Matchday thread for the Premier League match away at the City Ground vs Nottingham Forest.

Rubbish so far under Ange

Have Newcastle just put the final nail in big ange big box? who will be forests manager for this and how will we mess this up against another team we should be beating?!

Edited October 5, 2025Oct 5 by axman2526

Early kickoff FFS.

Learn from your mistakes Maresca. DO NOT rotate here because you have your eyes on CL midweek.

Sanchez

James Acheampong Badiashile Cucurella

Caicedo Lavia Enzo

Estevao Garnacho

Pedro

Sanchez

James Achempong Badiashile Cucurella

Caicedo Fernandez

Estevao J.Pedro Neto

Guiu

Edited October 8, 2025Oct 8 by OTL

International break has become a bit like watching paint dry...

On 09/10/2025 at 11:01, Bebe1980 said:

International break has become a bit like watching paint dry...

become? Its always been boring and pointless.

We need to bring the same effort and desire we showed against Liverpool. Do that and we win.

It’s time we start seeing more consistency in performances and mentality.

Is there anything more obvious than us gifting Ange his first win with Forest?

Sanchez

RJ, Josh, Couldn’t care less, Cucu

Lavia, Caicedo

Estevao, JP, Garnacho

Guiu

Forest are, politely, under Ange, the worst side in the league. The loss of Elanga is much bigger than anyone realised and Chris Wood is likely a one season wonder. Anything less than a 3-0 win is unacceptable.

My prediction is a 2-0 loss.

14 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Sanchez

RJ, Josh, Couldn’t care less, Cucu

Lavia, Caicedo

Estevao, JP, Garnacho

Guiu

Forest are, politely, under Ange, the worst side in the league. The loss of Elanga is much bigger than anyone realised and Chris Wood is likely a one season wonder. Anything less than a 3-0 win is unacceptable.

My prediction is a 2-0 loss.

Not just the loss of Elanga but Ange has managed to transform one of the league's better defences into - as at Spurs - one of the shakiest.

How do we approach this? Tosin did a decent job nullifying Wood last time around when they played route one. But I really like Acheampong + Badiashile considering they moved the ball very quickly from the back.

Who is available and who is injured? Josh played very nicely at CB until he got injured and Hato did a very nice job when he came on.

Which Chelsea will show up for this game? the good Chelsea that plays decent football with some of the most exciting young players in the world OR that other Chelsea that plays that constipated football and pretends to be Citeh from 5 years ago and has all the spontaneity completely coached out of them.

17 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Who is available and who is injured? Josh played very nicely at CB until he got injured and Hato did a very nice job when he came on.

Which Chelsea will show up for this game? the good Chelsea that plays decent football with some of the most exciting young players in the world OR that other Chelsea that plays that constipated football and pretends to be Citeh from 5 years ago and has all the spontaneity completely coached out of them.

Lets hope the decent CFC turn up for this one - although early kick-offs never fill me with a great deal of confidence.

MUST play James at full back so he can shackle his old mate CHO. If we play Gusto, can see him switching off and leaving CHO free at the back post to tap one in.

No own goal, no red card, no penalties, no defensive/keeper blunder and we should be able to come away with a 0-0 draw

On paper and if playing a predictor game this seems like a no brainer - away win vs a team that currently not even their big fat Greek owner can buy a win or a draw come to that, managed by BIG ange the ex spurs worst EPL manager ever, etc etc

HOWEVER it’s an away early KO after an international break and CFC have previous in this scenario

SO will it be the return of Chelsea FC who disposed of the bin dippers in style last outing or the return of Charity FC who always gift the poor unforatunate down and out team in the midst of a serious losing streak ?🥹

Edited October 16, 2025Oct 16 by General

Im going for a Chelsea win and Big Ange closer to the door.

Several players look like they will be back from injury, we should have enough to take home the three points.

Estevao to score and no red cards for us.

Edited October 17, 2025Oct 17 by OTL

Luckily it is not at the bridge for a silly kick off time.

our first 12:30 game this season?

Updated.

On 06/10/2025 at 07:20, Sconnie Blue said:

Sanchez

James Fofana Acheampong Cucurella

Caicedo Lavia Enzo

Estevao Garnacho

Pedro

Zero expectations for this one.

10 hours ago, mojo said:

our first 12:30 game this season?

Nope. Our 2-0 victory against Fulham earlier in the season was a 12:30 kick off also.

Match Day!

Come On Chelsea!!

Very excited to see how we will react after our victory over Liverpool and return from the internationals.

COME ON CHELS!!

3 hours ago, erskblue said:

Match Day!

Come On Chelsea!!

I may be lucky in not being able to follow the match, having lunch with friends...

We're usually crap after an international break and an early kick-off, aren't we? A butt-clenching 1-1 should be attainable, though 😛