kellzfresh 7,211 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 4 hours ago, CHOULO19 said: Am I the only one who would like to see Willian playing centrally next to Oscar with Pedro or Moses on the right wing? Me too. Especially against smaller teams. Moses is more suited to play the wings in Conte's system because he is direct, daring and always likes to take on his fullback one on one. Willian is more reserved, relaxed, doesn't like to take on his marker but because of his good ball control and fantastic ability to hold the ball under pressure he'll be more suited in the role that Matic played beside Oscar when we were attacking. I feel we need another daring dribbler like hazard on the other wing and Willian might not have a good offensive season with Conte if he keeps refusing to use his speed and take on defenders. Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Fong 2,776 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Would love to see Chalobah gets the nod but it's almost impossible sadly. Link to post Share on other sites
Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Can't believe Im gonna miss the game. Had to miss last week's too. and then in two weeks their off for International duty, we just had the Euro's, Copa America, and Olympic Football for FFS! Link to post Share on other sites
Pizy 15,900 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Are they without any of their important players? Link to post Share on other sites
jernej93 565 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Impossible but this would be my lineup: Courtois Aina - Ivanović - Cahill - Azpi Willian - Kante - Oscar Moses/Cuadrado - Costa - Hazard Link to post Share on other sites
blu35_army 549 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 hope chalobah bring in the bench,,and get 10-15 minutes to replace Oscar if we're leading. based on pre season,,he deserved more playing time.... Link to post Share on other sites
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Should be a great match this. Conte and Mazzarri hate eachothers guts, they are like a lesser version of Mourinho vs Wenger. Matches between them two are always full of intensity and goals. Conte has only lost once to Mazzarri's teams, in the Italian Cup (0-2 vs Napoli). It's always been Conte's 3-5-2 vs Mazzarri's 3-5-2 in every match they've played against eachother. Mazzarri has implemented the 3-5-2 at Watford, too, they played like that in the 1st round at Southampton, so it's interesting to see Conte's team selection for this one. Link to post Share on other sites
xPetrCechx 13,332 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Watford’s record signing Isaac Success has been ruled out of their clash with #Chelsea on Saturday due to fitness issues. [OGN] Link to post Share on other sites
Special Juan 26,198 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 12:30 press conference today. Link to post Share on other sites
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Costa and Bats in starting lineup would be interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
Special Juan 26,198 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 No injuries reported. Link to post Share on other sites
Pizy 15,900 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 This is the type of match that Kante will hopefully dominate. He'll need to really help the CB's out against these two strikers. Link to post Share on other sites
Tomo 20,985 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 What's this desperation to get Chalobah to play, he's had two spells at top flight clubs and couldn't buy a game, if we signed him this summer he would be instantly wrote off as another Papy but because he was on loan he is the answer to our midfield prayers Same with Kalas and Bamford last season, i don't get it, the ironic thing is Papy is more proven in major league's than those three are as well. Link to post Share on other sites
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 22 minutes ago, Tomo said: What's this desperation to get Chalobah to play, he's had two spells at top flight clubs and couldn't buy a game, if we signed him this summer he would be instantly wrote off as another Papy but because he was on loan he is the answer to our midfield prayers Same with Kalas and Bamford last season, i don't get it, the ironic thing is Papy is more proven in major league's than those three are as well. Yeah but the fact is, he's one of us. An academy player who's gone out and picked up experience of different coaching and coming back to be implemented into the first team. Nothing would be better for himself, the club and fans. He's not exactly a bad player and was vital for Watford when they were trying to get promoted with Zola, so I'm sure he'd love it too. Link to post Share on other sites
AWorriedChelseaFan 151 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Still no new signings being made after the first PL game, huh ? Oh well, still confident we can get 3 points off of both Burnley/Watford. Link to post Share on other sites
thekid9 418 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Can anyone tell me if there is no longer a man of the match poll on post match topics or am i missing something? Link to post Share on other sites
Tomo 20,985 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 6 hours ago, LDN Blue said: Yeah but the fact is, he's one of us. An academy player who's gone out and picked up experience of different coaching and coming back to be implemented into the first team. Nothing would be better for himself, the club and fans. He's not exactly a bad player and was vital for Watford when they were trying to get promoted with Zola, so I'm sure he'd love it too. He's not a bad player but the fact is he's got no pedigree at the top flight and his two opportunities in top flight teams he couldn't get near the lineup on either occasion. Its just rather ironic and borderline hypocritical that fans blast the club for lack of ambition signing the likes of Papy and being linked with the likes of Kone, yet want a player with even less pedigree than them two integrated in the side, I could understand an 18 year old with potential who hasn't had the platform to showcase his talents, but Nat has, at two top flight teams. And it's not just with Chalobah, Kalas was a squad player for a championship side yet a lot of people wanted him back, imagine if we signed outright a similar profile of player? At a push Nate could become a John O Shea like reliable squad player, but I will be truly amazed if he becomes more than that. Link to post Share on other sites
Pizy 15,900 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Was just reading that Mazzari likes playing a 3-5-2 and that it's likely what we'll see tomorrow. Wonder if Conte will start with Cesc instead of Oscar in this one to exploit that. Through balls and balls over the top for Diego could wreak havoc. With both Matic and Kante behind him it's worth a try. Oscar can always come on if it doesn't work. Link to post Share on other sites
Unionjack 7,530 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Eden-Costa-Cuadrado/Moses Chaloba-N'Golo-Willian Ola-JT-Bane-Dave 10:00 Euston or The Moon Under Water Unless you fancy one with us in the Red Lion Slante! Link to post Share on other sites
Beigl 1,374 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Would love to see something like this: Courtois Ivanović - Terry - Azpi Willian - Kante - Matic - Fabregas - Hazard Costa - Batshuayi Hazard as wingback and the lack of pace from Iva and Terry might be weaknesses, but other than that it would be worth a shot in my opinion. But realistically Conte will field this team: Courtois Iva - Cahill - Terry - Azpi Kante- Matic - Oscar Willian - Costa - Hazard Like this Like this Link to post Share on other sites
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