Closed Besiktas/Fenerbahce v Chelsea

[sdrcfc 461]

Filipe Luis?

[MichaelDance 552]

Wait, is the KO not 7.30?

I believe it's just a bit late maybe 7:45.

[Namika 922]

Courtois & Filipe and it's our starting eleven.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

The faq is going on??

[Pizy 17,861]

Maybe, depending on the opponent, José will deploy a "power" back four with Ivanovic or a "finesse" one with Luis?

I'm probably reading into it too much but José adores Ivanovic and it was most likely wrong to assume he'd just automatically be a squad player after Luis' arrival.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,770]

Who starts up top second half?

Torres or Drogba?

[Polo7 3,496]

The faq is going on??

First match finished like 10 minutes ago. Im guessing Fenerbahce is getting 15 minutes break.

[iseah100 5,612]

José adores Ivanovic and it was most likely wrong to assume he'd just automatically be a squad player after Luis' arrival.

I've been thinking that since Luis was rumored. Iva started every game last year, would he be relegated to a squad role so quickly? Doubt it, unfortunately.

[MichaelDance 552]

They've not come out yet haha

[Barbara 15,149]

Gigi just basically said they don't know when the match starts LOL

[Sheva. 5,373]

Who starts up top second half?

Torres or Drogba?

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,770]

No way this starts before the top of the hour.

[MichaelDance 552]

Luis is a sub today so we might see him.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Luis hasn't done anything to win the job away from Azpi. Our back 4 was rock solid last year and Luis needs to do a lot to supplant or displace anyone in that side.

[Special Juan 27,111]

Pre season bollocks as usual, complete fucking farce.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

This is just weird friendlies. I don't think it is wise to make any conclusion that this will be the same starting line up for Burnley.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Don't panick over a pre-season line-up guys, Luis is not starting because Hazard and Schurrle are in the line-up. They are not at 100% yet and they won't track back that much, hence Jose using two defensive minded full backs.

[Pizy 17,861]

Luis hasn't done anything to win the job away from Azpi. Our back 4 was rock solid last year and Luis needs to do a lot to supplant or displace anyone in that side.

I highly doubt we'd have spent £16-20m on a 29 year old that wasn't going straight into the first XI.

It is very strange that he isn't starting here, though.