On 13/12/2020 at 16:10, General said:

Same squad with same injuries as yesterday for this match. So let me tip off the moaners and Frank sackers right now. Don’t bother watching because if Wolves show up it could be a long 90 minutes again !  I’m backing Frank all season long and another top 4 finish, and the team is in with a strong chance imo. Couldn’t give a monkeys about spuds or the bin dippers or City winning the title currently there’s a lot of football still to play, our project has its own timeline and you’re a mug if you think otherwise. Got to walk before you run !  In the meantime I know it smarts to lose matches, but only TWO all season so CHIN UP BOTTLERS !  

Couldn't agree more,it's cringeworthy on here at times.....UP THE CHELS !

22 hours ago, Slojo said:

Hard times for Frank I think. He has some big decisions, does he rush Pulisic back and risk a big injury?

According to this article, and as we all know, rushing people back from torn hammers is about the stupidest thing you can do. Apparently they 6-8 weeks to heal properly. Apparently the pain goes well before the healing is complete. You could ruin Pulisic’ s future by rushing him back. 
 

I hope Chelsea have a skilled medical team. You almost need a permanent hamstring treater on staff. And a good one at that. My dad used to say for every front;line  soldier there’s seven in support, and this season it may well be the medical staff that are the most important ,members of CFC. 
 

https://www.skelian.co.uk/2020/01/13/chiropractor-bristol-chiropractor-cheltenham-2-3-3-2-3-2/

 

I notice Jao Moutinho is banned from this one due to a previous Red gained against Villa and of course Jimenez is out.

Should be a good time to play them.

 

3 minutes ago, ozboy said:

According to this article, and as we all know, rushing people back from torn hammers is about the stupidest thing you can do. Apparently they 6-8 weeks to heal properly. Apparently the pain goes well before the healing is complete. You could ruin Pulisic’ s future by rushing him back. 
 

I hope Chelsea have a skilled medical team. You almost need a permanent hamstring treater on staff. And a good one at that. My dad used to say for every front;line  soldier there’s seven in support, and this season it may well be the medical staff that are the most important ,members of CFC. 
 

https://www.skelian.co.uk/2020/01/13/chiropractor-bristol-chiropractor-cheltenham-2-3-3-2-3-2/

 

It appears me though that he's had plenty of time off, can we really afford to give him 6-8 weeks? Especially with Ziyech out. 

Teams are learning that Chelsea’s primary attack is crossing passes with CHO, Pulisic and Ziyech out.  They are parking the bus and looking to counterattack. Lampard needs to change things up. Perhaps put Gilmour at #10 and look for him to create opportunities off the dribble. 

18 minutes ago, TheGreatestGame said:

Teams are learning that Chelsea’s primary attack is crossing passes with CHO, Pulisic and Ziyech out.  They are parking the bus and looking to counterattack. Lampard needs to change things up. Perhaps put Gilmour at #10 and look for him to create opportunities off the dribble. 

I don't think it's a matter of being found out, it's just the lack of quality is there to actually hurt defences, we don't really have a creator even though Mount has stepped up big time this season. But we can't just rely on Mount to get it down from midfield. 

4 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

I notice Jao Moutinho is banned from this one due to a previous Red gained against Villa and of course Jimenez is out.

Should be a good time to play them.

 

Many thought the same for Everton.

Don’t think there is any good time to play any team really.

I think this will be a tough encounter 

I guess the biggest call to be made by Frank is whether he risks starting Pulisic, I was listening to the London is Blue Podcast and Simon Johnson talked about having the following lineup:

                 Mendy

Azpi Thiago Zouma Chilwell

   Kai - Kante - Mount

Reece - Giroud - Werner

He talked about having 2 options out wide in Reece and Azpi would help in stretching defenses whereas with Kai it's just down to Reece to offer that width, I quite liked that suggestion as a stop gap solution whilst we are limited in the wide areas. 

2 defeats in a row would be embarassing. I think we must start Pulisic.

35 minutes ago, Jezq8 said:

Many thought the same for Everton.

Don’t think there is any good time to play any team really.

I think this will be a tough encounter 

I think we will beat Wolves and think West Ham will be a tougher challenge.

Anyway let's hope they give us a good performance tonight.

I don't have a good feeling about this.  We need to be clinical to win.

@Valerie I'm guessing  light blue socks, before you ask? Any guesses?

 

Really attacking side. A win would be so huge! Would have us right on the heels of both Liverpool and Tottenham since they play eachother tomorrow.

Come on Chelsea!

Havertz in midfield ?

Edited December 15, 20205 yr by Andy2461

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

 

Let's hope Mr.Glass not only holds up but can perform as well. As attacking a lineup as we can field.

Just now, Andy2461 said:

Havertz on the wing again 

I don't think so. 

Just now, Andy2461 said:

Havertz on the wing again 

No Werner.

Just now, Andy2461 said:

Havertz on the wing again 

Havertz in a midfield 3

1 minute ago, Andy2461 said:

Havertz on the wing again 

With Pulisic, Werner and Giroud picked? I doubt it.

I think this is how Frank wanted to play against Everton but we were out of wingers. 

Nice to see Lampard maintain his faith in Kai Havertz, hope he repays that faith by putting in a defining performance.

Quality lineup imo, time for Havertz to start performing now though, playing centrally, less responsibility than on the wing for him, can't be putting in a 3/10 performance again. 

Love to see Pulisic there, fingers crossed he's ready and won't have a setback. 

Very awkward injuries we have. We have only Abraham to bring on from the bench to make something attacking wise. Okay Kovacic and Jorginho can transform the midfield but no real attacking choices  

Could we have not make a place for tino anjorin? Only Tammy as an attacking option on the bench.