oh. Did I read something wrong .. Sorry B.Q

The media on the whole has written us off, I would love it if we prove them wrong and beat Spurs, sure to make a few pundits bitter about it. The majority of them openly admit they want Spurs to win, reminds me of their nauseating support of Liverpool's title challenge a few years ago.

Edited April 21, 20179 yr by Floyd25

if spuds win tmoz they wont beat man city... We will just scrape winning the prem...... Now how does that song go again......AND THE BOYS AT THE LANE HAVE WON F. ALL AGAIN......................

18 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Give John Terry a start, they don't have any fast strikers so he will be able to handle them.

I'd be worried if Terry was playing against Rashford, Abuemyang, etc but not Harry Kane or Jansson.

You really are kidding right?  Kane and Son will rip us to shreds!!!

3 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Think they are mentally preparing us for a defeat? Conte has confirmed tibo back and Cahill out. Also confirmed jt will not slot in to the Cahill position. So Zouma it is.... Poor Kurt..... 

Ake starts. Nathan Ake will start

5 hours ago, jamie#8 said:

Already I don't like the early comments from us surrounding the game. Quite often this season against the big guns we have shown too much respect as if we are inferior and every time I hear Conte speak he seems to lavish praise onto spurs. Surely this translates to the players. Even Luiz is at it. 

I haven't heard a word from the Spurs camp praising or complimenting us and no doubt they will come out full of intensity and without fear. I can see us struggling to keep the ball and playing on the back foot and I think it'll partly stem from the build up. 

Pochettino has been talking us up

“Aké has been showing me in all this period, always a great commitment. He worked very hard, his behaviour was fantastic,” Conte said. “And don’t forget that Aké was playing every game with Bournemouth, and he wanted to come and try to help us fight for the title. I think he’s a good player, he deserves this opportunity and I trust him. I have no problem to take this decision.”

Conte's said Ake will start. Great opportunity to prove himself and lock down a starting spot.

It's f'ing Spurs for gods' sake.

calm down...

2 hours ago, Mike Carefree said:

although I'm as negative about this match as anyone I've read on here, I can see why we may well lose...if the team read any of our stuff they'll be as negative... Where's our faith gone... Spuds are having a laugh at us already.. They are very optimistic of their team doing ours and their fans doing a better job too... I don't see or hear anywhere spuds calling spuds BUFFOONS for any reason...Thats why we are mocked...you yoou yooouuu buffoons

Well we can't influence the game, but no way should these muppets do a better job in the stands than us, People who go tomorrow and just sit there in silence, need to take a real hard look in the mirror, and maybe decide the TV is the best place to watch it, this is Wembley v spurs, surely everyone going tomorrow will be loud and passionate, we are representing this great club of ours, sing up Chelsea, be loud and proud.

38 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Conte's said Ake will start. Great opportunity to prove himself and lock down a starting spot.

Good, I'm happy for Ake.

As far as atmosphere goes, generally the fans of the team thats winning make the most noise! I find our support contains far too many who dont/cant sing the songs especially in games like this. Also familiarity breeds contempt for the occassion and we have had so many visits to wembley alot of our support is blase about it. As is always the case the y*ds will be desperate for some silverware and there will be far more of them in the club wembley seats. So we need to be leading to compete with them singing wise. Spurs have recently rolled over some sh*te sides, lets not get carried away with them being world beaters. Anywhere near our A game and we will be fine. Remember this mob have a massive inferiority complex against us away from their hovel in the poor part of town.

 

Love Conte!

14 hours ago, Zeta said:

JT can't start. He doesn't have the legs for a back 3. If Cahill is out, i'd rather see Ake come in. Although Zouma might also be a good idea and move Dave to LCB if they try the whipped crosses again.

Just no, Azpi at wing back with Zouma in his RCB was the main reason we were so clueless on Sunday. 

I don't get why people want to drop/move Azpi for the only aspect he can be got at defensively (and it doesn't even happen as often as people say). Azpi at RCB is not only crucial to this system he is also a fundamentally better defender than Zouma in everything but leap. 

seems like ake will be playing and costa may not start. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/04/21/chelsea-manager-antonio-conte-leaves-diego-costa-sweating-fa/

6 minutes ago, enigma said:

seems like ake will be playing and costa may not start. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/04/21/chelsea-manager-antonio-conte-leaves-diego-costa-sweating-fa/

Just read this. Great opportunity for Ake,  that position on the left side of our trio is perfect for him, hopefully he takes the opportunity and excels. For me, we have to drop Costa now, he has been awful the last few months. Will be more than happy to see michy given the opportunity, but for this game i would think the best option will be for Hazard to start central with Willian and Pedro either side, this trio would be far more difficult for Tottenham to defend against, the fluidity in the attack and the interchanging of the positions could pull their defence all out of shape opening all sorts of space. Plus as we all know, Willian hates Tottenham, so he has to start!!! Oh and massively pleased to have Alonso back, what a signing he has been, irreplaceable in our line up and has proven to be one of our most important players. My line up would be;

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

------------Dave-----Luiz-----Ake

Moses----Kante------Fabregas----Alonso

--------Pedro------Hazard------Willian

KTBFFH 

3 hours ago, dhidza said:

You really are kidding right?  Kane and Son will rip us to shreds!!!

John Terry hasn't turned into a sh*t player overnight. Playing at Wembley, against Spurs he will have a great performance.

Looks like Ake is playing anyway, hoping he does well.

Edited April 22, 20179 yr by dansubrosa

Great news about Ake. Always thought this was the best decision. Was thinking he would go with Terry and as much as this will hurt Terry, this is the best decision for the team.

2 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

John Terry hasn't turned into a sh*t player overnight. Playing at Wembley, against Spurs he will have a great performance.

Looks like Ake is playing anyway, hoping he does well.

No, he hasn't. But 3 at the back would have been hard enough for a 27 year old JT to play, much less a 36 year old JT. He was never blessed with pace and now he's even slower, per father time. Kane, Son, Eriksen and Alli interchange play very quickly, I'm not sure you want JT dealing with that at LCB. He'd still excel in a back 4 with a lower block but not in this system, certainly not at LCB and Conte himself has pointed that out. He said if JT were to play it would be best for him to play in Luiz's position centrally but Luiz is hale and hearty so there's that. No need to try to force square pegs in round holes because of Spurs. Ake fits at LCB like a glove and we've all been crying for him to be given a chance since he's been recalled. This is his chance. 

I call bs on that story. It is clear conte has little faith in batman, so why would that change now? Costa is likely only sweating on a move to China anyways. 

Edited April 22, 20179 yr by axman2526

Part of me think Hazard will be starting up front and Costa on the bench.

If we start well and score first then Costa may not play at all, sparking him to try harder for next match against Southampton. A fully refreshed and perhaps motivated Costa against Southampton at home sounds good to me.

Edited April 22, 20179 yr by dansubrosa

17 hours ago, Zeta said:

JT can't start. He doesn't have the legs for a back 3. If Cahill is out, i'd rather see Ake come in. Although Zouma might also be a good idea and move Dave to LCB if they try the whipped crosses again.

I think he has the legs for the centre of the back 3, but not on the left or right of it. If it was Luiz out instead of Cahill, i would have no problems with him starting.

Worst time to have these injuries. Tbf we have been pretty lucky this season in terms of injuries but these can pretty easily determine if the season is a total success or just good.

anyone know if there is a streaming site for this match? it's now shown for us here on cable, regular, etc. tv

3 hours ago, axman2526 said:

I call bs on that story. It is clear conte has little faith in batman, so why would that change now? Costa is likely only sweating on a move to China anyways. 

The report says Hazard may start in the middle up front instead of Costa, it's not a choice between Costa and Bats.

The fact Costa is thinking about China makes it worse for me. He needs to shake his f**king head and dig in for the team that is paying him sh*tloads of money right now.

Come on Chelsea.1-0 us.