1 hour ago, Sexyfootball said:

Oh I see that Marvin Hinton has died ! RIP Marvin.

Nice tribute on the club website : https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/marvin-hinton-1940-2025

Just 4 survivors left now from our 1970 FA Cup winning team (plus sub).

Let's hope the team pay an appropriate tribute with three points this evening.

I'll go for a 4-1 win ... with a Delap hat trick LOL

Sad news indeed RIP

1 hour ago, OTL said:

Leeds are struggling this season and have been gradually sliding down the table in recent weeks i think we will have too much for them. They will fancy themselves without the Caicedos, it will at least be two players they dont have to worry about, but this game will bring more pressure for Farke. We win this 0-1 or maybe 0-2.😎

Strange how we've played teams about to sack or have just sacked their managers this season. West Ham , Forest, Wolves ?

Maybe Farke is next ?

Come on you BLUES !!

1 hour ago, OTL said:

I think Maresca will start without Palmer and ease him in from the bench at maybe 60 mins.

I understand the need for rotation however there has to be a balance between rotating CB's and forming a solid partnership. Two besties always do better than two strangers.

I hope Estevao get plenty of minutes these historically dirty buggers wont be able to catch him and never mind foul him. Go Steve Go! I love it when he pops up in the centre then switches to the left before returning to the right.

I don't think Fofana is near being a player Maresca will trust to make it 3 games in a week without injury. took James a long time for maresca to allow him to.

Good point about Fofana @axman2526

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

I don't think Fofana is near being a player Maresca will trust to make it 3 games in a week without injury. took James a long time for maresca to allow him to.

Whoever made the decision to manage James’ minutes the way they have been needs a medal.

15 minutes ago, Munkunku said:

Whoever made the decision to manage James’ minutes the way they have been needs a medal.

Agreed.

Can but hope it works out the same for fofana and Lavia.

16 hours ago, axman2526 said:

You just know that, after our showing vs Barca and the amount of effort we had to put in vs Arsenal, that this game has "after the lord mayor's show" written all over it.

That’s my fear. Maresca better not approach like Brentford with “what is the minimum amount of effort we can exert to get 3 points”.

IMO -This will be a bigger test than Arsenal to determine if we are serious challengers or the same old Chelsea throughout December and the Xmas period when typically we’ve been a disaster dropping points to mediocre teams.

As a supporter of the 1970s vintage, Chelsea vs Leeds is what it's really all about. 😂

Stinky line up

This is our wildest formation yet:

So he played 2 RB in the last game and none in this one ?

What in God's name is that back 4?

Trev at RB? Pretty dumb.

Predictably there are a lot of complaints about that lineup. Personally I really appreciate the sheer disrespect to Leeds. Get in Maresca lad

Just can’t help himself can he, Maresca proving he doesnt learn, disrespecting Leeds, WHY NOT START YOUR STRONGEST AVAILABLE TEAM and make subs when in front, i can see this blowing up in his face, why play Chalobah at RB? Gittens in front of Garnacho, he only played 45 mins on Sunday and worse of all Palmer on the bench, Pedro has been crap for most of the season

I knew he would also want to rest gusto.

So Cucu will invert and tosin will be the ccb:

Sanchez

Chalobah

Tosin

Badiashile

Santos

Cucurella

Estevao

Joao Pedro

Enzo

Gittens

Delap

Tosin playing means Leeds have 12 players.

Joao Pedro playing means we have 9 to try and beat their 12.

5 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

This is our wildest formation yet:

Oh god, here we go. He's doing weird sh*t again.

If it goes tits up and we lose more ground on Atsenal and City he should f**k off

I knew he would also want to rest gusto.

So Cucu will invert and tosin will be the ccb:

Sanchez

Chalobah

Tosin

Badiashile

Santos

Cucurella

Estevao

Joao Pedro

Enzo

Gittens

Delap

Tosin playing means Leeds have 12 players.

Joao Pedro playing means we have 9 to try and beat their 12.

18 minutes ago, CFCCAN said:

IMO -This will be a bigger test than Arsenal to determine if we are serious challengers or the same old Chelsea throughout December and the Xmas period when typically we’ve been a disaster dropping points to mediocre teams.

200% we go for it and are well up for it vs top teams. This selection already tells you we are ging to be crap today.

The real question is who gets our red card, today? I'll go Badiashille, 37th minute.

1 minute ago, ross91690 said:

The real question is who gets our red card, today? I'll go Badiashille, 37th minute.

ok but we will already be 2 -0 up by then.

11 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

This is our wildest formation yet:

Wait, what? Are Enzo and Badiashille wingbacks with Cucurella as the holding midfielder?

So again no Acheampong but he finds space for Badiashile....f**ks sake.

I have no clue who is playing where or who is out of position