closed Chelsea 2-0 Lille

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea 2-0 Lille
PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS



2021/22 Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg
22nd February, Tuesday 2022
Stamford Bridge
20:00 Kick Off (UK time)

[MoroccanBlue 5,198]

Lukaku first name on the team sheet. 

[Laylabelle 9,296]

Least no away goal rules so if they score no panic. Unless we play our usual crap then panic

[cosmicway 1,252]

I went to clubelo.com.
They rate us 1931 and Lille 1747.
Lille is the same as Brighton against whom we struggled while Palace is at 1712.
I expect Lukaku to do the kick off again.

 

[NikkiCFC 7,582]

11th place in Ligue1. We beat them twice 2 seasons ago and same with Rennes last season. Easy job. More focused on final. 

[Pizy 17,860]

With all the intense criticism and everyone shitting on him I bet Lukaku will be extra motivated for this one. Because God knows he’s going to start. 🙄

Would be nice to see Werner in the starting XI.

[Laylabelle 9,296]

12 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

11th place in Ligue1. We beat them twice 2 seasons ago and same with Rennes last season. Easy job. More focused on final. 

Unfortunately if games of late are to go by I dont think we do easy....

[NikkiCFC 7,582]

4 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Unfortunately if games of late are to go by I dont think we do easy....

I don't expect us to be good but due to opposition quality I still expect win just like we won CWC and against Palace while still being shit. It tells more about opponents than us. I know we beat Spurs 3 times but they looked horrid and we were nothing special. Our last very good game was probably Juventus 3 months go. 

[LAM09 6,547]

1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

11th place in Ligue1. We beat them twice 2 seasons ago and same with Rennes last season. Easy job. More focused on final. 

Nothing is easy where Tuchel & co are concerned. He needs to stop experimenting already.

[ZAPHOD2319 3,873]

Start the bench for the Final!

[Strike 6,961]

Six weeks of trying to shoehorn Lukaku into the setup has really messed up preparations for the CL knockouts. Just don't have the confidence from last year.

[King Kante 1,296]

15 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

11th place in Ligue1. We beat them twice 2 seasons ago and same with Rennes last season. Easy job. More focused on final. 

Yeah, but we are starting each game with only 10 men these days. 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,775]

20 hours ago, cosmicway said:

I expect Lukaku to do the kick off again.

That's brutal.

[MoroccanBlue 5,198]

Think we need to accept the fact our football won't get any better the rest of the season. Going to have to grind out wins with this awful, awful football. 

[Jase 43,479]

29 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Think we need to accept the fact our football won't get any better the rest of the season. Going to have to grind out wins with this awful, awful football. 

And you thought last season was bad/frustrating.

[MoroccanBlue 5,198]

8 minutes ago, Jase said:

And you thought last season was bad/frustrating.

Least there was a direction. No idea where the fuck we are going with this. 

[King Kante 1,296]

1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Think we need to accept the fact our football won't get any better the rest of the season. Going to have to grind out wins with this awful, awful football. 

Well, I think it depends on how quickly we can drop Lukaku. Listening to TT and reading between the lines it sounds like he isn't exactly doing cartwheels about his performances. 

If we can drop him, get the front line moving like it was without him and get James back, we'll be ok imo. 

Only problem is how long that is going to take. The Torres situation tells us it probably won't be soon. 

[Laylabelle 9,296]

3 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Least there was a direction. No idea where the fuck we are going with this. 

Round and round in circles.. round the bend.....