Delap up front and three points please.

With Nkunku and Jackson on the verge of moves, and presumably therefore out of scope for matchday squad selection for this one, the first team pool is essentially down to 25. Imagine George will be left out as well, given the rumours about him also moving on.

Badiashile, Colwill, Lavia and Palmer are all injured, so that basically leaves the minimum 20 for the match day squad. Hence expecting to see two keepers on the bench LOL.

I think we will line up :

Sanchez

James, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, Cucurella

Caicedo, Fernandez (ugh)

Estevao, Joao Pedro, Neto

Delap

Bench: Jorgensen, Slonina, Gusto, Hato, W.Fofana, Acheampong, Essugo, Andrey Santos, Gittens.

Chelsea un changed

On 28/08/2025 at 10:25, The Boehly Babes said:

Not to undermine the importance of needing 3 points here but is there a more ‘friendly’ local derby than Chels v Fulham/Brentford?

Talksport were blabbing on about a West London rivalry and aside from the distance I don’t think there’s any rivalry at all, in fact, I quite like both Fulham & Brentford?

Just wondering if anyone else looked at it the same? I can’t explain why but there’s absolutely no animosity toward either of those clubs and it’s nothing to do with a lack of success ‘cos I hate Sp*rs & West Ham and they’ve both won f**k all as well.

I was working with with an Aussie chap in London 4 years back and he had started supporting Fulham, said they hated Chelsea and it was the biggest match of the season for them.

3 minutes ago, Andy2461 said:

Chelsea un changed

Not a surprise. Decent enough break since last game and they performed well albeit against a West Ham side as impressive as a Mormon porn film.

Sanchez

Reece Trev Tosin Cucu

Santos Caicedo

Stevie Pedro Pedro

Rory's kid

3 minutes ago, strider6004 said:

I was working with with an Aussie chap in London 4 years back and he had started supporting Fulham, said they hated Chelsea and it was the biggest match of the season for them.

A Fulham supporter once asked me what songs or chants about Fulham we sang !!

This could be a bit of a banana skin if we aren't up to it,hopefully Enzo has fired his players up,and fernandez better show up today.

Left the skipper on the bench .. again ... ffs ...

They'll say they are managing his minutes, but I think they are marginalising him so they can eventually sell him ...

Edited August 30, 2025Aug 30 by Sexyfootball

3 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Left the skipper on the bench .. again ... ffs ...

We need Reece to start, two defence splitting passes, a free kick, 3-0 then take him off at 60mins.

11 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

A Fulham supporter once asked me what songs or chants about Fulham we sang !!

That must have been a short reply.

Come on you Blues!!

Sutton is backing us though not sure if that is a blessing or a curse and BBC saying Garnacho is in the stands.

3 minutes ago, strider6004 said:

Sutton is backing us though not sure if that is a blessing or a curse and BBC saying Garnacho is in the stands.

1 minute ago, Term_X said:

hes got a white shirt on and jeans actually.

I thought Sky had 8 billion premier league matches an hour nowadays, how is the one game im free to watch on f**king tnt?

49 minutes ago, strider6004 said:

I was working with with an Aussie chap in London 4 years back and he had started supporting Fulham, said they hated Chelsea and it was the biggest match of the season for them.

Yeah very similar to what I was alluding to, from a Chels POV, of the 19 fixtures I think there’s 10-15 or so I check before the like of Fulham or Brentford but for them it’s massive. Is there such one sided animosity anywhere else?

Just so strange that I’d say we quite ‘like’ them and they hate us so.

6 minutes ago, Munkunku said:

I thought Sky had 8 billion premier league matches an hour nowadays, how is the one game im free to watch on f**king tnt?

Viaplay where I get my games is in so much trouble they've sold the rights for the 12.30pm matches to Amazon. So if I want to warch those, I have to subscribe to those dodgy f**kers. Needless to say, the CL matches are with yet another streaming service.

God Garnacho has dyed his hair to celebrate joining. Back to the blonde simple Jack cut.

James on the bench again, and just before a two week break. Surely that is not managing his fitness now. That suggests more that Maresca doesn’t see him as a starter.

Concerning that it’s been almost 6 months since his return and we have yet to see James play as a traditional fullback.

Let's go! 3 points and a Delap goal please!

I thought this when I saw them against United last week, but Fulham look like Swansea. Why have they ditched black shorts?

Please lads, don’t wreck my day

Cmon the mighty Blues

I expect the same performance we gave against Crystal Palace here. Fulham probably will this