:45p Sunderland AFC - Chelsea FC - 2:45p West Ham - Burnley FC - 3:00p Crystal Palace - Manchester United - 3:00p Manchester City - Watford FC - 3:00p Stoke City - Southampton - 3:00p Tottenham - Hull City - 3:00p West Bromwich - Swansea
------------------------------ For the record, my teams: MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets
Had to respond after giving up the penalty (and I don't like the call but Xhaka has to know better than to bring his elbow up in the box when trying to box-out an attacker, that's just putting yourself at risk for a foul) and we did so. Loved Iwobi's energy in the 2nd half and Giroud is such a weapon off the bench because of how he completely changes our dynamic...a back 4 goes from having to deal with the movement and incisiveness of Alexis at the 9 and as they are beginning to acclimate, on comes Giroud who completely shifts to a pivot player, sitting between the CBs, wearing on tired legs and minds.
The biggest ramification of the game is going to be Mustafi's injury...he went off with a hamstring injury (which is why Bellerin came on and looked quite fit, as Gabriel moved to CB) which is always trouble due to its nagging nature but comes at the busiest time of the year with the xmas schedule (which is beyond ridiculous but that's another topic). Hopefully it's a minor tear (all strains are tears) and he is able to get back on the pitch without it flaring up sooner rather than later.
3 points, 1 point clear of Liverpool and Man City for 2nd place regardless of their results.
--------------------------------- <--The drought is over
"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS
"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left." -Kobe speaking to investigators
dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Sat Dec-10-16 03:14 PM
8. "wenger's saying 3 weeks. top of the table tho!" In response to Reply # 2
>The biggest ramification of the game is going to be Mustafi's >injury...he went off with a hamstring injury (which is why >Bellerin came on and looked quite fit, as Gabriel moved to CB) >which is always trouble due to its nagging nature but comes at >the busiest time of the year with the xmas schedule (which is >beyond ridiculous but that's another topic). Hopefully it's a >minor tear (all strains are tears) and he is able to get back >on the pitch without it flaring up sooner rather than later. >
___
it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
12. "Mahrez's 1-touch assist to Vardy...touch of the season thus far " In response to Reply # 0
This dude receives a 40 yard outlet to the wing...and he kills just enough of the pace to weight it perfectly to put Vardy in 1 on 1 with just enough space to round Bravo easily and it's a tap-in. Absolutely sublime touch, my goodness. Depending on how LC finishes this season, let's see if Riyad isn't willing to move on bc I can only imagine how well he would fit in with a top end team.
--------------------------------- <--The drought is over
"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS
"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left." -Kobe speaking to investigators
Manchester City v Monaco Real Madrid v Napoli Benfica v Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich v Arsenal Porto v Juventus Bayer Leverkusen v Atletico Madrid Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona Sevilla v Leicester City
------------------------------ For the record, my teams: MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets
24. "true, but right now I'm just salty we get FCB afuckinggain" In response to Reply # 22
>I'm looking forward to Jardim giving Pep the business yessir, this is gonna be fun to watch. Actually a lot of the matchups are pretty entertaining, as far as Rd of 16s go
I couldn't watch the game yesterday, could only listen to 20mins on RMC, but this squad is just not gonna cut it in its current incarnation. We have the tools in the middle (Verrati da god, again) but up front Di Maria is trash and Lucas is Lucas. The backline's struggles are strange but I'm wondering if they'll settle down if Trapp gets another shot. Up front Emery seems to want to play just Cavani as a way to force Nasser to grab another forward in January?
------------------------------ For the record, my teams: MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets
25. "They NEED to allow same-country match-ups in the rd of 16" In response to Reply # 20
Of course it will always be possible to get unlucky by drawing the worst first-place team or the best second-place team. But because they don't allow same-country match-ups in the round of 16, finishing 2nd in your group can actually give a team (Real Madrid this year, for example) BETTER ODDS of facing a weaker opponent, which is ridiculous.
36. "aww, cmon I had to" In response to Reply # 34
sure my joke was as half-hearted as a Bacary Sagna cross, but it's in my job description as a PSG-bot to respond to scurilous attacks so I had no choice
------------------------------ For the record, my teams: MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets
46. "Chelsea's goal today...delightful" In response to Reply # 0
from Kante winning the header against O'Shea (who has a good 5" and nearly 20lbs on him) to the interplay between Willian and Fabregas, and Cesc's clinical finish...
A goal of the year (or even month) candidate this won't be, but as it is it's a perfect capsule of where this Chelsea squad is right now. As far as away games this wasn't the proverbial rainy Tuesday night game in Stoke, but it's pretty damn close. And their next 3 games are eminently winnable too (@ Palace, v Bournemouth, v Stoke), before their Jan 4 clash against Spurs which hopefully is as wild as their New Year's Day game in 2015 (5-3 to Spurs, aka Kane's coming out party)
Printer-friendly copy 
Email this topic to a friend
Okay Sports
