Chelsea vs Fulham

[ZAPHOD2319 4,519]

PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS

 

 

Thursday 26th December 2024

Premier League
Stamford Bridge 
 2 PM UK

[Pizy 18,419]

Lavia still out for this one. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ ffs

Expecting an extremely tricky match here. Think Fulham will be aggressive and and go toe to toe with us. So that Lavia, Caicedo, Enzo trio would’ve been picture perfect for a game like this. 
 

 

[Fernando 6,486]

I think we are losing this game. 

[Mário César 997]

Just now, Fernando said:

I think we are losing this game. 

Lol why?

[Fulham Broadway 16,923]

2 hours ago, Fernando said:

I think we are losing this game. 

If it was down the road at Craven Cottage maybe, think we will win, but concede as per usual

[Mattill 16]

6 hours ago, Fernando said:

I think we are losing this game. 

I thought the same since it’s my first time at the bridge🤣

Edited Wednesday at 20:11 by Mattill

[Fernando 6,486]

20 hours ago, Mário César said:

Lol why?

I had a dream us losing. 

[TheHulk 1,891]

Hope its an entertaining one, last one got me mad.

[mkh 295]

Casadei as the only midfielder on the bench is rough, hopefully not needed though. No Madueke in the squad could be concerning if it’s injury-related.

Two GKs on the bench.😒 

No Viega, Chilwell, Dewsbury-Hall, Chukwuemeka

Badiashile, Fofana, James, Lavia missing due to injury.

Mudryk unable to be selected

Edited 15 hours ago by mkh

[Laylabelle 9,384]

17 hours ago, Mattill said:

I thought the same since it’s my first time at the bridge🤣

Hope it's one to remember for the right reasons! 

[Strike 7,252]

I like the lineup. Best to stay consistent with players and not rotate too much. Next two games are Ipswich and Palace - much weaker than Fulham

[Strike 7,252]

10 minutes ago, mkh said:

Casadei as the only midfielder on the bench is rough, hopefully not needed though. No Madueke in the squad could be concerning if it’s injury-related.

Two GKs on the bench.😒 

No Viega, Chilwell, Dewsbury-Hall, Chukwuemeka

Badiashile, Fofana, James, Lavia missing due to injury.

Mudryk unable to be selected

Every week I think Andrey Santos back from loan makes a lot of sense right now 

[Pizy 18,419]

Fulham have a bunch of attackers who can be very dangerous on any given day. Adama, Iwobi, Jimenez, Pereira. Plus both their fullbacks are really dangerous going forward a lot of the time. We need to be very careful about giving the ball away cheaply. 

Our boys need to have their A game today or Fulham can do a number on us. Need a big bounce back game from Cole who hasn’t been his absolute best lately.

[IMissEden 21]

Maresca doesn’t understand that against these sit back sides, having ponderous players (that I like) in Enzo starting, precludes us to nerfing output. They keep all the time in the world to retain their annoying deep shapes, vs suffer a blitz to open them up. It also complicates and confuses further up players who expect to play faster against such static sides. This is a coaching issue. Just design a more creative midfield, christ. You are not limited to one or two systems unless dense. What the hell are we doing here. A few weeks ago this is 4-0. Today won’t be anything like that. We are about to draw and scrape most of our remaining games. Why? Because the manager showed himself last game. I’m sure will have everyone notice in like 3 months. He has already arrived at the serious red flag fork in the road that no top coach does at this age or stage of their coaching career. He is so damn limited. 

Edited 14 hours ago by IMissEden

[Strike 7,252]

Just now, IMissEden said:

Maresca doesn’t understand that against these sit back sides, having ponderous players (that I like) in Enzo starting, precludes us to nerfing output. It also complicates and confuses further up players who expect to play faster against such static sides. This is a coaching issue. Just design a more creative midfield, christ. You are not limited to one or two systems unless dense. What the hell are we doing here. A few weeks ago this is 4-0. Today won’t be anything like that. We are about to draw and scrape most of our remaining games. Why? Because the manager showed himself last game. I’m sure will have everyone notice in like 3 months. He has already arrived at the serious red flag fork in the road that no top coach does at this age or stage of their coaching career. He is so damn limited. 

Fulham have taken points from Arsenal and Liverpool though. Not just a sit-back side 

[Strike 7,252]

Everton have taken points off Chelsea Arsenal City in the last 3. Liverpool game being postponed makes it worse. They're having plenty of luck

[IMissEden 21]

9 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Fulham have a bunch of attackers who can be very dangerous on any given day. Adama, Iwobi, Jimenez, Pereira. Plus both their fullbacks are really dangerous going forward a lot of the time. We need to be very careful about giving the ball away cheaply. 

Our boys need to have their A game today or Fulham can do a number on us. Need a big bounce back game from Cole who hasn’t been his absolute best lately.

Cole is suffering via the midfield suddenly reverting to the same way we all called shit. We had a new midfield for a while. I wouldn’t say Cole is down at all. The team is, via the coach not having fresh ideas. Enzo is a make or break the side player. You must know when to use him. He will make today complicated for us. He could get an assist or goal, but him playing this way against this team today precludes us being unable to get those 4+ goals in like we were without breaking a sweat —- these sides had just become our easy run and we were celebrating  that fact. Watch this go tits up via shit coaching. It Was good coaching, in isolation, within a context. Broader, it remains what earmarked as. 

[IMissEden 21]

2 minutes ago, Strike said:

Fulham have taken points from Arsenal and Liverpool though. Not just a sit-back side 

Yes I fully expect a draw to follow the draw. Arsenal and Liverpool have had nowhere near our attacking output. Both have stuttered in front of goal, with tighter defences. There is no reason under the sky to not blow Fulham away, bar not putting out the right team with the right mind with the right instructions. We have the quality. Will it be utilised correctly.