Spurs face RB Leipzig tomorrow so given they are without both Son and Kane and playing twice in a week should give us a good chance of beating them.

Jut make sure Bats is not on the pitch unless a 90th minute sub.

Put Alonso in the team. We need goals!!! 

Won us the pen and had a great game against Spurs last time. 

We have to play the lineup which will try to play against Bayern.

We need experience, creativity and good form. I personally would go with that lineup:

 ------------- Kepa ------------

-- Tomori -- Rudiger -- Azpi --

James -- Kovacic -- Mount -- Alonso

--- Willian --- Giroud -- Pedro/CHO 

 

Any updates on Pulisic by the way?

8 minutes ago, IliyaKrostin said:

We have to play the lineup which will try to play against Bayern.

We need experience, creativity and good form. I personally would go with that lineup:

 ------------- Kepa ------------

-- Tomori -- Rudiger -- Azpi --

James -- Kovacic -- Mount -- Alonso

--- Willian --- Giroud -- Pedro/CHO 

 

Any updates on Pulisic by the way?

Alonso has a good record of scoring against Spurs but he works best as a wing back. Knowing the current injury issues we have in midfield I like the idea of moving to wing backs. I agree with your lineup. The team almost picks itself based on current injuries. Maybe put Maatsen and Anjorin on the bench as I think either could do a job on the left if needed.

Son is out for the rest of the season.

53 minutes ago, Nevamind said:

Put Alonso in the team. We need goals!!! 

Won us the pen and had a great game against Spurs last time. 

If we start with Giroud I would have him on the bench until 65th and if we need more attacking threat bring him on as agree offensively he offers another goal threat.

41 minutes ago, Ernie_blue said:

Son is out for the rest of the season.

Bloody hell something positive happens, ive been expecting an imminent death they way things are going.

Hey i have made an all time head to head of Chelsea FC v Tottenham Hotspur :)

 

 

8 hours ago, Valerie said:

As everyone seems to be back in Full Grumpy Mode

We call it ‘being a bit Yorkley’ on this forum. 
 

Tottenham are without Kane and Son now, maybe we could lend them Michy so they can play with 10 men?

Cummings

 

James

Rudiger

Zouma

Tomori

Alonso

 

Jorginho

Kovacic

 

Mount

 

Giroud

Broja

 

Subs: Willy Cab, Azpi, Gilmour, RLC (if not available Barkley), Pulisic (if not available Anjorin), CHO, Abraham (if not available Nunn)

 

Time for something different ?

Problem is we have zero mental strength right now. Here's the main three things unsettling our performances these days:

- going behind

- going in front

- goalless draw at 30 mins


Tell me the last time the first third of our game wasn't the most positive one.

Right now it's important to break through the patterns by removing as much flakiness from the team (bats, Christensen...) as possible. First concern shouldn't be to show beauty but to show presence by putting in a fight.

We need a spark and we need it soon and need it to spread quickly. A win sure but most importantly a good (and maybe even ascending?) performance.

Rudiger and Christensen out, Tomori and Zouma in.

Jorginho and Kante(inj) out, Mount and Barkley in.

Michy and Pedro out, Giroud(or Tammy if fit) and Alonso(or CHO if fit)

Our forward options are very limited, we could go 4-1-3-2 if CHO and Pulisic are still out.

 

James    Zouma    Tomori     Azpilicueta

                       Kovacic

Willian             Barkley            Alonso

                   Mount

                             Giroud

4 hours ago, coco said:

Rudiger and Christensen out, Tomori and Zouma in.

Jorginho and Kante(inj) out, Mount and Barkley in.

Michy and Pedro out, Giroud(or Tammy if fit) and Alonso(or CHO if fit)

Our forward options are very limited, we could go 4-1-3-2 if CHO and Pulisic are still out.

 

James    Zouma    Tomori     Azpilicueta

                       Kovacic

Willian             Barkley            Alonso

                   Mount

                             Giroud

FANBOY

Sometimes it’s the hope that hurts but my grumpy mood has now passed and beautiful optimistic now abounds. We will win this.

Sing your hearts out for the lads.

UTC.

9 hours ago, Luiz4Chelsea said:

Problem is we have zero mental strength right now. Here's the main three things unsettling our performances these days:

- going behind

- going in front

- goalless draw at 30 mins


Tell me the last time the first third of our game wasn't the most positive one.

Arsenal away?

14 hours ago, Munkworth said:

We call it ‘being a bit Yorkley’ on this forum. 
 

Tottenham are without Kane and Son now, maybe we could lend them Michy so they can play with 10 men?

You know I'm just a giggling bundle of joyous fun, all the time, Monkey. 

Look up Yorkley in the Oxford English Dictionary and it says "An effervescent optimist, full of the warmth of human kindness, compassion and true love and respect for all his fellow man (scousers and pikies excluded, obviously) and with a deep and affirming tolerance for those less intellectually gifted"

Edited February 19, 20206 yr by yorkleyblue

23 minutes ago, yorkleyblue said:

You know I'm just a giggling bundle of joyous fun, all the time, Monkey. 

Look up Yorkley in the Oxford English Dictionary and it says "An effervescent optimist, full of the warmth of human kindness, compassion and true love and respect for all his fellow man (scousers and pikies excluded, obviously) and with a deep and affirming tolerance for those less intellectually gifted"

I wouldn’t want to be in the OED myself, that’s where riff raff like Tottenham fans end up!

Having in mind Spurs have a tough mid-week fixture and should be pretty tired, anything else but 3 pts would be a disaster.

1 minute ago, bluesfan said:

Having in mind Spurs have a tough mid-week fixture and should be pretty tired, anything else but 3 pts would be a disaster.

62 hour turnaround.

62 hour turnaround.

It's alright. We are Chelsea. Only we can mess this up.

I've become a pathetic pessimist lately, I still can't gather any confidence for this game despite them missing two of their best players. 

That front 3 that played against United were disgusting, I have 0 hope in hell that we can manage to score with that attack, because it'll no doubt be playing again on Saturday... 

Might as well try going back to the 3-5-2 another go. Nothing is working at the moment anyway.

Kepa

Tomori
Rudiger
Azpilicueta

Alonso
Kovacic
Jorginho
Kante (if fit)
James

Mount
Abraham/Giroud

We need at least one of CHO/Pulisic/Abraham available and RLC needs to take Kantes place is the squad. Even if he comes off the bench for 20 minutes he offers something different to what we have. 
 

I think going for the 3 at the back option will be planned for this time around, I’d stick to the 4 but maybe trying sneaking Marcos is at left wing. He hates Tottenham more than Willian. 

Arsenal away?

Exactly, so roughly two months ago. It's time for a sign of belief again.