Chelsea (a) Pre-match thread 22nd December

[Jimmy]

Kasper

 

Ricardo Maguire Evans Chilwell

 

Iborra Hamza Maddison

 

Albrighton Vardy Gray

[SuperMike]

London team = obligatory defeat.

[oadby.fox]

18 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

Schmeichel

Ricardo - Soyuncu - Maguire - Fuchs

Ndidi

Choudhury - Maddison

Gray - Vardy - Albrighton

 

Assuming Chilwell's still out that is, although in fairness Fuchs has done well in the games he's come in.

Interesting line up and mirrors what I would like to see, would maybe consider swapping Iborra in for Ndidi though.

 

Ultimately I think Morgan will come back into the fold though and that Puel will persist with Mendy and Ndidi... you never know though

[David Hankey]

City away at Chelsea  -  God help us!!

[justfoxes]

Negative side of me is thinking after the changes Puel made against Man City and that some players need to take a good look at their own under par performances and wonder why we lost and then the diabolical penalties taken then were in for a hiding !!

 

Positive side is thinking we can overcome this loss and put in a great performance and bring home the 3 points, surely things can get better and we can put in a decent display against Chelski can’t we ??

 

????

[dyanmark]

We will try hard and get beaten .They have much better players if they turn up.

[lestajigs]

4.0 home win

[st albans fox]

45 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

City away at Chelsea  -  God help us!!

We bossed the fixture last season by pressing them high ......given the fixture congestion, we won’t play that style on Saturday ......although I would play different players Saturday and Tuesday and do exactly that - press them in their own half 

[H.a.r.r.y]

as we know we are going to lose, i think we should play Choudhry again and let him have a go

[Max Wall]

Just now, H.a.r.r.y said:

as we know we are going to lose, i think we should play Choudhry again and let him have a go

The only redeeming factor in that sentence is the fact you spelled lose correctly.

[H.a.r.r.y]

2 minutes ago, Max Wall said:

The only redeeming factor in that sentence is the fact you spelled lose correctly.

why not play him? Ndidi looks about as useful as a chocolate teapot 

[Max Wall]

Just now, H.a.r.r.y said:

why not play him? Ndidi looks about as useful as a chocolate teapot 

I was referring to the 'know we are going to lose' part, not the 'play Hamza' part Harry. 

Ok, I'm not rushing out to out a wedge on an away win but your comment was as defeatist as it gets tbh.

[H.a.r.r.y]

1 minute ago, Max Wall said:

I was referring to the 'know we are going to lose' part, not the 'play Hamza' part Harry. 

Ok, I'm not rushing out to out a wedge on an away win but your comment was as defeatist as it gets tbh.

i get what you mean, but it's hard to be optimistic away at Chelsea with our current form. I'd love for us to shock them but it isn't looking bright

[Max Wall]

4 minutes ago, H.a.r.r.y said:

i get what you mean, but it's hard to be optimistic away at Chelsea with our current form. I'd love for us to shock them but it isn't looking bright

I know. I can't argue against that. We have been very hit and miss, lets hope this one is a hit 

Chelsea have recovered well after that defeat by Wolves and anything other than a defeat would be a surprise right enough. You never know though.

 

 

 

 

 

[oxtonfox]

there are no guarantees with Puels  team line up. Saw a stat that says we’ve made second most changes in the league so far with Man U and Fulham are top of that table. Look how well they are both doing ;and both have sacked their managers this season! 

One Puel crazy trait is that a player does well when introduced e.g Hamza and then they’re immediately dropped. What do you think this does for confidence and continuity?

Im not predicting a line up cos there’ll be at least 4 changes from Palace game and we will all say Oh I didn’t see that coming ?

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

1 minute ago, oxtonfox said:

there are no guarantees with Puels  team line up. Saw a stat that says we’ve made second most changes in the league so far with Man U and Fulham are top of that table. Look how well they are both doing ;and both have sacked their managers this season! 

One Puel crazy trait is that a player does well when introduced e.g Hamza and then they’re immediately dropped. What do you think this does for confidence and continuity?

Im not predicting a line up cos there’ll be at least 4 changes from Palace game and we will all say Oh I didn’t see that coming ?

Who is 3rd and 4th in that table out of interest?

[Max Wall]

5 minutes ago, oxtonfox said:

there are no guarantees with Puels  team line up. ?

That's not true. I'll guarantee now that the vast majority on FT will complain about his line up.

[UniFox21]

1 minute ago, Max Wall said:

That's not true. I'll guarantee now that the vast majority on FT will complain about his line up.

The one thing you can always count on 

[Cincinnati Fox]

2-0 Chelsea 

alonso from 30 yards on 45+1 minute

hazard on 51 mins

 

 

[Max Wall]

14 hours ago, Peckfortonfox said:

2-0 Chelsea 

alonso from 30 yards on 45+1 minute

hazard on 51 mins

 

 

If  that's your prediction, I think you've narrowly got it wrong. It ended 1-0 didn't it?

What's going on on here tonight?

 

 

 

Edit - nice way to make a tit of myself, thought it was the cup thread   Apologies @Peckfortonfox

 

[Dr What?]

Just heard Danny Drinkwater serving the pies at the away end at half time...show him some support

[TheStig]

Not too long ago I thought we could beat anyone and was optimistic prior to any match. Nowadays not so much - we seem to have surrendered before starting - so the lambs to the slaughter - 4-0 loss I´m afraid - but please please prove me wrong.

[Harry96]

Hazard is going to have a field day 

[volpeazzurro]

17 minutes ago, TheStig said:

Not too long ago I thought we could beat anyone and was optimistic prior to any match. Nowadays not so much - we seem to have surrendered before starting - so the lambs to the slaughter - 4-0 loss I´m afraid - but please please prove me wrong.

Yes I remember those days ... just. Imagine how Yanited fans must feel after all those years of success ? 

A combination of losing some of our best players, poor recruitment and the fact that 'bigger' teams spent even more millions were the cause I suppose.

 

But ... it's a time for optimism, we've got some great young lads coming through and we're on our way back with a stronger, fitter more sustainable model of team building ... albeit very slowly.

 

How's that for blind optimism, happy Christmas! 

[whoareyaaa]

10 hours ago, oxtonfox said:

there are no guarantees with Puels  team line up. Saw a stat that says we’ve made second most changes in the league so far with Man U and Fulham are top of that table. Look how well they are both doing ;and both have sacked their managers this season! 

One Puel crazy trait is that a player does well when introduced e.g Hamza and then they’re immediately dropped. What do you think this does for confidence and continuity?

Im not predicting a line up cos there’ll be at least 4 changes from Palace game and we will all say Oh I didn’t see that coming ?

it has been a trend of his and can't imagine it will do the players/team harmony any good.

 

I get we do have a lot of options and potential within the team but if they aren't playing together regularly enough then it's going to case us problems in games as we have seen.