Closed Derby v Chelsea

[Cripen 110]

I am whining. No Mata, no De Bruyne (even on the bench). I'm not happy with the lineup.

No KDB on the bench suggest that probably something is up, he's going to leave us (hope that will be a loan) in the following days I think.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Need to win the match and there's no game for a week so no reason not to field a strong team. Plus he respects the competition.

Not at all...

We dont NEED to win the match. It is not like the future of the club depends on it. Of course we all want Chelsea to win, but still.

Also, the cups are a great way to try new tactics and to give young/reserve players some game time. Coming from you (a false defender of the young players), it shocks me that you dont want them to have some playing time!

And please, dont give me that crap about 'respecting the competition'. If Jose were offered 3 points in the EPL for a loss at the FA Cup he wouldnt even think twice!

The FA Cup is great and it has a lot of tradition, but it is not worth creating future problems in order to beat the mighty Derby County...

[Hutcho 8,443]

We will smash them.

Let's go boys.

Peter crouch awaits.

[didierforever 7,349]

He hasn't been really good. He's been ok but the guy is 24 and played 200 games and not made much of an impression. Probably time to move on.

Our replacement LB is Cole at the moment and that other left-back we want to buy is probably already better than Bertrand and 6 years younger. If Ryan doesn't fit in then it makes sense to let him go and no point in cup-tying him for no reason.

ryan has not been really good this season. in each and every of his performance he has been better than cole's. a lot of people expected him to replace cole when cole was dropped but suprisingly since then he has been "mysteriously" injured. so where do u want to move on and from what? good performances?

luke shaw costs 20mil right now, something that would not make much of a difference even if he was bought cos when iva gets back jose will fall back to

iva-GC-JT-azpi. so u want to spend 20mil for a player to be probably the 3rd choice LB, 4th choice full back when we have a perfectly good one in ryan.

[NishC300 1,865]

Just came in time to see the start of the game! Had some studying! Terrible lineup. Really disappointed to see this.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Not at all...

We dont NEED to win the match. It is not like the future of the club depends on it. Of course we all want Chelsea to win, but still.

We need to win the match so we don't face a replay. With City getting one then it might add a tiny edge in our favour.

Also, the cups are a great way to try new tactics and to give young/reserve players some game time.

And please, dont give me that crap about 'respecting the competition'. If Jose were offered 3 points in the EPL for a loss at the FA Cup he wouldnt even think twice!

He's giving Luiz and Cahill another run out and it looks like we're using the 433 again.

I know you might not get the importance of this competition but Jose does and if you gave him that choice, he'd want BOTH. That's why we love him.

The FA Cup is great and it has a lot of tradition, but it is not worth creating future problems in order to beat the mighty Derby County...

The future problems are an extra game or a loss of momentum. There's no reason not to go out and win this game.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

okey i give up, its a 4-2-3-1 with Rami on the right....

[zolayes 14,489]

Not at all...

We dont NEED to win the match. It is not like the future of the club depends on it. Of course we all want Chelsea to win, but still.

Also, the cups are a great way to try new tactics and to give young/reserve players some game time. Coming from you (a false defender of the young players), it shocks me that you dont want them to have some playing time!

And please, dont give me that crap about 'respecting the competition'. If Jose were offered 3 points in the EPL for a loss at the FA Cup he wouldnt even think twice!

The FA Cup is great and it has a lot of tradition, but it is not worth creating future problems in order to beat the mighty Derby County...

Sorry but to most English fans the F A Cup is VERY important

[aerlgenx 49]

lets get it on =)

[The only place to be 11,313]

ryan has not been really good this season. in each and every of his performance he has been better than cole's. a lot of people expected him to replace cole when cole was dropped but suprisingly since then he has been "mysteriously" injured. so where do u want to move on and from what? good performances?

In his one league performance he was ok. He might have been better than Cole but you've got to look at the contest in context. Neither is expected to be here next year in all likelihood so you make money off of Bertrand and give Cole a chance to regain form.

luke shaw costs 20mil right now, something that would not make much of a difference even if he was bought cos when iva gets back jose will fall back to

iva-GC-JT-azpi. so u want to spend 20mil for a player to be probably the 3rd choice LB, 4th choice full back when we have a perfectly good one in ryan.

No I want to spend £20 million on a player who could fill a spot for a decade and probably has a shot a nailing down the starting spot if he joins in the summer.

[Jusek 2,031]

Sexy ball.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Ramires on the right....If we sold De Bruyne and Mata and acquired a midfielder then Rami might be required to play wide on the right every now and then.

Just a thought.