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Chelsea vs Norwich (PL) 6/10/12 KO 15:00 BST

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Three players I would not mind seeing is Azpilicueta, Marin and Sturridge.

 
It's imperative we take 3 points from this game. We have a heavy follow-up schedule e.g. Spurs, Man U, Donetsk. Because of Norwich's poor form and our successful track record at home I expect an easy win but we can't afford to be complacent. RDM should field a relatively strong team. John Terry will amost certainly start. However Ivan and Luiz should be rested and Azpil and Cahill replace them. I believe this is a good opportunity to play Azpil at RB. Oscar deserves to start and the more he's played the faster he'll adapt to the Premiership game. I predict a great future for him at the Bridge. Ramires and Mata need to be rested and brought in later if needed. So here is the team I'd like to see RDM start:-

-------------------------------------------------------------Cech-----------------------------------------------

Azpil------------------------------Cahill-------------------------------Terry---------------------------Cole

------------------------------------------------Mikel-----------------Lampard-------------------------------

Moses--------------------------------------------------Oscar----------------------------------------Hazard

-----------------------------------------------------------Torres------------------------------------------------

Prediction: Chelsea 3 Norwich 0.

 
Randy36 said:
It's imperative we take 3 points from this game. We have a heavy follow-up schedule e.g. Spurs, Man U, Donetsk. Because of Norwich's poor form and our successful track record at home I expect an easy win but we can't afford to be complacent. RDM should field a relatively strong team. John Terry will amost certainly start. However Ivan and Luiz should be rested and Azpil and Cahill replace them. I believe this is a good opportunity to play Azpil at RB. Oscar deserves to start and the more he's played the faster he'll adapt to the Premiership game. I predict a great future for him at the Bridge. Ramires and Mata need to be rested and brought in later if needed. So here is the team I'd like to see RDM start:-

-------------------------------------------------------------Cech-----------------------------------------------

Azpil------------------------------Cahill-------------------------------Terry---------------------------Cole

------------------------------------------------Mikel-----------------Lampard-------------------------------

Moses--------------------------------------------------Oscar----------------------------------------Hazard

-----------------------------------------------------------Torres------------------------------------------------

Prediction: Chelsea 3 Norwich 0.
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You've contradicted yourself a bit there mate. You say it is crucial we get the 3 points with the games we have coming up but then you say we should rest players. I say let's play our best team with the 2 week break coming up. That means no moses, no lampard and no azpil. The only one I might give a game is cahill ahead of luiz.
 
RFC_CFC said:
Are the last 2 fit to play?

I thought Cesar was a cert to play midweek.
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I have no idea what their status is at the moment, but Marin has played for the reserves, so he should be able to play atleast a part of the game. And I think some people mentioned before the game yesterday that Sturridge might play, but he didn't, so I'm not sure if it's because he's not ready to play or if they saved him for this game. I'm sure he won't be able to play 90 minutes, but perhaps get some time anyway.

 
I expect this team, and to be honest after recent results i'll be more than happy.

Three points for us, i'm really confident about the game.

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Full strength side needed , no use resting players with the international break coming up, lets go out on the break with a serious statement of intent.

 


As you can see I've told Torres not to stray too far from the penalty area, I've plumped for Cahill instead of Luiz and I've plumped for Romeu instead of Mikel or Lampard ..

Oh and I've also changed our home strip to black and yellow stripes.

 
A few of the earlier posts omitted Oscar - presumably to rest him?

It got me thinking - he looks (to me) to be struggling a little to adapt to the tempo of the PL, not that surprising as it's early days. But what does everyone else think is the best way to get him to adapt? Play him in as many games as we can afford to? Play him against weaker opposition where he can settle into games more easily and leave him out of the big games for now? Play him only in CL games where the tempo is slower for the time being?

 
There is still a point in resting players even with the break coming up if they are not fresh enough or carrying a knock and so would perform worse than some other player.

For instance, Bertrand could arguably get a run instead of Cole. I'd also like to give both Ramires and Torres a break, however there is no real alternative in the centre to Ramires (except maybe Romeu), despite the team we played in the first few games of the season and unless Sturridge is fit there is no alternative to Torres.

If Marin is fit he is good enough to play. I see Oscar probably getting a rest and Hazard coming into the team.

cech

Ivan, Terry Luiz/Cahill Bertrand

Ramires Mikel

Hazard Mata Marin

Torres

 
Nobody likes going into a an international break with a poor result so getting 3 points against Norwich is big. I say play the best team possible.

 
cech

az cahill terry cole

ramires luiz

moses mata hazard

torres

would love to see luiz in a deep midfield position and bursting forward with ramires .unlike the darby and joan combo of mikel and lampard.come on robbie,it's norwich,you know it makes sense.

 
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Wahoo....the weekend is here again, and the chance to bag another 3 points at home to Norwich. Anyone know what is going on with the fitness of Danny Boy and Marin?

assuming they are still both out, i would like us to play:

-------------------------------------------------------------Cech-----------------------------------------------

Ass - pill - equator -----------------------Luiz-------------------------------Terry---------------------------Berty

------------------------------------------------Mikel-----------------Rambo-------------------------------

Moses--------------------------------------------------Hazard----------------------------------------Mata

-----------------------------------------------------------Torres------------------------------------------------

 
sals said:
Have a hard run coming up after this so a vital 3 points. Norwich have been abysmal so reasonably confident. Would love to see Moses get a start.

------------------Cech

-Azi-----Gary-------JT--------Cole

-----------Mikel-----Rami

--Moses------mata<-------> hazard

-------------Nando

Lets steamroll these guys!!
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Can't disagree here, great team there.

 
Do we really need two defensive midfielders against Norwich at home?

 
eldakar said:
Do we really need two defensive midfielders against Norwich at home?
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No we don't and you'd have to question if we even need one.

Rest Mikel and Lamps but have them on the bench in case things don't go to plan. Give Romeu a game and let him do what he does well - start the attacks quickly and let the likes of Mata, Hazard, Oscar and co tear the canaries to pieces.

 
RDM says only Daniel Sturridge is unfit for Norwich. He will be fit after the international break. Terry is available

 
Such a shame with Sturridge. If a hamstring injury keeps you out for, let's say 3-4, maybe even 5 weeks, then it's pretty serious and it most certainly will affect you later in the career.

 
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