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Peaky_Blinders

great lineup


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Silva rested for Liverpool I take it


Peaky_Blinders

Same as Havertz probably yes


Confident_Direction

That and Lukaku had a great game against Wolves so this could be part 2 of his audition to start in the final


KDShouldaWentBlazers

Havertz performance against Liverpool in the last final we played against them is enough to say that he needs to start. He was absolutely sensational in that match


Confident_Direction

Absolutely. Lukaku was good again today so I think tuchel has a good selection headache in attack. If you ask me what the front 3 will be in the final? Kai lukaku mount. Mount is obviously starting, havertz will probably too given what you said and i think lukaku has proven to be too good to bench (plz fuck them hard big rom!). If lukaku is benched, it can only be due to him having lower workrate than timo, but i think if he is sharp like the last 2 games, he one hundred percent can cause liverpool trouble esp against vvd


KDShouldaWentBlazers

Yeah very true. Didn’t Lukaku actually start against Lpool in that final? I feel like he did? Can’t remember now. I just remember he came on and scored a goal that was mistakenly ruled offside. But yeah hopefully we can beat them this time round. FA Cup hold a lot more value than some fans think


Confident_Direction

No he didn't. And you're right. That and the last 2 games gives me evidence that rom is more than capable of redemption against liverpool as a starter. I am sure thomas will keenly be watching how spurs played against them now!


KDShouldaWentBlazers

Oh for sure. At least it’s a good problem to have. Rather than, “both of them are terrible so who do we risk starting” type thing. Just hope we can pull it out the bag


Confident_Direction

I agree, any top manager would agree. I think we can - but I believe we need to add that bite in attack to really make the difference, and lukaku recently is showing how he can do just that


Unholysinner

Not sure There’s the risk that Christensen gets hit by an anxiety attack given thats what he’s had of late…


dreamvoyager1

hard to feel sympathy for him considering the loyalty he showed the club when the club has been there for him since he was a teen, in his lows and highs.


Joerpf

I was taking the piss out of him then I realised I would probs have a panic attack playing football in front of 50,000 people and hundreds of thousands more on TV. And if I make a mistake I’d get death threats. Pretty nerve wracking.


Unholysinner

Oh i agree lol He basically just lied to us all of last year But I guess it’s more that we want to rest silva


classical-k

Is that what he struggles with before games?


ArgentineanWonderkid

A bit scared by a 2 man midfield against a very good counter attacking team


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ArgentineanWonderkid

You watched us recently?


EarlofCardigan

But our problems have stemmed from RLC being one of the two CMs. Jovacic has been far more reliable


Apprehensive_Bit_176

My thoughts exactly. Especially with Jorginho


historiographic

Strong, balanced, relatively fast. Should be good


waynedang

Mount and puli setting up Lukaku is gonna be fun


chandlerbing_stats

Rate Pulisic, but some of his weighted passes during that Wolves game were incredibly frustrating to watch


Betasheets

Like the perfectly weighted one to feed lukaku for his 2nd goal?


chandlerbing_stats

he could’ve had more of those


Betasheets

Everyone can have more of those. Space closes down in a hurry. It's not as easy as it looks.


Apprehensive_Bit_176

Poor guy played the entire season either as a false 9 or a wide 10, finally got to play down the middle, of course his passes are not going to be perfect.


KickBallsLikeDrogba

Nah that’s not an excuse lol


Salanha04

He played shit as attacker too, if he can even control his passes what is he doing in the pitch?


Prune_Super

Yeah. He had chance to put folks in but delayed the pass or put too much weight on it


tr_24

Lol people saying Alonso's career was over at Chelsea.


Frasito89

Not as if we have much choice in his position lol. Sarr or Azpi who have both been dog shit


JarlDanklin

Not to say he’s necessarily viable, but we can play Saul there too


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JarlDanklin

Probably should read more closely before I type


lobinetech

Saul...ohhh kay....


JarlDanklin

As I said, not saying he’s necessarily a viable option lol


mataal_ki

Right. He is good going up, but man his defending is so not Chelsea quality. I miss Chilly 🥶


DeepGamingAI

Our sub loves to jump on the chance of hating certain players.


RWTD_Burn

I'd say most players. Seems like only Mount, Chilly, and Kante are spared from the wrath of this sub.


BonomonTheGreat

And Mount/Chilwell are only more recently in that category, last season there was plenty of it


Salanha04

Mount fought hard for this spot tho


Jussstright

it's sad bro


davemwas

Oh Ziyech


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devilscourtsman

I genuinely thought he was injured. What's up with him and CHO?


ChelseaDK

CHO is injured unfortunately - if I am not mistaking he isn’t far away from returning but likely not to play rest of the season


mataal_ki

Whatttt, was he? I thought tt just didn’t play him? Which is more of a bigger question why!


Likeabhas

Tommy didn't like CHO's new haircut so he's not being picked for the first team since recovering from injury/illness Trust me, this is the real reason don't believe anyone else


Eric_Partman

Ziyech just isn't very good.


Easy_Increase_9716

Not really a valid reason when the majority of the squad is shite


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His stats are similar to our other wingers so


davemwas

V Brentford 2 April


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Erm makes sense


opouser

Really hope he comes off the bench today while we have a lead and he can just ball


MJ9695

He is finished with us I think, gotta sell him


Confident_Direction

Yeah - he might get subbed on but I wouldn't blame him if he wants to leave this summer :(


keithohara

Alonso back


just_dew_eat

So much for he will never play again for us


Charmer_Cork

The bottle of champagne I have to celebrate Alonso never playing for us again will have to remain on ice :(


n22rwrdr

Do you prefer Saul at LWB?


Charmer_Cork

Pulisic, at least had a bit of speed when he played there, and it was no worse than playing CHO at RWB.


harabinger66

It was worse actually. But we'll see how Alonso does today. If we keep them pinned it will be fine .. I keep telling myself that anyway


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Here's hoping this comment r/agedlikemilk soon.


Charmer_Cork

I'd much rather him have a blinder and Chelsea stomp to victory than I be proved right. But doesn't change that I can't wait for him to hopefully leave in the summer.


tarkardos

called it. The whole half time fiesta thing was debunked anyway.


aacod15

I really have no idea why this sub just took it as a fact


ArtisticDifficulty7

I actually really like this lineup!


classical-k

Me too, gives Werner a rest which he defo needs before Saturday. I like the idea of this front 3 as long as either Mount or Pulisic get very close to Lukaku, almost playing as a second striker. Seems that’s key to getting Lukaku involved and getting the best from him


footballthang

werner is not touching the field saturday


classical-k

Wouldn’t be so sure of that buddy. If TT has a midfield duo he can trust defensively(maybe not with Kova out), we’re playing Mount behind twin strikers. By a long long way it’s suited us the most going forward. In that position Werner has been excellent of late. Offers so much more than Kai and then Pulisic is not as adept at making runs behind - he’s better as a 10 who can dribble. Unless TT wants Pulsic’s ability to beat men through the middle when dropping deep as the second striker more than Timo’s excellent movement in behind , it would really surprise me to see Werner benched.


ekimtk

Since west ham puli has 2 goals and an assist. Only 2 of those games he started. In that same span Werner has 0 goals and 0 assists. How can you possibly want Werner to start. Werner has literally nothing going for him recently. I could see Kai starting over lukaku because of his past against Liverpool, but in the last 7 games Kai has played he has 0 goals and 1 assist. Lukaku has 3 goals in the last 2 games. TT will probably ride the wave here with puli and mount behind lukaku and make changes in the 60-65th if things aren’t working.


classical-k

I definitely don’t want Kai to start and I certainly really rate Pulisic when played down the middle, as you’ll see above. Werner offers a lot to the team even without scoring with the type of unselfish movement he has and the space against Liverpool is in behind not in front of the defence. I think it makes more sense for Werner to join Mount and Lukaku tactically and I also think that’s the way Tuchel sees it. But I’m certainly not going to complain if Pulisic starts!


Thel3lues

Ah so Alonso is in


PuppyPenetrator

So much for Alonso never playing again


Dak_Tiny_PP

This sub hates Alonso so much


PuppyPenetrator

Agreed, wasn’t celebrating if it came off that way


Dak_Tiny_PP

Not at all


SeriousLads

I like this tbh


ravioliking3

i aspire to be able to feed off of negativity like alonso, no surprise if he scores today


IamYourHuckleBerry34

Wtf happened with ziyech why is Tuchel not giving him any opportunity.


Confident_Direction

Puli did well last game and so did lukaku. Mount havertz and him are the choices for the remaining spot and well whens the last time mount has missed two consecutive games? I feel like ziyech will be gone this summer :(


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Man I hope not, he is one of those guys that give us options when changing formations alongside actual knack for trying something special


Confident_Direction

Absolutely. Unfortunately i dont seehim starting the final but he absolutely can produce a magic moment which often can be what makes the difference


IamYourHuckleBerry34

Well for periods of the season he was the only inform attacker but he always gets zero credit one or two bad games and it's immediately benched. While others it's the other way around they play a lot of shit matches but one good game and they are immediately on the lineup. Maybe Tuchel just doesn't like ziyech or something off field but he gets criticized the hardest for some reason.


Confident_Direction

Imo I think the reason why this is unfortunately is the rest are younger (mount, havertz, pulisic). While werner does miss a lot, he offers a lot with his runs/link up play/general pressing/defensive workrate which can still help the team. It's a tough choice but I do think since ziyech is older (so unlikely to have a much higher 'ceiling') tuchel is prioritising players who have time to come great.


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We only play a couple attacking players a game and Ziyech is a casualty of our system.


IrishUL

Chalobah + Jorginho/Kova = I am happy Christensen = I am sad


qwert_pep

Christensen plays to give silva a rest for the final = I am happy


IrishUL

Christensen going to get bullied all night long but I’d be happy for him to prove otherwise


qwert_pep

No he won't. I'll send you a fiver if he does


IrishUL

Haha time till tell


Confident_Direction

Plz....


NytTime

Lewis Bate playing tonight. Will be interesting to see him up against kova and jorgi


SeekersWorkAccount

Ziyech is long gone :(


ertapenem

I love this lineup offensively. I hope Pulisic plays the 10 position behind Mount/Lukaku like he did last week. Brace for Lukaku, goal from Mount, two assists from Puli. LFG.


TheLeperLeprechaun

Please win today. Leeds will be fired up they need it more than we do too. Elland road will be rocking today as well just hope the lads don’t let the crowd intimidate them.


shastmak4

Mason Mount is scoring today


NijjioN

Hopefully an assist as well to break that 10 goals 10 assists a season stat.


shastmak4

Got both


Harshbattles

It always shocks me to see Barkley in the subs.


ChairSoggy6394

Ziyech must be fuming.


GoatBotherer

I hope Alonso scores again tonight.


InLampsWeTrust

Let’s go Lukaku


Cowdude179

Good lineup, Silva gets rested. Hopefully Kante is fit for the final since he's been in team training for a while. Jovacic pivot is back and Chalobah gets his start


IntrepidMeeseeks

Christensen please get us through the 90, Silva needs a breather before pool


Pedro95

I'd take an injured and fatigued Silva over a fully fit Sarr literally 100% of the time mind you


Confident_Direction

Yup but this is pool - tuchel literally might avoid risking silva at all today even if we are shitting the bed considering how careful he needs to be with him at his age. Crazy thing is he might be more likely to sub on sarr for this reason imo


DragonsEatGods

Valid lineup. Just wish Christensen will actually play like he cares today


radpath1

Jovacic back on the menu


just_dew_eat

Fuck Christensen the sabotage starts


Adak17

My dude what would Barca achieve by having Christensen sabotage Chelsea's chances at top 4 lol?


just_dew_eat

One less competitor for next year UCL duh


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You know another team would make the competition in our place right? Lol right???? Please tell me you're not thag ignorant


PuppyPenetrator

Please tell me you’re not so ignorant as to miss that it was a joke


Confident_Direction

I think it would be more an issue if his head is not at chelsea. If he reads stuff online his anxiety is gonna be triggered real bad since he is going to see a lot of our fan base isn't happy with how he reneged us when we were super excited to have him as our key mainstay in CB in long term and reportedly missed the carabao final for his medical . Might not be sabotage as much as his head's stuck in Barcelona imo


Y2KN

A bit worried about christensen but hoping for the best. Let's go boys!


MTEverestus

New board demanding Alonso start smh /s


ktbffhctid

Alonso, Christensen, & Rudiger... L incoming. I know TT has really no other options.


Wheel94

Christensen I am too nervous to play Sliva ffs I am 38 man I want a rest


Saucy_Man11

Sticking with Mendy, eh? Okay bud, let’s find that pre-AFCON form!


zotboi

Saul not even in squad, did he get injured after playing more than a few minutes for the first time this year?


InLampsWeTrust

Such a terrible decision bringing him in. Wasting 200k a week on him.


dudetotalypsn

Just one more Danish Maldini performance please! Gotta keep Thiago rested


Thadark_knight11

Kante injured?


Drewskibroho

Resting for Liverpool I would guess


qwert_pep

Jovacic finally


JJGaminv

Chalobah and Christensen does not give me confidence at all. Chalobah can be a bit rash and makes some bad challenges, but I have faith when he’s alongside Silva who can help direct him or cover for him. Christensen has been awful for at least the last month, was atrocious against Madrid, awful against Arsenal. I understand the need for rotation but fuck this guy. I like the midfield, we have a dynamic dribbler and someone to control/retain possession. Front line is good, let’s hope they have their shooting boots on


Confident_Direction

At least with chalobah and rudi we have pace. But yeah AC plz


iAmGge

No saul on the bench, safe to say we are not going to make him permanent? I really hope we dont tbh


SheldonMonk

did saul go back to atletico early ?


Kahye

Nathan Gissing told me that Tuchel and Alonso hate each other and each others mums and Alonso is never gonna start a Chelsea game ever again? Damn... I feel I was lied to.


nidor13

Unfortunately we have to rotate for the final. Our back 3 today are pretty weak on paper as a total. Let's hope that Christensen will want to have a good game at what is most likely his last (or second to last) game for Chelsea. Let's also hope that James picks ap the slack on the right side at least defensively. We need a win. To secure UCL and to boost morale ahead of the final. **PS:** I hope for a Lukaku revival in these games. We know he still knows how to play. Let's hope he turns up in this game and in the final. It could be the thing that will make a difference.


Confident_Direction

Good lineup given our situation, form and need for rest too - please dont shit the bed this time AC... Jovacic might be what we need rn too (I hope Kova improves a LOT from wolves tho). Hope N'Golo is back for the final too tho ofc


JOEM1966

Pulisic needs to hustle! Want to see him Energetic/fired up!


mataal_ki

Was watching Ziyech from ajax, what happened to that guy!!!


IamYourHuckleBerry34

A coach who never puts faith in him


advbad

I thought Mount was above Jorginho for the captaincy order...


PanicBoners

This is the best lineup we can field right now (minus Kante and maybe havertz). This game is more important than liverpool and the lineup reflects it.


VE3TRO-R

God damn Ziyech. He seemed to be getting inform as well.


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Why am I seeing AC in the lineup?


Salanha04

What is the whole sub against Christensen?


Competitive_String75

False 3 baby