This game like so many other earlier this season is why we won’t finish within 10 points of Arsenal and probably City as well. We are shockingly terrible at handling these sorts of teams. We repeatedly turn up as if they’re going to lay down and turn over for us.
We stroll about like it’s a training session whilst the opponent treats the game like it’s for a trophy.
Leeds aren’t creating ANY of these dangerous moments themselves. We’re literally gifting them opportunity after opportunity with sloppy play ourselves.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Poor team stays deep and compact and crowds the middle of the defense. So what does Chelsea do AGAIN to combat this? Play slow, side to side passes at walking pace.
I can’t fucking stand this shit over and over again.
Think it’s safe to say now that Badiashile is now ahead of Josh in Maresca’s eyes even though Josh has looked extremely promising every time we’ve seen him. Super strange circumstance. He was amazing in the last game he played and I don’t think he’s seen the pitch since?
Anyways, I like the look of this XI. Plenty of rotation but still enough quality that we should be trying to assert ourselves.
Would be surprised if Maresca doesn’t make a load of changes. Can see him resting Neto, Fofana, Reece, and perhaps even Cucu.
Delap up front, Gittens left, Estevão right, and Palmer to finally make his return.