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 Pure Palace  Worthing 01 Apr 17 8.48am |
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Today's game will really show how far we have comeback, and can go further. The points are massively important, but so is the actual performance ... a good game by us will significantly dent the hopes and aspirations of those below us. COYP, sneeking suspicion that we grab a point 🤗 Need at least 3 points next three games, anymore would be such a bonus.
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 Elis Ashley Motspur Park 01 Apr 17 10.06am |
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Anything is possible now we've stopped immitating a leaky bucket.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 01 Apr 17 10.14am |
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Thought you were going to launch into Danii Minogue song.
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| miss smith london 01 Apr 17 10.17am |
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lets hope the game does not leave any lasting damage through injuries or sending offs
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| leejaneagles 01 Apr 17 10.23am |
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Let's not kill ourselves though if this finishes a routine 3/4-0 loss. This is the team that will win the league and have made minimal slip ups along the way. I think the home game to Arsenal will show our capability. If we put the frighteners up them it'll really be a test of our new spirit to see if we can get something. Of course I hope I'm wrong though. I've even got tickets for today so there's still that sucka inside of me that thinks we'll do it!
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| YT Oxford 01 Apr 17 10.54am |
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Very sensible comments have been posted so far. We need to stay calm whatever happens today - even if we lose and HCFC win; relegation or safety won't be decided this weekend (sorry to state the obvious!), Today is all about damage limitation. We have games ahead of us where points can be harvested. On the other hand, it's highly likely Chelsea won't win their last 10 matches. Someone is going to 'nick a point' or even 3. So maybe....
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| Hoof Hearted 01 Apr 17 11.07am | |
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Chelsea are capable of destroying any team at the Bridge with the range of attacking options they have. I doubt that we will do anything more than park the bus for long periods and try to hit them on the break if we can. Zaha and Townsend are more than capable of this. Pardew would have gone toe to toe with them and we would have been dicked.... Sam's approach to this game will be defensive and save our powder for games where we can conceivably pick up points. Today is all about not getting injuries, needless bookings and working on our defensive shape. 0-0 or better will be a huge bonus... but a 3-0 or more to Chelsea will not be a reason to be pessimistic about our hopes for survival.
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| miss smith london 01 Apr 17 11.18am |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
Chelsea are capable of destroying any team at the Bridge with the range of attacking options they have. I doubt that we will do anything more than park the bus for long periods and try to hit them on the break if we can. Zaha and Townsend are more than capable of this. Pardew would have gone toe to toe with them and we would have been dicked.... Sam's approach to this game will be defensive and save our powder for games where we can conceivably pick up points. Today is all about not getting injuries, needless bookings and working on our defensive shape. 0-0 or better will be a huge bonus... but a 3-0 or more to Chelsea will not be a reason to be pessimistic about our hopes for survival. good post
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| YT Oxford 01 Apr 17 11.19am |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
Chelsea are capable of destroying any team at the Bridge with the range of attacking options they have. I doubt that we will do anything more than park the bus for long periods and try to hit them on the break if we can. Zaha and Townsend are more than capable of this. Pardew would have gone toe to toe with them and we would have been dicked.... Sam's approach to this game will be defensive and save our powder for games where we can conceivably pick up points. Today is all about not getting injuries, needless bookings and working on our defensive shape. 0-0 or better will be a huge bonus... but a 3-0 or more to Chelsea will not be a reason to be pessimistic about our hopes for survival. Yet more sensible comment, HH. In fact I vote this the most sensible forum topic of the week!
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| Booted Eagle Bristol 01 Apr 17 11.46am |
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Originally posted by Hoof Hearted
Chelsea are capable of destroying any team at the Bridge with the range of attacking options they have. I doubt that we will do anything more than park the bus for long periods and try to hit them on the break if we can. Zaha and Townsend are more than capable of this. Pardew would have gone toe to toe with them and we would have been dicked.... Sam's approach to this game will be defensive and save our powder for games where we can conceivably pick up points. Today is all about not getting injuries, needless bookings and working on our defensive shape. 0-0 or better will be a huge bonus... but a 3-0 or more to Chelsea will not be a reason to be pessimistic about our hopes for survival. Spot on. COYP !!
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| joe_cpfc Basingstoke 01 Apr 17 1.22pm |
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Originally posted by YT
Very sensible comments have been posted so far. We need to stay calm whatever happens today - even if we lose and HCFC win; relegation or safety won't be decided this weekend (sorry to state the obvious!), Today is all about damage limitation. We have games ahead of us where points can be harvested. On the other hand, it's highly likely Chelsea won't win their last 10 matches. Someone is going to 'nick a point' or even 3. So maybe.... I know, boring init
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| leejaneagles 01 Apr 17 5.45pm |
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Or ya know, we'll beat em 2-1.
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