Closed Stoke v Chelsea

[Phil Driver 503]

...............Cech..............

Ivan...Terry....Cahill....Azpi...

........Essien....Ramires....

...Willian...Mata...Hazard..

.................Ba...............

Stoke are not managed by Pullis anymore but they still have Crouch so I want good aeriel defenders and that is Ivan,Terry and Cahill ,Lampard has been superb but this comes to soon,the three AM's were very good at Sunderland and Willian and Mata should not be tired after not playing most games,you cant leave Hazard out he must be buzzing . Ba should start because he is fresh and scored in his last game for us .

Do not want Mikel and us sitting deep inviting Stoke to pressure us, we need to carry on from Sunderland and have the confidence to press and support our AM's with early passing and attempting to win the ball as high up the pitch as possible,with the two DM's? (they are not they are midfielders) closing down as a partnership and looking to spring the counter .

[MHL 47 378]

What the fuck type of injury does Luiz have keeping him out this long? We could do with some rotation.

Barcelonitus, I hear!

[bluesman2610 1,226]

Was I the only one who noticed that in the last 2 gameweeks Chelsea Players have set PL and European records .. Ramires for most tackles in a single game and Hazard with most dribbles.. Creating History CFC :blue scalf:

[Shakez 755]

I doubt it that Mourinho will be rotating much when he said in the press conference that the players have a day off on sunday to rest. He's also implying that Oscar may or may not be ready for play thus in that justifying another start for Mata. I also don't like rotating for the sake of rotating to keep players happy or to see how the chips fall. Rotate when a certain player was an obvious weak link or has an injury, There are matches coming wich aren't that important (Steua) but are a good opportunity where players can show their worth. Bringing either De Bruyne or Schürrle in is a gamble, they want to impress but they haven't played in a while also... Arguments can be made for either Ba (deserves it the most) or Mikel, but Lampard was more than good enough last game.

[iceboy 992]

I would start with Mikel and Ba, we need tall players for this match.

[Starman60 1,343]

Here's my team to play Stoke

Cech

Ivanovich Cahill Terry Aspi

Ramires Mikel

Hazard Hazard Hazard

Hazard

Especially if he plays like he did the other night

[iceboy 992]

My team would be:

Cech

Iva Cahill Terry Cole

Ramires Mikel

Mata Willian Hazard

Ba

[yuvala 2,167]

I'd probably give Schurrle a go, can't remember the last time he was playing ... He's more physical than the other AMs.

Would probably get him in instead of Willian.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

A scrappy 2-1 will do, just keep a 100% December leading up to the Arsenal game.

[chelseawise 115]

...............Cech..............

Ivan...Terry....Cahill....Azpi...

........Essien....Ramires....

...Willian...Mata...Hazard..

.................Ba...............

Stoke are not managed by Pullis anymore but they still have Crouch so I want good aeriel defenders and that is Ivan,Terry and Cahill ,Lampard has been superb but this comes to soon,the three AM's were very good at Sunderland and Willian and Mata should not be tired after not playing most games,you cant leave Hazard out he must be buzzing . Ba should start because he is fresh and scored in his last game for us .

Do not want Mikel and us sitting deep inviting Stoke to pressure us, we need to carry on from Sunderland and have the confidence to press and support our AM's with early passing and attempting to win the ball as high up the pitch as possible,with the two DM's? (they are not they are midfielders) closing down as a partnership and looking to spring the counter .

I agree we should give essien a second cance

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

I agree we should give essien a second cance

he's sadly finished mate...

[CHOULO19 24,332]

This is a funny coincidence: Stoke are currently 14th in the league with 14 points from 14 matches

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

I would start with Mikel and Ba, we need tall players for this match.

Well I guess Barca stand no chance against Stoke then...

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

I'm far too confident for this one. Let's hope it all goes to plan and we come back with 3 more points in the bag. I feel we've got too much for them, regardless of who Mourinho fields.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

This is a funny coincidence: Stoke are currently 14th in the league with 14 points from 14 matches

Not after today.

14 points in 15 matches and going down the table.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

I do not want Cahill to start this game.

Would like to see Iva - Terry as CB.

If I see Torres start this then I will puke.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

This will be a very physical match so I won't expect Torres to feature in this one. Ba and Mikel should definitely start.

[nachikethas 1,149]

Fuck this star sports cunts. Have four channels in cable network and showing only one match and showing repeated cricket matches and analysis.