closed West Ham v Chelsea

[akgw13 867]

  Friend and I were talking and we just can not figure out what formation/who should play tonight. We both agree Chalobah, Bats, Terry should get time. I hope aina will find a role. Do we continue with 343/352? does he revert to 4 at the back for a game to keep us flexible? Do we go stronger team for reasons @Tomo mentioned above? does he rotate? I WANT ANSWERS! lol 

4141:

Aina Terry Cahill Azpi

           Mikel

Willian Chalobah Oscar hazard

          bats

343:

azpi    Terry     Luiz

Aina Chalobah Oscar Alonso

Willian    Bats   Hazard

352:

        Azpi     Terry      Luiz

aina Chalobah Mikel Oscar Alonso

       Bats     RLC

 

 

[manpe 10,855]

17 hours ago, Hybrid Angel said:

I think both Alonso and Moses need rests. They both play in very demanding positions and we need them fresh for the weekend. Thing is, we have nobody else other than Alonso to play as the left wing-back. 

I wouldn't be surprised to see Antonio revert back to the 4-1-4-1 this game. Aina at left-back and azpi at right-back.

Rest is overrated this season - no European football and travelling that comes with it. One of them can easily play this one and rest some other time. West Ham are no walk in a park, so we can't take this lightly, domestic cups are the best chance of glory we have this season. Shuffle the squad a bit, but don't fold completely. We have no adequate depth to replace both and expect same results.

[Leif 6,006]

FIRST I FIND AN OLD STICK OF HASH LONGER THAN MY FINGER IN A JACKET I'VE NEVER WORN AND NOW I SEE WE HAVE A GAME TODAY! ITS VERY BEAUTIFUL

[iceboy 992]

Is this on TV?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

43 minutes ago, iceboy said:

Is this on TV?

It is in the middle east so there should at least be streams available. 

[Antonio8 736]

10 minutes ago, CHOULO19 said:

It is in the middle east so there should at least be streams available. 

racist!!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

18 minutes ago, Antonio8 said:

racist!!

Tbh, you Europeans have A LOT to do to get to our level and deserve live Chelsea matches on tv...

 

[Parky 739]

I think it will be a tough game but we will get the job done.

3-1 Win. Batshuayi, Hazard, Willian

[BlueLyon 9,359]

4 hours ago, Tomo said:

-------------------------------Begovic-------------------------------

------------------Cesar-------Terry------Luiz-------------------

Moses------------Chalobah--------Kante---------------Alonso

----------Willian------------Batshauyi--------Hazard----------

Subs:Courtois, Cahill, Aina, Matic, RLC, Pedro, Costa.

With us being out of Europe there is no desparate need to rest the stars, this competition kicked off the winning era of Jose mark 1 and Ronaldo/Rooney driven United, so we should go all out to try and win it. Nate and Bats deserves a chance and Begovic is trust worth enough to come in for Courtois but we need to try and win this cup and that means relatively strong lineups so sorry Ola and Ruben.

Plus we need to play 3-4-3 tonight, if it's the route we are taking for at least the medium term then the squad players that will play tonight need to get use to it.

I think Moses should get some rest to be fully fresh for Soton. Same with Alonso, but sadly we dont have replacement.

On another note, I see youngsters do well under Conte and if Aina plays, Im sure he will do his job well. Aina might well be our future and this kind of games would be perfect for him to play. Its still early stage in cup, so I would play mixed squad and then see how they do. If we reach semis or final, then we might play with stronger lineup or even then trust youngsters if they played well in earlier games.

With all respect to Whu, we should be able to win the game with mixed lineup or simply bring top dogs in second half to wrap it up.

[the wes 7,212]

51 minutes ago, Parky said:

I think it will be a tough game but we will get the job done.

3-1 Win. Batshuayi, Hazard, Willian

I would take that result but I think it will be a hard game tho 

[akgw13 867]

Begovic, Luiz, Terry, Cahill, Azpi, Kante, Chalobah, Aina, Willian, Bats, Oscar

I think they will lineup 343:

Luiz  Terry  Cahill

Azpi Kante Chalobah Aina

Willian Bats Oscar

 

RLC didnt even make the bench. 

[Pizy 17,860]

Hey, guys, remember that young dude we had in our team...tall, solidly built, future Chelse star...

Ruben something. What ever happened to that guy? 

[Amblève. 4,995]

The potential lack of wing play makes me nervous.

[Laylabelle 9,296]

Tough game but hopefully get job done..and hopefully all headlines be about the game not about any fan trouble

[manpe 10,855]

A bit strange line-up, don't really see how it fits unless he's playing some different formation. But I trust in Conte to know what he's doing.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

[BlueStorm1003 539]

Well this is an odd starting 11...

Shouldn't we have kante and maybe azpi resting?

[LAM09 6,548]

Stronger line up than I expected Conte to field. Guess he is taking this competition seriously.