3 minutes ago, zes said:

AZPI should have been rested and Zappa should have taken his place. No way the poor guy can run up and down that wing today. Poor guy must be knackered playing every 2 days. 

Well if there is one thing we have learned so far this season is that this squad is not capable of playing 2 games a week regardless of the injuries.  It begs the question as to whether we dump domestic cup competitions and concentrate on Europe and the league title, or simply dump Europe altogether and play for the league and FA Cup only. 

C'mon you Blues, let's kick some royal real ends tonight!

1 minute ago, CFCCAN said:

Well if there is one thing we have learned so far this season is that this squad is not capable of playing 2 games a week regardless of the injuries.  It begs the question as to whether we dump domestic cup competitions and concentrate on Europe and the league title, or simply dump Europe altogether and play for the league and FA Cup only. 

Good news is they have a week break now as I expect Conte to take the chance and rest all of them and play Musonda and the younger one vs Everton next Wednesday. Imo we should drop out of the league cup. It will help us considering our circumstances. 

Really nervous about this one, in my mind I’ve already accepted a draw or defeat.

Its unusual for me to be pessimistic but after seeing our recent displays and a load of injuries I think we’ll struggle. Hopefully the class of our attackers will give us 3 points. 

I don’t get why Zappacosta isn’t playing today. And why Christensen isn’t playing. But thinking about this team selection, it allows us to go 433 easily, with Luiz getting  into CM and Azpi getting to FBR. Conte knows more than us, so let’s give him some slack.

Watford have to deal with Pedro Hazard and Morata.

some people would need to settle down AND START SUPPORTING THE TEAM

3 minutes ago, RMH said:

I don’t get why Zappacosta isn’t playing today. And why Christensen isn’t playing. But thinking about this team selection, it allows us to go 433 easily, with Luiz getting  into CM and Azpi getting to FBR. Conte knows more than us, so let’s give him some slack.

Zappacosta and Christensen were exposed against Roma especially Zappacosta. Zappa is a liability defensively he can be an attacking sub but not a starter and def not on Moses Level

Need a won today. I'm confident we well get it aswell. We have a good record against Watford. Just need to play with the right intensity and our quality should shine through. 

8 minutes ago, RMH said:

I don’t get why Zappacosta isn’t playing today. And why Christensen isn’t playing. But thinking about this team selection, it allows us to go 433 easily, with Luiz getting  into CM and Azpi getting to FBR. Conte knows more than us, so let’s give him some slack.

Maybe conte will play 433 from the start? It would be a suprise for sure.

Despite Fabregas poor performance in previous matches

He will be better fit for today as he can open Watford defence with some assists

He did not have Willian by his side to lose the ball at least

Fabregas in midfield yet again. WHY ???????

Hoping to see 4-2-3-1 today....

               Courtois
 Azpi - Rudiger - Cahill - Alonso
          Luiz - Bakayoko
  Pedro - Fabregas - Hazard
              Morata

UTC!

Iam more worried about that fat little weeble Moss f**king us over rather than Contes team selection...

Not overly confident here but it's crucial we get three points or we will be seriously under pressure! Come on you blues!!

Such a bad vibe going into this. I really hope the players are behind Conte and Conte has a new plan.

I really hate to see Christensen on the bench. Why Conte doesn't pick him before Luiz is beyond me.

Disappointed to see Cahill start instead of Christensen, but good news about Baka and Luiz. At least we're not going into this game with our entire midfield not playing.

 

I think this team is more than capable of winning this one.

 

2-0 Morata and Pedro

 

COME ON CHELSEA!!!!!!

 

Conte need to reshuffle his cards as he has midweek matches in champions league this year

I am worried baud media frenzy talk of sacking Conte quickly

..

They want Arsenal to land him

Big day for the youngster. From Exeter to the sub bench at Chelsea in the Premier League in a matter of months.

11 minutes ago, the special one said:

Hoping to see 4-2-3-1 today....

               Courtois
 Azpi - Rudiger - Cahill - Alonso
          Luiz - Bakayoko
  Pedro - Fabregas - Hazard
              Morata

UTC!

I like that. 

4-2 to chelsea

 

I could sense Watford are salivating over three points after rubbing their hands.

 

There is only one way out of this : Early goals

A win is vital here, massive game.

We are facing best Watford in years with worst home start record at home in Roman era.

Nervous ! Come on Chelsea