40 minutes ago, wizardous said:

Any optimistic thoughts today? ?

Don't waste any optimism, save it for the new season.

I am optimistic about one thing, we'll have a few knobs calling for Franks head.

And another thing, for every one of them knobs, their are a hundred thousand behind Frank all the way.

Squad of 23 have travelled apparently :

 

Goalkeepers: Kepa Arrizabalaga ; Willy Caballero ; Jamie Cumming

Fullbacks: Reece James  ; Emerson Palmieri ;  Ian Maatsen

Central defenders: Antonio Rudiger ; Andreas Christensen ; Kurt Zouma; Fikayo Tomori ; Dynel Simeu

Midfielders: N'Golo Kante ; Ross Barkley ; Mateo Kovacic ; Mason Mount ; Ruben Loftus-Cheek ; Lewis Bate ; Henry Lawrence

Forwards: Callum Hudson-Odoi ; Olivier Giroud ; Tammy Abraham ; Michy Batshuayi ; Armando Broja

 

30 minutes ago, coco said:

Don't waste any optimism, save it for the new season.

I am optimistic about one thing, we'll have a few knobs calling for Franks head.

And another thing, for every one of them knobs, their are a hundred thousand behind Frank all the way.

Yeah I mean whatever happens can't change the fact he's done a very good job this season. I just hope that we don't lose by a big margin.

Not to be negative, but I don’t see Chelsea doing much in this game. This game will be over by first half. 

I would like to see CHO given a start.

2 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

I would like to see CHO given a start.

Well, given that he's our only fit winger, he's probably going to start by default.

2 hours ago, wizardous said:

Any optimistic thoughts today? ?

MOTM performance by CHO, finally convincing fans of his quality.

2 hours ago, wizardous said:

Any optimistic thoughts today? ?

Bayern haven't played a competitive game for over a month? Leverkusen looked a little rusty v Rangers

Chels 4-0 ?

On 06/08/2020 at 17:22, Deino said:

That was the finals. Even if we win against Bayern, all the biggest teams are in it as well and most of their players are rested. It's a huge mountain to overcome 

I just can't see us put 4-5-6-7 past Bayern

We only need to put 3 past them and then do them on penalties again 

Doesn’t really feel like a proper match day this, more like a pre-season friendly. 

4 hours ago, Argo said:

With a full team i'd actually be quite if not confident hopeful. Our match fitness advantage is massive and with a fully fit Puli, Azpi and even Willian if we brought a similar A game to what we did in our clashes vs City there was genuinely a chance, an early goal would have had a rusty Bayern very tense especially with the history of us playing in that stadium.

But yeah, it's almost certainly going to be too much with tonights team.

We wouldn't have overcome a three goal deficit even if we had everyone available and up to the challenge, let's get real. This Bayern side is on a different level to us at the moment. Every team can have a bad day, and we could definitely beat them with our best eleven and a great effort on their bad day but there are limits as to how bad they can get and how god we can be.

I'd love a hard fought draw to bow out with some pride left, but I fear we'll lose big.

15 hours ago, Mod Stark said:

Anybody want to give these fellas a call to see if they're free tomorrow night?

I'm sure @just would love nothing more than to see both Torres and Luiz in our starting eleven tonight!

28 minutes ago, abramovich said:

We wouldn't have overcome a three goal deficit even if we had everyone available and up to the challenge, let's get real. This Bayern side is on a different level to us at the moment. Every team can have a bad day, and we could definitely beat them with our best eleven and a great effort on their bad day but there are limits as to how bad they can get and how god we can be.

I'd love a hard fought draw to bow out with some pride left, but I fear we'll lose big.

You're really underestimate just how big an advantage match fitness is. We have been playing do and die games non stop for the last 6/7 weeks while Bayern played their last game around the start of that. It's hard enough being comfortable in your league then going straight into a do or die CL game (it's no coincidence a runaway domestic champion rarely win the CL) let alone not playing at-all.

Like i said though on this occasion the team we put out plus the deficit will more than likely make the task too much despite that advantage, if we lose big then questions have to be asked. It's sort of frustrating in a way because with a full team and a more manageable deficit we'd actually have a unique opportunity to actually win this thing with our match fitness advantage over the rest.

@coco I’d take this one over your three anyway!

14 minutes ago, Argo said:

You're really underestimate just how big an advantage match fitness is. We have been playing do and die games non stop for the last 6/7 weeks while Bayern played their last game around the start of that. It's hard enough being comfortable in your league then going straight into a do or die CL game (it's no coincidence a runaway domestic champion rarely win the CL) let alone not playing at-all.

Like i said though on this occasion the team we put out plus the deficit will more than likely make the task too much despite that advantage, if we lose big then questions have to be asked. It's sort of frustrating in a way because with a full team and a more manageable deficit we'd actually have a unique opportunity to actually win this thing with our match fitness advantage over the rest.

To be honest, I haven't thought of the fitness issue and you may have a point there. Hopefully it'll help us get a respectable result tonight.

16 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

@coco I’d take this one over your three anyway!

This was my locked screen for 5 years until i recently changed my phone. Brings back memories.. 

Btw i just read that Juve sacked Sarri. I am so gutted!!! I was wishing he would help us offload his favourite son Jorginho to Juve.

16 hours ago, Mod Stark said:

Anybody want to give these fellas a call to see if they're free tomorrow night?

How can you leave out Mikel, Boswinger (sic), Malouda....?

And if you're including Meireles, how about Ramires?

Edited August 8, 20205 yr by Backbiter

On 07/08/2020 at 11:37, Erdal1905 said:

honestly, I only hope for a good perfomance to be proud of and not to be humiliated. 

100% my sentiments. We aren't going to go through, but please just show a promising performance and something to look forward to for next season. 

23 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

How can you leave out Mikel, Boswinger (sic), Malouda....?

And if you're including Meireles, how about Ramires?

Who’s the middle picture of then?

Edited August 8, 20205 yr by Munkworth

28 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

How can you leave out Mikel, Boswinger (sic), Malouda....?

And if you're including Meireles, how about Ramires?

Yep! Or of course Drogba! But my main point that these lads mucked in before we when we looked down and out!

Ramirez is under Meireles.

 

Match day,bit of a mountain.....COME ON YOU BLUES ;

I’ve told myself I’m not going to watch this game, being 3 - 0 down there’s absolutely no chance we’d put 4 past Bayern and not concede. 

I can’t help myself though, I’ll end up watching it!

I told my son i wasn't watching it,then changed my mind 10 minutes later.

I wonder what is Di Matteo up to these days...

12 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

I’ve told myself I’m not going to watch this game, being 3 - 0 down there’s absolutely no chance we’d put 4 past Bayern and not concede. 

I can’t help myself though, I’ll end up watching it!

The last three times i can remember expecting a pasting and dreading the game like this one was 94 fa cup final, 2012 away to Barca, and again 2012 away to BM.

I just dont want us to be humiliated by Davies once again, as a canadian its nice to finally have a player of his quality but he made us looks like a bunch of amateur in the first leg.