I'd go with;

 

             Begovic

Azpi -- Cahill -- JT -- Baba

 Ramires -- Mikel -- Matic

 Kenedy                 Willian

                Diego

 

Out

Zouma - despite being young he has to learn he's accountable for his mistakes

Oscar/Pedro/Hazard - would hope we'll play for the draw so no need for 'creative influence'... save for the weekend

Brano/Fabregas - "rested"

 

Would hope we'll sit back, dominate possession (to run down the clock) and look to counter.

 

0-0

Edited September 29, 201510 yr by the special one

Anyone else out here in Porto? Great city all in all!

Play the same 11 from the previous CL game, No player did anything in that game to deserve to be dropped

 

I am tempted to drop Fabregas but he was MOTM for the game therefore deserves to play

A draw would be a decent result tonight but I hope we have a bit more ambition for two reasons...firstly a win would help get our confidence levels on the up and secondly our defending really hasn't been good enough this season to sit back and play for a 0-0, it could easily go wrong late on when we have no time to rectify it and that would leave us a trickier task to win the group and heap more pressure on Jose and the boys with the media attention it would bring.

 

Porto are a good team and it will be a good test, if we come out on top there can't be too much wrong and hopefully a run of form could stem from it.

Anyone else out here in Porto? Great city all in all!

Was out there last time we played them, beautiful place.

I'd go with;

Begovic

Azpi -- Cahill -- JT -- Baba

Ramires -- Mikel -- Matic

Kenedy Willian

Diego

Out

Zouma - despite being young he has to learn he's accountable for his mistakes

Oscar/Pedro/Hazard - would hope we'll play for the draw so no need for 'creative influence'... save for the weekend

Brano/Fabregas - "rested"

Would hope we'll sit back, dominate possession (to run down the clock) and look to counter.

0-0

U having a laugh, who are we West ham. This would be embarassing. Would rather lose trying for the win

Feeling nervous about this game especially with the criticism we've received this week and the way Jose has criticised the squad in the media so hopefully they fire up and produce something that will get everyone excited across the board.

 

This is a tough fixture as Porto is our toughest opponent in the group stages so I don't think I'll be too dissatisfied if we walk away with a point but of course we should be aiming for a victory tonight. Hopefully we don't see a repeat of 2004 when we lost to Porto during Jose's first season in charge with the club.

 

Costa will definitely come in after missing the Newcastle match to suspension. I think Ramires is worthy of a starting place after an impressive performance on the weekend and I would love to see RLC play as well to shake things up a little bit. After what I Jose has said in the media recently expect to see some necessary changes to the usual starting line up.

 

Hopefully we can win this and make it 2 from 2 in the Champions League so far this season.

 

I'd go with;

 

             Begovic

Azpi -- Cahill -- JT -- Baba

 Ramires -- Mikel -- Matic

 Kenedy                 Willian

                Diego

 

Out

Zouma - despite being young he has to learn he's accountable for his mistakes

Oscar/Pedro/Hazard - would hope we'll play for the draw so no need for 'creative influence'... save for the weekend

Brano/Fabregas - "rested"

 

Would hope we'll sit back, dominate possession (to run down the clock) and look to counter.

 

0-0

 

This kind of mentality doesn't bode well with me but wait.. any chance ya're just trolling??  

Begovic, Ivan, Cahill, JT, Azpi, Matic, Fab, Willian, Oscar, Haz, Diego.

If the Porto players are really passionate about their club then they will be extra motivated to beat us after celebrating their 122nd anniversary yesterday.

 

Things may just got a little tougher for us, I suppose.

 

http://www.espnfc.com/uefa-champions-league/2/video/2636363/porto-want-a-win-to-celebrate-122-years

 

http://www.fcporto.pt/en/noticias/Pages/Lopetegui-conf-imp-FC-Porto-Chelsea-28-09-15.aspx

 

U having a laugh, who are we West ham. This would be embarassing. Would rather lose trying for the win

So you wouldnt take a point because I would

Just noticed Chelsea and Porto shared the points after a 3-3 draw in the Youth League. I doubt we'll see that many goals tonight when the first teams play. Another draw would be a good result, though. It's a tough away match and we need a much improved performance from Chelsea.

Could easily be 2-2.

No Matic or Hazard being reported

I would have dropped Cesc instead of Hazard.

Team to face Porto: Begovic; Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Mikel, Fabregas; Ramires, Willian, Pedro; Diego Costa

Team to face Porto: Begovic; Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Mikel, Fabregas; Ramires, Willian, Pedro; Diego Costa.

 

Tonight's subs: Blackman, Baba Rahman, Terry, Matic, Loftus-Cheek, Hazard, Kenedy

Edited September 29, 201510 yr by Zinc

Begovic, Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Mikel, Fabregas, Ramires, Willian, Pedro, Diego Costa.

Poor team. Mikel next to fabregas doesn't bring confidence in the centre of the park and ivan at RB continues to baffle me.

4,3,3 perhaps?

@ChampionsLeague: Chelsea: Begovic, Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Mikel, Fabregas, Ramires, Willian, Pedro, Diego Costa. #UCL

Ah crap you've all beat me to it lol

Brahimi starts for Porto.

Begovic, Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Mikel, Fabregas, Ramires, Willian, Pedro, Diego Costa.

Thank god ivanovic is starting

Come on the POOR team!