Closed Chelsea v Schalke

[Shakez 755]

Hmm Schurrle and Salah are not even on the bench.

Schürrle was expected after that dreadful Swansea performance, Salah though...

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Costa apparently not starting, good, want him to be fully fit for that City game.

Well there you have it! Jose makes 4 changes... Hope it doesn't hurt us.

[zolayes 14,489]

would have preferred Remy to start rather than Didier

[different level 1,056]

Well I guess Diego needs to sit this one out in order to recover completely from his injury, but I feel nervous without him leading the line. Also I'd prefer Remy to start over Drogba.

[romeeh 139]

might be saving for next match

[LAM09 6,558]

Schürrle was expected after that dreadful Swansea performance, Salah though...

Was thinking the same thing. I am shocked Salah isn't even in the squad after his weekend cameo.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Drogba needs to give us at least 60.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Good lineup, though I was hoping that JT and Matic get a rest.

Matic, yes. JT doesn't need it considering he had a 2 week rest with no internationals.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Well there you have it! Jose makes 4 changes... Hope it doesn't hurt us.

It won't pal, our team is still very strong.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Let's go Luis! Put one on Drogba's head.

[DanishBlue 426]

Very Nice XL.

Come on Chels, can't wait!

[Barbara 15,149]

Well, I think it's a good match for Didier to start. He isn't even close the player he used to be, but UCL matches, at SB... is nice to see him there.

If we need any saving, Remy and Costa are ready in the bench to get things our way. Also, Schalke's defense is probably really weak.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Matic, yes. JT doesn't need it considering he had a 2 week rest with no internationals.

Regardless, he's 33, do we need to have him play 3 matches in 7 days? I would have liked him fresh for City.

[DYC. 7,542]

Luis putting in a strong enough performance to play against City would be nice.

[Pizy 17,861]

Hopefully our players don't underestimate Schalke and the rest of our group like most of our fans and all of the media are doing.

I'm sure we aren't approaching this one thinking "we smoked these last season home and away so it'll be easy." We can't just think we're going to stroll this group.

[pWneR 230]

[xPetrCechx 13,548]

Why not cech?!

[Shakez 755]

First match full hd on my tv, im ready