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

Match Result Prediction?

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M23 Citizen said:
Apart from Villa away, Liverpool away and Bournemouth away where we were outplayed by all three, Chelsea were one of our toughest opponents last season. I thought Chelsea were harder to play against than Madrid were.

A couple of things though - Pochettino (who seems to have tactics that Pep always struggles against) isn’t there anymore, and Gallagher who played like a man possessed against us won’t be playing.

However, it also looks like Rodri won’t be playing for us and we haven’t won a game without him for what feels like years.

So a draw will definitely be a good point today. Really looking forward to this, I think it’s always better to have a tough game to start the season with, heightens everyones’ focus and intensity.
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13.04.2024 vs Luton. 5-1.

Obviously point is its gonna be tough without Rodri and its true. But Pep and staff apparently thinks its neccessary to introduce him appropriately, season is going to be very long. Some others may be undercooked just yet. Its all by design. We should benefit long term.

Chelsea is the essence of work in progress. We should be better as a football unit. Its football, they might caught us off guard on the counter. At the end of the day we re gonna have tough fixture behind us. Hopefully with something on board. Its the beginning. We can afford to start a bit slow. Longer refreshment for main players is worth it.
 
Ric said:
Can see this being a draw tbh, which wouldn't be the worst result in the circumstances. Chelsea have virtually a fully fit squad to pick from and home advantage, plus new manager "bounce", whereas we'll be missing a few important players and have a looked a bit off the pace in pre-season. Would be absolutely delighted with a win.
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Totally agree. Hard not to pick a first choice 11 from 40+ players. Chelsea will be full strength.
 
Maresca has no plan b he's going to go toe to toe with us. Play the same football.
 
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