9 minutes ago, magichat said:

I don't get it when someone says Ramires would add value to our squad. no he wouldn't. him gone was a good riddance, real tired watching him play. he relies only on his stamina and strength. people say Cesc is a one dimensional player, well then Ramires is a half dimensional player

One man's poison can be another man's gold - from where I sit I don't care how sh*tty people think about Ray Mears, this piece of brilliance will remain a Golden Light for the rest of my life

When I die I can say I saw the Blue Glory & Ray Mears helped to deliver that Glory to me

5 hours ago, robdog said:

One man's poison can be another man's gold - from where I sit I don't care how sh*tty people think about Ray Mears, this piece of brilliance will remain a Golden Light for the rest of my life

 

When I die I can say I saw the Blue Glory & Ray Mears helped to deliver that Glory to me

I won't deny his contribution, especially during that match. it's like Ivanovic: he had a time where he was flying high, but right now I rather not see him in the starting line up
Ramires' ability is so limited most of the time it's a pain to watch him play. I'm sure I'm going to come across as insulting, but there's no other way to say this: his footballing intelligent is very limited. that's why I supported our decision to sell him, we took the right decision to replace him and now we've replaced him with Kante

2-1 Chelsea. Come on Chelsea.

Finally game day!...fooking hate international breaks.....anyways can't see The Don using a 3 backline today not against the foxes he'll probably use that system against "lesser"opponents...so iam going for...                              Tibo                                       

Dave        Geezer     JT     Alonos 

                     Kante 

             Matic         Oscar 

    Moses                        Eden 

                     Guv'nor 

           3-1 to the Chels KTBFFH!!! 

 

I don't get it when someone says Ramires would add value to our squad. no he wouldn't. him gone was a good riddance, real tired watching him play. he relies only on his stamina and strength. people say Cesc is a one dimensional player, well then Ramires is a half dimensional player

I meant Ramires would be good on the wing when playing 3-5-2

I won't deny his contribution, especially during that match. it's like Ivanovic: he had a time where he was flying high, but right now I rather not see him in the starting line up
Ramires' ability is so limited most of the time it's a pain to watch him play. I'm sure I'm going to come across as insulting, but there's no other way to say this: his footballing intelligent is very limited. that's why I supported our decision to sell him, we took the right decision to replace him and now we've replaced him with Kante

I will take him over Matic any day.

GAMEDAY!

COME ON CHELS!!!!!!!

Hour to go, the only thing good about the int. break is the feeling like today, if you know what i mean.

TGI Saturday after an international break.

Chelsea FC ?@ChelseaFC 1m1 minute ago

Team to face Leicester: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c), Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso, Pedro, Diego Costa, Hazard. #CFC

Cahill over Terry... No fabregas even on the bench.

I'm really not a fan of Conte's team selections. I hope he turns things around for us but im not so optimistic

Just now, Coxy15 said:

Cahill over Terry... No fabregas even on the bench.

I'm really not a fan of Conte's team selections. I hope he turns things around for us but im not so optimistic

Apparently Fabregas picked up a knock, and Terry might not be 100% yet.

Looks basically the same as the Hull lineup but with Pedro in place of Willian.

Incredibly youthful bench though, and no sign of Ivanovic:

Begovic, Loftus-Cheek, Batshuayi, Terry, Chalobah, Aina, Solanke

no JT..no Cesc...mmmm looking at that back four gives me the shivers

Just now, CFCCAN said:

no JT..no Cesc...mmmm looking at that back four gives me the shivers

I think it's a back five:

--------------------------------Courtois

----------------Azpi------------Cahill------------Luiz

Moses---------------Kanté------------Matic-------------Alonso

----------------------Pedro-------------Hazard

----------------------------------Costa

 

Leicester's lineup is interesting though, no Slimani or Mahrez. Looks like they're preparing for the Champions League (and presumably aiming to target the weaknesses of our centre backs with an incredibly pacy front two - perhaps Claudio was expecting JT to start?):

--------------------------------Schmeichel

Hernandez------------Morgan-------------Huth-------------Fuchs

--------------------------Amartey----------Drinkwater

----------Schlupp-----------------------------------------Albrighton

------------------------------Musa-------------Vardy

Love the bench!

 

Aina, chalobah, loftus cheek, bats, solanke

Some of our players came back with knocks this week....but where is Zouma? not even on the bench, he was supposedly returning in September...do we have a date for his return?  

I think the Brazilian players arrived back quite late which might explain Oscar's absence from the squad today but surprised by Fabregas and Ivanovic being absent, any news on those two?

Mikel looks like he's completely on the fringes with Conte.

Big chance for the youth players if they manage to get some minutes today. 

11 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Looks basically the same as the Hull lineup but with Pedro in place of Willian.

Incredibly youthful bench though, and no sign of Ivanovic:

Begovic, Loftus-Cheek, Batshuayi, Terry, Chalobah, Aina, Solanke

Love seeing the young bench, but it just kills me to see them sitting there every game and watching the flops on the field get picked game after game.

20 minutes ago, Amputechture said:

Apparently Fabregas picked up a knock, and Terry might not be 100% yet.

If JT isn't fit he shouldn't be on the bench. If he is fit he should be starting

#cfc absentees; Ivanovic & Mikel minor muscular injuries from international duty. Cesc minor muscular injury. Oscar, Willian family reasons.

Off to the pub. Come on boys !

I never seen worse bench than that one for 15 years. 

3 minutes ago, Pendergast said:

I never seen worse bench than that one for 15 years. 

f**k me, you ain't half a Negative Nancy... 

7 minutes ago, Pendergast said:

I never seen worse bench than that one for 15 years. 

A real Chelsea supporter would delight in such a youthful looking bench.