Closed Schalke v Chelsea

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Schalke: Fahrmann, Neustadter, Santana, Howedes, Uchida, Fuchs, Kirchhoff, Boateng, Hoger, Choupo-Moting, Huntelaar.

Feel like Ramires will start.

Rule of thumb: Rob Beasley is most likely wrong in anything he says

[Special Juan 27,104]

Please step it up Schurrle

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Big games for Schurrle... He needs to come good.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

wtf is Schurrle doing in the line-up?

[Pizy 17,860]

Excellent team. Would be just the match for Andre to gain his confidence back.

[The Skipper 20,593]

I love this team. I love how we calmly slotted two of our starters out for players of pretty much equal quality (Willian & Azpi for Schurrle & Luis).

[The Skipper 20,593]

wtf is Schurrle doing in the line-up?

Maybe he's trained well and Jose wants to give him another go?

[bababoom 4,478]

wtf is Schurrle doing in the line-up?

So we should just not start Schurrle ever again?

it's so funny how he's gone from hero to zero on this forum...

Edit - he doesnt start but my point remains, it's funny how highly people rated him at the WC but now he's suddenly shit...

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

We have to be mindful of Uchida's over-lapping runs down the right because he's a monster at that. The best way to do that is for Hazard and Luis to pin him in his half when they have the ball by playing with more width. We can't let him dictate the tempo of attacks to us. Choupo-Moting is also a threat and we have to be mindful of his pace. Aside from that, I don't see anything in that line-up we have to be concerned about.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Chelsea FC @chelseafc · 31s31 seconds ago

Chelsea line-up v Schalke: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry ©, Azpilicueta; Matic, Fabregas; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Diego Costa. #CFC

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Schurrle not starting

[Shakez 755]

Chelsea FC @chelseafc · 31s31 seconds ago

Chelsea line-up v Schalke: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry ©, Azpilicueta; Matic, Fabregas; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Diego Costa. #CFC

That's more like it

[stroey 2,525]

No Cech

[Barbara 15,149]

Looking at the bench options and I'd say José is more than happy with a draw here. Not saying he won't try to win, but with a bench like that, it's not like he's willing to change to turn the game around if our starting team doesn't make it happen.

[bababoom 4,478]

Tbh i wanted Luis to start today... oh well.

[LAM09 6,552]

Our strongest line up. A win is a must, IMO.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,742]

Damn Felipe Luis is not even getting this champions league start now.

[The Chels 2,502]

Luis dropped from the CL team. If it's for not closing down the Maribor player quickly enough for the goal then that's very harsh considering Ivanovic does the same every game.