I'm going to be out in the Rockies for a week so will miss this one, probably will be a good one to miss too.

But you never know with the Chels.

1 hour ago, Scott said:

I'm going to be out in the Rockies for a week so will miss this one, probably will be a good one to miss too.

But you never know with the Chels.

Look out for my smoke signals @Scott , you are not going to outrun the suffering.

Forgot to add a couple couple tactics points.

Cucurella and James stay back as our full backs, staying in position leaving no space in behind.

Lavia sits deep to protect the CBS.

Caicedo on the left of the 3 to man mark Salah.

Neto on the right of attack given the role to man mark Diaz.

Enzo left more free to pick passes for nico and Noni to counter.

..........................JORGENSEN...........................

CAICEDO......CHALOBAH....COLWILL....CUCURELLA

....................LAVIA...........ENZO.........................

NETO....................PALMER..............NONI..........

...........................JACKSON.................................

SANCHEZ IS DOUBTFUL

LIVERPOOL COULD REST SOME PLAYERS

https://www.thisisanfield.com/2025/05/arne-slot-will-use-chelsea-to-test-a-few-players-who-dont-usually-start-for-liverpool/

Can't see Liverpool wanting to give us a morale boost for next season by capitulating to us tomorrow, or to Arsenal in the game after that. If you have your rivals at a disadvantage, you don't want to take your foot of the gas, you want to keep them feeling inferior !

Jackson and Sancho making the right comments heading in to this one.

However Liverpool players know how much their fans would relish rubbing our noses in it if they thump us after the guard of honour, and they will want to give that to them.

Lovely moment for this little lad today :

BBC News

Tony Hudgell to be Chelsea mascot against champions Liver...

Tony Hudgell, from West Malling, will walk out at Stamford Bridge with his new prosthetic legs.

Match Day!

Come On Chelsea!!

5 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Lovely moment for this little lad today :

BBC News

Tony Hudgell to be Chelsea mascot against champions Liver...

Tony Hudgell, from West Malling, will walk out at Stamford Bridge with his new prosthetic legs.

What a brave lad.

But absolutely heartbreaking that he had both legs amputated after being abused by his parents when he was a baby. That young lad will be the most courageous person on the pitch today ..

7 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

What a brave lad.

But absolutely heartbreaking that he had both legs amputated after being abused by his parents when he was a baby. That young lad will be the most courageous person on the pitch today ..

Some people are really sick in the head. Bless that little boy, he will cherish this moment. Hopefully we can make his day even better by beating Liverpool!

45 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

What a brave lad.

But absolutely heart breaking that he had both legs amputated after being abused by his parents when he was a baby. That young lad will be the most courageous person on the pitch today ..

Indeed.

I'd absolutely love it if the crowd did a chant "ONE TONY HUDGELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE TONY HUDGELL ... " when he walks out. He deserves it.

Well here it is...dippers in town...firstly I'll be at Toby carvery before watching this....my girls son is a dipper and I've said no way will I clap him to the car....dip fans will make noise like all over the Bridge which will pxxs me off....guard of honour will pxxs me off...they'll win...pee me off.....our shed end fans who should change the name in respect to our old shed end will be asking permission to sing...peed off again.....then snooker....bed...then this old real pensioner who hates but loves all things Chelsea will go to work..I want my 70s back

Whilst we have a very tough last few games, its in our hands to qualify for the CL.We probably dont need four wins but we must surely start by taking a point or three today. We need a big and somewhat uncharacteristic performance, we need to take our chances, no messing about, all games now to the end of the season (league and cup) are crucial. We cannot keeping looking for favourable results elsewhere. Hopefully Enzo gets the players up for this one.

I think we can get a nervous 1-0 or 2-1 win today.😎

Cmon you Chels!

Edited May 4, 20251 yr by OneTommyLangley

Great chance to pick up an unexpected 3 points. Really need a minimum of a draw out of this.

They'll probably put their kids out and thrash us 5-0 or something... along as it's not more than 7-0 like they did to Utd a couple of years ago 😁

Sanchez a doubt.

What beautiful words.

14 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Sanchez a doubt.

What beautiful words.

No doubt whatsoever.

Edited May 4, 20251 yr by OneTommyLangley

I’m not confident so I hope Maresca is. He really needs to go for it and get a win vs a big team. We can’t really afford any slip ups, it’s the business end of the season.

All the narratives about them being on the beach etc, won’t come into play. They’ll be professional and won’t want to lose.

Is this Madueke on the left again? Good to see Lavia making another start.

Can see Reece being forced out too.

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Sanchez a doubt.

What beautiful words.

Bad luck LOL

Confirmed Team News :

Chelsea: Sanchez; Caicedo, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Lavia, Fernandez (c); Neto, Palmer, Madueke; Jackson

Substitutes: Jorgensen, Gusto, James, Acheampong, Badiashile, Tosin, Dewsbury-Hall, Sancho, George

Quite why he felt the need to pick 5 defenders on the bench is beyond me.

Game changing options for midfield and attack, KDH, Sancho and Tyrique George,

Oh, and he's definitely side lining the skipper isn't he ?

Liverpool must be loving seeing Reece on the bench today and not starting the game

6 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Is this Madueke on the left again? Good to see Lavia making another start.

Can see Reece being forced out too.

Maresca probably wasn't happy because James dared to say the performance against Legia was a step backwards.

For the love of god can we actually beat a top4 side

Today getting 3 points will be massive for us if we want Champions league football

Off to the pub to go cry into a pint. Up da chels...