Chelsea (A) - Sat 25 Sep 12:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[lasereyes]

If Rodri and Gundogan are not fit then maybe it's worth trying a KGB trio in the middle?

............ Ederson ............
Walker Dias Stones Laporte
... KDB Bernardo Grealish ...
Jesus ..... Torres ..... Foden

Beat Abramovich at his own game?

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Beat Abramovich at his own game?

I think it's called the umbrella formation

 

[lasereyes]

Eddie

Cancelo
Stones/Walker
Dias
Laporte
Ziny

Rodri

Phil
Kev
Jack

To match Chelsea no chance Pep will do it though

Pep occasionally does strange things, but playing an injured player who's been ruled out would be a new horizon

 

[AliAdel]

As long as KDB, Foden & Grealish are all in the starting line-up, I think we win...

 

[lasereyes]

I think it's called the umbrella formation

Ha nice. Maybe KDB can do a Georgi Markov on Rudiger. Now that would be some revenge ...

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Eddie

Cancelo
Stones/Walker
Dias
Laporte
Ziny

Rodri

Phil
Kev
Jack

To match Chelsea no chance Pep will do it though

I’ll bet my house and my retirement nest egg that even Pep will not try to bamboozle Tuchel by starting with 10 men!

Or, did I miss where Tuchel said he was willing to play 10 v 10?

;-)

 

[Tevez City]

Why would you play Sterling ahead of Jesus?

Because Sterling is a Right winger, not Jesus.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

Leaning towards a 1-1 draw

 

[FantasyIreland]

Because Sterling is a Right winger, not Jesus.

Allegedly....yet of the two,Jesus is more effective and dependable in the role.

 

[Pete Campbell]

Hopefully Laporte is fit enough to start

 

[Tartarian Blue]

It's not going to happen, but I still just want to see the lineup we had for PSG home go against Chelsea at some point. However due to the current injuries I listed possible replacements in ( ). It would also make more sense swapping Jack positionally with Phil.

Ederson
Zinchenko (Cancelo)
Dias
Stones (Laporte)
Walker
Gundogan (Grealish)
Fernandinho
B.Silva
Foden
KDB
Mahrez

Subs: Jesus and Rodri, 3rd saved in case of injury

I'm guessing Rodri can handle 30 minutes and Laporte hopefully the full 90, but if Ayme can't make it then Stones maybe for the other 30 or bring in Ake instead if more than 30 will be needed at the back.

 

[sh249]

Hard to pick a side for this. Do we concede that we‘re still off the pace a bit and try to match/nullify them, or be brave enough to let them worry about us?

All told, I‘d probably go something like this:

——————-———Ederson————
Walker————-Dias—Laporte———Cancelo
———————-—-Rodri—Gundogan——-
Sterling/Jesus—KDB—Bernardo—Foden

Or Keegan it:

————-———Ederson————-
——--Walker—-Dias—-Laporte
————-—Rodri—-Gundogan
Sterling—KDB—Foden—Grealish
——————-Jesus————-

 

[Indaparkside]

This is the game we make a statement 3-1 foden, Kdb and a silva special

 

[richards30]

if laporte and Rodri can play (fingers crossed!) then we could look alot stronger!

ederson
walker
dias
laporte
cancelo
rodri
de bruyne
bernardo silva
grealish
foden
jesus

 

[applecentral]

Eddie

Cancelo
Stones/Walker
Dias
Laporte
Ziny

Rodri

Phil
Kev
Jack

To match Chelsea no chance Pep will do it though

For the 100th time Ziny is injured.

 

[Keeper!]

A pivotal game, nothing will be decided this weekend in terms of the title win or lose, but a win would be a huge physiological blow to Chelsea and Tuchel.

This fixture last season was the catalyst of our magnificent form and unbeaten run, let's hope history repeats itself.

 

[Protein Junkie]

Obviously want a win but I’d settle for a draw away.
Let’s hope history repeats itself and we play a blinder.

 

[Father Paul]

Ha nice. Maybe KDB can do a Georgi Markov on Rudiger. Now that would be some revenge ...

Not sure any of our boys in the midfield can do much to that guy but if he had tried that stunt on Yaya when he was on one of his barnstorming runs they would still be digging him out of the turf in Porto.

 

[chaddblue]

Obviously want a win but I’d settle for a draw away.
Let’s hope history repeats itself and we play a blinder.

I’d settle for 3 draws next week with the injuries we have

 

[Horlocksleftpeg]

Ederson

walker
Dias
Laporte
Cancelo

rodri
Berbardo
Gundogan

foden
Debruyne
Grealish

plenty of legs, players who don’t run down blind alleys, players who don’t miss sitters