Closed Chelsea v Stoke

[Pizy 17,860]

Wouldve been cool to see Hazard play the #10 role with the ridiculous pace of Willian and Salah flanking him on either side.

[Stats 6,980]

Chelsea XI vs Stoke City: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Luiz, Salah, Schurrle, Oscar, Torres. #CFC

Where the hell did you get that from? The team is: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry ©, Azpilicueta; Lampard, Matic; Schurrle, Willian, Salah, Torres. #CFC

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

If you can't win a home game against Stoke without Hazard then in all honesty you're not good enough for the title.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Hazard being rested for Tuesday?

Yep he was rested

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Where the hell did you get that from? The team is: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry ©, Azpilicueta; Lampard, Matic; Schurrle, Willian, Salah, Torres. #CFC

It was the chelsea app, noticed they made a mistake on Oscar and Luiz

[Henrique 9,133]

Mourinho said no one would be rested.

[Mohammed Seif 1,451]

LOOL. I was nervous before the game and now with the line up I MUCH MORE NERVOUS. I want us to get the 3 points by any means and now I also want Salah to have a great match since it is the first time he starts for Chelsea. Having said that, I am optimistic.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Scary line-up. I fear a draw or some other silly result. WTF is Jose smoking resting Hazard , Oscar and playing Torres? This match is more important than the PSG game. We have a more realistic chance of winning the league than overturning that PSG result. Surely I'm not the only one that thinks like this.

[Jambo 231]

Torres and Salah 2-0.

If that is a ridiculous statement I will take the flack at full time!

[1chelsea 864]

He will come on HT

[LAB 1,030]

How about Mou benching Hazard for wearing PSG shirt in interview?

[BloodIsBlue 291]

Finally I hope he got to stay home and relax after the PSG game. Cannot wait to see a fresher sharper Hazard how long has it been, since the West Ham game?

The moment Lampard starts slugging about he has to come off.

[Berke 58]

Not at the Bridge for this one, nonetheless I've got my nephew with me and we're going to watch from the sofa. Surely can't lose 3 in a row, going for a 3-0 Chelsea win, Salah to score 2.

COME ON CHELSEA

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

None of Willian, Schurrle or Salah have the creativity to break down what is going to be a very defensive Stoke team. Torres is a non-factor as usual. EVERY Chelsea fan knows this. WTF is Jose doing?

[dee25 1,044]

None of Willian, Schurrle or Salah have the creativity to break down what is going to be a very defensive Stoke team. Torres is a non-factor as usual. EVERY Chelsea fan knows this. WTF is Jose doing?

More concerning to me is that Willian, Schurrle and Salah haven't started one game together.

Regardless, I think we should just wait to see how the match pans out before moaning about the lineup.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Even Fulham is beating Aston Villa at Villa Park. Just shows how shit we've been.

[Jambo 231]

Even Fulham is beating Aston Villa at Villa Park. Just shows how shit we've been.

You can't really compare though. Mentality would be totally different for Villla playing Chelsea than playing Fulham.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

More concerning to me is that Willian, Schurrle and Salah haven't started one game together.

Regardless, I think we just wait to see how the games pans out before moaning about the lineup.

Exactly. These guys are new to the league and have shown so far that they struggle against physicality and parked buses. Watch us struggle to do anything of substance and then Hazard coming on at the 60th mark to try and save the day. I hope I eat my words, but nothing I've seen so far this season suggests that isn't going to happen.