Chelsea (H) - Sat 15th Jan, 12:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[LesBleuMiserable]

He is not ahead of raz at least

Nor Grealish or Jesus. Grealish could be useful for retaining the ball like in the away game.

 

[Tevez City]

____________________Ederson____________________

Walker________Dias___________Stones________Cancelo

____________________Rodri______________________

__________Bernardo__________KDB__________

Sterling___________Gundogan______________Foden

 

[hateutd]

Who knows who is in or out 'cause of covid for the match....

 

[Marvin]

Big game for KDB. He'll be up for this.

 

[stonerblue]

Agree. I'm stuck in work till 2.

Same here

 

[Sibierskii]

A perfect opportunity to stand on these fuckers fingers

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Absolute must win game for the Chavs , a draw is no good for them , so i expect them to play into our hands because if they try to attack and press us we will pick them off. We were streets ahead of them at Stamford Bridge and if we play anywhere near that intensity they wont be able to live with us. Expecting Wio , Zola and Hasselbaink in the BT studio , the big lanky **** Humphreys in his Dipper shirt for the usual impartial BT presentation.
Mute button ready and primed

 

[bluemc1]

____________________Ederson____________________

Walker________Dias___________Stones________Cancelo

____________________Rodri______________________

__________Bernardo__________KDB__________

Sterling___________Gundogan______________Foden

this but switch Gundo and KDB

 

[ninjamonkey]

No idea what the state of the squad will be but if everyone is available

Ederson
Walker
Dias
Laporte
Cancelo
Rodri
Gundogan
Bernardo
Kdb
Sterling
Foden

Foden left, kdb false 9, sterling right.

Looking at Chelsea's squad, one of their strengths is currently their weakness with both wing backs out, foden and sterling can expose that area the best.

 

[ysmsa]

Can't come soon enough!

 

[chesterbells]

Absolute must win game for the Chavs , a draw is no good for them , so i expect them to play into our hands because if they try to attack and press us we will pick them off. We were streets ahead of them at Stamford Bridge and if we play anywhere near that intensity they wont be able to live with us. Expecting Wio , Zola and Hasselbaink in the BT studio , the big lanky **** Humphreys in his Dipper shirt for the usual impartial BT presentation.
Mute button ready and primed

Do you expect us to be as ‘front foot’ as usual, or are you speculating we might ‘sit back’ a bit & play the safer percentages, cos a draw would be ok for us?
That’s not what I think we’ll do, but I can see an argument for it.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

this but switch Gundo and KDB

Foden has to be false 9 its made for him.

 

[LucahArchie10]

Do you expect us to be as ‘front foot’ as usual, or are you speculating we might ‘sit back’ a bit & play the safer percentages, cos a draw would be ok for us?
That’s not what I think we’ll do, but I can see an argument for it.

We don't fuck about he burnt his hands doing that in the league & final last year

We fookin battered them to the bigest one-sided 1-0 ever we play the game exactly the same way
Imagine the shit he would get doing the same as the final no no no on the front foot winner takes all

It's now down to who is fit who comes out of covid & who doesn't test possitive
If it was me I would go full lockdown and live in the academy for at least 1 week?

If available

Eddy
Dias Laporte
Walker Cancelo
Rodri
Berny Gundo
Sterling Phil
Kev

 

[citymad]

I fancy us to win this one playing our usual style and Dias taking care of Lukaku. Can’t wait, should be a cracker.

 

[chesterbells]

We don't fuck about he burnt his hands doing that in the league & final last year

We fookin battered them to the bigest one-sided 1-0 ever we play the game exactly the same way
Imagine the shit he would get doing the same as the final no no no on the front foot winner takes all

It's now down to who is fit who comes out of covid & who doesn't test possitive
If it was me I would go full lockdown and live in the academy for at least 1 week?

If available

Eddy
Dias Laporte
Walker Cancelo
Rodri
Berny Gundo
Sterling Phil
Kev

Not gonna argue with that selection mate

 

[BringBackSwales]

I seem to remember everybody saying that in Porto

That was before Tuchel had his breakdown

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Same here

I'll record it and not know the result, but it's not the same. Don't know why, but I get more nervous.
Watching it in real time, I'm quite relaxed.

 

[dublinblue12]

A shadow of the team we met in cl final and even to their start of sesson form

 

[Tevez City]

this but switch Gundo and KDB

It seems you forgot how well Gundogan performed upfront last season.

 

[Norbiton]

Can't come soon enough!

My wife says in my case it’s the opposite