this game could be called off as there's gonna be torrential downpours later and it could saturate the pitch. 

18 hours ago, charierre said:

Quite happy with Mike Dean being the ref, should stop them kicking lumps out of us without getting punished. Just have to make sure we don't get drawn into a kicking battle.

 

Mike Dean? Are you kidding me? I don't trust him to officiate this match..

What with the weather, and West Ham playing like it's a cup final, this has all the hallmarks of a bad result. I'm not confident that's for sure. COME ON YOU BLUES !!!

Match day,COME ON YOU BLUES !

Anyone know any Chelsea pubs in Edinburgh to watch the game? 

Bad weather? Crap, that'll undermine any possession-oriented game. 

2 hours ago, TheBluesBrother said:

 

Mike Dean? Are you kidding me? I don't trust him to officiate this match..

We've actually got a really good record with Dean at the helm. https://www.transfermarkt.com/mike-dean/bilanz/schiedsrichter/379

Personally I think he is the strictest referee currently on the books and usually fairly consistent. This benefits the more skillful side. We though today have to careful not to be drawn into a clogging battle, keep mentally strong in the face of intimidation and avoid silly free kicks for shirt pulling etc.

Can't see us winning this. 2-1 West Ham. 

GAMEDAY!! COME ON CHELS!!!

Well, this will certainly be a tricky one for us. Hoping it will be a Hazard/Grioud combo. They seem to work a good partnership.

 

COME ON YE BLUES!

Hope they press us and come out to play, a bit like the Russian boxer last night, it's just a matter of time before the KO comes if they do.

Morata dropped, Willian and Kovacic start too. 

Excellent 

No Christensen?

Strong starting lineup, but then we have no youth players on the bench, a big disappointment in that.

Anyways, let's hope we will do the job, COME ON CHELS!!

Thank god Arnautovic is not playing or on bench. Chicarito neither. 

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Arnautovic and Chicharito are both injured. Hope we make it Seven in a row.

Come on Chels!

Arnautovic injured is good.

Pedro unavailable is not, but Pellegrini's sides tend to be quite porous at the back so it may not matter. 

West Ham still have good players without Arnautovic, but we should be beating them as dominantly as Liverpool did tbh. 

2 hours ago, MANoWAR said:

Can't see us winning this. 2-1 West Ham. 

Just leave now

4-3-3 for West Ham, Antonio up front.

No Arnautovic for West Ham and a pretty reactive midfield (Rice, Obiang, Noble) - I do wonder whether one of them will be tasked with man-marking Hazard. You have to imagine that Yarmoleno will get a couple of chances breaking down our left, but Antonio rather than Arnautovic up front is a real stroke of luck.*

 

Come on lads!

 

 

*If anyone has money on Antonio to score... you're welcome.

I think we destroy them with this lineup.  3-1 to Chels.

Would have liked to se CHO on the bench rather than Moses, I’m sure others agree, but looks like we will be banging that drum all season - not sure he’ll be picked as much as we would like.

16 minutes ago, Oli said:

No Christensen?

I don't get this one either, what kind of signal does that send to him when we are picking a player that is worse and leaving in january. I can understand, but disagree about Moses instead of CHO, but Cahill instead of Christensen makes no sense to me.

Just now, comtrend said:

I don't get this one either, what kind of signal does that send to him when we are picking a player that is worse and leaving in january. I can understand, but disagree about Moses instead of CHO, but Cahill instead of Christensen makes no sense to me.

Experience?

(I would have picked Christensen too BTW, though neither are really great in a 4-man back line.)

Just now, comtrend said:

I don't get this one either, what kind of signal does that send to him when we are picking a player that is worse and leaving in january. I can understand, but disagree about Moses instead of CHO, but Cahill instead of Christensen makes no sense to me.

For me Christensen should be starting. Him and Rudiger are our best central partnership. How hes constantly on the bench, when Luiz is making big errors every game is beyond me. But now not even in the squad??