Chelsea (A) - Thu 5th Jan, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[mac]

Don't worry all the fannies can go to the match thread soon.

 

[journolud]

I’ll let you know what i think of the line up around 10pm tonight ;-)

Can you drop us a clue five minutes in on the match thread?

 

[madloaf]

No its 7-1 and mahrez is having a mare

Still seems like that's an 86th min sub

 

[OntarioBlue]

Well, that’s the starting lineup most people on here (me included) were hoping for. I can’t wait for all the whining on the Match Day thread about how Pep effed up the selection.

 

[Bill Walker]

The reason Bernardo starts is because he is a workhorse and we don't have many options out wide.
For some reason pep isn't convinced with Grealish

 

[hihosilva]

No but will mean we’ve take 4 points from last 12 and in bad form … with a run of tough games . Need a win to kick start some confidence .

If we lose tonight I’ll bet you £50 to a charity of choice we won’t win the league

No you're ok mate. Keep your money times are hard.

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

Not good. Same line up against brentford. Need some creativity from cancelo, foden or Bernardo

Ffs

 

[Bill Walker]

Same front 6 as the only game we have been outplayed this season, Brentford. Hopefully there are some better individual performances today so we dont get a similar result.

I'd wiped that game from my memory banks. It didn't happen.

 

[CityBluez]

It's simple really. It's either him or Haaland. Pep doesn't fancy Alvarez on the wing or playing 2 up front. Can't blame him if he wants to leave in the near future. It's easy to stick him onto team sheet here, when you don't have to worry about which positions the players occupy.

We absolutely have to convince him to stay. Haaland's future(with us) is uncertain

 

[Bill Walker]

Bernardo needs to step up to the level we know he is. Haven't seen it recently.

He will, he knows he has put himself in the shop window. Has to perform.