LDN Blue 7,903 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Shame I don't have the privilege to choose which games to attend...You wouldn't understand lmao. If the underground train system is closed, which it will be because of strikes, it means it's chaos to get to anywhere - Let alone a football match. I'm a little bit surprised Chelsea didn't react by trying to change the date of this game, because the strike was announced two weeks ago to be fair, but there you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHaRaOn 2,131 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 LOL. I guarantee NONE of those are going to start.Mourinho: “Falcao will have a bit more football; he will play against Fiorentina from the start". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwan92 217 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Mourinho: “Falcao will have a bit more football; he will play against Fiorentina from the start".Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 You wouldn't understand lmao. If the underground train system is closed, which it will be because of strikes, it means it's chaos to get to anywhere - Let alone a football match. I'm a little bit surprised Chelsea didn't react by trying to change the date of this game, because the strike was announced two weeks ago to be fair, but there you have it.they're striking again?!been before where was a strike but a few lines running then the floods a while back that was bad enough but never mind whole lot.don't blame you.guess somewhat hassle to rearrange with season starting Sunday?the walking routes they've provided look interesting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supporter 3,088 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 It is the first match of the season at Stamford Bridge but I think it's more important to give a break to some players thinking about Saturday's game against Swansea (also in The Bridge). Players like Azpilicueta, Fabregas, Matic, Hazard, John Terry (c), Cahill and Ivanovic should not play the entire 90 minutes.And maybe it's the best day to give a chance to young people, like Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Zouma, Traore, Kenedy (if he has been able to get a work permit) or Nathan Aké (perhaps a good -and the last- chance for him to play as a left-back and so he can say goodbye to us before leaving on loan -before signing Baba-, and also giving a break to Azpi). We have many good young players, but we must use them and Wednesday is a good day for it.This is a typical match where everyone is happy and with young players the happiness is always bigger.About the rest of our players ... Falcao must play the entire 90 minutes because he needs to accumulate minutes to regain the trust in itself. To me the other day against Arsenal he did not do a bad match because he fought in every minute but he had no luck in front of goal. His behavior was good and with minutes and trust the goals will come again.And maybe Cuadrado should have at least a chance to start a match in our starting eleven. I want to see if he has level / quality to play with us... Courtois / Begovic Zouma JT © or Cahill Mandatory (IMO) ???? ????Iva or Aina Nathan Aké or Baba? interesting (IMO) Oscar RLC Mandatory (IMO) Mandatory (IMO) Cuadrado Willian Moses or Traore interesting (IMO) Necessary and he deserves this chance (IMO)Interesting and Mandatory (IMO) Falcao Mandatory (IMO)GO BLUES! Regards to ALL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Begovic Zouma Cahill Terry Ake/Azpi Matic Oscar Willian RLC Hazard FalcaoThis is key for match fitness, so I expect most of the usually XI to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacquiao 1,834 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 This is such a key game for Falcao, if he scores in front of the Stamford Bridge crowd, it would do him the world of good and may earn him a start against Swansea if Costa isnt 100%.CourtoisIvanovic - Zouma - Terry - AzpilicuetaFabregas - MikelCuadrado - Oscar - HazardFalcao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismada9 1,948 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Would like to see this starting eleven vs Fiorentina..TibsIvanovic - Terry © - Zouma - AzpiMatic - OscarCuadrado - Willian - HazardFalcao I only put Willian as a CAM because I'd like to see how he can operate there, as opposed to a RW, because players like Cuadrado need game time, and it would be ideal for a fellow international to play alongside Falcao so it will help him settle in faster. Oscar is at CM because I wouldn't mind seeing him try to impress Mourinho in that position, because during the conclusion of last season, he was absolute dogshite.. pushed off the ball too easily, indecisive passes, poor vision, unnecessary shooting from far out.. this will be a chance for him, before the start of the season, to prove he can be more sensible with the ball.. Fabregas to replace him either at half-time or at 60 mins!Ramires could potentially be an alternative to replace Oscar, but I really don't like his game at the moment. He's just like Mikel at times, in that he can be too indecisive when going in for a tackle. I feel he can be far too aggressive at times and it leads to us getting an early booking, in areas where we need to be solid, and not careful of losing a man! If Ramires is chosen by Mourinho, he needs to work more as a box-to-box, rather than a tackler.. let Matic do that work because he's a tank at that.. Matic is the closest we have to Makelele. he reads the game, he breaks up the play, he passes into space. Ramires on the other hand.. NEEDS to use his uber Stamina to good use and carry the ball forward, rather than having a dig at the opposition tackle-wise.The way I've always liked our Chelsea midfield to operate, is that if we have two CMs that work in two completely different ways. One breaks up the play and protects the defense, the other is the pacy ball carrier that starts something and offers support to the CAM. We have the play breaker in Matic and it's adament that he starts in every game (the fact that Mikel is a similar build to Matic probably explains why he hardly gets a look-in .. two similar players. We tried Matic-Mikel at Spurs and we lost 5-3*), but then we have the choice of partnering Matic with either Fabregas, Oscar or Ramires. I think Mourinho needs to try all 3 out at some stage and decide who can work efficiently next to Matic, and whoever performs well, start him regularly.Also, if RLC has learned anything from his spat with Mourinho after the tour of Australia, maybe he'll get his chance too! * The fact that Matic and Mikel were two similar play-breakers against Spurs meant was that there was no pace in midfield, and you had a situation where you had our wingers working tirelessly trying to fend for themselves, but with a lack of support. That's why Hazard did brilliantly in that game.. it was just our defense that didn't have a good day, and Spurs just picked us off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Falcao and Juan have to be starting this game IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUMB 189 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hope to see a good game from Cuadrado and Falcao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 hope moses starts hes been chelsea best player at pre season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Carlo, Paulo, Jt, Riccy, Bridge, Maka, Lampard, Duff, Robben, Gudjohnson, JFH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcs most wanted 657 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Carlo, Paulo, Jt, Riccy, Bridge, Maka, Lampard, Duff, Robben, Gudjohnson, JFH You can't play them , all of them are either retired or play for a different club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 You can't play them , all of them are either retired or play for a different clubdont know what your talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidur the Spider 4,515 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 This is the most excited I've been for a pre-season friendly. At home, Falcao starts, against a team that intrigue me. Sounds like a good Wednesday night! Bring it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,315 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Tube strike tonight, if anyone else is going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Really looking forward to this and seeing how we react and play after Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinAshburner 1,270 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 it will not be a great start if we lose or draw our first game at home or to start the season at home in our first match at Stamford Bridge against ACF FIORENTINA with a loss or a draw or not a comfortable 2 goal win margin and not to concede more than 1 goal tonight.here is a link to a widget for this match that I found a few days ago. CFC vs ACF FIORENTINAit's a great widget for live football scores.http://cs.betradar.com/ls/widgets/?/betradar/en/Europe:Berlin/page/sportcenter/soccer#matchId=7267279website : betradar.com - sportcenter widget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Doonican 4,186 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Anyone else think 30 quid for a pre season friendly is a bit steep ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,957 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 There will be the players introduction before the game, just like last year before the game with Sociedad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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