Mendy

  Dave - Christensen - Rudiger

CHO - Kante - Kovacic - Chilwell

    Mount - Havertz - Werner

 

I'd be happy to see something like that tonight. Could be interesting to see Havertz get a start as a false 9 to try and bring Mount and Werner into the game as Everton aren't likely to offer as much space in behind as Liverpool did. 

CHO for James to try and help peg Everton back a bit deeper. 

Keep the back 3 the same, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. 

CHO is injured 

Slightly worried about today’s game. Everton are a decent side. I think this may end up as a draw.

 

mendy 

azbi christensen rudiger 

james kante jorginho chillwell 

Havertz mount 

werner 

This is probably going to be a tougher game than Liverpool. While Liverpool away would normally be a tough fixture they are woefully out of form, as demonstrated by Fulham's win their yesterday. Everton on the other hand are on a decent run and will be tough opposition. A win would put a little daylight between us and the chasing pack. A draw or defeat leaves us in a real battle for top 4. Although Spuds have rallied a bit recently, I would particularly keep an eye on those teams without the distraction of European competition as they will be able to put all their energy into the top 4 race. Everton are one of those teams so we really don't want to lose any ground to them.

11 minutes ago, Scott said:

CHO is injured 

SOURCE???

4 minutes ago, The Don Antonio said:

SOURCE???

According to the Standard our only injury doubts are Thiago and Tammy.

2-1 to us, and I have Rüdiger as our first goalscoarer 

1 hour ago, Jezq8 said:

Slightly worried about today’s game. Everton are a decent side. I think this may end up as a draw.

 

mendy 

azbi christensen rudiger 

james kante jorginho chillwell 

Havertz mount 

werner 

I think Everton will play for a draw whereas we really need the win due to the way the table is structured currently, West Ham I think will tail off in the next couple of weeks and I see ourselves, Everton, Leicester and Liverpool battling for the 2 CL spots. If Everton win I think they go 2 points clear of us with a game in hand which makes it a big task to overcome so therefore a win today does wonders for our top 4 aspirations.

I would make 2 changes to your lineup Giroud and Kovacic for Havertz and Jorginho, I don't think Everton will press us high up and therefore I don't think we will need Jorginho to assist in playing out from the back and with Giroud we will need a presence in the box. 

2 hours ago, Imran_CFC said:

We really need to build on the performance against Liverpool and go on a decent winning run, we did well against Newcastle and then tripped up against Southampton, we followed that up with a solid win against Athletico and once again faltered a little against United.

At the moment we are not truly establishing a stronghold of the CL spots and every time we have the opportunity to do so we stumble, we have a young teams and the inconsistency seems to be understandable. 

I wouldn't say we're inconsistent at all. We're also not playing a particularly young/inexperienced team.

In my opinion since Tuchel arrived we've stumbled exactly once, against Southampton. Wolves was a few hours in and Utd is simply not a must-win game. It would be a bit arrogant of us to consider it that, because in truth they're just annoyingly good at not losing.

One slip-up in 9 matches (leaving Wolves aside) is actually remarkably consistent. Tonight we conclude the difficult Utd-Liverpool-Everton passage, followed by 4 games we're actually expected to win. So if we win tonight and thereby achieve an solid 4th place that would set us up fantastically - like I couldn't have dreamed of 6 weeks ago - and even a draw wouldn't be catastrophic.

9 minutes ago, Luiz4Chelsea said:

I wouldn't say we're inconsistent at all. We're also not playing a particularly young/inexperienced team.

In my opinion since Tuchel arrived we've stumbled exactly once, against Southampton. Wolves was a few hours in and Utd is simply not a must-win game. It would be a bit arrogant of us to consider it that, because in truth they're just annoyingly good at not losing.

One slip-up in 9 matches (leaving Wolves aside) is actually remarkably consistent. Tonight we conclude the difficult Utd-Liverpool-Everton passage, followed by 4 games we're actually expected to win. So if we win tonight and thereby achieve an solid 4th place that would set us up fantastically - like I couldn't have dreamed of 6 weeks ago - and even a draw wouldn't be catastrophic.

You are right I think my wording may have been a little harsh, I think the frustration was more targeted at the last few matches in the league where we failed to truly grab the bull by the horns. Southampton I think was a poor performance and one where we didn't create much at all which was disappointing however the reason I included the United game was because I felt Tuchel got the starting lineup wrong in the game, we should've looked to hit them with pace in behind and unfortunately our frontline featured Giroud, Ziyech and Mount.

2 hours ago, ForeverCarefree said:

                Mendy

  Dave - Christensen - Rudiger

CHO - Kante - Kovacic - Chilwell

    Mount - Havertz - Werner

 

I'd be happy to see something like that tonight. Could be interesting to see Havertz get a start as a false 9 to try and bring Mount and Werner into the game as Everton aren't likely to offer as much space in behind as Liverpool did. 

CHO for James to try and help peg Everton back a bit deeper. 

Keep the back 3 the same, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. 

Kante should sit out this one and be kept fully fresh for Leeds (which is likely to be akin to a basketball game so in turn suits his skillset where tonight doesn't).

Not playing him vs Leti turned out to be a masterstroke as he was fresh for United and Liverpool and gave good performances in both so in a similar fashion we should reserve his energy for Leeds and Leti.

Hope the players put in a good performance today. We need to keep up the momentum until we get a good enough lead over 5th and below 

7 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Certainly is a lot quieter.

4 hours ago, yorkleyblue said:

Money changed hands in that case.

Still waiting for the refund on that one 

On 07/03/2021 at 21:33, Mike Carefree said:

Every match we are told is the big test...hold on tho...this really reaaaaly is the big test....everton are a tough team in good spirits and on a massive run with an ex chelsea boss....its the biggest test....

Untill next week of course?

Tbf every footballers big test is the "next game"

5 minutes ago, Deino said:

Hope the players put in a good performance today. We need to keep up the momentum until we get a good enough lead over 5th and below 

Good wont be good enough for 3 points. This Everton side are playing really well. We need to improve on our display at Liverpool if we want to win. I would say we would need to be near perfect, keep the back tight, keep the ball, wear them down and be clinical up top. Only by breaking their spirit will we win. 

We dont get cheap pens to help us out in big games like United.

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

2-1 to us, and I have Rüdiger as our first goalscoarer 

One sure way of a player not starting is being picked by me as our first goalscorer in the first half 

No Mount, No Kante, No Rudiger

Too many changes for my liking tbh, worried with that lineup

2 minutes ago, Imran_CFC said:

I hope that is not our team we will lose for sure.

Many folks seem to think this lineup will have Kai as a false 9. I’m not so sure. I think more likely we’ll see Werner up top with CHO and Kai just off him in either side. Everton won’t park the bus, so Werner should be open on some runs.

I like the look of that team. Mount needed a rest eventually, and I think this might be a game that suits Havertz. Everton are quite physical and not the quickest, right? I think we'll see him dropping deep as a false 9. With Odoi and Werner stretching the defence with pace, hopefully he finds the space he wasn't able to under Lampard (this isn't some veiled dig, I just mean a new tactical set up).

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

I hope that is not our team we will lose for sure.

I am worried, seems legit

4 minutes ago, Imran_CFC said:

Zouma right and Andreas middle.

Other than that, seems like a potential banana skin

Zouma to play Central of the back three? Thought of him playing on the left makes me nervous. 

No Tammy again? He's clearly done something to upset Tuchel... Otherwise how does your top scorer keep missing out? 

Alonso up against Richarlison could be... Interesting?