Blue Armour

Done it!!!

Well done Delap too for that goal. Made a ruckus in the box

20 mins to grab a winner.

Another sub with a goal!! Cucurella

James also coming on. Excellent

Caicedo with nearly a banger of an equalizer there

As good a time to pull 1 back. More room to get an equalizer

Thank you Joao Pedro

Best move of the match so far. Delap coming close

Credit to Rosenior to that. He took the bad eggs out quickly.

Agreed. This isn't some elite squad that can risk using a B team to take on important games. Apart from absolute fitness based decisions, there should be very little rotation for these kind of games that affect the league standing.

Some of the backwards and sideways passing looked odd. Almost as if the players were intentionally trying to piss off the crowd.

I remember days when we could play nearly the same starting 11 in back 2 back matches in both Domestic & Europe. Its not a controversy to retain at least your entire back 4.

Rosenior isn't shy about making half time changes. Hope he does that and brings Joao Pedro on. We need his scoring form to help here. Hopefully can pull 1 back before half time.

You mean the directors changed a lot. Keep saying this. Squad rotation is a strategy used by the directors. It happened with Maresca. Its happening with Rosenior too.

But Badiashile is just awful. Why he Rosenior's 'Big Ben' keeps starting over Josh is beyond me.

Even though the CBs were ball watching for the west ham goal, Sanchez should've done better there.

Also curious to know if Estavao is finally ready to be a mainstay in the starting 11. Back to back starts in the league and in Europe is a good sign.

Just like against the weakened Palace, this is another game where Chelsea is expected to win. Doesn't matter how its done, but that it is. If Rosenior can add to that win column, kudos to him.

Delap doesn't do much in aerial situations, defensively or in an offensive sense. Might as well keep him up front to launch counter attacks

Estevao also being rested for Napoli. Red card came at the perfect time.

Feels that this would be a harsh penalty, if given.

Ooh. Penalty?

Perfectly weighted ball by Estevao for Joao Pedro.

Wish we had Estavao a lot sooner, then maybe Palmer wouldnt have been burned to the ground. If Palmer chooses to leave, hope we use the profit to sign a quality attacker that can share the duties with Estevao.