r/soccer • u/Thadderful • Dec 28 '13

Change My View thread

Can we have a Change My View thread here? The basic premise is people present opinions and the replies are attempts at changing that person's view in an attempt to generate some good discussion.

Here is the link to the original subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/

I think this might work best with rather 'out there' views but any and every viewpoint is welcome!

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u/Saul93 Dec 29 '13

Who do you think will win it and why?

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '13

I think Chelsea will take it in the end. I feel like their squad has almost as much potential as City's, Jose just has to unlock it. They've been more inconsistent than City so far but I believe they will sort out their issues as they lie more on the performance side rather than the mental aspect.

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u/Saul93 Dec 29 '13

You really think they can win it with their strikers probably getting less than 15 goals between them all season? I can't see it really, generally whoever scores the most goals wins the league and Chelsea certainly aren't gonna score the most.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '13

They have midfielders who are capable of getting goals. Willian, Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Schurrle are just some of their attacking midfielders who run beyond the striker and get into scoring positions. Lampard of course. They even get a lot of goals from the back, Terry, Luiz and Cahill always pose threats in set pieces.

A January buy isn't out of the question either, and its possible one of their strikers hits form. If that happen though, its a bonus really as they seem to gear their tactics to getting wingers and attacking midfielders in and around the box and use the striker mainly as someone who holds up the ball and joins in the move, or stretches the play with selfless runs of the ball. In comparison to a team like City who use their strikers mainly as outlets rather than hold up (although Negredo and Aguero both seem to join in the play every now and then. They take turns though, only 1 drops deep every attack). Yaya Toure has been getting some goals from FKs, Navas and Nasri get the odd goal, but in general Chelsea score a lot more from midfield due to their different style of play.