Chelsea (H) - Sat 25th Jan, 17:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

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What’s Gundo got on Pep? Love the guy but seriously… That midfield is going to get run through.

Bernardo is beyond overdue a rest.

Grealish could do a better job in midfield and Pep is probably reluctantly including him in the squad full stop at the moment because he clearly wants rid of him.

Poor Nunes back defending again…

New guys in straight away - will certainly make it a fascinating watch! Although Savinho is probably going to feel a bit miffed as I thought he’d have been down to start this one.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
If I were Jack I'd be really, really nonplussed. He's done nothing particularly wrong in his recent cameo appearances. He was excellent in midfield when played there a while back. Bernardo is played every single game, and looks dead on his feet. At least Jack would give some kind of screening to Kova and Gundo. Just unfathomable.
Oh, and the world and his little dog can see that Nunes, whatever else he is, is not a defender. There, though, I'll give the leeway — our injury record in that back line is beyond a joke this year.
Otherwise — so as not to be negative — I quite like the team.
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Agree, especially about Grealish. What does Bernardo actually offer these days? Although Grealish is hardly prolific either he creates more and is stronger on the ball. Bernardo is done, sadly as he isn’t physical enough and never scores or assists.
 
malg said:
Grealish must be off in the Summer. The way this team has been playing means he really should have forced himself into our starting 11.
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As much as I'd hate to see it, the writing seems to be on the wall. He hasn't really done anything wrong to not warrant at least another chance to play in the middle.

Watching Bernardo start once again when he's hardly got the legs to play half a game is absurd man management. Palmer, Fernandez and Caicedo are going to run rampant on this midfield.
 
I don't know why everybody is fucking crying about the lineup. Two new players coming in and given our injuries, Walker fucking off and a huge game in midweek who do you whingers think we should be playing? We're trying to rebuild the side and as we've already seen until we do we'll just have to take some pain.
 
Blueknows said:
Don't understand how Bernardo gets the captains armband ?
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He’s the most senior player on the pitch.

The other option would be Gundogan but there’s probably some politics at play with him leaving then coming back maybe?

The only other option would be Foden, which isn’t the craziest idea in the world.
 
malg said:
I'm not the manager so I'll trust he's seeing things we're not. I've no idea how Bernardo (my favourite outfield player) and Gundogan get starting slots.
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It's down to the Manager, he selects them for his starting 11, hope that helps mate.
 
I genuinely don't think it matters who is centre-back, our back-pedaling fullbacks - who have some phobia about approaching the guy with the ball until they've sprinted backwards over our penalty box line - would make Baresi look crap
 
malg said:
I'm not the manager so I'll trust he's seeing things we're not. I've no idea how Bernardo (my favourite outfield player) and Gundogan get starting slots.
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Sadly Pep has grown too attached to a couple. I suspect Bernardo gets a start again to rectify his awful performance midweek. But sadly he has been run into the ground and expecting something better from him at this point just isn't realistic
 
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