closed Chelsea 2-3 Burnley

[gadget 126]

A bit different but i wouldn't be against a change of formation for this game. i love the 3/4/3 5/4/1 whichever you want to call it however:

Burnley wont come to attack - they will counter but Kante can stop that

Available players could be a problem 

Possible lineups:

Tbo

azpi luiz cahil alonso

willian cesc kante pedro

bats morata 

 

Tbo 

christensen luiz cahil azpi (chrisensen an option as this team looks short)

cesc kante

willian musonda pedro

bats/morata 

 

What i expect:

tbo

rudiger luiz cahil

azpi cesc kante alonso

willian bats pedro

[Strike 7,478]

Everybody with a mouth has written Chelsea off this season. 

The hope is we repeat shades of last year when we quietly went about racking up the wins. Burnley have lost a first choice central defender and a striker and are awful away from home. Chelsea should win, should sign a couple of wingbacks and all will be well again. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,495]

29 minutes ago, Strike said:

Everybody with a mouth has written Chelsea off this season. 

The hope is we repeat shades of last year when we quietly went about racking up the wins. Burnley have lost a first choice central defender and a striker and are awful away from home. Chelsea should win, should sign a couple of wingbacks and all will be well again. 

Can't really blame anyone for writing off Chelsea.  2 key players lost, leadership lost in dressing room, young replacements (with no premier league experience), no first choice striker, best player injured for a while. 

Hopefully Conte works his magic and manages to keep Chelsea on the right track until Hazard's return

 

Expecting a 2-1 win for Chelsea. 

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Know it won't happen but I wish we'd batter them something like three goals scored before HT and five, six goals scored at FT and make a statement that we're not dead and burried as they all think we are.

Burnley are absolutely dog shite away from home and on top of this they've lost three important starters. Only Jack Cork is a decent signing - Bardsley and Walters are irrelevant.

We're having problems of our own, but it's going to be a easy win. Hopefully a very big one followed by a positive result against Spurs at their bogey ground to shut everyone's mouth off.

[mccg 1,528]

Pedro out injured, Rudiger may start as rwb for suspended Moses

[Pizy 18,877]

Bad news continues to pile up. Guess we'll see Bats and Morata up top again together.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

So:

Tibo

Azpi-Cahill-Luiz

Rudiger-Cesc-Kante-Alonso

Willian-Morata

Mitchy

 

and a bench full of youth (Who's not loaned)

[Pizy 18,877]

Surely Azpi will play in Moses's place with Rüdiger at CB?

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Surely Azpi will play in Moses's place with Rüdiger at CB?

Probably.

[gadget 126]

8 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Surely Azpi will play in Moses's place with Rüdiger at CB?

Id rather Rudiger at RWB

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

8 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Surely Azpi will play in Moses's place with Rüdiger at CB?

Wouldnt actually be surprised. I remember the few time Ivanovic came on Azpi stayed as the CB.

[Pizy 18,877]

Just now, gadget said:

Id rather Rudiger at RWB

I wouldn't play him there in his very first start for us. He can fill in there in an emergency.

[Chelsea_firstlove 178]

Musonda-Morata-Willian

Kante-Fabregas

Alonso-Cahill-Luiz-Rudiger-Azpilicueta

Courtois

 

[gadget 126]

2 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I wouldn't play him there in his very first start for us. He can fill in there in an emergency.

first start or not, Azpi cannot play RWB for me

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Im pessimistic about this season as the squad currently stands. But boy oh boy am I happy Moses is suspended!!!! Yippy!!! You watch how much smoother our attacking is with Azpi playing rwb. He won't be running past people to the byline, but he'll be efficient. His head will be up and he will find Willian/Kante/Rudiger and pass much quicker than Moses. I expect possession to be recycled on our right much more efficiently. 

And anyway, when moses does dribble at players his crossing is piss poor anyway! 

And Azpu will SHUT SHIT DOWN on our right side. No more clueless Victor looking to stand in line with the other defenders oblivious to what's going on around him. 

Fuck it, i'm actually excited for this game. Go on Dave!