Yep we are taylor made for Wolves atm. 

                 Kepa

Azpi Rudi? Christensen Emerson?

               Kante? Jorgi

    Pedro?    Mount      Pulisic

                 Tammy

Unsure on fitness of players with question marks on them. I think this is our strongest XI atm - or the same players in a 4-3-3 whichever is best.

Edited September 12, 20196 yr by rtwelch

4 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

@Zeta you doing a match predictions thread?

Yeah probably tomorrow.

Come on Chelsea.

1-0 us  !

Winning or losing, the real football is knocking on the door. 

What a sh*t couple fixtures coming up. Can't say I am confident whatsoever in either this game or Vs 'pool. We can't stop picking up injuries to key players and will probably go into this game weakened in one way or another. Pretty frustrating.

I am hoping for three points obviously, but just do not feel optimistic as wolves are always a tough game and can see them scoring for sure, especially given our defensive issues. 

Kepa

Dave Christensen Rudiger George Michael

Tomori

Kovavic Jorginho

Mount Tammy Pulisic

Kova and Rudi are fit to play, Kante is not- press conference

With Kante out I'd like to see Abraham and Giroud start. Try to press and make it stick up front.

Azpi, Rudiger, Christensen

Mount (Pedro), Kovacic, Jorginho, Emerson

Barkley (Mount)

Abraham, Giroud

 

Kante, still out............ ?

After this amount of time will he have lost a yard of pace?

5 hours ago, enigma said:

What a sh*t couple fixtures coming up. Can't say I am confident whatsoever in either this game or Vs 'pool. We can't stop picking up injuries to key players and will probably go into this game weakened in one way or another. Pretty frustrating.

I am hoping for three points obviously, but just do not feel optimistic as wolves are always a tough game and can see them scoring for sure, especially given our defensive issues. 

Yeah, could easily be looking at one win in 6 by the end of next weekend. But still early season and players to get fully fit,  so no need to panic. I'd take a draw tomorrow. 

1 minute ago, Strider6003 said:

Kante, still out............ ?

After this amount of time will he have lost a yard of pace?

Have they tried to rush him back too quickly this season? Injury seems to be lingering on and on.

12 minutes ago, Dixons said:

Have they tried to rush him back too quickly this season? Injury seems to be lingering on and on.

It does seems to be lingering and that's why it might be bad news.

A lot of players lose something after injury and Kante has been Mr. Reliable for us and it is surprising that he is taking so long to figure again.

3 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

It does seems to be lingering and that's why it might be bad news.

A lot of players lose something after injury and Kante has been Mr. Reliable for us and it is surprising that he is taking so long to figure again.

If he loses a yard of pace he'll be downgraded to world class and only covering 99% of the earth.

On a serious note if this is a problem we are f.....

1 hour ago, Dixons said:

Have they tried to rush him back too quickly this season? Injury seems to be lingering on and on.

Is it possible to rush players back though? Generally if the player has passed tests and looked good in training, I don't see why a player would be rushed back.

We hear this a lot with players returning from injury, then getting reinjured, but there's high level fitness coaches and medical staff at elite level football clubs, so not sure injured players can be rushed back tbh. 

 

However, there is a chance he has played too much football since returning. He played against Liverpool and then again that weekend, which was about 3+ hours of action in a short amount of time.

Edited September 13, 20196 yr by enigma

 

Any news on Emerson for the game? Haven’t heard anything from the press conference.

12 hours ago, Droopy said:

Winning or losing, the real football is knocking on the door. 

Winning I hope !

Agreed. real football is back.

Wolves have had a worse start than CFC due I suspect mainly to EL matches, this one's there 1st without that handicap, reckon it'll be another draw if I'm honest because Kante is still out and even though Rudy may start, there's something fundamentally wrong with the defence and goalie so far this season. Wolves are just the kind of team to exploit our right hand side and then get in the box and score against us, lets face it aside from Emerson the whole back 4 and goalie have been in 'relegation' form so far.  NO criticism of the coaching staff implied however,  they've had to work with the players available and I would imagine these last 2 weeks they've been working hard to try and shore up the 2nd worst defence in the division (conceded 9 only Norwich have conceded more at 10).  So even though it pains me to say it -  a point away will be far better than say losing  2-1 after having 70% of the possession last year, when we had arguably a slightly better defence and Hazard.

Hope I'm wrong of course and we outscore them !!

Really tough one today. 2-1 us. Come on the Chels.

Game Day.

Come on Chelsea and lets hope for a win.

I'll say 1-0 us

Wait, we’ve got two Saturday 3pm kick offs in a row? What year is this?

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

Very tough match point would be good here

Emerson out I am fearing the worst on that side ?

20 hours ago, Dixons said:

Have they tried to rush him back too quickly this season? Injury seems to be lingering on and on.

It's a different injury isnt it? Often you find a player returning from a significant injury will tweak muscles etc. I thought that's what this was with Kante?