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I was thinking about it yesterday when Cahill was bad af

Going against Arsenal with classic lineup will be fun I don't expect Fab, Moses and Alonso to start I liked our lineup yesterday

Great job Moses, our best man whenever he starts the game expecting him on the bench and Willian in starting eleven

Blame it on the new guy haha Imagine Alonso playing like Cahill did in the first half ... he would be sacked in half time team talk! But it's just ordinary day in the first eleven for Cahill, right?

It's 442 with Loftus upfront Can't wait to see Alonso

He will start in midfield today

The "bib theory" worked before Liverpool match so let's try again Bego/Courtois Azpi - Cahill - Luiz - Alonso RLC - Kante/Matić - Fabregas Moses - Michy - Pedro

Begović Azpi/Aina - Ivanović - Luiz - Alonso RLC - Fabregas - Chalobah Moses - Michy - Hazard Or maybe Kante instead of RLC or Chalobah. Probably won't see Loftus in midfield because Conte sees him as a striker? Chalobah - Fabregas - Kante than

Hahahahahaha John Terry created as much clear cut chances as our "attacking midfielders"

People talking trash about Hazard don't have clue about football ... sorry to point it out Hazard is one of the biggest attacking prospect of European football but our tactical system is "killing" him since day 1 Most of the days in our title season we had a simple tactic - pass it to Hazard and enjoy it! Not anymore guys, not anymore. We are not attacking in numbers and our attacking players apart from Costa are pretty much useless. They don't offer him to play one-two passes, they can't find him with through balls, they do nothing at all in terms of attacking. We should widen our attacking prospect with Fabregas in the middle and proper winger on the right side of the pitch that can actually cut inside and cause opposition some troubles (I rate Moses much higher than Willian in this aspect of the game). Oscar, Matić and Willian don't offer big things in terms of attacking and that is why 2 or 3 defenders are always tight marking Hazard as soon as he gets on the ball. At least proper full backs would be nice to offer some help down that left flank. But I can't see any of these happening anytime soon ...

We just need to drop/rotate some players and play with PROPER full backs ! It should be 3 players (2CBs and DM) protecting counter attack not 5! Azpi or Aina RB and Alonso LB otherwise we won't be able to attack ...

Agree 100000% ! We probably have to realise that our squad is pretty poor compared to City, United or Arsenal. But we have to change underperforming players and bring fresh faces from the bench (Moses, Fabregas, Chalobah, RLC, Alonso)

No desire, no fight, no bravery ... you can't win derby like this. I am still waiting for Conte to prove his reputation of benching underperforming players

With Henderson as their CDM we can easily exploit them on counter attacks, just let them play and become impatient. Henderson is not natural defensive midfielder and he will try to go forward as much as possible if they don't score in first 20-30 minutes and imagine Hazard or Costa running against their two centerbacks

Courtois Ivanovic - Cahill - Luiz - Azpi Matić - Kante - Oscar Willian - Costa - Hazard It is probably not the right time to bring Alonso, Fabregas, Michy or Moses in As much as I hate seeing Ivke playing RB, I can see him being a big threat at set pieces Willian will cover right flank most of the time anyway because we will drop deep ... CMON CHELSEA !!

Anybody have training photo gallery? According to bib theory Fabregas is on the bench 😊

They can be easily exploited on counter attacks ... we need to sit back and be patient. They can't break deep defensive formations, just don't give them much space in attacking third and they will attack without head

Yes. Just watch some Everton games he really looks like a proper midfielder

Too bad we haven't pushed for Gueye this summer .. really looks like a very good box to box midfielder

Conte stated that Alonso and Luiz are not ready to start this game Probably Burnley lineup all over again or Fabregas over Matić/Oscar

I have a really good feeling, Swansea seems like a team ready to relegate and we are looking motivated af.

To be fair, Kimpembe will be dropped when Thiago Silva is back. On the other hand, about Chelsea situation ... I think job security is the main reason why our youth introduction is poor in recent years. I am sure that Conte wants to win something in his first year and bring us back in Champions league than we will see our youth players getting more minutes. We need stability first !

I don't like those loans to Premier league clubs. Look at Ake, he is probably their best defender and he is always benched just because every club tends to play their own players before loanees. I would rather bring him back and used him as a backup/3rd striker. In a system of 2 upfront he would get enough time to play and he would also learn from Costa and Michy. On the other hand I just don't see a reason why we would buy players like Griezmann? He is (second) striker and this is probably our strongest position - Costa in his prime (TOP8 strikers in the world), Michy and Traore as a very big potentials and Abraham in "the next big thing" role

Maybe we haven't done too much bussines in attacking department because we have players like Musonda, Boga, Abraham and Palmer out on loan? Players like Pedro and Moses could easily be replaced by 2 od them next year

Every Chelsea fan would love that but it's not gonna happen It would be nice to have 3 men midfield with Kante, Matić, Oscar, Fabregas, Chalobah and RLC