closed Southampton 1-1 Chelsea

[Jase 43,479]

Southampton 1-1 Chelsea
PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS

2020/21 Premier League Match 25
20th February, Saturday 2021
St. Mary's Stadium
12:30 Kick Off (UK time)

[Jase 43,479]

What are the odds we give them the win? 😂

[Jase 43,479]

Considering we face Atletico all the way in Romania next Tuesday, I suspect there will be a few changes for this game from the Newcastle game.

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

It is early kickoff so we will have enough time to rest and prepare for Atletico. 

Plus we have big squad so 3,4 changes are hardly going to impact the quality of the team. City is cruising the league without Aguero and KDB. System is important. 

I mean put Mendy, Chilwell, James, Kante, Pulisic maybe Ziyech or Havertz if fit and that team is even better at least on paper. 

I think for Atletico we should definitely go with more experienced players like Giroud, Kante, Azpi. 

[Muzchap 8,966]

I guess this is our first real test. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,306]

Mendy

Zouma---Christensen---Rudiger

James---------------------------------Chilwell

Kante----Gilmour

Ziyech---------Pulisic

Giroud

[Jase 43,479]

Anthony Taylor is the referee for this. 🤣

[chelsea_4_eva 1,159]

16 hours ago, Jason said:

Anthony Taylor is the referee for this. 🤣

Oh dearest anthony

[Atomiswave 6,072]

17 hours ago, Jason said:

Anthony Taylor is the referee for this. 🤣

Ahh fuck......he will be on a mission as always to fuck us over.

[MoroccanBlue 5,306]

Any word on Tammy's injury? Could really use him here. 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

18 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Any word on Tammy's injury? Could really use him here. 

TT will likely play Giroud and rest Tammy.

[Laylabelle 9,359]

Last game against them took the piss..lets not do that again!!

Saying that time before also..we lost

[Nero 1,838]

 

 

[Jype 6,398]

I'll go with:

Mendy, Rüdiger, Christensen, Azpi, Chilwell, Kante, Jorginho, James, Ziyech, Werner, Giroud

Rest Kovacic, Mount and CHO for next week's tough games against Atletico and Man Utd. And Alonso 🤐

Last time against this lot Timo scored two goals, hope for the same on Saturday to boost his confidence ahead of CL.

Edited February 18, 2021 by Jype

[DANILA 290]

Soton is back to being terrible. Play Pulisic and Ziyech(?) and hope they rediscover form. Also I'd like to see 4231 but looks like we're going with 3 at the back until pre season

[Jype 6,398]

29 minutes ago, DANILA said:

Also I'd like to see 4231 but looks like we're going with 3 at the back until pre season

Three at the back has been working really well under Tuchel so there's no need to tinker, especially with a tough run of fixtures coming up. If it's not broken, don't fix it.

If results or performances start getting worse, only then it's time to try something else. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,487]

I don't think Tuchel is married to anything, as he showed switching to a back 4 against Barnsley at halftime. I also like he says he is not going to make changes just for the sake of change. There needs to be a reason something gives us a better chance of winning.

Edited February 18, 2021 by ZAPHOD2319

[DANILA 290]

15 minutes ago, Jype said:

Three at the back has been working really well under Tuchel so there's no need to tinker, especially with a tough run of fixtures coming up. If it's not broken, don't fix it.

If results or performances start getting worse, only then it's time to try something else. 

I don't really agree - it's been working but not working well. Our link up from mid to attack is still pretty bad - we also haven't really played any strong teams yet