Closed Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid

[Danelka 209]

Fuck it, no Sturridge on the bench..

We are truly fucked if he leaves, because I don't know about anyone who we have been reportedly (not just by random bullshit media) interested in.

[The Big Drog 1,110]

I really thought the Moses signing would end Ramires playing on the wing.

[bababoom 4,478]

Let's watch us play before saying RDM got it wrong.

[Leif 6,006]

Oh, and if Sturridge isn't on the bench... surely that means Moses, the closest thing we have to a striker, is, right?

(See the problem now people? One injury to either Torres or Sturridge and we'd have no recognized striker to help out.)

[Ollie 4,400]

Maybe i'm the only one here but i don't actually care if Sturridge leaves. If the comment bites me in the future then so be it but i just can't see him ever being consistently good for us.

[Term-X 7,891]

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

The UEFA site has Sturridge on the bench, Essien is not. Could be wrong though!

[Jase 43,479]

More or less the expected lineup but no Sturridge and Essien on the bench?! Are we seriously gonna sell them to our rivals?!!

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Sturridge leaving without us signing a big name striker is a horrible mistake. Replacing Danny with, lets say Remy, is absolute madness!

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Not at all happy about Ramires starting if true. Their left-back Filipe doesn't usually leave much space behind him, so if we counter-attack, Ramires won't get too much joy down that side.

It's also risky playing Ramires, because he's a pretty awful passer, and one wrong pass can lead to Falcao's head somehow and them leading.

Would have made more sense having Bertrand (again) starting on the left to limit Juanfran and then having Hazard down the middle; Mata right.

I'm sorry, but I think Robbie's got this one wrong.

both of Atletico's fullbacks both like to get forward, im pretty sure at some point Filipe will leave space for Rami to exploit!

[Hutcho 8,443]

Maybe i'm the only one here but i don't actually care if Sturridge leaves. If the comment bites me in the future then so be it but i just can't see him ever being consistently good for us.

i care from more of a squad depth perspective. if he leaves we have torres and a rw who can play there, if we bring someone else in i won't mind it too much, but we are thin as it is and wouldn't be too pleased seeing him leave. still think he can do well at this club and should get some more game time this year.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

are people mad! if Sturridge is leaving today that will be because we have lined up someone else who will sign today!

[Kinol 337]

The bench:

Turnbull(GK)

34

Bertrand

6

Oriol Romeu

11

Oscar

16

Raul Meireles

13

Moses

23Sturridge

Source- Uefa.com

[Jase 43,479]

The UEFA site has Sturridge on the bench, Essien is not. Could be wrong though!

Phew. Looks like you're right!

http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/season=2012/matches/live/index.html?day=1&session=1&match=2007694

[DONI. 1,291]

Rainbow...

[Leif 6,006]

Excuse my language, but why the fuck won't Robbie rotate!?

What's wrong with slotting Romeu in for Mikel!?

Why is Ramires, a central midfielder, starting on the right ahead of Moses and Sturridge (he's decent there, don't deny it)!?

Meireles was pretty good with Mikel in the double pivot not too long ago. So if not Romeu in for Mikel, why not Meireles in for Lamps?

Are we sticking with the same XI all season with 1 change at most each game?

[bababoom 4,478]

Henry Winter ‏@henrywinter

#cfc subs: Turnbull, Bertrand, Romeu, Oscar, Meireles, Moses, Sturridge.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Subs: Turnbull, Bertrand, Romeu, Meireles, Oscar, Moses, Sturridge.