I am kinda glad that alonso is suspended. God knows he deserves his rest. I hope and expect wholesale changes for the game

willy

azpi Gc rudi

Zappa cesc empadu drinkwater kenedy

morata michy

 

Need to rotate for this 

Willy 

azbi christensen rudiger

zappa drinkwater Fabregas Kennedy 

willian Batman Pedro 

 

Some Rotation needed with 3 games in under a week coming up..

                     Willy

   Rudigar   Christensen  Cahill

Zappa  Cesc  Ampadu  DD Kenedy       

          Morata   Batshuyai/Musonda

I don't thnk he will play the 2nd team. After conceding the league, this and FA cup are our consolidation trophies.
So team would likely be
Willy
Azpi Christensen Rudiger
Moses Kante Cesc DD Zappa
Hazard/Willian
Morata

Want to see Kenedy, Bats, Ampadu and Musonda.

Need to rotate. 

Full strength line up for this one.

We have no chance in the PL, no chance in the CL, and now no chance in the FA Cup either.

Realistically this is the only one we can win assuming that the Man City first XI and backup XI break all 44 legs.

3 minutes ago, OverAndOut said:

Full strength line up for this one.

We have no chance in the PL, no chance in the CL, and now no chance in the FA Cup either.

Realistically this is the only one we can win assuming that the Man City first XI and backup XI break all 44 legs.

why no chance fa cup? 

1 hour ago, luckywerthers said:

why no chance fa cup? 

Because Conte will put all the effort he can into the PL and CL and will forget about the FA Cup.

 

Once again, after this midweek game, we will be the early kickoff on Saturday. We have had the worst deal with these kickoff times this year. Every time we play on a Wednesday, we seem to get an early Saturday kickoff or play one of the big teams. I miss the days when if you played on a Wednesday, you were guaranteed to play Sunday.

We gotta rotate. Everton are not the easy mark they were under koeman this season. If we are tired they will take advantage.

Not sure how best to do that and win this game though.

We will rotate. I don’t thing we are no chance in champs league. We were much less of a chance the year we won it   Same with the fa cup. Only the league, the one I care about the most, is out of reach. 

I’d rest- Hazard  , Kante Dave and Moses 

zappa Rudigier Luiz/chrtiansen Cahill kennedy

ampadu Fab Danny 

batman Pedro 

 

Maybe Willian instead of Fab. 

We need to rotate, but too put one team enough competitive, because we must win. 

 

Willy

Rudiger-Christensen-Cahill

Zappacosta-Ampadu-Drinkwater-Kennedy

Musonda-Michy-Willian

Anyone with Christensen in their line up needs to see a shrink. If the kid goes down we are ABSOLUTELY f**kED. We have no other ball playing defender with Luiz injured. Thank God for Alonso's sus[pension and hopefully Kante gets a rest. 

10 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Once again, after this midweek game, we will be the early kickoff on Saturday. We have had the worst deal with these kickoff times this year. Every time we play on a Wednesday, we seem to get an early Saturday kickoff or play one of the big teams. I miss the days when if you played on a Wednesday, you were guaranteed to play Sunday.

Getting a bit ridiculous now, have we played the late sunday game after being in europe this season?

With Alonso suspended I would go with a back four...You know Bournemouth ain't gonna rest any of their squad for this game...it's all about momentum at this stage of the season...

Tibo 

Dave Christensen Cahill Rudiger

Kante Drinkwater 

Febregas 

Hazard Morata Pedro

 

If things go well then you can bring on Ampadu and Mousanda...and give the likes of Hazard and Kante a rest...

Edited December 18, 20178 yr by doctorblue

Minimal changes, IMO.

Just hope we go for 3-4-3 and make the most of Willian and Pedro being fit and available, I might be tempted to drop Hazard for this one to keep him fresh.

Appreciate those thinking of Everton yet win what you can while you can.

Bournemouth are normally more open as they tend to come forward and of course have Jermaine Defoe who didn't score last match and I bet he would just love to score against us.

 

No more false 9 please.

                   Willy

        Salter  Cahill  Rudiger

Zapa     Drinkwater Ampadu   Kennedy

                   Fabregas

   Pedro       Basthuayi    Musonda

4 hours ago, Zeta said:

No more false 9 please.

I actually wouldn't mind seeing it against Bournemouth. They are the type of team it would work well against because of how open they play.

Have we actually lost a match playing a false 9?

1 minute ago, yorkleyblue said:

Have we actually lost a match playing a false 9?

Going by recent record. Nope. 100% win record so far.

Ofc not without it's own set of criticisms as per usual 

1 hour ago, yorkleyblue said:

Have we actually lost a match playing a false 9?

Under AC played 4 scored 14 conceded 1 points 12 

On 17/12/2017 at 21:27, OverAndOut said:

Full strength line up for this one.

We have no chance in the PL, no chance in the CL, and now no chance in the FA Cup either.

Realistically this is the only one we can win assuming that the Man City first XI and backup XI break all 44 legs.

PL I agree..But we have a chance in all 3 other competitions..

And I mean UCL as well.. After all its only 4 teams we will have to win against...Will be very tough but there is always a chance!!