closed Malmo 0-1 Chelsea

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

That will be played in the US so the pitch will be good. Mexico vs the US is always a hard fought match, but lately there have not been harsh tackles. Chances are greater Pulisic will try to throw himself at a Mexico defender to draw a foul.

This is funny. Other Chelsea fans I spoke to are scared that he will get injured against Mexico, more so than against Jamaica. 

[NikkiCFC 8,334]

Why Kante didn't travel to Sweden? Vale instead of him. 

[Milan 17,959]

1 hour ago, King Kante said:

Problem is, he'll go off on international duty and get injured again.

So should we wax him and have him exhibited in a museum? He needs games. In order to have him back, we need him playing again.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

3 hours ago, Jase said:

This is funny. Other Chelsea fans I spoke to are scared that he will get injured against Mexico, more so than against Jamaica. 

Do these other Chelsea fans watch the US games? I am wondering why they would think Mexico would injure him, or what about that game would cause an injury? The pitch in Jamaica is terrible. 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Actually enjoyed TT's and Chillys prematch interviews. Esp how they confirmed again how important wing backs are and will be for our system. TT lever to improve our attacking output is rather pushing the wingbacks higher than switching to a back4 and have more attacking midfielders on the pitch. Part of the reason RJ scored 2 vs Newcastle was that he was instructed to go looking for scoring positions and also that Chilly who scored 4 games in a row got a much tighter marking, leaving more space for RJ. Hence, I doubt we are gonna see a back 4 anytime soon albeit I do not mind us being able to play multiple formations.

[Mário César 1,281]

9 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Actually enjoyed TT's and Chillys prematch interviews. Esp how they confirmed again how important wing backs are and will be for our system. TT lever to improve our attacking output is rather pushing the wingbacks higher than switching to a back4 and have more attacking midfielders on the pitch. Part of the reason RJ scored 2 vs Newcastle was that he was instructed to go looking for scoring positions and also that Chilly who scored 4 games in a row got a much tighter marking, leaving more space for RJ. Hence, I doubt we are gonna see a back 4 anytime soon albeit I do not mind us being able to play multiple formations.

• Im verry worried about leicester game. A very potential banana skin 

[NikkiCFC 8,334]

22 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Do these other Chelsea fans watch the US games? I am wondering why they would think Mexico would injure him, or what about that game would cause an injury? The pitch in Jamaica is terrible. 

Because Mexicans are tough?

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

Just now, NikkiCFC said:

Because Mexicans are tough?

Years ago there was some rough play in the Mexico vs US games. The more recent games are some of the best played concacaf games. (which doesnt mean great play) Both teams have players that play in upper leagues. I would be more concerned playing teams with players that dont play at a high level. They would be more prone to injure someone.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

18 minutes ago, Mário César said:

• Im verry worried about leicester game. A very potential banana skin 

lunchtime kick offs after int breaks are always terrible. The guy doing the PL schedule really wanted to fukc us over this season always giving us these terrible fixtures but so far it has backfired massively .

 

Leicester have not really clicked yet and also will be missing a few key-players during the break. From our players quite a few might sit the int break out and be fit for leicester. Will be at least as challegnig as the brentofrd battle tho.

[ulvhedin 526]

       Kepa

 Chalobah-AC-Sarr

Azpi RLC Jorginho Alonso

Ziyech Havertz CHO

 

With Barkley, Saul, maybe Pulisic (considering his fitness) and Vale coming on second half

 

Edited November 2, 2021 by ulvhedin

[bigbluewillie 1,930]

I don't reackon him he's made of glass, gaurantee he gets injured next time out.

I want to get rid of him he can drive Ziyech to the airport.

[Pizy 18,946]

Start with the strongest lineup and then rotate if/when we’re up by 2 goals. There’s plenty of time to recover between now and the weekend. 

Juve are dog shit still but they were when we lost to them as well. Getting 3 points here should see us through, right? In case we choke against Juve again this is an important match.

[maxlev 54]

18 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Don't expect Sarr and weak MF. 

Well I do agree Sarr might be on the bench but I do not think that midfield weak. Saul is really improving using the last game as a reference, while RLC has been solid ever since. Barkley is there to support the midfield in terms of workrate.

[maxlev 54]

5 hours ago, ulvhedin said:

       Kepa

 Chalobah-AC-Sarr

Azpi RLC Jorginho Alonso

Ziyech Havertz RLC

 

With Barkley, Saul, maybe Pulisic (considering his fitness) and Vale coming on second half

 

U wrote RLC twice. Do modify.

[maxlev 54]

18 hours ago, Tomo said:

The league cup was last week.

Lol, u feel that team is not good enough to beat Malmo?

[milka 3,393]

We  need Battle  squad here 

--------------- Mendy ---

--Azpi--------Christensen--------Rudiger

---James---- RLC---Jorginho---Marcos Alonso

-----------Saul ------Zieych/Barkley

-----------------Havertz

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

I would have Pulisic in this one. Get some production out of him while you can.

[ulvhedin 526]

16 minutes ago, maxlev said:

U wrote RLC twice. Do modify.

RLC-CHO confussion

[Tomo 21,751]

1 hour ago, maxlev said:

Lol, u feel that team is not good enough to beat Malmo?

We played a scratch side at home to Krasnador last season and dropped points.

Lose tonight and all of a sudden we have a fight on to get out of the group, especially if Zenit win.

Simply not worth the gamble.

Edited November 2, 2021 by Tomo

[Jype 6,398]

9 minutes ago, Tomo said:

We played a scratch side at home to Krasnador last season and dropped points.

Lose tonight and all of a sudden we have a fight on to get out of the group, especially if Zenit win.

Simply not worth the gamble.

They won't.

Also, Krasnodar were a much better side than Malmö are. The Swedish side are quite probably one of the worst teams to reach the group stages in the last 10 seasons. Also the Krasnodar match was a dead rubber game on GW6 after already securing first place in the group so maybe not even the 'second string' were taking it too seriously (though they should always take any opportunity they get). Now there's still all to play for to secure a place in the knockout stages and the team have got good results even with heavy rotation under Tuchel so I don't see any reason to go with a full strength team today.

For me I'm hoping for something like this: Mendy, Sarr, Christensen, Chalobah, Alonso, RLC, Saul, Azpi, CHO, Ziyech, Havertz

Rest the likes of Silva, Rüdiger, James, Chilwell and Jorginho at least. Up top we don't have that many options given the injuries, unless Tuchel decides to start Barkley, so I'd go with the same front three as against Newcastle.