closed Chelsea 3-0 Burnley

[Vesper 28,856]

2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Come on it's time for a good game! Last time we had one was against Palace two months ago. Tottenham and Arsenal were more down to them being horrible than our good performances. 

not the Spuds game, we played superbly IMHO

[Jase 43,479]

Alonso and Pulisic are out injured.

In fact, Pulisic is out for a few weeks with a tendon injury.

[Superblue 6,370]

25 minutes ago, Jason said:

Alonso and Pulisic are out injured.

In fact, Pulisic is out for a few weeks with a tendon injury.

If ever we needed CHO to spark into life and show some form it's now.

To be honest, I would be inclined to play a 3 of CHO, Mount and Willian against Burnley but with Willian on the left and CHO on the right.

Willian has had a couple of great games on the left side (particularly recently the Spurs game) and CHO looked better in the last game on the right. I think at present when he plays on the left it's predictable that he's cutting inside and has little support from the full back to provide a decoy. On the right side he can be a bit less predictable with his wing play which will help him gain form and confidence in the short term and if Reece James plays at right back he also has a genuine threat from the full back to aid him also.

[Special Juan 27,429]

Fuck sake is Pulisic made of cotton

[milka 3,347]

Kepa , Azpi , Rudiger , Zouma , Emerson , Jorginho , Kovacic , Kante , Mount , Willian , Abraham 

[Jase 43,479]

7 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

If ever we needed CHO to spark into life and show some form it's now.

To be honest, I would be inclined to play a 3 of CHO, Mount and Willian against Burnley but with Willian on the left and CHO on the right.

Willian has had a couple of great games on the left side (particularly recently the Spurs game) and CHO looked better in the last game on the right. I think at present when he plays on the left it's predictable that he's cutting inside and has little support from the full back to provide a decoy. On the right side he can be a bit less predictable with his wing play which will help him gain form and confidence in the short term and if Reece James plays at right back he also has a genuine threat from the full back to aid him also.

Might even see Pedro starting games!

We have Burnley (h), Newcastle (a), Arsenal (h), Hull (a) and Leicester (a) to come before the mini winter break.

[Jase 43,479]

6 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Fuck sake is Pulisic made of cotton

lol It's only one injury? 

[Jase 43,479]

PL HOME record vs Burnley since 2014/15:

D 1-1

W 3-0

L 2-3

D 2-2

PL AWAY record vs Burnley since 2014/15:

W 3-1

D 1-1

W 2-1

W 4-2

 

[Muzchap 8,966]

7 hours ago, Special Juan said:

Fuck sake is Pulisic made of cotton

American reliability 👍

Time for the squad to step up 👍

[Pizy 18,368]

Hate Sean Dyche, hate most of their players, hope we fucking smash them. Prepared to be reaaaaally annoyed that we lay another egg, though.

[Vesper 28,856]

9 hours ago, Pizy said:

Hate Sean Dyche, hate most of their players, hope we fucking smash them. Prepared to be reaaaaally annoyed that we lay another egg, though.

IF we lose to these cunts it really is panic time

not joking at all

[Vesper 28,856]

REMEMBER WHEN... THE BLUES BLEW BURNLEY AWAY

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/01/11/remember-when----the-blues-blew-burnley-away?cardIndex=0-2

Eden Hazard was at the centre of things when Burnley came to town early in 2016/17, as club historian Rick Glanvill recalls here...

Back in August 2016 this fixture signalled what quickly appeared to be a false dawn for Antonio Conte’s new regime. Freshly-promoted Burnley were only the second league visitors to Stamford Bridge that season and they were brimming with confidence after shocking Liverpool 2-0 at Turf Moor, despite just 25 per cent possession of the ball.

Their coach Sean Dyche had already scouted Conte’s version of the Blues. ‘I think that the manager will make a difference and the way they play will be slightly different,’ he predicted. ‘However I don’t think it will be a drastic change.’

There were personnel tweaks too at the Bridge, of course. A few weeks earlier N’Golo Kante and Michy Batshuayi had made their bow for the Blues, while Cesc Fabregas’s magic hat seemed out of favour and Willian had been troubled with a calf injury.

Instead Chelsea’s creative inspiration against the Lancastrian visitors came from a revitalised Eden Hazard. The Belgian opened the scoring inside 10 minutes, tearing towards the Burnley rearguard then steering a shot into the corner, and he was the dominant figure throughout.

 

snip

[Tomo 21,733]

What I want

Kepa

James

Rudiger

Tomori

Azpi (can't stomach any more Emerson)

Jorginho

Kova

Mount

Odoi

Willian

Tammy

 

What I'm expecting

Kepa

Azpi

Rudiger

Zouma

Emerson

Jorginho

Kovacic

Kante

Mount

Willian

Tammy

[Hamilton 2,120]

Wtf why are leicester doing so great and they have two belgians. They don’t broadcast Chelsea game over here they do leicester against ffs Southampton.. 😵

[Special Juan 27,429]

Kepa, Reece, Zouma, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kovacic, Kante, CHO, Willian and Tammy

For me

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Burnley coming into this on a shit run, guaranteed to take points back with them

[LAM09 6,752]

Back to back home wins would be a nice sight. Burnley HAVE been dreadful for some time now, but we know that goes out the window at the Bridge this season.

Just need the 3 points regardless of anything else today.

[Jase 43,479]

Christensen and Barkley start! lol

Azpi at LB...

No Kante...