Bats to be the savior out of the blue?What do you think?

Well....lol

1 minute ago, Barrettinator said:

 

HAS CONTE GONE MAD???

 

Looks like it. What on earth is he thinking? No Cahill, Costa nor Hazard. Are Costa and Hazard on the bench?

Couldn't care less about a false Costa but Hazard is our only creative force on the pitch!!! And now with now Cesc on either.......

Looks like we are playing on the counter

1 minute ago, JT_<3 said:

Bats to be the savior out of the blue?What do you think?

 

Unlikely.

conte pulling  out a mourinho

Just now, TheBluesBrother said:

 

Looks like it. What on earth is he thinking? No Cahill, Costa nor Hazard. Are Costa and Hazard on the bench?

Both on the bench. Cahill is sick. That I understand. Costa has been sh*t. That I also understand. But HAZARD?????

Risky stuff against an on form team. Conte is putting our eggs in the prem nest

Bet Hazards got some kind of illness too.

Resting him makes zero sense.

Seems like he wants to park the bus then.

Just now, Barrettinator said:

Both on the bench. Cahill is sick. That I understand. Costa has been sh*t. That I also understand. But HAZARD?????

 

Exactly. Looks a bit bonkers to me.

What the ????   If Hazard really is just being rested ( not injured or suffering from the virus ) then that really is a shock.  I hope to christ it doesn't backfire big time.

4 minutes ago, Barrettinator said:

 

HAS CONTE GONE MAD???

No but I expect MoPo is running around the Spurs dressing room with his game plan in tatters ...lol

28 minutes ago, DonAntonio said:

May not be the worst, apparently diego had the dodgy Curry as well, or whatever was the problem, as well as a couple of other players feeling off colour, Southampton and Everton games more important, if they arent 100 percent he should rest them, plus it will totally throw off Tottenham's game plan, issue is other than Pedro where will the goal come from? If we play, pedro and Bats up top and beat them would be even more satisfying, maybe something like this: 

 

------------------------Tibo-------------------------

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

Moses------Kante--------Nathan---------Alonso

-------------------------Fab-------------------------

------------------Pedro----------Bats------------

close enough, I'm calling it now, could be a stroke of genius, costa and Haz on the bench if it's not working,  we will do them, have a bit of trust. 

I'm pretty sure Conte is looking at prem and makes this decisions because of that.

I think I read that Hazard was a doubt, Costa being dropped was a rumour, probably down to poor form, I'm glad he's been dropped, Haz on the bench is a kick in the teeth though.

Well we did say Chelsea have become too predictable and wished Conte would do something different. How's that for different?

At least Bats won't be really rusty....oh....

1 minute ago, Sindre said:

Bet Hazards got some kind of illness too.

Resting him makes zero sense.

 

Yes, we've been nobbled.

hey at least we gonna see bats for more than 30 seconds 

What if Batsuayi is actually so good but Conte wanted to save the surprise for a big occasion...

Stupid I know, but got to hope for the best.

Well that was unexpected.

Resting our star player in an F.A cup semi final.....horrible to see. 

Our players shouldn't need resting. We haven't exactly had it tough fixture wise this season.

I have faith in our team, but Tottenham have been given a huge advantage here. They will be clear favourites now.

I won't lie, i'm less optimistic and excited for the game now.

Just now, CFCCAN said:

No but I expect MoPo is running around the Spurs dressing room with his game plan in tatters ...lol

Honestly I think so too, they know how to play us, if he did nothing he isn't adaptive enough, he does something and people moan, this kills 2 birds, rests our key men who I believe have been under teh weather for teh Man U game, and throws off their game plan completely, I'm totally fine with this, I think the gaffer has done a clever twist here.