Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth

[Hashishi 148]

What's our Lineup for this game?

Kepa

James Fofana Koulibaly Cucu

Mount Jorginho Zakaria/Carney

Ziyech Auba Sterling/Pulisic

Looks like this to me

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

2 hours ago, Hashishi said:

What's our Lineup for this game?

Kepa

James Fofana Koulibaly Cucu

Mount Jorginho Zakaria/Carney

Ziyech Auba Sterling/Pulisic

Looks like this to me

Players get off after WC. Ziyech is playing another game on Saturday so no chance he will be involved. 

[Hashishi 148]

2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Players get off after WC. Ziyech is playing another game on Saturday so no chance he will be involved. 

So probably Puli Auba Sterling as the front line...we are very weak in attack, no wonder we are looking to sign a striker. I wouldn't be surprised if we signed a winger as well if Puli/Ziyech leave

[Hashishi 148]

Will Havertz start this match? I need to know for fantasy football reasons... if he replicates his WC and friendly form he will be banging them in for fun. Maybe we just aren't creating enough for him.

[Vesper 28,855]

Chelsea to be without seven first-team players for Bournemouth game — Graham Potter

https://theathletic.com/4031218/2022/12/23/Chelsea-team-news-bournemouth/

Chelsea head coach Graham Potter expects to be without at least seven first-team players as the club attempt to kickstart a Premier League revival when the top flight resumes next week.

Potter confirmed neither Mateo Kovacic nor Hakim Ziyech will be available for Tuesday’s visit of Bournemouth to Stamford Bridge with the pair having featured heavily for Croatia and Morocco through to last weekend’s third-place play-off in Qatar.

Chelsea have lost Armando Broja for the remainder of the season after he ruptured an ACL in a friendly against Aston Villa, while Wesley Fofana hobbled off in a behind-closed doors fixture against Brentford B earlier this week after suffering a slight issue in his recovery from his own knee problems.

“Wesley had a little set-back which can sometimes happen at the very last stage of rehab, so (he’ll be out for) a couple of weeks,” said Potter. “Armando is a big loss in terms of the time he’s out… We’re still waiting on Hakim and Mateo.

“They went the distance in terms of the third/fourth place at the World Cup and played the games as well, so there’s been a big demand on those two. They won’t be available next week and it’s important to give them time.”

While Reece James should return from his own knee ligament injury, Chelsea will have none of their long-term absentees back for the foreseeable future.

“Reece is back,” added Potter, who confirmed Edouard Mendy has only just returned to training. “He’s been training with us and completed 65 minutes in the week. But we’re still without Ruben (Loftus-Cheek) and Ben Chilwell.

“N’Golo Kante, obviously. He’ll be a while – the end of February or the start of March. He had surgery (on a hamstring injury in late October) so it’s a minimum period of four months, pretty much.

“My focus is to get him back fit as soon as possible. Everyone knows the quality he has. It’s about getting him fit and on the pitch, doing it the right way and getting him on there because we haven’t seen him.”

Kepa Arrizabalaga is also a doubt after struggling with his calf during the World Cup break.

Chelsea lost their last three Premier League games before the break for the World Cup. They have not lost four top-flight games in succession since 1998.

[Blue Armour 4,289]

Glad to have James back. 

If he's even 80% match fit, that should be more than enought to get a win against Bournemouth., who have their own problems with a virus infecting their squad.

[Hashishi 148]

21 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Glad to have James back. 

If he's even 80% match fit, that should be more than enought to get a win against Bournemouth., who have their own problems with a virus infecting their squad.

Liverpool have this problem too. Its taken Milner and TAA out.

[Hashishi 148]

Any guesses what our team will be?

[Vesper 28,855]

15 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

Any guesses what our team will be?

Edouard Mendy
Kalidou Koulibaly   
Thiago Silva
Trevoh Chalobah 
Marc Cucurella 
Reece James  (maybe Azpi if Reece is not 100%)
Jorginho 
Mason Mount    
Raheem Sterling
Kai Havertz 
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang  

or maybe Kai at CF and Pulisic at winger, with Auba dropped

[Laylabelle 9,359]

Hopefully we don't continue where we left off...forgot how far down the table we are so hopefully can make something happen

[milka 3,347]

Edited December 26, 2022 by milka

[MoroccanBlue 5,306]

Mendy

James Chalobah Silva Cucurella

Jorginho Zakaria

Mount  Carney  Sterling

Havertz

[Laylabelle 9,359]

5 hours ago, milka said:

So league wise we've won one out of last 5...hurrah

Edited December 26, 2022 by Laylabelle

[MoroccanBlue 5,306]

I hope for Potter’s sake he doesn’t put out 6 defensive players against the worst team in the league. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,487]

 

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

How the heck Pulisic doesn't start after great WC. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,487]

5 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

How the heck Pulisic doesn't start after great WC. 

Puli is not replacing Sterling or Havertz. He is not better than either. If he wore shooting boots maybe, but he didn’t do much of that in the WC either. He did play with a lot of determination and energy. 

[NikkiCFC 7,955]

17 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Puli is not replacing Sterling or Havertz. He is not better than either. If he wore shooting boots maybe, but he didn’t do much of that in the WC either. He did play with a lot of determination and energy. 

He had 1 goal and 2 assists on WC in 3 and a half games. Still better than others.