Chelsea 0-1 Nottm Forest

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PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS

Saturday 2nd September 2023
Week 4 of 38
Stamford Bridge
3pm UK

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[xPetrCechx 13,570]

3 Points Pls.

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[Vegetable 830]

1 minute ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Yeah, stating the obvious is one thing, resisting the pressure, including from above and making it out unscuffed is another thing.

[Special Juan 28,133]

No Brennan Johnson, deal just reached with Spurs.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

8 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

No Brennan Johnson, deal just reached with Spurs.

Timely. he was their best counter attacking player.

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[Laylabelle 9,534]

Drew with them both times last season..be nice to come.away with all 3 this time

[cosmicway 1,333]

We ought to score six against the fatman team.

[NikkiCFC 8,300]

Both teams two times European champions. 

[Gundalf 805]

 

[NikkiCFC 8,300]

Expecting same lineup as last week. Everything else would be surprise. 

[Pizy 18,877]

Sadly think we’ll continue to see the back 3 until Lavia is fit and ready to go. At least I hope that’ll be the end of it.

As for this match, I have no idea what to expect from Forest. I’ve watched them a couple of times so far this season and they’ve looked okay in spells and horrific in others. Their big #9 is an absolute handful in the same way that Michail Antonio is and as we saw a couple of weeks ago that kind of high energy, physical forward causes us issues. Gibbs-White is a threat as well.

They’ve signed so many damn players since just their last match that who the hell can know what to expect. They went up 0-2 at Old Trafford last weekend and then proceeded to get dominated and surrender meekly. There was a point in that match where the possession stats came up on the screen and it read 90% for United and Forest were pathetic.

Can see this being a super defensive Forest with lots of long balls up to the striker who will try to get isolated against Silva or Colwill. Park the bus, long balls, and Gibbs-White set pieces will be their game plan. Very similar to West Ham with Antonio and Ward-Prowse.

 

[Gundalf 805]

Its not really a 4 at the back tho, but rather Colwill being LB and Chilwell being the left winger.