Jase 43,479 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Chelsea 1-0 SwanseaPRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS2017/18 Premier League Match 1429th November, Wednesday, 2017Stamford Bridge19:45 Kick Off (UK time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I'd be tempted to rest Eden for this one, Looked very tired in the second half today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 5 minutes ago, Mufassir08 said: I'd be tempted to rest Eden for this one, Looked very tired in the second half today. I'm an advocate for resting him as much as possible these days simply so that other players learn to step up, and new habits are drilled into them so that the default isn't always 'get the ball to Hazard and pray'. Pedro and Willian aren't exceptional individually, but there's still hope they can build better chemistry with the players around them, which just won't happen for as long as we allow them to play second-fiddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,994 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Haven't really seen any of Swansea this season. I know they're near the bottom of the table but have they actually been unbelievably terrible or have they been competitive? Trying to get a feeling if this'll be another West Brom where they have no real chance or this'll be one of those annoying small teams who are actually decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,538 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Fabregas has to start. I'd even put Fabregas in a midfield two for this alongside N'golo Tammy is ineligible as well. No excuses but win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,189 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Cesc will start IMO, alongside Drinkwater and Kante. Bakayoko wants dropping to the bench after the shit he served up on Saturday. Not worth risking Hazard if he has a knock, just play Willian or Pedro. I can't see us having an issue of either our two games coming up in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNDS 502 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Cesc will start IMO, alongside Drinkwater and Kante. Bakayoko wants dropping to the bench after the shit he served up on Saturday. Not worth risking Hazard if he has a knock, just play Willian or Pedro. I can't see us having an issue of either our two games coming up in all honesty. Much as I think that a 3-5-2 with a midfield trio of Kante-Drinkwater-Fabregas has the potential to be a wondefully balanced line-up (I'd love to see it tried), I'm not convinced that that's how we're going to approach this game. 3-5-2 seems to be reserved for the most difficult opponents this season, whilst 3-4-3 remains our go-to against everyone else. West Brom was probably an exception because everyone in midfield performed very well against Man Utd, so Conte was hardly going to change things up and risk stalling our momentum. Bakayoko was very poor against Liverpool, however, and I'm not sure that Conte views Drinkwater as a genuine starter yet. I suspect that we'll be using 3-4-3 against Swansea, with Kante and Fabregas forming the midfield pair. Willian is probably a nailed-on starter here as well, as I don't think it will be good for any of our current squad players to see one of their number make direct contributions to each of our last five goals and not be rewarded with a start. The big question is whether Hazard is rested and replaced by Pedro or not. I could be hopelessly off-base with all this, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseawise 115 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Tibo Azpi Christensen Rudiger Mosses Drinkwater Fabregas Kennedy Willian Morata Pedro Rest Eden,Alonso,Ngolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 7 hours ago, Special Juan said: Cesc will start IMO, alongside Drinkwater and Kante. Bakayoko wants dropping to the bench after the shit he served up on Saturday. Not worth risking Hazard if he has a knock, just play Willian or Pedro. I can't see us having an issue of either our two games coming up in all honesty. Do we need 3 midfielders for this game though? Swansea will no doubt sit back and defend and would be better to revert to 3-4-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Sicarius 610 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Tibo Azpi-Christensen-Rudieger ZappaCosta-Drinkwater-Kante-Alonso Willian-Morata-Pedro. That's for me.Rest Hazard and Fabs. Also rotate Rudiger for Cahill. Azpi Captain=win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmk108 1,186 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, Last Sicarius said: Tibo Azpi-Christensen-Rudieger ZappaCosta-Drinkwater-Kante-Alonso Willian-Morata-Pedro. That's for me.Rest Hazard and Fabs. Also rotate Rudiger for Cahill. Azpi Captain=win. This would be my lineup, with Moses replacing Zappacosta for 30 minutes before starting against Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccg 1,528 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Batshuayi, Kenedy, Moses part of first-team training as Chelsea prepare for Swansea City https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2017/11/28/16709078/batshuayi-kenedy-moses-part-of-first-team-training-as-chelsea-prepare-for-swansea-city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 First game I’m attending this season (finally). Hoping for a big score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,540 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Need to keep things going. More a West Brom result then a shitty annoyance be nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 I don't know why some want to rest hazard he's on great form Swansea are going to park the bus we need a special player like him to hurt Swansea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Special Juan 28,189 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Match Day....come on you Chels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,994 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Thinking about it, anything less than 3 points here would be even worse than the Palace defeat earlier. Palace at least had a star man in Zaha who can rip anyone apart when in the mood and it was coming off a long international break. Swansea have lost their main goal getter from last season in Llorente and will be without our Tammy as well. They don't have that standout threat that can cause us huge headaches. At home, in good form, the players and manager are saying all the right things in regards to not giving up despite City's massive lead, and we can keep pace with United who have a couple of extremely tough games coming up. Expecting and hoping for a convincing win here assuming we approach it like its a big game. Don't let a shit team gain belief that they can get something from us by playing zombie football. Attack, attack, attack. Hopefully a goal or more from Morata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,189 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Can't see us having any trouble tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,994 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Special Juan said: Can't see us having any trouble tonight. Does Jefferson Montero still play for Swansea? If so, he's given us trouble in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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