4-3-3/4-1-4-1
                   
                    Kepa
Azpi - Zouma - Rudiger - Emerson
                  Jorginho
Willian - Barkley - Kovacic - Pedro
                  Abraham

Subs: Caballero, Christensen, Kante, Mount, Pulisic, Batshuayi, James

Edited December 9, 20196 yr by the special one

Chelsea are a massively overrated side, they are weak compared to the top sides in pl and cl

12 minutes ago, hephzibah said:

Chelsea are a massively overrated side, they are weak compared to the top sides in pl and cl

Not sure if I can take anything you say seriously.

You say at the end of November that with our squad we should comfortably be 2nd in the table.

You now say we're overrated.

You're the one that is overrating us. Clearly.

30 minutes ago, hephzibah said:

Chelsea are a massively overrated side, they are weak compared to the top sides in pl and cl

You lost me when u said THEY   it is WE

1 hour ago, hephzibah said:

Chelsea are a massively overrated side, they are weak compared to the top sides in pl and cl

Why are you on Chelsea forum ?

1 hour ago, hephzibah said:

Chelsea are a massively overrated side, they are weak compared to the top sides in pl and cl

Massively overrated? I'd have to disagree. I don't think this squad was overrated... transfer ban... lost their clear and away best player and the player they relied on to get them out of tough spots. They're leaky defensively. But the defensive side is the last portion to come along. Look at City and Liverpool. We are in the top 4 currently and we have the opportunity to win their Champions League group. I would say, given everything, they are performing properly or even over-performing overall.

8 hours ago, Munkworth said:

Keep this for future use Val...

Say what you see, just say what you see.

8 hours ago, Munkworth said:

Keep this for future use Val...

Got it !!!

The answer is: ..I'm up for a laugh.

It]s the arrow pointing up that gave it away, im so f**king clever.

Whats the prize ?

9 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

Can't take anything for granted, I reckon it will Zouma and Tomori, may as well play Emerson to add an extra threat on the left. I'd rotate CHO for Pullisic, he looked pretty tired, may as well save him for a 20 minutes cameo when we need a goal. We need a fast start, hasn't done that for few weeks now. The longer they hold on, the more we are likely to get into trouble with the dodgy backline.

I don't think Tomori will be available. I gather this info from this tweet

Not sure I would start Rudi either but if Chelsea have a lead & need to solidify that lead, then maybe bringing Der Panzer off the bench is an option for Super Frank. BTW, Lille did defeat Lyon last week on the road. This will be a real challenge tomorrow.

1 hour ago, coco said:

Got it !!!

The answer is: ..I'm up for a laugh.

It]s the arrow pointing up that gave it away, im so f**king clever.

Whats the prize ?

You get to start the thread for the next match. Please clearly state the day, the date and the kick off time as previous posters have been lacking that vital information...

6 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

You get to start the thread for the next match. Please clearly state the day, the date and the kick off time as previous posters have been lacking that vital information...

 poor coco

6 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

You get to start the thread for the next match. Please clearly state the day, the date and the kick off time as previous posters have been lacking that vital information...

A lot of posters lack vital information, mainly the thick ones with animated avatars.?

I love that the kick-off time of matches has become the running joke of the forum.

1 minute ago, coco said:

A lot of posters lack vital information, mainly the thick ones with animated avatars.?

Well it is another confusing one this weekend. Saturday 3pm, what a silly time for a game of football!

It takes about half hour to write,check, check again,the match thread nowadays,  i dare make a mistake.

31 minutes ago, coco said:

It takes about half hour to write,check, check again,the match thread nowadays,  i dare make a mistake.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t 

11 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

We have yet to win a match this season playing with 3 defensive midfielders.

I don’t see them as three defensive midfielders. Kante has three goals already In the league despite less minutes than mount who has 5 and Willian 2. Kovacic has two goals overall. 
Jorginho provides the structure and stability that was so sorely missing recently. 

On 08/12/2019 at 14:46, The Don Antonio said:

First of all the game is on tuesday and its 20:00 kick off. The scousers group is the 17:55 kickoff since both matches have to be played at the same time

22 hours ago, Munkworth said:

Keep this for future use Val...

Beat me to it! By 22 hours!

Anyway, this is a must win game. Good job it’s on a Wednesday cause I’ll be busy tonight!

Oh my days Rudiger is back. Took him long enough!

11 hours ago, ozboy said:

I don’t see them as three defensive midfielders. Kante has three goals already In the league despite less minutes than mount who has 5 and Willian 2. Kovacic has two goals overall. 
Jorginho provides the structure and stability that was so sorely missing recently. 

Agree they can score yet their nature is defensive.

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

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

I didn't realize it is wednesday already.

If you look at our season as a whole this game really has major signifigance to it. Going through a tough group is a success but if we don't go through people will look it as a bit of a failure.

I hope we go through. We need this result to turn this mini-slump around and get that positive feeling back to the squad.

Taken yesterday.