Just now, dkw said:

Newcastle team talk is easy for Bruce..

"Right lads, just shoot, from anywhere, all the time....SHOOOOOTTTT!"...

1 minute ago, Argo said:

Looking at the bigger picture the best result for us tonight is probably a crazy 5-4 win.

Steve Bruce ain't that bold....he'll play the typical low block and hope to get something on the counter.

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

That is not the reassurance I am craving.

TT doesn't look like a man who would shoot himself in the foot. So far his selections have been more or less spot on. Let's see how this one features today. 

My Chelsea app is saying Kepa is starting "after his impressive showing at Barnsley"   A clean sheet against a mid-tier Division 2 squad is impressive now?  

Did Tuchel even watch film on Kepa last year?  

I miss being in The Shed, hearing London’s Calling, Park Life and The Liquidator 

Wouldn't be surprised if Brucey takes Gayle off after 5 minutes for Carroll. 

4 minutes ago, Argo said:

Just like Torres again, all this false hope.

He's rubbish and just like with Torres we will never properly move on as a club until we accept it and take the L on the chin.

100% correct

8 minutes ago, Valerie said:

We'll be alright. 

 

Won't we? Somebody please say something reassuring.

Also the sky pundits are almost unanimous in questioning the decision. When have they ever ALL been right?

Just now, Munkworth said:

I miss being in The Shed, hearing London’s Calling, Park Life and The Liquidator 

I play all of them and chelsea dagger pre match every day. Makes me feel a little closer

Clean sheet for kepa you heard it here. TT has more clean sheets than Dot Cotton kepa won’t drop the soap 

1 minute ago, Imran_CFC said:

Wouldn't be surprised if Brucey takes Gayle off after 5 minutes for Carroll. 

Might as well play them both. Great chance to get confidence in to sh*t strikers? Maybe Werner needs to practice against Kepa more at Cobham!

24 minutes ago, 2211 said:

I really hope this move has nothing to with any upstairs politics.

It must do! Truly, I don’t believe any manager in the world would choose him for a premier league game if it’s down to them. 
 

Suspect they’ve said try and raise Kepa’s stock a bit and he assumes this’ll be an easy game.

I almost want kepa to f**k up so tuchel can say I tried but kepa is broken!

What's happened to Havertz, he's been awol for weeks now and barely a word out of the club as to why. 

18 minutes ago, coco said:

What's the Premier league record for earliest time a goalkeeper got subbed without injury ?

It's in danger of being beat.

Or the earliest Andy Carroll has ever been subbed on?

It’s just an ingenious plot by TT to draw the barcodes out.

They have travelled down with only one thought in their head; park the bus.

team sheet comes out and Bruce decides that maybe we can win this boys, let’s open up and attack.

In step Tammy and Werner with a brace apiece by making runs in behind the high line.

16 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

Reckon it was inevitable that kepa gets another chance. I don't blame the board for wanting their record investment to be protected.

From a footballing position it is madness though!

Kinda hoped Roman had learnt his lessons from the Torres fiasco. At lot of parallels here.

1 minute ago, SFL82 said:

Clean sheet for kepa you heard it here. TT has more clean sheets than Dot Cotton kepa won’t drop the soap 

2 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

I miss being in The Shed, hearing London’s Calling, Park Life and The Liquidator 

This Wednesday it's been a year since I was at the Bridge for the last time...

1 minute ago, Malta Blue said:

I play all of them and chelsea dagger pre match every day. Makes me feel a little closer

The Fratellis are Celtic supporters but apparently it really pissed them off when we started using it at the ground 

Utd fans get Gary Neville on co Comms...Liverpool get carragher. Who do we get tonight? Andy Hinchcliffe.

3 minutes ago, rocker_joker said:

TT doesn't look like a man who would shoot himself in the foot. So far his selections have been more or less spot on. Let's see how this one features today. 

I would agree but no matter how you slice it, this seems like an unnecessary risk.  

Ceiling - Kepa is suddenly now everything Chelsea thought they were getting when they bought him.  At that level Kepa is maybe a bit better than Mendy?  

Floor - Kepa gives up 2 boneheaded goals before halftime.  

Why roll the dice??

Kepa. f**king hell. 

Honest to God. The final piece in Marina's plan comes to pass. Tuchel knows how to play the game. 

If we lose because of sh*t keeping and miss out on the top 4 we'll know who to blame.

5 minutes ago, CFCCAN said:

He should be given a new nickname  'Wolf'  ...............always good for a few Hoooooowlers!! 

Was going with 3-0 4-0  now 3-1 4-1

Well, here we go..

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

This Wednesday it's been a year since I was at the Bridge for the last time...

I’m not far behind if you’re talking about match days...