BlueLyon 9,359 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Against Wba he did only one mistake and we conceded. he played well, I have no doubt he will do well again vs Palace.There was another action when he fell on his arse, and the ball just missed the goal...I dont recall who from WBA did it to him...think it was McClean. And number of times he couldnt cope with pace of Mcmanaman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Ivanovic against Bolasie or zaha would be comedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lluubbeenn 173 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Courtois Azpi Ivanovic GC Baba Fabregas Matic Pedro Willian(Oscar) Hazard Costa We need our vice captain for this London battle, especially when JT is suspended. I think he can regain his confidence playing as a CB. Baba and Azpi are fast and strong enough to deal with their wingers. As for the attack the only quiestion mark is if Oscar is fit will he displace Willian. I will leave this one to Jose i wiil be happy both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper245 40 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Courtois Azpi Ivanovic GC Baba Fabregas Matic Pedro Willian(Oscar) Hazard Costa We need our vice captain for this London battle, especially when JT is suspended. I think he can regain his confidence playing as a CB. Baba and Azpi are fast and strong enough to deal with their wingers. As for the attack the only quiestion mark is if Oscar is fit will he displace Willian. I will leave this one to Jose i wiil be happy both ways.No way will Ivanovic play in CM. Zouma along side Cahill bit more pace between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcs most wanted 657 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Ivanovic was the reason of the first goalHappens Every Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Sicarius 610 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Courtois Azpi Ivanovic GC Baba Fabregas Matic Pedro Willian(Oscar) Hazard Costa We need our vice captain for this London battle, especially when JT is suspended. I think he can regain his confidence playing as a CB. Baba and Azpi are fast and strong enough to deal with their wingers. As for the attack the only quiestion mark is if Oscar is fit will he displace Willian. I will leave this one to Jose i wiil be happy both ways.All looks good but for GC i would rather Zouma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmk108 1,186 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Courtois Azpi Ivanovic GC Baba Fabregas Matic Pedro Willian(Oscar) Hazard Costa We need our vice captain for this London battle, especially when JT is suspended. I think he can regain his confidence playing as a CB. Baba and Azpi are fast and strong enough to deal with their wingers. As for the attack the only quiestion mark is if Oscar is fit will he displace Willian. I will leave this one to Jose i wiil be happy both ways.Sadly, this is why I think it'll be Ivanovic-Cahill-Zouma-Azpilicueta. I don't think Jose would want to completely shuffle up the defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickaaa7 10 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 -----------------courtois-----------------azpi-------iva------------cahill----baba--------------oscar--matic-------------------pedro-------willian---------hazard------------------costa-------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Hopefully we can get a clean sheet..all 3 points and end on 10 men.Tough game especially we seem to be crap at defending but get this out the way and start September on a high... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supporter 3,088 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Willian deserves to play because he was sacrificed by Jose after the red card. And besides, his performance the other day was exciting as N.10. An "experiment" which is worth to be repeated again.Oscar is in a difficult situation now because Willian may be better as N.10 after signing Pedro and Fabregas is untouchable to Jose. Fabregas needs much improvement, but Fabregas is a more reliable option than Oscar. But he has to wake up because Oscar is performing well this season. Fabregas plays now because of his "status" in the club and with Jose, not because of his performance.To me our defense needs a little revolution. JT is suspended, Iva can not be our right-back again, and Kurt Zouma has to be indisputable since now. Azpilicueta - Iva or GC - Zouma - Baba could be the best option right now.Will be exciting to see Hazard - Willian - Pedro again in our attack. Courtois Iva or GC ZoumaAzpilicueta Baba Fabregas Matic Willian Pedro Hazard Diego CostaRegards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekid9 418 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 None of the seven goals Chelsea conceded so far have emanated from Cesar Azpilicueta's left flank. #cfc [ESPN] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Attending my first game at the Bridge for this season, can't wait. It's been a while. I think the team pretty much picks itself - Mou will go for experience at the back (most likely keep in Bane), and the only change I can see at AM is perhaps Oscar for Willian but even then I wouldn't expect it. Palace will be a very interesting challenge, especially as Pardew seems to do very well against Mourinho. We need the win as we need to build our confidence. I'll take any win atm tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Lineup picks itselfCourtoisAzpi - Cahill - Zouma - BabaMaticCesc - P gbaPedro - HazardCosta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 None of the seven goals Chelsea conceded so far have emanated from Cesar Azpilicueta's left flank. #cfc [ESPN] Blimey, what a statistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekid9 418 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Blimey, what a statistic.just goes to show what a bombscare brana is at rb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Sicarius 610 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 None of the seven goals Chelsea conceded so far have emanated from Cesar Azpilicueta's left flank. #cfc [ESPN] Nothing new. Its just Azpi <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 just goes to show what a bombscare brana is at rbYeah, that Terry-Azpi-Matic triangle is formidable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork 1,794 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 None of the seven goals Chelsea conceded so far have emanated from Cesar Azpilicueta's left flank. #cfc [ESPN] Credit also to Hazard, teams are less likely to go all out attack due to Hazrard presence. Teams take a much more conservative approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmode 113 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 No Falcao / Ramires on the bench?To be fair it's too early to write Falcao off, considering our offensive line up and the countless chances we produced vs WBA.As for Ramires, for me he was our best player after Begovic and Zouma against City. Although he's really inconsistent. He'll either give you a solid performance or he'll be the missing link - both in attack and defence.Ramires was the third best player against City ? I have heard this sentiment in this forum before and I cannot believe people think this. IMO he had a terrible game and was one of the primary reasons we lost. I looked at who scored for the match report. Ramires' passing accuracy was 57.9% with only 37 touches and 19 passes. And he was on the pitch for almost 70 minutes. These kind of stats are completely unacceptable from a Chelsea midfielder. Compare that to out of form Cesc, who had 100 touches, made 86 passes with 87% accuracy. And people think Cesc is out of form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg 1,824 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 That's how you win matches...Thats true, its not however, how we win titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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