Closed Leeds United v Chelsea

[Madmax 9,219]

Pivot will be interesting .. no Ramires, Luiz (CB) or Mikel; Lampard + who? Hope it's not Oscar. Saville?

[Kezza 1,965]

C'mon guys, our players arent fukin pansies. They can hold their own out there.

3-0 to the chels.

[nullabletype 987]

Leeds, like any team who play us, can win if they just come out and put us under pressure. It's worked for every team who have done it so far. Stop our time on the ball and we crumble. And you can bet your house Leeds will try this.

Not an easy game by a long shot.

But who knows, the players may put in a spirited performance to make up for Sunday. And then go back to being shit against Villa.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Pivot will be interesting .. no Ramires, Luiz (CB) or Mikel; Lampard + who? Hope it's not Oscar. Saville?

Lampard + Oscar in the double pivot will be crazy, but not like we have many other options. Maybe play Ferreira there?

[Miracle 249]

Yeah...sack Benitez and then appoint who? Avram Grant? He is probably next in line.

Like it or not, Benitez is the best of the bad bunch of available managers out there at the moment.

I'd even welcome Grant. Seriously. Anybody but Interim. This is how bad it's become.

But one of these days, in the not too distant future, I'll wake up, log on to this site & I'll see a thread with a title something along the lines of:

Rafa Benitez - Now confirmed ex-Chelsea interim manager.

Just a little something to look forward to.

[Hutcho 8,443]

The pessimism today is extremely high... We must be optimistic.

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

Churchhill

"Quotes make you seem like you know what you are talking about"

Me

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

I say fuck it, give George Saville a go. Rather have someone who can anchor the midfield despite being a kid then having Oscar and Lampard, which could easily see the midfield go in a free fall.

[Madmax 9,219]

Lampard + Oscar in the double pivot will be crazy, but not like we have many other options. Maybe play Ferreira there?

Or maybe Ferreira at CB and Luiz with Lampard. lol, it's going to be a difficult night either way.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Cech

Azpi Ivan Luiz Cole

Oscar Lampard

Moses Mata Marin

Torres

Rest hazard for a change as he has played pretty much every game this season.

I think we will concede with this lineup but i think we can outscore them... Also don't think we really have anyone else to play in there. Bertrand maybe...

[DONI. 1,291]

[Sheva. 5,373]

Or maybe Ferreira at CB and Luiz with Lampard. lol, it's going to be a difficult night either way.

I thought about that also, but i think the most likely scenario will be Lamps and Oscar together. Stupid suspensions, smh.

[Leif 6,006]

So I guess our back-line will be - Cech; Azpi, Ivan, Luiz, Cole (I personally believe Bertrand should get a start tonight, even if it is a rough game.)

I assume our attack will consist of Torres, Hazard, Oscar and Moses (I just get the feeling Mata will be rested), but no idea what's gonna happen in the DP.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Coming back empty handed , still they smile like noting happened.The old Chelsea is really gone.

[Shogun 721]

I say fuck it, give George Savville a go. Rather have someone who can anchor the midfield despite being a kid then having Oscar and Lampard, which could easily see the midfield go in a free fall.

Don't you think it's a bit soon for Saville to return to Yorkshire?

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

Coming back empty handed , still they smile like noting happened.The old Chelsea is really gone.

When you're playing a game every 3/4 days, there is no time to hang around feeling sorry for yourself.