Closed Chelsea v Fulham

[Wimbledonblue 94]

great. now a derby. we are so fucked. i expect nothing more than to be pathetically disappointed again.

as for the team, who cares what we predict. hazard and cole will start because they have been so out of the world for us this season and are simply irreplacable, right?

mata will be a sub when we are leading 1-0 rather than starting him to break a solid defence.

luiz will continue to run round in circles.

and our strikers will keep enjoying their paid holidays, that too season-long with awesome perks and all.

team line-

expectation

------------cech-------------

-azpi--cahill--JT--bertrand

--------rambo--mikel-----

---schurlle---oscar---kdb---

------who the fuck gives a shit which of those 3 start.---

reality

------------cech-------

--iva----luiz---jt---cole---

----rambo---lamps----

schurlle---oscar---hazard---

---------torres-----------

result 1-1.

Positive guy aren't you? Pull yourself together and stop whinging man.

Mata, Schurlle and Willian to start as the 3 AM's, with Torres upfront please. Oscar and Mikel in the pivot (he dreams), with Azpi getting a game.

[didierforever 7,349]

WHOLE SEASON SLUMP.

yup, but i am sure we will bounce back in the pre-season of 2014-15.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

yup, but i am sure we will bounce back in the pre-season of 2014-15.

With Roberto Mancini as manager.

[Ankit 3,176]

I have been wondering this for the past week or so, Have we reached the Christmas period? Are we already out of the Champions league? Are we 10 points behind the leaders in the premier league? Are we?

[didierforever 7,349]

Positive guy aren't you? Pull yourself together and stop whinging man.

Mata, Schurlle and Willian to start as the 3 AM's, with Torres upfront please. Oscar and Mikel in the pivot (he dreams), with Azpi getting a game.

i am a realist. positive and negative is not what i bother with.

for eg- look at the post no. 213. look at the timings.

http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/16777-chelsea-v-basel/?p=765736

but if you want me to blindly say that we are gonna win every match, that is not gonna happen.

[lucio 5,418]

better see some fucking tempo. the buildup play has been snail paced.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

better see some fucking tempo. the buildup play has been snail paced.

I believe playing Oscar in the pivot will help us with our tempo problem imo.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

I have been wondering this for the past week or so, Have we reached the Christmas period? Are we already out of the Champions league? Are we 10 points behind the leaders in the premier league? Are we?

Wait For It...

[svajo 153]

I hope Azpi starts. I cant believe that Jose prefers Ivanovic at RB when he is cant really do anything in attack (except freekicks and corners). He should play at CB.

Also Cole has been pretty poor, no contribution in attack, got humiliated by Salah yesterday. Bertrand didnt play a single minute yet....

Eto'o has started and finished both games since he arrived, dont think he should start another game, he doesnt seem fit enough for this to me.

Hazard is a great player, but played ...erm... far below his level. he needs to be benched to realize he's not untouchable.

KdB must start.

No Lampard in pivot please.

I think we will finally win this time, though it won't be anything spectacular.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Needs to not play Hazard or Van Ginkel, and get Torres on upfront he can't be any worse than Eto'o who was very weak.

[oxfordblues 299]

easy to predict

FOOLHAM 3 FOOLS CFC 1

really ?

[AndersonBLUE 819]

2 lost games and people think it's the end of the world

[Stingray 9,441]

Hoping for the best but worried about our structural issues.

Hoping Hazard gets benched - he needs some thinking/resting time off and seriously needs to get OFF the quarterback training program. Also, time is due for KDB.

The pivot - hell, I have no clue and I don't think Mou has one either.

[Kojo 4,676]

I sense a tricky game, but we can pull through.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Hoping for the best but worried about our structural issues.

Hoping Hazard gets benched - he needs some thinking/resting time off and seriously needs to get OFF the quarterback training program. Also, time is due for KDB.

The pivot - hell, I have no clue and I don't think Mou has one either.

Hazard should be benched.

[Stingray 9,441]

Hazard should be benched.

I said that. You seems to forget he does have a continuing injury for weeks remember, not a bad mindset.

[The_Flash 1,144]

I hope he improves again, he was great last year

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

So hard to pick an XI with everyone looking so poor recently. One thing is for certain, if this team is to evolve we need to stop relying so heavily on Terry, Lamps and Cole. I know they are club legends and bleed blue but in order for the younger players to grow and become a cohesive unit we need someone else to step up and lead the group.

My team on Saturday would be:

Cech

Ivanovic - Cahill - Luiz - Bertrand

Mikel - Ramires

DeBruyne - Mata - Schurrle

Eto'o

Willian in for DeBruyne and Oscar in for Mata.