I like a back 4 with 2 sitting midfielders and just let the front 4 strut there stuff. 

Problem is I don't think Chelsea have the players to play in a back 4.

Cold Yorkshire evening, a side that will be every bit as up for the game as the Spammers were and a noisy crowd, this has the possibilities of another upset if we aren't on our game again. A must win,simple as.

Back to the old 4-3-3 we used under Jose first time around.

Courtois

Alonso
Cahill
Christensen
Azpilicueta

Kante
Drinkwater
Fabregas

Hazard
Morata
Pedro

Yeah don't see conte going back to a back 4 guys. Hopefully he rotates a bit gives some players a rest. Several of them are spent and we may just have to risk a poor result to give some a rest.

 

Willy

 

Rudiger 

Christensen 

Cahill

 

Moses 

Ampadu

Drinkwater

Zappa (I would prefer willian, or Kennedy, or sterling etc)

 

Pedro 

Batman

Willian or charly jnr

 

Morata, hazard, cesc, azpi are practically dead on their feet and need a break. Don't want Kante getting another injury an ampadu cannot be worse than baka.

3 hours ago, Ernie_blue said:

I like a back 4 with 2 sitting midfielders and just let the front 4 strut there stuff. 

Problem is I don't think Chelsea have the players to play in a back 4.

We have 6 Wins 1 draw and 1 defeat since we play in 5-3-2 and just because we lost yesterday you want change ? 

Kick off is at 8pm, not 6pm.

As long as we don't start Pedro and Willian, we will continue to be sh*t.  We will win one or two but always suck in big games.  It's painful but it's reality!  Pep takes out Kompany and puts Gundogan to chase a goal.  He played with two defenders and he got the goal.  We play West Ham and are afraid to go all out attack.  Pathetic!  Really frustrating!

It is but is the same style conte won the league with last season  and pep flopped with. Last season the role of genius was reversed. Though difference being pep did not get sacked and conte surely will.

3 hours ago, Ernie_blue said:

I like a back 4 with 2 sitting midfielders and just let the front 4 strut there stuff. 

Problem is I don't think Chelsea have the players to play in a back 4.

courtois

Dave Rudiger  Christensen   Alonso

        DRINKWATER     Kante

Pedro  Morata   Batshuayi     Hazard

 

LETS f**kING GOOOOOOOOO

Edited December 10, 20178 yr by The Don Antonio

Now I would like to see Batman and morata up top together but maybe our next home game might fit better. How would that best work with a back 3?

 

Tibo

 

Dave

Christensen 

rudiger 

 

Moses

Kante 

Cesc

Alonso

 

Hazard

 

Morata

Batman

1 hour ago, Cyborg7 said:

We have 6 Wins 1 draw and 1 defeat since we play in 5-3-2 and just because we lost yesterday you want change ? 

Can't keep playing Fabregas for creativity but he can't play in a 2 so we need 2 midfielders with him. Then we only have Hazard and Morata because the wingbacks are giving nothing creativity this year. It's all getting abit to obvious.

 

Referee: Andre Marriner

Edited December 10, 20178 yr by mojo

29 minutes ago, mojo said:

Referee: Andre Marriner

So the latest name who turns down our penalty appeals. Good to know.

Need the team to have a strong start from kick-off, as Huddersfield have quite good home form, they already beat United and got draws against Leicester and Southampton at home, Huddersfield only lost at home against Spurs and City so far this season - and even that loss to City was a close match with City needing a late winner. With Huddersfield very likely to be up for this, we need to make sure we are too, otherwise risk dropping more points.

So yeah don't underestimate Huddersfield, but at the same time we do have the much better quality, so if the team give a strong determined effort, should be more than capable of getting an away result - c'mon the Chels!

We have been given a lifeline by those surrounding us over this weekend we need to make the most of it. A must win before the Xmas rush.  Need to drop Cahill though and rest one or two others.

This is a must win. It's as simple as that. We really need to be up for this from the get go. The fact we've already lost away to 2 teams that were in the relegation zone will give them hope and they'll be right up for this, we simply cannot drop anymore points against these teams near the bottom. No point playing great against United and Spurs if we're constantly f**king up against the teams we should be easily putting away, still raging about the weekends result.

 

Tibo

 

Dave    Christensen   Rudiger

Drinkwater Kante   Fab    Alonso

Pedro Morata  Hazard

 

We need a performance and more importantly a result. I've pretty much given up on the title now, but no reason at all why we can't finish above the other manc club in 2nd.

 

COME ON CHELSEA1!!!!

 

We need Drinkwater to recover from his illness and start. I wouldn't risk Hazard and Alonso from the beginning because they looked knackered mentally and physically on Saturday. I'd start Kante because the man is an automaton. West Ham negated his influence because Obiang was on to him like a leech, as soon as he got into their half. Switch Zappacosta (or Pedro?) to left wing back and Moses on the right. Rudiger is as fresh as paint and must start. Give Willian the ropes alongside Morata to weave a bit of magic. One bad performance ( he wasn't alone) against yer 'Ammers doesn't make him a sack of sh*t all of a sudden. He did well in his previous couple of games. Huddersfield are a well organised outfit at home but don't have a tremendous amount of pace in the team so that should suit us.

Morata needs to stop f**king diving for penalties and play some f**king football. Sick of the sight of him. Maybe this is a game for the Batman 

15 hours ago, The Don Antonio said:

courtois

Dave Rudiger  Christensen   Alonso

        DRINKWATER     Kante

Pedro  Morata   Batshuayi     Hazard

 

LETS f**kING GOOOOOOOOO

I like this line up!  This can actually work although we may lack creativity in mid.  I think i would much prefer 4-2-1-3 with Hazard a number 10.  I think we will be more balanced with that and we will still be able to create.  

                 Courtois

Dave Rudiger  Christensen   Alonso

        DRINKWATER     Kante

                 Hazard

Willian        Morata      Pedro

But - I have no hope of this happening!  Conte will do the usual 3-5-2 and play the same guys!

We played the last 20 against West Ham with a back 4 (Azpi, Cahill, Christensen, Moses), so it wouldn't be the biggest surprise if we went with it.

For me there has to be changes, I can understand sticking with the same lineup & formation going into the game on Saturday given its worked of late, but we barely threatened at all in the 90, and the effort (or lack thereof) from several players has to warrant dropping.

For me: (3-4-3) - Courtois - Azpi, Christensen, Rudiger - Moses, Kante, Drinkwater, Alonso - Pedro, Batshuayi, Hazard

Hope we get back on track with a win and hopefully a good one.

I thought Saturday was the end of life but the sun rose on sunday and today we have the champions league draw, funny how a quick game after a loss can remedy things hopefully we dont blow it

P.S   Things could be worse , we could have signed Romelu Lukaku.. Thanx a Million JOSE

Another nightmare in the making. CITEH have won the title before Xmas. Conte has conceded, so U don't know how motivated we will be. It's going to be freezing up in Yorkshire and Huddersfield will be up for turning us over. So many crap performances against West Ham, it was comical. Batman should be given the nod. Morata misses so many opportunities it's criminal. He loses the ball too and gets brushed off the ball far too easily for my liking. Winning must be a priority but I'm not confident we will do that. COME ON YOU BLUES !!!

Man City, Man Utd and Liverpool get easy draws in CL. Spurs and and Chelsea get tough ones. I think they want Man City to win it this season hence the easy bloody draws.