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Chelsea V BATE Borisov (EL) Thurs 25th Oct 20:00 UK

Need to rotate some players and insure that we focus more on the league I think. 

Caballero 

zappa Cahill christensen Emerson 

loftus cheek Fabregas Barkley 

moses morata willian 

 
Hopefully....

Willy

Zappa

Cahill

Christensen 

Emerson

Cesc

Kova

RLC

Moses

Morata

CHO 

Need giroud for Burnley and pretty sure ampadu is injured for a couple of weeks.

 
I think Ampadu and Odoi are both injured, Sarri mentioned Odoi in his Man Utd press conference as having an injury.

I reckon we'll see

Kepa

Zappa Christensen Cahill Emerson

Kante Cesc RLC

Moses Morata Pedro

 
Kepa​

Zappacosta  Cahill  Christensen  Emerson​

Cesc​

Kovacic      Loftus Cheek​

Moses       Morata       Willian​
 
A few players you'd think are nailed on for a start here: Cahill, Christensen, Emerson, Fabregas, Moses. I'd stick with Morata for this one; I'd certainly be more inclined to start Giroud away to Burnley on Sunday. 

I would be tempted to leave Hazard out of the squad entirely after his experiences against Man Utd. 

 
In Friday's press conference Sarri mentioned that Ampadu would be out a couple of weeks, whereas CHO should be back after a few days. He also said Barkley would be out a few days at the time, and of course he ended up coming on as sub on Saturday. So I'd say there is a chance CHO will Thursday's squad.

 
Give the players from the bench a start, keep the big guns on the bench just in case. Sarri rarely switches thing in the league, these games are ideal for heavy rotation.

 
Cabellero

zappacosta christiensen cahill Emerson

rlc fabregas Barkley

Moses pedro CHO 

Never going to happen, but that is what id like to see. 

 
Feel good to be in Europa and not Champions League, I would be pretty stressed if we had to play Champions League this season. This is needed to recover and use the next summer to bring in someone good like Icardi before Real Madrid snatches him.

 
Munkworth said:
I’ll put money on CHO and Ampadu not getting a single minute. 
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I believe Ampadu is still injured from international break, but it would not surprise me to see CHO not get on the pitch. Hopefully, we are both wrong because these are the types of matches both should be playing, if healthy.

 
                         Kepa

Zappacosta  Cahill  Christensen  Emerson

                          Cesc

          Loftus Cheek     Barkley

        Moses       Morata       Pedro

That's what I reckon we might see. 

Won't hold my breath for Hudson-Odoi getting any minutes even though I think we could benefit from seeing someone else challenging for a place in the wide areas. 

 
Be great to see CHO start, but as others have said, don't really expect it  :sad:

We do need to rest some of the key players and give minutes to players who won't be involved in the Burnley game so I hope to see 90 minutes for both Morata and Willian.

 
Let's win this one and get the qualification done ASAP. I'd give Giroud a start, score a goal or two and break the drought.

 
ForeverCarefree said:
                         Kepa

Zappacosta  Cahill  Christensen  Emerson

                          Cesc

          Loftus Cheek     Barkley

        Moses       Morata       Pedro

That's what I reckon we might see. 

Won't hold my breath for Hudson-Odoi getting any minutes even though I think we could benefit from seeing someone else challenging for a place in the wide areas. 
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I’d prefer Giroud in this and save Morata. For me I would also save Pedro for the weekend and I’d play Willian. None of Cesc , RLC or Barkley can defend but what the heck. 

 
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ozboy said:
I’d prefer Giroud in this and save Morata. For me I would also save Pedro for the weekend and I’d play Willian. None of Cesc , RLC or Barkley can defend but what the heck. 
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Morata's confidence is so shot to bit he needs every boost he can get. If that means getting a goal or two against lesser opposition then so be it but end of the day as useless as he's performing he's one of only strikers we've got so Sarri's got to try and coax some semblance of form out of him. 

Willian can stay as far away from the starting line up as possible as far as I'm concerned. He's had more chances to impress out of our attackers than anyone else having played more minutes than maybe even Hazard but he continues to put in poor performances. Get Pedro in there and get him back up to full match sharpness following his recent injury. 

A midfield three of RLC, Cesc and Barkley should be more than capable of overrunning BATE, if they're not up to the task then they can't complain about not being first choice. 

 
ozboy said:
I’d prefer Giroud in this and save Morata. For me I would also save Pedro for the weekend and I’d play Willian. None of Cesc , RLC or Barkley can defend but what the heck. 
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Save Morata for what exactly?!!  :laugh2:

 
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