Chelsea (A) - Sun 18th Aug, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[BringBackSwales]

There has to be an Ape pun in there somewhere?

Macaques enough monkeying about from you

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Hopefully Raheem doesn’t have his one good game of the season (since he’s been at chelsea)

I'm hoping he's not in the squad

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Surely everyone should be ok to play including Foden, Walker, Stones and Rodri if he’s ok? How unfit can the lads get in 3 weeks? They also have training this week and the extra day as we play Sunday?

Ederson
Walker
Akanji
Dias
Gvardiol
Rodri
De Bruyne
Bernardo Silva
Foden
Doku
Haaland

I don't expect to see the 4 players mentioned starting until west ham game.

 

[SWP's back]

I don't expect to see the 4 players mentioned starting until west ham game.

Massively disagree.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

As soon as he’s finished his holiday in Gibraltar

Did Sergio or Zaba ever say anything off the cuff about Las Malv the Falklands? Probably not, just wondering.

 

[M43 blue]

Ederson
Akanji Dias Ake gvardiol
Kova Silva
Kdb
Bobb haaland doku

 

[BringBackSwales]

Ederson
Akanji Dias Ake gvardiol
Kova Silva
Kdb
Bobb haaland doku

If Rodri doesn’t play that should be close

 

[M43 blue]

If Rodri doesn’t play that should be close

Yeah just see him getting a extra week then playing a bit in the Ipswich game depending how the game goes vs Chelsea can see foden/mcatee savinho nunes and maybe Lewis coming on

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Pep plays every game to win and we should have enough across the starting 11 and subs to win it.

Ease the English Euros players in for 20 minutes against Lipsticks,and Rodders the same against Wet Spam.

3 games in London from our first four competitive matches.

 

[johnny crossan]

Tough opener to the season. I know Chelsea has managed to turn themselves into a bit of a laugh in the last few years, but I think there's too much talent in their squad not to get top four this season, at least. Looks like bookmakers believe it will be a tough match for us, too. I think a point as our players work themselves back into match fitness would be a good result.

---------------Ederson
Lewis---Dias---Gvardiol---Ake
---------------Kovacic
-------De Bruyne--McAtee
Bobb--------Haaland---------Doku

Akanji for Lewis, Rodri for McAtee, Bernie for Bobb & Jack for Doku if fit - otherwise pretty close ;-)