3 minutes ago, AndyDowsleftflank said:

Suspended

Damn, didn't realise his ban got extended:

BBC Sport

Chelsea news: Pedro Neto receives additional ban and fine

Chelsea news: Pedro Neto receives additional ban and fine

5 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Damn, didn't realise his ban got extended:

BBC Sport

Chelsea news: Pedro Neto receives additional ban and fine

Chelsea news: Pedro Neto receives additional ban and fine

Effectively an extra game ban for his petulance following the red card decision. The club needs to fine him and other players that get yellows or reds for dissent etc.

That being said if the Premier League enforced this consistently I would think most players would get an extra game ban. How often do you see a player accept a red card without complaining these days?

Back to forcing James into midfield it is then. Santos and Lavia are available, so there is no need for it really.

2 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Back to forcing James into midfield it is then. Santos and Lavia are available, so there is no need for it really.

Agreed. Lavia still looks rusty so I can understand him being on the bench. Feels like Santosh has fallen out of favor recently though. I'd rather see Reece at RB where we can take advantage of his great crossing.

5 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Back to forcing James into midfield it is then. Santos and Lavia are available, so there is no need for it really.

Am not sure why Santos has been dropped at all. He was ticking us over nicely and it coincided with our uptick in form. What the bloody hell is this guy doing.

I don't like not having a winger option on the bench.

We don't need 3 centre backs (4 if you include Hato). Jesse Derry should be in there or even Gittens who is supposed to be fit now

If we have to chase the game and need a goal, the only two forward options are Delap and Guiu LOL

Are they saying Jorgensen is injured ?

If he isn't, then it seems very harsh to drop him completely when Rosenior was saying how great he was against Villa, and for 71 minutes against PSG. Perhaps Fernandez has got in Eghbali's ear LOL.

28 minutes ago, AndyDowsleftflank said:

Also, the decision to get Sarr back early seems a typical bad decision by the SDs. Not ready to start, now we pissed off Strasbourg, he doesn’t play and Josh doesn’t even make the bench. Perfect

28 minutes ago, AndyDowsleftflank said:

Also, the decision to get Sarr back early seems a typical bad decision by the SDs. Not ready to start, now we pissed off Strasbourg, he doesn’t play and Josh doesn’t even make the bench. Perfect

We clearly don't care about pissing off Strasbourg given the co-ownership. But I don't understand why Sarr and Acheampong seem to be behind Badiashile and Tosin in the pecking order.

2 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

I don't like not having a winger option on the bench.

We don't need 3 centre backs (4 if you include Hato). Jesse Derry should be in there or even Gittens who is supposed to be fit now

If we have to chase the game and need a goal, the only two forward options are Delap and Guiu LOL

Agreed. Supposedly Gittens isn't ready yet but I think Jesse Derry would be a useful option.

Let's gooo Chels!

But honestly everything's so experimental now and we're back to Gusto RB, James DM

Santos back to benchwarming? No Josh anymore?

25 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

So bored of James in midfield when he's clearly a better RB than Gusto and we have Lavia and Santos on the bench.

Me 2 - maybe a medical team decision - perhaps he's less prone to injury there ?

4 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Are they saying Jorgensen is injured ?

If he isn't, then it seems very harsh to drop him completely when Rosenior was saying how great he was against Villa, and for 71 minutes against PSG. Perhaps Fernandez has got in Eghbali's ear LOL.

He’s clearly being rested for the 2nd leg. Duh.

4 minutes ago, forbzy said:

We clearly don't care about pissing off Strasbourg given the co-ownership. But I don't understand why Sarr and Acheampong seem to be behind Badiashile and Tosin in the pecking order.

Agreed.

Better it's Santos for me... James rb and Gusto on bench

1 minute ago, dansubrosa said:

He’s clearly being rested for the 2nd leg. Duh.

No problem with playing Fofana, Cucurella (just back from injury), James and Palmer though LOL, or even Caicedo, Enzo and Trev come to that who play EVERY game !

Our medical team veto thing is either a complete red herring or they are just completely full of sh*t !

We looked much better with Santos in the middle.

Another player seemingly left out completely is Essugo. Is he injured again ?

1 minute ago, Sexyfootball said:

No problem with playing Fofana, Cucurella (just back from injury), James and Palmer though LOL, or even Caicedo, Enzo and Trev come to that who play EVERY game !

Our medical team veto thing is either a complete red herring or they are just completely full of sh*t !

I'd lean to completely full of sh*t. Estevao barely plays but he keeps getting injured

13 minutes ago, forbzy said:

We clearly don't care about pissing off Strasbourg given the co-ownership. But I don't understand why Sarr and Acheampong seem to be behind Badiashile and Tosin in the pecking order.

Based on fee paid and/or wages I imagine.

19 minutes ago, El regreso said:

Am not sure why Santos has been dropped at all. He was ticking us over nicely and it coincided with our uptick in form. What the bloody hell is this guy doing.

He’s doing what he’s told

22 minutes ago, El regreso said:

Am not sure why Santos has been dropped at all. He was ticking us over nicely and it coincided with our uptick in form. What the bloody hell is this guy doing.

Level dropped a bit, that was all it took for him to be dropped. Great way to destroy confidence 😐

9 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Another player seemingly left out completely is Essugo. Is he injured again ?

Played the full 90 for the u21s today

Just now, AndyDowsleftflank said:

Played the full 90 for the u21s today

A nice reward for his two assists that baled us out against Wrexham !

Never feel confident against Howe’s teams. He has a knack of beating us

2 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

A nice reward for his two assists that baled us out against Wrexham !

I take your point, but on balance it seems a fair decision since he hasn’t played since early september, Wrexham aside - and we now have Santos/Lavia on the bench