Closed Derby v Chelsea

[nyikolajevics 2,605]

Courtois christensen zouma ake luis ramires mikel fabregas schurrles drogba remy

Aké is 1.80m, he will never be a CB in the adult team. Also, Mourinho claimed he will select a strong eleven tonight.

My guess is:

Cech

Azpi, Zouma, Terry, Filipe

Mikel, Aké

Salah, Fábregas, Schürrle

Rémy

[the wes 7,212]

Aké is 1.80m, he will never be a CB in the adult team. Also, Mourinho claimed he will select a strong eleven tonight.

My guess is:

Cech

Azpi, Zouma, Terry, Filipe

Mikel, Aké

Salah, Fábregas, Schürrle

Rémy

i disagree mate Carles Puyol is 1.78 m in height and he was brillant at centre back

[killer1257 3,282]

Any youth team players in the squad?

[Viper22 2,418]

Quick note for anyone viewing this thread, the prediction league thread for this game is now live, sorry it's so late!

[lionsden 4,689]

Any youth team players in the squad?

John Terry

[Term-X 7,891]

Opportunities for youths to start games will run thin after this and the FA Cup fixture, no excuses tonight.

[lionsden 4,689]

Opportunities for youths to start games will run thin after this and the FA Cup fixture, no excuses tonight.

If the Youth are struggling to get games in the mickey mouse cup then there's zero chance we will see any youth involvement in the more prestigious competition, the FA cup. unless we suffer major injury crisis.

[mannyfreshh 164]

Can we win this cup, league , FA and champions league?????

[Term-X 7,891]

If the Youth are struggling to get games in the mickey mouse cup then there's zero chance we will see any youth involvement in the more prestigious competition, the FA cup. unless we suffer major injury crisis.

If City slip up (unlikely) we might pull off the title mathematically before the end of the season, there's hope for the youth then.

[lionsden 4,689]

If City slip up (unlikely) we might pull off the title mathematically before the end of the season, there's hope for the youth then.

Yer a couple of the youth might get 8 minutes each.

[OneMoSalah 8,826]

Just get the job done first then we can talk about using youth from the bench. We have other players to use as well who haven't been as regular as they would have liked (Cech, Zouma, Salah, Schurrle, Ramires, Mikel, Remy) before even considering using youth. I'm all for introducing youth in gradually but we have to rotate the team and give those who could be used in the next month or so minutes so they are in a good enough condition and performance level to come in/start if needed to. Obviously after seeing Loftus-Cheek v Sporting I'd like to see a bit more of him but I can't see him being in the squad, Ake should hopefully be in there and get some minutes be it as a LB or CM.

[dUMB 189]

so, possible line up?

[Special Juan 27,602]

Think Costa will start, we know Zouma will....

Cech

Azpilicueta Zouma Terry Luis

Mikel Ake

Schurlle Oscar Hazard

Costa

[DavidEU 2,023]

What's the latest news on Ake? Is he fit and available?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Has there been no news on whether or not Luis is fit for tonight?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

What's the latest news on Ake? Is he fit and available?

Reporters too busy asking about the "quadruple", Lionel Messi and Roy Keane's book to get to that...

[bababoom 4,478]

Tbf i would rather RLC play than Mikel...

[DavidEU 2,023]

Has there been no news on whether or not Luis is fit for tonight?

Jose's quotes on the official website make out that Filipe is fine. He finished the game, so see no reason as to why he wouldn't be available.