Closed Chelsea v Tottenham

[zolayes 14,489]

It's at home? Oh, I thought it was an away game lol

Sp. Juan; Can you reopen the Lamps thread? That thing has been gathering dust for a good 2 months..

let sleeping dogs (TX ) lie

[Jase 43,479]

Think I'm gonna combust if we don't beat Spurs. Already not handling the weekend's results very well here. :rant: :rant:

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Looking forward for this match, I believe Jose will rotate some for this one.

[nyikolajevics 2,700]

If we slip against Spurs, we will be in trouble.

Even if we lose against Spurs(which I highly doubt) and City win in Sunderland we'd be on the top of the table.. How is this trouble?

[chelseafc9010 224]

I say bring in Remy, Shurrle and Ramires. All day pace, runs and energy.

Take out Willian and Oscar, move Cesc up the pitch and put Rambo with Matic.

[thekid9 418]

Due to fixture congestion we need some rotation badly; Play a good team tonight.

I'd rather lose to the Geordies than Spurs, if at all.

But; For Spurs night:

Courtois

Azpi Zouma Terry Luis

Rambo Matic

Salah Hazard Oscar

Drogba

As it stands, I think Drogba has pushed Remy back into 3rd choice striker, although really they both get hot swapped depending on what we need.

As for Zouma, I rate him more than Cahill, tbh.. Never took to him myself

Cesc could play as a CAM, substitute Salah for Hazard and put Fab in the middle if so; and then that leaves a medium strength squad for Saturday (Sunday?)

One thing is sure though, rotation issues have taken their toll!

Why Salah? I hear you ask.

Why not? Can you pick between Schurrle and Salah?

Strikers matter much less. Costa will be playing in the Newcastle match anyway so either can burn a full 90'.

Well one is world cup winner, who provided the assist in the world cup final, has proven him self for us before, yes he is in a bad run, but he will come good again...

The other has skied a few shots for us.

[thekid9 418]

Even if we lose against Spurs(which I highly doubt) and City win in Sunderland we'd be on the top of the table.. How is this trouble?

because we will let a good lead slip even further... and we have a very difficult end to the season!

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Even if we lose against Spurs(which I highly doubt) and City win in Sunderland we'd be on the top of the table.. How is this trouble?

Agree, but at the same time I understand iceboy concern, as if say we lose to Tottenham and City win against Sunderland, the gap only 3, next saturday we will face Newcastle away, the pressure is on us, if we lose again, City playing at home against weak team will have more high motivation and if they win the gap is 0 in less than 7 days from now..

Yes, the slip maybe not that stupid, but a double draw on those 2, and City double win, the gap will be only 2. That is still not, not good at all.

This is a must, must win game for us.

[chelseafc9010 224]

Even if we lose against Spurs(which I highly doubt) and City win in Sunderland we'd be on the top of the table.. How is this trouble?

Your right. No trouble whatsoever, we will go on and never drop more than 3 points in the whole season and will win by them 3 points.

[Vytis33 1,272]

A six point cushion is hardly running away with the league at this stage. Momentum has been in our favor this year, we need to take max points from Spurs on Wednesday to keep it rolling. Arguably biggest game of the year to this point.

[Special Juan 28,141]

It's at home? Oh, I thought it was an away game lol

Sp. Juan; Can you reopen the Lamps thread? That thing has been gathering dust for a good 2 months..

Not a chance that thread will be re-opened anytime soon, the English football thread has already taken that twist and we won't allow it.

[ZOS 580]

we will beat them senseless... I'm sure of it

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

I don't want to sound arrogant, I'm really not, but there is only one thing Chelsea should be looking for, and that's the win. Simple as that. A draw against that lot would be a massive dissapointment (I'm not even thinking about a defeat, it won't happen, Tottenham fans should forget about it, for them is either a draw, or a loss.) You simply can't fuck it up against the likes of Chiriches, Vertonghen, Mason, Bentaleb, Lennon, Kane or Soldado.

A bit of rotation won't do any harm, so I'd go for

Drogba

Eden Cesc Schurrle

Matic Ramires

Filipe JT Cahill Ivanovic

Courtois

[drakey 36]

we've got to win this one against Spurs. They played well against everton yesterday but even without Diego we should still be too strong for them. Why is it not on the telly?

[Leif 6,006]

Bring subs like Schurrle & Ramires into the starting XI and we die. We should have rotated vs Sunderland but we've missed that chance now. Weakening the team further after Costa's omission for a London derby coming off the back of a draw is nonsensical.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I'll be damned if our unbeaten record goes out the window to Spurs! I'd rather Newcastle took it ffs.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

You just know that Harry Kane will score. We ALWAYS concede to average strikers like him.

[Special Juan 28,141]

The press, as expected are all over us like a rash, and what was a disappointing draw the press have climbed all over the 'Chelsea meltdown is on' SSN this morning running a poll on 'Will City catch Chelsea' just leaves you rolling your eyes. We drew one game against a team that attacked with three and defended with 7, then 10. We weren't at our sharpest on Saturday that was clear, but I stress to everyone who I speak to about Chelsea, especially Chelsea fans that it cannot be 3-0, 4-0 and 5-0 every game in cruise control, this league won't let it happen because teams are hell bent on shutting up shop like we saw on Saturday, but luckily not everyone can do it as effectively as Sunderland did.....and they did it well.

We are a different beast this season, don't let the Sunderland game dim the view of that, we look so sharp and we have assembled a scary looking squad. Costa missing Spurs is a loss but we can cope, in seasons gone by maybe not, but this season more so and I say that with confidence. He will get a rest and that's more worrying for the league than us. Stick Drogba or Remy on, it doesn't matter one jot, both have it in them to fill a big void for one game and they will I am sure of it. Sunderland has gone, the players won't dwell on it, neither should we, and we can put it right on Wednesday.

Up The Chels!!!!

[DH1988 1,348]

Ups The Chels indeed however I am worried about Spurs - they are not pushovers, few weeks ago their team was lacking motivation clearly but they've got their tails up at the moment and their midfield movement is good.

I expect Lennon to start if I'm honest to give us something to think about.

Fabregas being aware of runners is key here.

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

Cesc is always quality against spurs.