Guus has said he's not going to play the youngsters.

I expect the same team that started against Spurs with Hazard coming in for Pedro.

FFS if they cant get a game with nothing on the line for us when will they

We'll be pilloried if we play anything less than a full team given the relegation implications. I'd expect RLC to play but a full team otherwise.

unless we play the youngsters, im afraid i can't see us playing with a high level of intensity as we did against spuds

expecting another lulzy draw

Come on you Blues!

Interestingly Clarke-Salter wasn't involved last night hopefully we can give him some minutes today.

I'm working this afternoon - would someone be able to do the MOTM thread?

Same old s*** team. Chelsea are not playing for anything

Guus is clueless, mikel + matic against 3rd bottom, get a grip

Chelsea Team: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Mikel, Matic, Willian, Fabregas, Hazard, Costa

Interestingly Clarke-Salter wasn't involved last night hopefully we can give him some minutes today.

No chance, guus is a dinosaur

Subs: Begovic, Baba, Oscar, Alexandre Pato, Traore, Kenedy, Loftus-Cheek

embarassing line up.

 

Mikel Matic. Both unlikely to be here next year. Youngsters must be in despair. Hiddink being selfish and not thinking about the club. Gradually his reputation with the fans is waning.

Disappointing line up

Guus is clueless, mikel + matic against 3rd bottom, get a grip

Doesn't want to be accused of weakening the team that stopped Spurs winning the league. If this was mid-table nothing to play for either side then I am sure he would play the kids, which he will probably do against Liverpool and Leicester.

Doesn't want to be accused of weakening the team that stopped Spurs winning the league. If this was mid-table nothing to play for either side then I am sure he would play the kids, which he will probably do against Liverpool and Leicester.

I actually think the team is weakened by not playing some if the players mentioned

Unbelievable from Gus.

that is a terrible line up. normally i wouldn't say this because i respect the guy, but i'm really disappointed with Guus regarding the line up
i'm not expecting 11 youngsters to start today, but why wouldn't we even start RLC? hell it's not like he is a sh*tty player ffs

Awful line up. Why on earth are we selecting such a dull starting eleven? i mean i know we don't want to be accused of weakening the team but surely RLC, Baba, Kenedy and Traore should be involved... our youngsters must be so disappointed .. at least Van Gaal plays his youngsters, they aren't gonna want to play for Chelsea if they don't get a chance.

Loving the innovation and risk taking Guus brings...oh wait.

Disappointed with that lineup, there is no reason why we can't test our youth. Doesn't matter how poor Ivanovic is going to be, he always going to play. 

Edited May 7, 201610 yr by IliyaKrostin

2 DMs against Sunderland... 

Really like all the youth on display today.

Ivan needs to get more games under his belt to continue his blistering form and development.

Edited May 7, 201610 yr by JoseBlues

Annoyingly there is quite a few reasons why Guus might have had to play a squad like this.
1) Integrity of the league how would Newcastle and Norwich feel if we threw in a few youngsters and lost today, admittedly the youngsters might bring more energy to the game as I and probably quite a few others imagine this team might lack a little motivation going into this game
2) Conte might want to evaluate these first team players and see who he wants to keep, how he wants players to play etc.

3) A lot of these stars will want to prove themselves to the fans and the new Coach for instance Mikel and Matic are probably fighting for places in the squad next season as probably the likes of Terry, Cahill and Ivanovic, and Courois and Hazard still have a lot to prove.

4) We might want to make sure Sunderland get relegated from the league.

I am not condoning Guus' selection, as like most on here I would much prefer a team containing some youth and don't really see why RLC, Traore, Kenedy and Baba couldn't have started. All I can say is hopefully we see some younger players out in the last 2 games.

Hopefully the "Stars" turn up today and hammer this Dreary Sunderland team back down to the Championship. 

I cannot wait for this dinosaur to leave

Ffs the young lads must be so fed up and rightly so