JaneB Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Please use this thread for all posts relating to our Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before, during and after the game. The match is scheduled to kick off at 13.30 hours on Sunday, 26th February 2023 (Local UK time/date) (Live on Sky Sports) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Oh ! We're even better than normal at early kick offs 3-0. Kane , Kane , Son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Blood Is Blue Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 I don’t even want to think what’s going to happen here. Genuinely not sure if I can face watching it. James obviously has to come back in, as does Silva and maybe partnered with Fofana if he’s fit enough. RLC in for Kova as he was a better partner to Enzo (surprisingly). Kepa James - Silva - Fofana - Chilwell RLC - Enzo Ziyech - Felix - Madueke Havertz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 21 minutes ago, My Blood Is Blue said: I don’t even want to think what’s going to happen here. Genuinely not sure if I can face watching it. James obviously has to come back in, as does Silva and maybe partnered with Fofana if he’s fit enough. RLC in for Kova as he was a better partner to Enzo (surprisingly). Kepa James - Silva - Fofana - Chilwell RLC - Enzo Ziyech - Felix - Madueke Havertz He was but the rule at Chelsea is one reasonable performance precedes months of mediocrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevelourfog Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Imagine my disappointment at not being able to watch this ... As I'll be running the Brighton half on the morning and then heading back to London. Wonder if I can get Potter to travel with me and leave him there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asvaberg Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Now that we've been informed by Azpi that he's recovering and it looks good, we can move forward. Spurs away: What do we have to lose? What do we have to win? It's only one answer- we MUST at least play decent football, win/draw/lose; it doesn't really matter as long as the players and the management at least tries to have a decent day at the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 18 minutes ago, asvaberg said: Now that we've been informed by Azpi that he's recovering and it looks good, we can move forward. Spurs away: What do we have to lose? What do we have to win? It's only one answer- we MUST at least play decent football, win/draw/lose; it doesn't really matter as long as the players and the management at least tries to have a decent day at the job. I've just endured Spurs beating West Ham , two absolutely dreadful sides playing third rate football. They'll beat us and beat us easily. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1905 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 8 minutes ago, Mark Kelly said: I've just endured Spurs beating West Ham , two absolutely dreadful sides playing third rate football. They'll beat us and beat us easily. And to think they are now 4th in the league. We'd have walked top 4 this season with no signings and Tuchel. Yet we sit 10th after spending £600m and sacking him. It's almost funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarefreeMuratcan Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Spurs are 4th, Newcastle are definitely dropping out of it going forward. A win will put us 8 points behind Spurs with a game in hand (game in hand at home against Liverpool). So, like it has been throughout January and February, if we could just string a couple of wins together we will be in the hunt for 4th again. But we can't even string a single goal together so it's all in the air. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevelourfog Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 hour ago, martin1905 said: And to think they are now 4th in the league. We'd have walked top 4 this season with no signings and Tuchel. Yet we sit 10th after spending £600m and sacking him. It's almost funny. I'd love to know what he thinks of it, to have a genuinely, unvarnished chat with him about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1905 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 15 minutes ago, CarefreeMuratcan said: Spurs are 4th, Newcastle are definitely dropping out of it going forward. A win will put us 8 points behind Spurs with a game in hand (game in hand at home against Liverpool). So, like it has been throughout January and February, if we could just string a couple of wins together we will be in the hunt for 4th again. But we can't even string a single goal together so it's all in the air. I love you and your optimism, even now your looking at what could be when we all know what will be. Could be 8 points behind with a game in hand Will be 14 and lose that game in hand. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Blood Is Blue Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 10 hours ago, CarefreeMuratcan said: Spurs are 4th, Newcastle are definitely dropping out of it going forward. A win will put us 8 points behind Spurs with a game in hand (game in hand at home against Liverpool). So, like it has been throughout January and February, if we could just string a couple of wins together we will be in the hunt for 4th again. But we can't even string a single goal together so it's all in the air. This is the exact reason Potter needs to go. The fact the gap isn’t bigger than that tells you how mixed everyone’s form is. If we could get a manager in that could actually get us some form, then a Europa spot wouldn’t be impossible, but whilst we are where we are with who we have, it just is not going to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) 53 minutes ago, My Blood Is Blue said: This is the exact reason Potter needs to go. The fact the gap isn’t bigger than that tells you how mixed everyone’s form is. If we could get a manager in that could actually get us some form, then a Europa spot wouldn’t be impossible, but whilst we are where we are with who we have, it just is not going to happen. The main reason he's got to go is there's about seventy of us here which may be a small selection of Chelsea supporters but there isn't one among us as far as I know expecting us to be an incredibly mediocre Spurs side ! That is almost unimaginable. Mind you they are "well organised" Edited February 20, 2023 by Mark Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Blood Is Blue Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 19 minutes ago, Mark Kelly said: The main reason he's got to go is there's about seventy of us here which may be a small selection of Chelsea supporters but there isn't one among us as far as I know expecting us to be an incredibly mediocre Spurs side ! That is almost unimaginable. Mind you they are "well organised" Yeah, in fairness, I said exact reason and that’s not true… we’ve got a good dozen reasons I imagine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguelito07 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 13 hours ago, CarefreeMuratcan said: Spurs are 4th, Newcastle are definitely dropping out of it going forward. A win will put us 8 points behind Spurs with a game in hand (game in hand at home against Liverpool) We're not winning this. Potter has even given the players two days off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankLampard8 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 I usually look forward to the games against these more than any other but I can't face watching this. I think the below is about the best we can hope for which is pretty damning when we've spent circa £600m and only have 3 new players in the side. I still have high hopes for Mudryk but I think he is best suited to a role off the bench whilst he adapts. Kepa James - T.Silva - Badiashile - Chilwell Loftus-Cheek - Enzo Ziyech - Felix - Sterling Havertz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singleton Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 @FrankLampard8 Hard to disagree with that line-up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago97 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 42 minutes ago, FrankLampard8 said: I usually look forward to the games against these more than any other but I can't face watching this. I think the below is about the best we can hope for which is pretty damning when we've spent circa £600m and only have 3 new players in the side. I still have high hopes for Mudryk but I think he is best suited to a role off the bench whilst he adapts. Kepa James - T.Silva - Badiashile - Chilwell Loftus-Cheek - Enzo Ziyech - Felix - Sterling Havertz I'd probably only swap Ziyech for Gallagher and edge more towards a 4321. I think Conor was our most consistent player in recent games at Fulham, Liverpool and Palace I think it was. Either way, I cannot understand why he has found himself on the bench recently. I still don't think his long term future is probably at Chelsea, but right now we need his desire, energy, work rate and the fact he is prepared to actually take some responsibility and shoot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asvaberg Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, FrankLampard8 said: I usually look forward to the games against these more than any other but I can't face watching this. I think the below is about the best we can hope for which is pretty damning when we've spent circa £600m and only have 3 new players in the side. I still have high hopes for Mudryk but I think he is best suited to a role off the bench whilst he adapts. Kepa James - T.Silva - Badiashile - Chilwell Loftus-Cheek - Enzo Ziyech - Felix - Sterling Havertz If RLC plays like two players given the hyphens in the lineup, we might manage to get 1 point 🙂 On a serious note, the lineup is probably the best we have at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Tucker Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 4 hours ago, asvaberg said: On a serious note, the lineup is probably the best we have at the moment If you replaced the absolutely awful Havertz with Auba, then you'd be close. It's a bit of 'deckchairs on the Titanic', but it's what we have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 6 hours ago, asvaberg said: If RLC plays like two players given the hyphens in the lineup, we might manage to get 1 point 🙂 On a serious note, the lineup is probably the best we have at the moment This all makes sense now, maybe Boehly's plan for 443 wasn't so outlandish after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCreadie Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 36 minutes ago, xceleryx said: This all makes sense now, maybe Boehly's plan for 443 wasn't so outlandish after all. Maybe we should get Hudson and Odoi back and we can play 444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, McCreadie said: Maybe we should get Hudson and Odoi back and we can play 444 Big brain moves, I like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick1977 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Just for the love of god don’t play Havertz and I will be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trini_Blue Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 50 minutes ago, Rick1977 said: Just for the love of god don’t play Havertz and I will be happy. Fofana for me as the striker but Haverz can feature until Mudryk and Madueke settle down more. Mudryk and Madueke have had a really tough start whereas Felix, Enzo and Badiashile look superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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