4 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Might be getting knocked out 3rd round with that line up.

Not confident we will advance....

Or perhaps we finally get to see why we took Buonanotte on loan, beside the beautiful name.

“I want to get the fans on board…”

SO WHY NO ESTEVAO?

Do you lot really think he chose that side? Come on

Estevao did not play any minutes midweek and only played 45 mins against City. Pedro came off in the 60th minute mark against City and only played around 15 mins against Fulham. We are taking a bit too many risks with our lineup. Look what happened with Palace earlier... this is not an easy game. Surprised at the lineup...

Meet the new boss, the same as the old boss.... Tosspot starting in def what an evening we are in for.

3 minutes ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

“I want to get the fans on board…”

SO WHY NO ESTEVAO?

Saving him for Arsenal?

Away supporters do your job, let the new clown in charge know what we think of him and the owners

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Also not sure why we need to try and increase Buonanotte value for Brighton, some side hustle with them perhaps?

Probably linked to the cheap Enciso and Barco moves from Brighton to Strasbourg ...

Just now, dansubrosa said:

Saving him for Arsenal?

No chance, he has barely played

This team has been picked by the sporting directors,no way has rosenior picked it,shows he is a 100 percent yes man , disgusting line up,w**ker

Gary O'Neill won his first BlueCo game 6-0 today.

Can Liam match that I wonder ? 😎

All that talk and he picks Tosin and Badiashile.. What an effing idiot... Trying to be clever, this is just stupid!!

Basically, this is a line up that says they really don't care about the FA Cup this year.

Should still be enough to take care of Charlton, and at least the midfield pairing is what we all wanted to see !

About right I think. I suppose we might have expect a full strength line up but in reality, it’s what we would have played even if Enzo was in charge.

We have Arsenal midweek which I would say is bigger priority.

If the SD's did pick this team we a cooked folks. Someone at the club thinks that's enough to beat the Addicks, is it Liam or the directors- who knows.

Absurd not to have Club Captain and main man not even in the squad. If things turn difficult hes the one player that we can rely on. That could prove to be very unwise.

Just another yes man

Back to back games with a Santos/Caicedo pivot… he clearly wants to see what it can do. Exciting times. Shame our backup CB’s are sh*te

On 04/01/2026 at 19:12, El regreso said:

Neto has ruined every single attack we have had this half !!!

I was getting this in just in case I don’t watch the match

22 minutes ago, Andy2461 said:

Do you lot really think he chose that side? Come on

Yes I do. Do you think he didn’t?

Come on.

I see Estevao is being protected again 😐

im going to be positive,that hes choosing these players to show they deserve chelsea place or not, im hoping if they dont he makes changes early

i have to give new manager a good chance .if i dont ,only thing that changes will be me moaning every chelsea match for next 3 years.

anytime I see tosin and Jorgensen in the team I’m not expecting a clean sheet . Honestly pretty sh*t line up and wouldn’t be surprised we get knocked out tonight 😥😥

13 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Basically, this is a line up that says they really don't care about the FA Cup this year.

Should still be enough to take care of Charlton, and at least the midfield pairing is what we all wanted to see !

14 minutes ago, JM7 said:

We have Arsenal midweek which I would say is bigger priority.

Not enough money in the fa cup and ghey already let it be known they don't care about the league cup for the same reason.

I’m calling it now.

Enzo won’t play as a pivot under Rosenior. Caicedo a given then a choice of Essugo, James, Santos or ahem…. Lavia to partner.

Unless we change formation I don’t see him playing anywhere other than a 10 and we have better there too.

To be fair to Rosenior he’s been brave considering it’s his first game in charge. We will sneak it in extra time probably but hoping for an easy night and a comfortable win.