I hope, whatever team is picked, we see two key things going forward:

1. Every game matches the desire and work ethic the players showed against Spurs. This should be a minimum expectation, similar to how Chris Wilder puts it for his side.

2. We start to learn from our mistakes. We need to see improvement and cohesion from both the defensive side and offensive side as a team.

As a bonus, lets get back to enjoying watching our side play as well.

39 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

 

2. We start to learn from our mistakes. We need to see improvement and cohesion from both the defensive side and offensive side as a team.

 

Been waiting for that all season.

Been waiting for that all season.

You may have sometime to wait as I honesty don't think it will get fixed anytime soon if it was then I believe it would have been already.

Bournemouth's' recent form all Away losses except Watford.

Edited February 27, 20206 yr by Strider6003

Any injury updates?

 

16 minutes ago, haviet1 said:

Any injury updates?

 

Well, I got a nasty bruise where I bumped into  the corner of my desk last week, but it's turning yellow now, so I should be fine for the sofa Saturday. Thanks for asking 

Edited February 27, 20206 yr by Valerie

Lol. Glad to hear. Make sure you don't fall off the sofa this weekend

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Edited February 27, 20206 yr by haviet1

49 minutes ago, haviet1 said:

Any injury updates?

 

usually that info comes out in the pre-match press conferences that normally take place on Friday

5 hours ago, robdog said:

usually that info comes out in the pre-match press conferences that normally take place on Friday

Thanks. Hopefully some good news on the injury front tomorrow.

Lampards tactic clearly doesn't work at this point, never mind not having a real plan B, we don't seem to have a plan A at the moment.

He needs to turn things around on the training ground. Nothing seems to work and I really sympathise with him trying to get any consistency going but after more than half a season he still doesn't know what is his best formation and that is hurting us, at some point you need to stick to your guns and say this is how we will play and we need to get better at this...

Stop with the stupid high pressing, it didn't work at the start of the season and it doesn't work now and everyone has been exploiting it against us, Mount needs to learn how to be more effective with the ball he shouldn't be just a pure runner. Next game is a great opportunity to take a step back and try again with 4-2-3-1 with Mount wide and Barkley in the middle.

Edited February 28, 20206 yr by Gol15

On 26/02/2020 at 18:25, Strider6003 said:

Noticed against Spurs Barkley's shot off the cross bar set up Giroud and yesterday after Mount had a break cleared it was Barkley following up with a shot Neuer saved.

Yesterday he put a shift in closing down Bayern not as good as Mount yet just the same as good as Willian. 

Think if we play the same set up he might very well score.

Don't you  just love Football Strider and people's different views on Football, I thought Barkley was slow, lazy, and immobile on Tuesday and was wanting him hauled off after 20 minutes, I honestly only think he looks any good when he plays against teams like Azerbaijan for England, he's just not a sharp or intelligent Footballer. There you go, now I said that he'll pop up with the winner on Saturday, he's hoping

1 hour ago, chi blue said:

Don't you  just love Football Strider and people's different views on Football, I thought Barkley was slow, lazy, and immobile on Tuesday and was wanting him hauled off after 20 minutes, I honestly only think he looks any good when he plays against teams like Azerbaijan for England, he's just not a sharp or intelligent Footballer. There you go, now I said that he'll pop up with the winner on Saturday, he's hoping

Yes I don't think he is the most mobile yet with RLC and Pulisic out and Willian putting in ghost performances Barkley puts in a shift for 40-50 mins and Frank can then go for the mercurial Willian if needed. Or even Pedro who is full of tricks on the ball recently yet has not hit the target for some time.

Barkley for me is good at reading goal scoring opportunities from the AM position. 

In terms of our starting XI, there are a couple of considerations to make here:

- Who is actually fit to play? A lot of the squad have played 180 minutes in less than a week, and there a few players out injured. 

- What strength XI do we intend to play against Liverpool on Tuesday?

 

Caballero, Alonso, Rüdiger, Christensen, Azpilicueta, James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Barkley, Mount and Giroud all started against both Tottenham and Bayern. Kanté, Hudson-Odoi, Loftus-Cheek, Pulisic, and possibly Abraham are all injured. That leaves us with Willian, Pedro, Zouma, Batshuayi, Tomori and Emerson. Ouch. James and Barkley in particular looked completely exhausted. 

I'd be inclined to bring Kepa back for the Cup game, and I'd probably be looking to give Tomori and Zouma a run-out then as well. This seems like a good opportunity to get the two centre-backs some match sharpness. Our hands are pretty much tied in midfield, and we have a complete ballache up front (Giroud looked knackered before half-time on Tuesday, Abraham is apparently injured and Batshuayi is crap). I don't think we need a back three in this game. 

 

I suppose that leaves us with this undesirable situation:

 

----------------------------Caballero

Azpilicueta---------Zouma-----------Tomori---------Emerson

-----------------------------Jorginho

---------------------Kovacic----------Mount

----------Willian----------------------------------Pedro

-----------------------------Giroud

Also I've taken Abraham out of my fantasy team so he's surely odds-on to get a hat trick.

24 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Also I've taken Abraham out of my fantasy team so he's surely odds-on to get a hat trick.

Nah 2-0 with Mason Mount scoring our first.

Opps wrong thread !

We owe them a right good hiding, failing that i would settle for an Abraham 94th minute winner, which would surely hurt as much as a hiding.

43 minutes ago, coco said:

We owe them a right good hiding, failing that i would settle for an Abraham 94th minute winner, which would surely hurt as much as a hiding.

Very true.

Any win for us tomorrow.

And we kick off tomorrow at 3pm !  That's rare now a days.

Frank's injury: Kante, Pulisic, Tammy all OUT

 

edit:  CHO also out. Pulisic has the same injury as Frank had, which was the worst injury in his footbal time (3 month out) f**k

Edited February 28, 20206 yr by mojo

We've had the worst luck with injuries this season more than we've had in years.

Always a tricky game against this lot and they are really struggling so will be well up for it, we'll need to right at our best to get the win.

Come on the Chels.

Wonder if we will see RLC from the start for the first time this season.  I imagine we will see a return to 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1  ... I hope Lamps got the boys motivated and ready to go I'd also like to see Zouma and Tomori return to the back line as well. Ideal for me:

Kepa | James Tomori Zouma Azpi | Jorginho Kova RLC | Mount Giroud Willian

Whats been going on with Emerson? Was he dealing with an injury or just bad form? I feel like I've missed something in there, haven't seen him in the squad in what feels like ages.

11 games to go, if the club wants top 4 this is a must win, no more excuses about not finding the net after a hatful of chances in the 1st half,  just get on with it !!

 

7 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

Barkley for me is good at reading goal scoring opportunities from the AM position. 

+1 - if Barkley, Kova or Kante are in a goal scoring position I believe Barkley would be the one to finish over those two

Frank sounding like Ruben will play a part tomorrow. Very complimentary of him. 

35 minutes ago, DannyVblue said:

Frank sounding like Ruben will play a part tomorrow. Very complimentary of him. 

Then I would see RLC replacing Barkley to give him limited time in the 2nd for a more gentle introduction.

28 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

Then I would see RLC replacing Barkley to give him limited time in the 2nd for a more gentle introduction.

looking at our history playing at Dean Court aka the Vitality Stadium, Chelsea haven't been the #1 side. remember what happened last season? The Cherries busted up Chelsea real good. What was it? 4-0?