Pizy 18,928 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Apparently this is a match in which Pulis is fighting to save his job. I suppose that can work for or against us. If his players are still fully behind him then this could be annoying as fuck. If not, and assuming our players aren't totally off form after the break, we could blow them away. I'd be surprised if we returned to the 3-5-2 for this like we used against United. Conte will probably want the extra attacking player that the 3-4-3 offers against what will probably be a defensive minded West Brom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Never like having to go up against West Brom, even when they are in poor form they are organised to a certain extent. Will be tough. 343 probably better suited to 352 but we will see come the match. Pedro-Morata-Hazard front three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickpassnmove 924 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I think Chelsea will be averaging 1.3 goals per PL match played soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,930 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 This is the team i'd like to see out there if everyone is fit. Courtois Azpi Chritensen Rudiger Moses Baka Cesc N'golo Alonso Morata Hazard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,509 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I hope we win...but this game has a 2-1 loss written all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,930 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 43 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said: I hope we win...but this game has a 2-1 loss written all over it. Nah no way bud. 0-2 all the way And we move up to 3rd after the arse beat spuds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 stinks of a 1-1 with conte bringing willian off the bench to "turn it around". hopefully i'm very wrong though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Personally since Conte took over, I've felt more confidence post-international breaks. Although the players haven't been here to have tactics drilled into them, he's had a lot more time to study not just this game, but upcoming ones as well. We're overdue a dominant scoreline. Also, it's a genuine deep pleasure to look forward to simply watching our striker play. I love a striker with bullet-headers like his, calm finishes like his. He's just a suave player. Next season he'll be at least the 2nd highest scorer in the league I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 1 hour ago, AChes1ofus said: And we move up to 3rd after the arse beat spuds The depressing thing is that Tottenham no longer enter a single derby match expecting to lose. How it's come to this so quickly is both admirable and sickening. If they played 10 games vs. Arsenal and 10 games vs. us, they'd finish with the highest points, or at least level with us, with the bonus of playing the most confident and direct football. Sad sad sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,959 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Team to play West Brom: Courtois, Christensen, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Kante, Zappacosta, Fabregas, Bakayoko, Alonso, Morata, Hazard. Subs: Caballero, Rudiger, Drinkwater, Pedro, Willian, Luiz, Ampadu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,928 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 3-5-2 it is. David Luiz must have really pissed Conte off. He was arguably a must start player until 2 weeks ago. With this team we must get all 3 points. This is our best midfield and attack, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 More 5-3-2 - perfect. No Luiz again - the start of an unexpected defensive downfall, IMO. I think it was a 5-3-2 we used when we had Desailly, Zola, Wise etc. Such a great moment for the club those years - one of the Prem's most underrated teams. Introduced Terry, won a cup with Flo & Vialli up front, had familiar faces with Poyet, Petrescu and Di Matteo all starting together at times too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Line up I expected. Hope Baka is as lively today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaFanUK 1,014 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Quite pleased with the team, although Luiz or rudiger (or both) would be in the side for me. We can go second for at least a few hours tonight, gives us a bit of a boost. 3 points please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,928 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 That West Brom midfield look unbelievably slow. Their defense as well. If we blitz them and keep the tempo high they shouldn't be able to live with us. Also, that snide cunt Yacob isn't starting so we don't have to worry about him hacking away at our players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 No more Hazard on the wing makes me happy. More and more and more of a central player he becomes. Lille simply had to use the formation they used, so Hazard was on the wing. We simply saw him play on the wing, thus signed him to play there. But considering his very best moments (imo), come from central, considering his idol played central, it makes all the sense in the world for this to continue. We wonder why he's not yet reached the very, very top of the football world - it's probably because he's too damn polite to tell his coaches he's better deployed elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 SEVEN defensive players in West Brom's starting XI. IF they score first, it could turn into a very, very, very frustrating match to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,959 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Let's move up in the table now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,928 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 8 minutes ago, Jason said: SEVEN defensive players in West Brom's starting XI. IF they score first, it could turn into a very, very, very frustrating match to watch. Yep. You also know that Pulis will have instructed all these big brutes to stay very tight and to be very physical with Morata knowing he struggles with that sort of stuff. Imperative that we take the game to them and score first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabHazard 655 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Will be a frustating game...Pulis will park a double decker bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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