closed Chelsea 4-0 Malmo

[Milan 17,835]

Lukaku will not be missed that much anyway, it might actually help us. Werner is a bigger loss, though.

[Nero 1,793]

[nyikolajevics 2,422]

Just now, NikkiCFC said:

Nothing. Defenders score for us anyway. 

Still to big/strong guy who can only be replaced by CHO, Havertz, Ziyech or Pulisic. Meanwhile Azpilicueta is CB and Kante/Jorgi/Kova is CM. We can be in trouble when defending corners/free kicks.

[Vesper 27,307]

lol, Fred missed a sitter that would make Werner blush

[OneMoSalah 8,613]

Well no proper strikes for a few weeks I would think, Werner looks worse but think Lukaku will miss a couple of games also. Suppose we will see what happens with Mount, Kai, CHO/Ziyech/Pulisic up there now.

[ZAPHOD2319 3,873]

Man Utd boo'd off the pitch at halftime.

[Vesper 27,307]

our new backup CF for a bit

[NikkiCFC 7,579]

Best possible time for injuries if you can say something like that. Next 5 games also easy opponents. 

[Vesper 27,307]

1 minute ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Man Utd boo'd off the pitch at halftime.

they were utterly dire

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, NikkiCFC said:

Best possible time for injuries if you can say something like that. Next 5 games also easy opponents. 

If those two are out for a few weeks, that leaves only Havertz, Mount, Ziyech and CHO essentially. 4 players for 3 positions? Or is Tuchel gonna compensate by going 3-5-2? There are also 5 games before the next international break. Would have to flog those fellas to death at this point. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,195]

1 minute ago, Jase said:

If those two are out for a few weeks, that leaves only Havertz, Mount, Ziyech and CHO essentially. 4 players for 3 positions? Or is Tuchel gonna compensate by going 3-5-2? There are also 5 games before the next international break. Would have to flog those fellas to death at this point. 

A negative sure, but a positive is that we'll actually have attackers gaining some rhythm and sharpness by playing consecutive matches vs playing one and then dropped the next. 

[Pizy 17,860]

Only positive of those two injuries is that we should hopefully see much more fluidity and unpredictability with a bunch of midfielders playing across the attack.

Time for Havertz and Mount to really step up in particular since you know they’ll be the two nailed on to start in Rom’s absence. May also start to see RLC further forward.

[robsblubot 3,213]

Was the starting XI a bit too strong for this fixture?

[Superblue 6,331]

4 minutes ago, Jase said:

If those two are out for a few weeks, that leaves only Havertz, Mount, Ziyech and CHO essentially. 4 players for 3 positions? Or is Tuchel gonna compensate by going 3-5-2? There are also 5 games before the next international break. Would have to flog those fellas to death at this point. 

Barkley and Loftus Cheek are both potential options to play the more advanced roles. It's not ideal but we just have to get on with it.

[Laylabelle 9,296]

I think they've given up with finding things to show at the Bridge and have randomly just put on the Liverpool highlights

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, robsblubot said:

Was the starting XI a bit too strong for this fixture?

Can see why Tuchel wanted to take this seriously but on the flip side, he was complaining about the players playing too much yesterday and then what happened, happened. 

[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

A negative sure, but a positive is that we'll actually have attackers gaining some rhythm and sharpness by playing consecutive matches vs playing one and then dropped the next. 

Maybe...

[ZAPHOD2319 3,873]

6 minutes ago, Vesper said:

they were utterly dire

I read that Atalanta has four of their regular starting line up out for this game and still punishing Man Utd.