Chelsea (a) pre-match thread

[FantasyIreland]

4.44 in the morning-do you not sleep fantasy?

Shift work fucks you over pal,nice to see you care though :-)

 

[schfc6]

beat me to it. also Danilo is a good right back and could be a good shout against left sided Hazard.



Danilo has been crap when played on the left by the way.

Last year they played him off the left, try get at Delph. This year they have a different manager, so I wouldn’t expect anything. He may even play him through the middle with Pedro & Willian wise similar to his Napoli side.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

If we win against a Sarri team (again) I wonder if the "just attack City and you'll beat them" nonsense will stop.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I've got a feeling about this weekend. Bournemouth to shock everyone and beat Liverpool. Us to get a point at the Bridge (maybe more). You read it here first.

 

[lionheart]

I've got a feeling about this weekend. Bournemouth to shock everyone and beat Liverpool. Us to get a point at the Bridge (maybe more). You read it here first.

If Bournemouth get anything other than a consolation goal against Liverpool then I will eat my guinea pig. As for Danilo, how about starting him at right back with Laporte at left back and Walker joining Stones in central defence to add pace. Delph can be our game-changing sub yet again.

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

Chelsea have huge problems on defense and a side that's not yet fully compatible with the high-press, attacking football that Sarri wants to play.

Likely they'll try to press/attack - which should lead to a comfortable win given their defensive frailties.

 

[ken tali]

Chelsea have huge problems on defense and a side that's not yet fully compatible with the high-press, attacking football that Sarri wants to play.

Likely they'll try to press/attack - which should lead to a comfortable win given their defensive frailties.

Feel the same way ,they are pretty bad in defence ,so we must take advantage of that and win this game.

 

[willipp]

Any news yet on serg?

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Absolutely schooled these last year
We'll see the same performance again
.........hopefully

It won’t be easy due to the set up of Chelsea, conte went into that game intent on keeping it tight, hence hazard was totally isolated,... I can’t remember seeing a bigger gap between forward and midfielders from a top team...

That being said, I can see us winning and winning well, there’s a gulf in quality imo and Peps ability to get the best out of them when it matters, is his forte.. a win puts them out of it conclusively

I’m going 3-1, Sterling the boss!

 

[MarsLlama]

No shock at all to see City fans have quickly found their new scapegoat with Mendy being out and Gundogan not playing much. Not one poster has G.Jesus in their starting XI as far as I can see.

He was excellent at Stamford Bridge last year and you can bet he'll press Luiz into a mistake or 2 on Saturday as long as Pep has a bit more faith than Bluemoon forum.

The man has no league goals since his only one this season against Huddersfield in GW2, a shot the 'keeper should have saved. I like Jesus but it's nothing other than fair that some people don't want him starting this game over any of three world-class forwards. He is in a really bad drought.