1 hour ago, the real shed end said:

5   Of us travelling up in one car from Kent. Can’t say I’m looking forward to it that much. I would like us to show more bottle than we have done of late. I don’t mean to sound a defeatist but we are lacking in every department. 200 million spent and you just can’t see it. I hope the owners have a long term plan as I can’t see us challenging for a long time yet. Shows how low my expectations are but I would be happy with a point. Hopefully tomorrow isn’t another Leeds away. Come on you Chelsea 

Not travelling from as far as Kent, but not that far off and I’m looking forward to a nice away day with mates and beer, and a clear victory for the Chels! Love travelling to the barcodes, it’s a bogey team for us, but the atmosphere is great.

4 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Gonna be an absolute goal fest.

3-3 or 4-4, a game leaving fans and pundits breathless with excitement..

 

Not sure if it's more chances that it ends 2:2 or 4:0 but I also think there will be more than 3 goals just not sure how much in each direction...

3 hours ago, the real shed end said:

5   Of us travelling up in one car from Kent. Can’t say I’m looking forward to it that much. I would like us to show more bottle than we have done of late. I don’t mean to sound a defeatist but we are lacking in every department. 200 million spent and you just can’t see it. I hope the owners have a long term plan as I can’t see us challenging for a long time yet. Shows how low my expectations are but I would be happy with a point. Hopefully tomorrow isn’t another Leeds away. Come on you Chelsea 

Good luck with that. If you're travelling up by car from Kent, you should have left on Tuesday at the latest.

1 hour ago, RMH said:

Not travelling from as far as Kent, but not that far off and I’m looking forward to a nice away day with mates and beer, and a clear victory for the Chels! Love travelling to the barcodes, it’s a bogey team for us, but the atmosphere is great.

I know it’s wrong to be pessimistic when your a supporter. But I can’t see anything but a newcastle win today. We can’t score and we seem to concede easily.

As for who starts I have no clue. I’m looking forward to the World Cup break.

 

 

 

 

Match Day!

Come On Chelsea!!

I really don’t like to say this but, I think we could get hammered, our World Cup players will be in Bambi mode and on recent form it could happen. Just play the youth team, at least most of them will give a f**k. Hope I’m wrong though.

A certain loss today. Won't bother watching the game. WC players won't risk anything, we are in a rut and Newcastle is flying high. 

I am thinking 4-1 to them. 

There is absolutely nothing Potter can do here because his style is not motivation with war stories. He is a process and individual nurturing style coach. 

If Jose was our manager, he could fire us up but not Potter. 

18 hours ago, axman2526 said:

I don't want to see any of RLC, Dave, CP or Sterling try, and fail poorly, to be Reece James.

I rather have ruben as wb than Jorgi in double pivot in front of back 4. 

If we're only 4 nil down at half time then there is a chance that we might score a consultation goal in the 2nd half due to the Maggots taking there foot off the accelerator and feeling sorry for us 👍😃

I am already mentally prepared for a loss today this has been a tough ground even when we were flying high in last season’s so I expect a drubbing.

I expect poor decision making, inability to pass to a team mate 5 yards away, inability to pass the ball so your team mate does have to break stride or run back for the ball, Mendy getting closed down and panicking (will probably give a goal away) and inability to shoot.

3-0 to Newcastle.

Now I can enjoy my Saturday much better.

Mendy

Chalobah KK Cucurella

Azpi Jorginho Chukwuemeka Hall

Ziyech Broja Pulisic

4-1 to Magpies 

Zeta's approved line-up:

 

Mendy

Chalobah   Silva   Koulibaly   Cucurella

Jorginho

Zakiara    Gallagher

Sterling   Broja   Pulisic

 

Zeta's approved list of players to leave at home:

Loftus-Cheek, Havertz, Aubameyang, Ziyech

 

 

 

 

Fully expecting the same faces to play, making the same mistakes leading to goals 

so now I’ve come to terms with that I cannot be disappointed 

I'm afraid to announce that we don't have a player that is better than Bruno Guimaraes.

Also we don't have a more in-form attacker that can be compared to Callum Wilson.

As soon as we lose possession, T.Silva will feel the pressure.

My concern is the players are already at the world cup in their minds. How much intensity will they put into this game? Most of Newcastle's players are not going to the world cup, so they can put way more intensity into trying to winning the game, whereas we have half our team going to Qatar. We are seeing Man City against Brentford as a sign of when players could be thinking about the world cup. Not saying it's the case, but it's definitely something to think about. 

54 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

I'm afraid to announce that we don't have a player that is better than Bruno Guimaraes.

Also we don't have a more in-form attacker that can be compared to Callum Wilson.

As soon as we lose possession, T.Silva will feel the pressure.

Wilson is out, ill

I actually have a good feeling about this - 2-0 to us. Hopefully Hall is rewarded with his performance wednesday with a start

Eddie Howe ?...  as Bruce said " the fella who got Bournemouth relegated".

No way would we have considered him as a manager.

Anyway, we won't lose today, we can do it  , no problem

KTBFFH.   Keep the faith, COME ON YOU BLUES !

47 minutes ago, AndyDowsleftflank said:

I actually have a good feeling about this - 2-0 to us. Hopefully Hall is rewarded with his performance wednesday with a start

Love your optimism 

1 hour ago, charierre said:

Wilson is out, ill

Hmm Chris Wood is a tempting option for first scorer then...but I will stick with Almiron.

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Chelsea are in danger of losing three consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since May to August 2006 under Jose Mourinho.

They could suffer three league defeats in a row for only the second time this century, after October to November 2015 - also when Mourinho was in charge.

Chelsea are in danger of going five successive Premier League games without a win for the first time since a run of seven from October to December 2012.

The Blues will be outside the Premier League top four on Christmas Day for only the third time in 21 seasons.

 

 

Trippier has created over a third (36) of all Newcastle chances on goal this season, only KDB has more (38).

Hall and Cucurella will have tough games if playing.

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, coco said:

Trippier has created over a third (36) of all Newcastle chances on goal this season, only KDB has more (38).

Hall and Cucurella will have tough games if playing.

 

 

 

Ah if only we had Toni still to do him like he did KdB.

Random predictions for today

 

1. We won’t score

2 KK is booked within the first half hour

3 Mendy makes a major cock-up trying to play it out

4 Pulisic misses a sitter

5 Havertz gets knocked off the ball with ease

6 once we go one-down what little fight we have drains away

… there must be more but I just can’t be arsed to think of them! Enjoy the game!