Closed Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid

[Chelsea? 892]

Boring line up if true.

[FormerRussianSpy 163]

I'd love to see Luiz pull off one of his master class performances again.

No Azpi

[themightyblue 443]

Has there been a single game this season so far that Robbie's team selection hasn't been criticised?!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

No Azpi even on the bench...surprising.

[Tortilla9 390]

The Mirror said earlier Sturridge wasn't even on the bench. Typical Mirror crap.

[magic weeds 446]

so Cesar wont have a debut... boring

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

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?

Obviously he's gone with what he considers his strongest lineup, this isn't a friendly, it's a final. Agree about Ramires though, never been a fan of him out wide, he always ends up playing centrally no matter where you tell him to play. Lampard is a leader/captain in absence of Terry perhaps?

[Jase 43,479]

The Mirror said earlier Sturridge wasn't even on the bench. Typical Mirror crap.

Think the news broke out from Clive Tyldesley first TBH.

No Azpi even on the bench...surprising.

Exactly. We only have 1 defender on the bench. Risky!

[Wavy Crockett 190]

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.)

Piazon

[Leif 6,006]

Piazon

is 18 and never played a professional game in his career.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

FUCK. its ramires on the wing then, RDM should know that this does not work by now. Hazard and Mata suffice on the wings

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

is 18 and never played a professional game in his career.

is also not a striker.

[zolayes 14,489]

KTF FFS RDM knows what he is doing.

[DYC. 7,542]

I was hoping for Oscar to start, too bad. Hopefully he'll get at least 30 min of football today.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

FUCK. its ramires on the wing then, RDM should know that this does not work by now. Hazard and Mata suffice on the wings

haha it doesnt work? Ramires may not be a great winger but he gives balance to the team that is why throughout the season either Rami or Bertrand will start the majority of the games in the 3 behind the striker.

[Yeboii 1,844]

is 18 and never played a professional game in his career.

Dindt Bertrand debut in the final against Bayern? Well look how that turned out. Still Piazon is 18

[nyikolajevics 2,573]

What if Ivanovic gets injured? This is exactly why we signed Azpilicueta. He is a new boy, but still a better choice then Ramires as a RB.

[themightyblue 443]

The reason why Robbie has gone with Ramires is because Ramires always delivered in the big games and with Moses being in his first week of training, your always going to go with experience. It's much easier to ease a new signing into things rather than rush them into things. We all like to see new signings play because we're fans, but tbh Robbie has been sensible in his decision