Jase 43,479 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Chelsea 0-2 Southampton PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS 2019/20 Premier League Match 19 26th December, Thursday 2019 Stamford Bridge 15:00 Kick Off (UK time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Lost to struggling West Ham, Everton and Bournemouth. Beat an in-form Spurs (and Mourinho). So, which side will turn up against Southampton...? bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,539 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 If we lose this I won't be surprised. Be so typical!! Need to get a run going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 This will be our 1st game of 3 in 7 days or 1st game of 4 in 11 days if you include the FA Cup. So, rotation rotation rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco 927 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Kovacic ain't playing this one anyways, probably Pulisic starting as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,384 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Kepa James---Rudiger----Tomori---Emerson Jorginho Kante-------Mount Willian-----------------Pulisic Tammy bigbluewillie, Johnnyeye and killer1257 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,371 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 5 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said: Kepa James---Rudiger----Tomori---Emerson Jorginho Kante-------Mount Willian-----------------Pulisic Tammy Alonso has to start over Emerson because our chances of winning increase for 66.66% with him in the team Johnnyeye and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,297 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 44 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: Alonso has to start over Emerson because our chances of winning increase for 66.66% with him in the team if we play a back 3 again then yes and at this point, Emerson has been so poor lately I do not care if we start Alonso even as a trad fullback I guess, PERHAPS, sigh i reallllly am so sick of talking about LB's for the past 6 years or so (minus that one Conte title year when we used wingbacks and Alonso played superbly) bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1905didierblue 748 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 8 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said: Kepa James---Rudiger----Tomori---Emerson Jorginho Kante-------Mount Willian-----------------Pulisic Tammy Would pretty much like to line up like this. Need to avoid the mistakes we made in the last month of pushing the same players over and over. we play 3 in 7 days. Need to rotate and refresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 TEAM NEWS - Lampard said Azpi had a small issue (not sure had or has, thanks to the press conference stream cutting off early!), which is why he came off at Spurs. Other than that, a few bumps and bruises for the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,297 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 MATCH BUILD UP SHOW: Chelsea vs Southampton | The Ugly Inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 8 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: Alonso has to start over Emerson because our chances of winning increase for 66.66% with him in the team If we're going to play the back 3 again at Arsenal, better off saving him for that one and play Emerson on Thursday. Rotation needed with 4 games in 11 days. Vesper and bigbluewillie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,297 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 CHELSEA VS SOUTHAMPTON PREVIEW | TEAM NEWS & KEY PLAYERS https://eplindex.com/84375/chelsea-vs-southampton-preview-team-news-key-players.html Chelsea showed impressive fight at the weekend, as they bounced back from a poor run to beat rivals Tottenham. The win was made all the more impressive as it was away from home. The Blues now have a great chance to consolidate their position in the top four with a home fixture against relegation-threatened Southampton. Frank Lampard will want to improve his team’s record at Stamford Bridge and Boxing Day offers a good opportunity to do that. The ambition will be to finish in the top four, which would represent a good season for Lampard in his debut season as Chelsea boss. The expectations were low at the beginning of the season, with many in the media stating that a top six finish would be a success. However, the rookie manager has managed to introduce a number of young players into the first team and the quality has remained at a high level. There will now be an opportunity to strengthen in January and it will be interesting to see if the club decide to do any business. For Southampton, they will be pleased to have moved out of the relegation zone before Christmas Day. It was looking very worrying for them following the convincing 9-0 defeat against Leicester. Since then, they have managed to improve and pick up a few key results. The players are clearly playing for Ralph Hasenhuttl and that has shown that the club have been correct to stick with their popular head coach. Danny Ings remains the key player for the Saints, with his incredible goal scoring record a big reason for not being cut adrift. This fixture is one that they can approach with freedom, as they won’t be expected to win. That said, they have the quality to cause problems for the home side. INTERESTING STATS Chelsea kept their first away clean sheet of the season against Tottenham. Lampard will be hoping that their defensive record improves over the coming months. Southampton’s last 16 Premier League goals have been scored by Englishmen. This is the longest run in the competition since QPR between March 1996 and September 2011 (17 goals). KEY MEN Mount snip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,297 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 rotation needed + not + Bosnian Blue, Johnnyeye, NikkiCFC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Jason said: TEAM NEWS - Lampard said Azpi had a small issue (not sure had or has, thanks to the press conference stream cutting off early!), which is why he came off at Spurs. Other than that, a few bumps and bruises for the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Vesper 30,297 Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post! Share Posted December 24, 2019 20 minutes ago, Jason said: Reece needs to play anyway NikkiCFC, Tomo, Bosnian Blue and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogoblues 1 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Lampard's press conference from today in case you didn't watch it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,384 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 This works well for our rotation. Play the 4-2-3-1 with James, Emerson, Jorginho, and CHO all in. Then play the 3-4-3 against Arsenal with Alonso, Dave, Kovacic, etc back in rested. Blue Armour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,467 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 10 hours ago, Jason said: Rotate. We need him for Arsenal. Would switch to 433 for Southampton and back to 3 at the back for Arsenal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 54 minutes ago, Blue Armour said: Rotate. We need him for Arsenal. Would switch to 433 for Southampton and back to 3 at the back for Arsenal Likely 4-2-3-1 since Kovacic is suspended. killer1257 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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