No matter who we are playing.

I always have pre match nerves...

Come on Chelsea!

 

Match day.....COME ON YOU BLUES !

After his performance for U21's and with a few key players maybe nursing a knock or two id love to see this, optimistic i know and probs will be the usual bunch but this feels like a game to get a few players involved

 

                   Begovic 

              Cahill Luiz Ake 

Azpi                             Alonso

              Kante Matic

William      RLC           Pedro

              Costa

 

Courtois - hips always a little tough to shrug off and an extra week would help

Hazard - little rest due to long season and knock at belgium

Moses -  Maybe just rest for one game

 

Also i know this is pessimistic but if anyone saw Benteke against Russia he looked lethal in the air.

On holiday with missus and kids going to have to navigate a way to get rid of them at 3 o'clock....credit card and shopping normally does the trick, this is going to be an expensive game, hope we have a blinder. 

18 minutes ago, Fruity66 said:

After his performance for U21's and with a few key players maybe nursing a knock or two id love to see this, optimistic i know and probs will be the usual bunch but this feels like a game to get a few players involved

 

                   Begovic 

              Cahill Luiz Ake 

Azpi                             Alonso

              Kante Matic

William      RLC           Pedro

 

Don't mind some of those changes but don't think Ruben ready to play up top, plus back line is muddled, Garry needs to be on the left and zouma on the right, William on the righy with Pedro through the middle if no haz, rlc could maybe play on the wing or play bats up top and roc on for matic later on, however conte not a wholesale change guy no way we will see that much rotation. 

Be interesting to see whether hazard plays this game. Or is rested for the city game?

crystal palace are good at aerial balls, so we need to be careful.

benteke, puncheon, zaha, Townsend are their danger men

Gonna be a tough game this. 

58 minutes ago, Fruity66 said:

After his performance for U21's and with a few key players maybe nursing a knock or two id love to see this, optimistic i know and probs will be the usual bunch but this feels like a game to get a few players involved

 

                   Begovic 

              Cahill Luiz Ake 

Azpi                             Alonso

              Kante Matic

William      RLC           Pedro

              Costa

 

Courtois - hips always a little tough to shrug off and an extra week would help

Hazard - little rest due to long season and knock at belgium

Moses -  Maybe just rest for one game

 

Also i know this is pessimistic but if anyone saw Benteke against Russia he looked lethal in the air.

You do realise you have picked 12 players... 

conte said yesterday hazard will start, but he's gonna check two/three players, probably diego, moses, and thibo

 

This is one match up I'm feeling particularly confident about.

Glad to be back. Seems like we've been out for a month or more!

Edited April 1, 20179 yr by bloodyfool0

Flew into London this morning from the States. Off to the Bridge. Hope the lads are in high form today.

Come on you Chelsea!! 

tough game coming up palace have won last 3 and not conceded for over 4 hours, need an early goal or the nerves could come

Chelsea

• 13Courtois
• 28Azpilicueta
• 30David Luiz
• 24Cahill
• 11Pedro
• 21Matic
• 7Kanté
• 4Fàbregas
• 3Alonso
• 10Hazard
• 19Diego Costa

Substitutes

• 1Begovic
• 5Zouma
• 14Loftus-Cheek
• 22Willian
• 23Batshuayi
• 26Terry
• 29Chalobah

352 it is!

I wonder if this is 4 at the back... or it's maybe as simple as Pedro straight in for Moses with Cesc sitting a bit deeper than Pedro/Willian usually would. Has Pedro played RWB this season?

Strong lineup. Matic AND Kante AND Fabregas??

Just now, spadefx said:

I wonder if this is 4 at the back... or it's maybe as simple as Pedro straight in for Moses with Cesc sitting a bit deeper than Pedro/Willian usually would. Has Pedro played RWB this season?

He played LWB in the FA Cup against Peterborough, and I think against Brentford as well. Did well.

Looks like a 3-5-2.

Edited April 1, 20179 yr by RichardCFC

That's a pretty aggresive line up there from Conte. Wow 

edit: forgot moses isn't playing hence pedro.

Edited April 1, 20179 yr by Drogbaholic

Strong from conte I like it 

Back to 4231? Or 352? Hoping its the latter

if that is pedro at wingback then against zaha or even townshend then that is a big potential weakness for palace to exploit.

Still thinking if it's going to be 3-5-2 or 4-2-3-1. 

Anyways, we must do the job, must put a good performance to get closer to the title. 

COME ON CHELS!!!!

Interesting line up

Could still be the usual shape with cesc in the front 3

Disappointing that RLC is not in the line up with Moses out....Cesc as part of the front 3 mmmmmm not so sure.

front 3 of fabregas hazard and costa not sure about that ,dont really like matic and fabregas in same 11