RB Salzburg 1-2 Chelsea

[ZAPHOD2319 4,479]

PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION,

LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS

 

Tuesday 25th October 2022
      Champions League
        Red Bull Arena
     17:45 UK Time

[Blue Armour 4,288]

A win should secure qualification with first place, right?

Milan will not be able to pull ahead then based on the head to head record.

[Reddish-Blue 2,347]

35 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

A win should secure qualification with first place, right?

Milan will not be able to pull ahead then based on the head to head record.

That's correct

As long as we win one of the remaining 2 games, we get first place.  Hopefully we can win matchday 5 and then have a rotated squad for the last matchday. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,479]

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,302]

Amazes me, to this day, how some suggested we had too many defenders or too many midfielders during the transfer period. And how some wouldn't get playing time. 

[Special Juan 27,429]

53 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Not really a miss in all honesty, been woeful lately.

[Jype 6,398]

34 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Not really a miss in all honesty, been woeful lately.

Koulibaly had a rough patch towards the end of Tuchel's reign (Soton, Leeds, West Ham games) but if you ask me, he has looked much better again lately.

I thought he played really well both games against Milan and was good against Wolves too. Also had a calming effect in defense in the Aston Villa match when he came on at HT (1st half Villa xG 1.8 and second half 0.6 with KK on).

Only really need a draw against Salzburg and that should be doable no matter who plays, although a win would guarantee 1st place and allow for some extra rest in the last group match.

[MoroccanBlue 5,302]

2 minutes ago, Jype said:

Koulibaly had a rough patch towards the end of Tuchel's reign (Soton, Leeds, West Ham games) but if you ask me, he has looked much better again lately.

I thought he played really well both games against Milan and was good against Wolves too. Also had a calming effect in defense in the Aston Villa match when he came on at HT (1st half Villa xG 1.8 and second half 0.6 with KK on).

Only really need a draw against Salzburg and that should be doable no matter who plays, although a win would guarantee 1st place and allow for some extra rest in the last group match.

Much like against Leeds, against Brentford he misjudged a lot of his tackles. Pace of the league he really needs to get up to speed. 

[Jype 6,398]

1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Much like against Leeds, against Brentford he misjudged a lot of his tackles. Pace of the league he really needs to get up to speed. 

True, but 4/5 good performances in his last five games is a pretty decent return. 

[Tomo 21,733]

If we win this would we be allowed to use Hutchinson etc vs Zagreb or is it only registered players allowed?

Would be really handy to be able to rest every single player that would be heavily needed in the league until the break.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,479]

4 minutes ago, Tomo said:

If we win this would we be allowed to use Hutchinson etc vs Zagreb or is it only registered players allowed?

Would be really handy to be able to rest every single player that would be heavily needed in the league until the break.

Only registered. The last game would have been perfect for him.

[Jype 6,398]

17 minutes ago, Tomo said:

If we win this would we be allowed to use Hutchinson etc vs Zagreb or is it only registered players allowed?

Would be really handy to be able to rest every single player that would be heavily needed in the league until the break.

11 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Only registered. The last game would have been perfect for him.

Yeah, from the newly signed youngsters only Chukwuemeka is registered in the squad. Any club-trained academy graduates can of course be added to the squad B list at any time but sadly the likes of Hutchinson, Casadei etc. aren't eligible for that.

Should the last game end up being a dead rubber I'm sure we'll get an interesting squad for that either way. Broja, Gallagher, Chukwuemeka, Zakaria etc. to start from the first teamers who haven't been playing much and maybe throw in a couple of academy lads as well. But first let's see what happens at Salzburg. 🤐

[ZAPHOD2319 4,479]

 

[Laylabelle 9,359]

Hopefully can get job done and all be lovely 

[Pizy 18,368]

5 hours ago, Special Juan said:

Not really a miss in all honesty, been woeful lately.

Disagree. For whatever reason he tends to start games in really shaky fashion but gets better and better as the game goes on. He has been very solid lately and had just started getting used to the English game. We’ll miss him and once again be forced to use either Azpi or Cucu at CB which I hate.

It really is ridiculous luck that we have THREE starting defenders all out at the same time with knee injuries. It’s annoying as fuck. Right in the most busy and important period.

[cosmicway 1,323]

The Austrians took advantage of the Tuchel wall and snatched a point.
They are leaders of the Austrian bundesliga however.

 

[bigbluewillie 1,859]

I wanna see a front line of Pulisic Broja Chucky

Please no more Havertz, and for that matter Sterling.

[Tomo 21,733]

I've got to say im finding it quite hilarious how two decent cameos have led to people forgetting how crap Pulisic has been for over 2 years.