3 hours ago, doctorblue said:

Sterling nowhere near the first time as the bloke can't finish for toffee...

 

3 hours ago, doctorblue said:

Time to revert to a back 4...

Kepa

Dave Silva K2 Cucurella

RLC Kovacic Mount

Havertz Auba Pulisic

Currently outscoring those two put together. 

1 hour ago, Munkworth said:

 

Currently outscoring those two put together. 

Usual 5 chances 1 goal return from Sterling...

Just now, doctorblue said:

Usual 5 chances 1 goal return from Sterling...

It’s better than 5 matches 1 goal like everyone else! Good job Auba is banging them in now!

28 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

It’s better than 5 matches 1 goal like everyone else! Good job Auba is banging them in now!

absolutely , lets hope he continues his initial form. It needs to be kept up, but a good start nonetheless. 

Mason hasn’t trained and will have a thigh scan, Kante out for 3 month, James after all it is ligament damage 6-8 weeks, Fofana out

we are cursed

Edited October 14, 20223 yr by mojo

1 hour ago, mojo said:

Mason hasn’t trained and will have a thigh scan, Kante out for 3 month, James after all it is ligament damage 6-8 weeks, Fofana out

we are cursed

They must have all worn a number 9 training bib....

Without knowing how long Mason is out for, and with 3 games in 6 days, I am thinking about this game differently. 

We will need Gallaghers energy against Brentford and United without Mason, if he is out. Ivan Toney is also in lethal form so we will need Silva at his best to try and stop him.

That means rotation against the side in the poorest form of the 3, Villa.

So I would rotate and play as many players in their best positions as possible.

 

Kepa

 

Dave

Chalobah

Koulibaly 

Cucurella

 

RLC

Zakaria

 

Ziyech

Havertz

Pulisic 

 

Broja

 

Need Broja to terrorize their defence and make space for the 3 lads behind him. We will need Kova and Gallagher against united and Brentford so that means Zakaria gets his chance for me.

 

Be interesting to see how Potter deals with these 3 games and 2 of our most important 3 players out for at least Villa and possibly all 3 games.

8 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Without knowing how long Mason is out for, and with 3 games in 6 days, I am thinking about this game differently. 

We will need Gallaghers energy against Brentford and United without Mason, if he is out. Ivan Toney is also in lethal form so we will need Silva at his best to try and stop him.

That means rotation against the side in the poorest form of the 3, Villa.

So I would rotate and play as many players in their best positions as possible.

 

Kepa

 

Dave

Chalobah

Koulibaly 

Cucurella

 

RLC

Zakaria

 

Ziyech

Havertz

Pulisic 

 

Broja

 

Need Broja to terrorize their defence and make space for the 3 lads behind him. We will need Kova and Gallagher against united and Brentford so that means Zakaria gets his chance for me.

 

Be interesting to see how Potter deals with these 3 games and 2 of our most important 3 players out for at least Villa and possibly all 3 games.

Beating anyone with this lineup is mission impossible...

3 minutes ago, wizardous said:

Beating anyone with this lineup is mission impossible...

In Broja and Chalobah I trust. 

But let's see what Potter does, good test for him. 

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

In Broja and Chalobah I trust. 

But let's see what Potter does, good test for him. 

That's not where the problem is. Change of formation all of a sudden? Zakaria and RLC? The trio behind striker in which neither of them is in good form? I just can't see the point. We've got a tough away game, best team of this league couldn't beat them. There will be more suitable matches for this much rotation.

Edited October 15, 20223 yr by wizardous

55 minutes ago, wizardous said:

That's not where the problem is. Change of formation all of a sudden? Zakaria and RLC? The trio behind striker in which neither of them is in good form? I just can't see the point. We've got a tough away game, best team of this league couldn't beat them. There will be more suitable matches for this much rotation.

Changing the system is based on I am not sure if asking Silva, Chilwell, Kova and Dave to play 3 matches in 6 days is a good idea with us already losing players to injury.

Of the 3 games Villa are in the poorest form. We need our big hitters against united, who we have not beaten in a while, and last time we played Brentford they thrashed us, and Toney is in good form.

That would mean the need for a back 4 here, unless we used Chilwell or Silva in this game and rested them against Brentford.

Imo we need to manage Silva, Kova and Chilwell carefully. Silva is vital, Kova and Chilwell have a habit of breaking down if we play them too frequently. I also don't believe Dave is capable of playing at a top level for 3 games in six days.

We have seen with Kante what poor management of a player can cause.

I like RLC over azpi at rwb but potter quite rightly wants to play him in midfield. Other than RLC Dave is the only choice  except maybe Zakaria or something strange, maybe chalobah. 
I won’t be surprised if chukwumemeka gets some more minutes. Havertz can play  if it’s kova and Jorginho 

‘Jorginho and kova can’t play 3 games in 6-7 days and neither can Dave or Auba. 

so there will be rotation and opportunities. 

 

8 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Without knowing how long Mason is out for, and with 3 games in 6 days, I am thinking about this game differently. 

We will need Gallaghers energy against Brentford and United without Mason, if he is out. Ivan Toney is also in lethal form so we will need Silva at his best to try and stop him.

That means rotation against the side in the poorest form of the 3, Villa.

So I would rotate and play as many players in their best positions as possible.

 

Kepa

 

Dave

Chalobah

Koulibaly 

Cucurella

 

RLC

Zakaria

 

Ziyech

Havertz

Pulisic 

 

Broja

 

Need Broja to terrorize their defence and make space for the 3 lads behind him. We will need Kova and Gallagher against united and Brentford so that means Zakaria gets his chance for me.

 

Be interesting to see how Potter deals with these 3 games and 2 of our most important 3 players out for at least Villa and possibly all 3 games.

I am not sure throwing zakaria into battle straight away will be good for us. 

 

                     Borja 

   Kai - Gallagher - Sterling 

             Jorgi - Ruben 

Chilwell - Cucu - Koula - Chalo 

This is my pick 

      

It just wouldn't be Chelsea if we didn't have 3-5 top performers out during one of the busiest fixtures in the season

Hi

I'm a Chels member currently living in Brum. Does anyone have a spare ticket I could buy off them for Sunday's game?

Cheers Alex

(COYB, celery)

 

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We just lost our best player till after the World Cup. When it happened to TT we lost the plot and slid down the table. How will Potter respond to it?

29 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

We just lost our best player till after the World Cup. When it happened to TT we lost the plot and slid down the table. How will Potter respond to it?

Potter is doing well so far and he could never play Kante since he was injured even before he took over... Oh... you meant James?

Edited October 15, 20223 yr by Gol15

Feels like a banana skin to me - hope I am wrong.  Games coming thick and fast and injuries will start to catch up with us.  Can see a surge from AV before Gerrard gets fired in a few games.  I see a 2-2 draw - not all bad as think this is truly a rebuilding season for us (on and off the field).

Old git analogy again, but never used to hear about man managing players.  To Ron Harris-“ Ron, you’ll get 15-30 last minutes tonight, we’ll rest you the weekend so you’ll be fresh for the cup game.”

Ron- “ f**k Off “

Match Day!

Come On Chelsea!!

Mount's scan was clear and he's available to play today...

lets oblige 

match day 🙂 

Definitely feels like a banana skin with injuries, Villa’s poor form. Seems too easy. 
 

We need 3 points here as Brentford away will be a tough game