Chelsea Thread - 2021/22

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Vialli98 said:
We have no strikers. We're just shuffling the players around to see who can fit in where. Chalobah was in midfield today. Hasn't played there all season. Pulisic up front, not exactly his forte. Forced to take Ziyech due to a knock. He is replaced by a barely fit CM.
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Have you watched Manchester City over the last season and a half?
 
Vialli98 said:
They're incredibly hard to beat but some of players we're forced to name in the team because there is no one else are carrying injuries themselves. It just feels a bit unfair that Spurs have had 3 games postponed already and we're forced to name a subs bench with 6 players, including 2 keepers.
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That’s a fair point.

Obviously, certain clubs are looked after more than others, though I wouldn’t dare name any of them.
 
Chelsea are in poor form and by January if we beat them I think they are potentially out of it
 
Vienna_70 said:
That’s a fair point.

Obviously, certain clubs are looked after more than others, though I wouldn’t dare name any of them.
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Spurs are playing their first game in 15 days. Today was our 4th game in that period. Whatever the criteria is, it doesn't feel like it's been applied fairly.
 
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Vialli98 said:
We have no strikers. We're just shuffling the players around to see who can fit in where. Chalobah was in midfield today. Hasn't played there all season. Pulisic up front, not exactly his forte. Forced to take Ziyech due to a knock. He is replaced by a barely fit CM.
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We haven’t really had one at all in the whole of 2021.
 
JRockBlues said:
After I saw Tuchel's interview prior to the game I had no idea why that game wasn't called off. 4 straight days with new positive covid tests is calling for a postponement in my book.
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Pretty much guaranteed to have more positive cases tomorrow since those players were traveling, dining etc with the rest of the squad until this morning.
 
FromPollockToSilva said:
Tuchel was quietly seething in his pre (and post, thinking about it) match interview, and I don't blame him at all. Given how readily some other games have been postponed I'm amazed they were asked to travel and play this one
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How readily have other games been postponed?

They had a pretty strong squad out there today.

Mendy
Silva Rudiger Azpi
James Kante Saul Alonso
Ziyech Pulisic Mount

Kovacic, Barkley and Chalaboah on the bench.
 
Vialli98 said:
It was no more a soft pen than the City scored against Wolves. Leeds players actually kicked Rudiger. But yeah, I wouldn't have given that penalty.
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But a City player didn’t cheat, just a Ref call went against Wolves. Whereas Rudiger’s theatrical dive cheated Leeds out of a point.
 
moomba said:
How readily have other games been postponed?

They had a pretty strong squad out there today.

Mendy
Silva Rudiger Azpi
James Kante Saul Alonso
Ziyech Pulisic Mount

Kovacic, Barkley and Chalaboah on the bench.
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4 players either carrying injuries or not match fit. Kovacic has trained like twice in 5 weeks. Kante not much more than that. Alonso is is barely fit himself. Pulisic totally out of position. Silva at 37 being forced to play 3 games in 7 days. You may have seen some big names in the team but it's a patched up team with most of them running on empty.
 
moomba said:
How readily have other games been postponed?

They had a pretty strong squad out there today.

Mendy
Silva Rudiger Azpi
James Kante Saul Alonso
Ziyech Pulisic Mount

Kovacic, Barkley and Chalaboah on the bench.
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That’s fair, but Tuchel’s complaint was less about the team he was able to field and more about the wisdom of making a squad with four straight days of positive cases travel, lodge, and play together in close quarters against all medical advice
 
Vialli98 said:
4 players either carrying injuries or not match fit. Kovacic has trained like twice in 5 weeks. Kante not much more than that. Alonso is is barely fit himself. Pulisic totally out of position. Silva at 37 being forced to play 3 games in 7 days. You may have seen some big names in the team but it's a patched up team with most of them running on empty.
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Millions spent but cant put out a side.

Diddums.
 
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