Cech

Ferreira Carvalho Terry Gallas

Tiago Makelele Lampard

Robben Drogba Duff

.......wait, what year is it again?

Edited August 29, 20223 yr by Scott Harris

Same front 3 as the last 4 games.

There is no one else.

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

Cech

Ferreira Carvalho Terry Gallas

Tiago Makelele Lampard

Robben Drogba Duff

.......wait, what year is it again?

1986. 

I hope Tuchel saw how different our players played when we were down to ten men.

One thing that stood out was we were more direct and looked for forward passes instead of passing sideways and looking for the perfect pass.

We are obviously a possession based team but we need to be making more risky forward passes to take advantage of our athletic players like kai, sterling , James , Mount and cucurella .

Edited August 29, 20223 yr by The Don Antonio

20 hours ago, ozboy said:

And why wouldn't you give Carney a few minutes. Stirling started for Liverpool quite young and was a sensation pretty much straight away.

Good read particularly comments from his school football coach. 

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/carney-chukwuemeka-aston-villa-gerrard-21481911

Having watched him against City u23...not that impressed TBH.  He'll have to step up even if he makes the bench

Let's just hope for a game where none of our players have massive brain-farts ala Jorginho against Tottenham, Mendy against Leeds and Gallagher against Leicester. 

That would be a start.

The team pick itself again, not via form but via players availability. Let's hope nobody does something suicidal stupid for the 3rd game in a row. We recovered well on Saturday after the sent off, but can't afford individual mistakes like that again.

Early season banana skin.  Saturday should give us confidence, but concerned patterns don't change overnight and anticipating a slow start to the season.

3 hours ago, CFCCAN said:

Having watched him against City u23...not that impressed TBH.  He'll have to step up even if he makes the bench

That’s interesting. How do you watch the u23 games? Are they on chelsea tv?

Given Gilmour has now been given a number TT could still play 433 if he wants and that would allow him to rest Sliva as well.

 

Mendy

 

James

Chalobah

Koulibaly 

Chilwell

 

Gilmour

Jorginho 

 

Sterling

RLC

Pulisic

 

Havertz

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Given Gilmour has now been given a number TT could still play 433 if he wants and that would allow him to rest Sliva as well.

 

Mendy

 

James

Chalobah

Koulibaly 

Chilwell

 

Gilmour

Jorginho 

 

Sterling

RLC

Pulisic

 

Havertz

Gilmour would be a logical choice for the DM role, given our injuries. If he has been given a squad number that suggests he will be staying with the first team this season. So there is every chance he will get some minutes tomorrow. 

I suspect Cucurella will start over Chilwell though. Possible 5 at the back with Reece in the middle and RLC at RWB again.

2 hours ago, ozboy said:

That’s interesting. How do you watch the u23 games? Are they on chelsea tv?

I believe they are but they are also on YouTube live games

16 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Gilmour would be a logical choice for the DM role, given our injuries. If he has been given a squad number that suggests he will be staying with the first team this season. So there is every chance he will get some minutes tomorrow. 

I suspect Cucurella will start over Chilwell though. Possible 5 at the back with Reece in the middle and RLC at RWB again.

Could well be. I expect a midfield two of Jorgi and RLC.

1 hour ago, CFCCAN said:

I believe they are but they are also on YouTube live games

I'll keep my eye out. thanks for the heads up.

Match Day!

Come On Chelsea!!

Munkworth. If it’s indeed 1986, I’m going to get my old man to put a £20 double bet on Coventry City and St Mirren to win the FA Cup and Scottish Cups respectively this season… 😀

9 hours ago, CFCCAN said:

Having watched him against City u23...not that impressed TBH.  He'll have to step up even if he makes the bench

Well I only had time to watch the first 45 minutes thanks to your head up re youtube. He didn't give the ball away once, should have had an assist, looked very comfortable on the ball and made a series of good passes without being flashy. My only complaint was his non existent pressing. I'll have to watch more to get a better vibe and sure there were a number of good players on the pitch.

11 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Cech

Ferreira Carvalho Terry Gallas

Tiago Makelele Lampard

Robben Drogba Duff

.......wait, what year is it again?

Where the f**k is Eidur?

Match day .....COME ON YOU BLUES !

Get your bets in, who’s getting sent off tonight? 

30 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Get your bets in, who’s getting sent off tonight? 

Djenepo 

Back 4 again for me...

Mendy (prefer Kepa)

James  Silva Koulibaly Cucurella 

RLC Kovacic Jourinho

Sterling Havertz Mount

Edited August 30, 20223 yr by doctorblue

Time to leave Havertz out and give Broja a chance.

Havertz contributed nothing against Leicester, looked lazy and uninterested.

Reece is not playing tonight apparently. He missed training yesterday.

1 minute ago, forbzy said:

Reece is not playing tonight apparently. He missed training yesterday.