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Chelsea Supporters Thread (Part 4)
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NinjyBear
17-08-2013
Ramires will likely be first choice to begin with. No better game for van Ginkel's first league start IMO. I really like what I saw from him after his initial pre-season appearance.

Essien and Lampard as back-up, no idea about Mikel. Still hoping someone will come in for him, but I've been hoping for a long time now.
Sazzybluegirl
18-08-2013
am so excited for today,can't wait to the match start's. It's been a long summer
Place will be buzzing and we will hopefully get a great match and result. Roll on 4pm.
HaloJoe
18-08-2013
Cech - Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, A Cole - Ramires, Lampard, De Bruyne, Oscar, Hazard - Torres.

Would have started with Mata!
carefree_blue
18-08-2013
No Lukaku despite the great pre-season form? Torres selected once again by virtue of the fact we paid £50m for him.
Butterflies
18-08-2013
Originally Posted by Sazzybluegirl:
“am so excited for today,can't wait to the match start's. It's been a long summer
Place will be buzzing and we will hopefully get a great match and result. Roll on 4pm.”

Not long left.
Originally Posted by HaloJoe:
“Cech - Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, A Cole - Ramires, Lampard, De Bruyne, Oscar, Hazard - Torres.

Would have started with Mata!”

Mata isn't match fit. Decent attacking line-up even without Mata. Not too sure about Lamps and Rami though....Not the best midfield pairing we have.
NinjyBear
18-08-2013
Lamaprd and Ramires are awful together. Don't have the energy to be pissed off with seeing Torres start.
Butterflies
18-08-2013
Originally Posted by carefree_blue:
“No Lukaku despite the great pre-season form? Torres selected once again by virtue of the fact we paid £50m for him.”

Well if Torres is playing pants, at least we know Mou will have no trouble subbing him off.
ICT User 77
18-08-2013
Would have been nice to see Lukaku start, but Torres has to have a chance I suppose.
ICT User 77
18-08-2013
Originally Posted by Butterflies:
“Well if Torres is playing pants, at least we know Mou will have no trouble subbing him off.”

Very true. Mourinho has no qualms about subbing players.
NinjyBear
18-08-2013
Originally Posted by Butterflies:
“Well if Torres is playing pants, at least we know Mou will have no trouble subbing him off.”

Be funny if he does it after 5 minutes like most of us would
Butterflies
18-08-2013
Originally Posted by ICT User 77:
“Very true. Mourinho has no qualms about subbing players.”

We now have a manager who plays to win, not to lose.
O'Neill
18-08-2013
No defenders on the bench for you, except Essien I guess who played right back at Madrid. They all injured?
NinjyBear
18-08-2013
Originally Posted by O'Neill:
“No defenders on the bench for you, except Essien I guess who played right back at Madrid. They all injured?”

Luiz is injured, Azpil is tired. (which is weird, long flight or not) Dunno about Bertrand.
RichmondBlue
18-08-2013
Originally Posted by ICT User 77:
“Would have been nice to see Lukaku start, but Torres has to have a chance I suppose.”

Very strange decision after the pre-season games. You would have thought this was the perfect game for Lukaku.
Oh well, we will probably see him on at some stage, along with Mata and Van Ginkel ?
carefree_blue
18-08-2013
Originally Posted by O'Neill:
“No defenders on the bench for you, except Essien I guess who played right back at Madrid. They all injured?”

Luiz is ruled out, Azpilicueta is being rested after a long journey midweek. The only other one's Bertrand, no idea why he isn't on the bench.

EDIT - Ninjybear beat me to it
O'Neill
18-08-2013
Seems a bit risky if any need to be replaced for whatever reason.
dend
18-08-2013
Torres starting is a bit meh, but i guess he needs a chance to see if he has any chance of being a decent player. I would rather Lukaku started though. Really excited to see De Bruyne play in a proper game. Mata on the bench isnt a surprise, i dont think he is 100% match fit yet after a long summer with spain in brazil and missing a lot of preseason. He will probably be eased back in the first few games.
NinjyBear
18-08-2013
As much as our line-up is a bit disappointing, how great is it to have such a strong bench again? Still a few players missing, too.
RichmondBlue
18-08-2013
Originally Posted by O'Neill:
“Seems a bit risky if any need to be replaced for whatever reason.”

I suppose Essien would come in at RB, then just shuffle the rest around. No cover at LB though ?
ICT User 77
18-08-2013
What an ovation for Jose.
NinjyBear
18-08-2013
Could go 3 at the back if Cole had to go off. I think Essien played LB last season as well...not sure how many games he actually played in CM.
ICT User 77
18-08-2013
Penalty!
O'Neill
18-08-2013
Originally Posted by NinjyBear:
“Could go 3 at the back if Cole had to go off. I think Essien played LB last season as well...not sure how many games he actually played in CM.”

He may have had one game at left back, but I seem to remember him playing a few games at right back for Madrid.
ICT User 77
18-08-2013
Oh Frank!
Butterflies
18-08-2013
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