[Gerald G]

Romero
Jones--Lindelof--Rojo
Young--McTominay--Garner--Williams
Mata
Lingard--Rashford

subs: Grant; Maguire, AWB; Fred, Pereira; James, Martial​

 

[Beans]

Greenwood and Chong both played today. Unlikely to feature.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Lampard will be desperate for revenge. Ole's first real test.

Speaking of tests. Lampard has a GSCE in Latin. I think he has the tactical edge for this match.

 

[AFC NimbleThumb]

If Mata starts I’m not f***ing watching. Genuinely painful to watch this guy lumber around thinking of another 2/3 years of it.

He needs to do a Xavi & go teach football to the masses.

 

[charlenefan]

Team should be...

--------------Romero--------------
---Lindelof----Jones----Rojo---
AWB--Garner--Mata--Fred--Williams
--------Lingard-----Martial--------

Subs: Grant, Young, Maguire, McTominay, Andreas, James, Rashford

Strange decision to have Greenwood play tonight, basically gone for the Partizan XI but with Fred and Lindelof instead of McTominay and Maguire

 

[jackal&hyde]

-----------Romero---------------

--Williams Jones Tuanzebe Rojo

-----McTominay Garner--------

------------Mata----------------

------Gomes Lingard-----------

--------Greenwood------------

 

[Class of 63]

-----------Romero---------------

--Rojo Jones Tuanzebe Williams

-----McTominay Garner--------

------------Mata----------------

------Gomes Lingard-----------

--------Greenwood------------

Rojo at right-back would be interesting.

 

[Class of 63]

Or the other way around with Williams on the right and Rojo on the left; makes more sense actually.

Edit your original post to switch fullbacks, then i'll delete my reply to it, then you delete the above and nobody will be the wiser, honest

 

[Robbo*]

-----------Romero---------------

--Williams Jones Tuanzebe Rojo

-----McTominay Garner--------

------------Mata----------------

------Gomes Lingard-----------

--------Greenwood------------

Greens played last night

 

[Robbo*]

Team should be...

--------------Romero--------------
---Lindelof----Jones----Rojo---
AWB--Garner--Mata--Fred--Williams
--------Lingard-----Martial--------

Subs: Grant, Young, Maguire, McTominay, Andreas, James, Rashford

Strange decision to have Greenwood play tonight, basically gone for the Partizan XI but with Fred and Lindelof instead of McTominay and Maguire

Don’t mind it

 

[Cee90]

If Mata starts I’m not f***ing watching. Genuinely painful to watch this guy lumber around thinking of another 2/3 years of it.

He needs to do a Xavi & go teach football to the masses.

The club will miss your fanatical support I’m sure.

 

[tony54]

If Mata starts I’m not f***ing watching. Genuinely painful to watch this guy lumber around thinking of another 2/3 years of it

He needs to do a Xavi & go teach football to the masses.

I agree re Mata,

If Mata starts I’m not f***ing watching. Genuinely painful to watch this guy lumber around thinking of another 2/3 years of it.

He needs to do a Xavi & go teach football to the masses.

It's sad to still see him bambying around for us after Chelsea jettisoned him some 5 years ago.

 

[red4ever 79]

Game is on here. Pretty good coverage in Czech Republic. Gone for
Romero
AWB Jones Rojo Williams
McTom Fred Garner
Lingard Martial Mata

 

[charlenefan]

Don’t mind it

I think we've got to focus the bulk of our efforts on improving our league form

I dont believe we're good enough to win trophies, not at a time where City take the domestic cups so seriously so while the XI I picked isn't great rotation is needed to keep players fresh for Saturday and Bournemouth in the league

Hopefully Chelsea pick an even weaker XI though and we get a result

 

[drdoityourself]

We should build up some momentum, it's been a stop-start season and we finally played a good game. The team should be the same, build on that, except for a deserved change at left back.

The fixation on constant rotation at this club is one factor in how we look as an offensive team. Lack of cohesion, lack of chemistry. Constant changes in personnel and tactics are a luxury we can't afford now.

 

[Havak]

Can see us going at this almost full strength, but I hope not with Bournemouth in the league the more important fixture at the weekend. I'd quite like us to go three at the back, but I reckon both Lingard and Mata would start for a very similar team to the one that beat Partizan away (without a shot on target in open play).

Romero
Jones Maguire Rojo
Wan-Bissaka McTominay Garner Williams
Mata Lingard
Martial
---
Grant; Lindelof, Young; Fred, Andreas, James; Rashford​

 

[Adcuth]

Predicting this, can see him using a back 3 again tonight. He'll worry about their attack. I think he'll go with a strong line up though. With the pressure on him he'll want a big result and a chance at a cup. Can see him using our best front 3 for sure.

Romero​

Jones Maguire Rojo​

AWB Garner Fred Williams​

James Martial Rashford​

Subs: Lingard Mata Pereira

 

[duffer]

I'm going to be annoyed if Chelsea put out a reserve side and you have 9 of the the same 11 that started in the league last weekend. That's cheating!

 

[Damien]

I'm going to be annoyed if Chelsea put out a reserve side and you have 9 of the the same 11 that started in the league last weekend. That's cheating!

Romero, Williams and Garner should all start so nothing to worry about there.

 

[roonster09]

I'm going to be annoyed if Chelsea put out a reserve side and you have 9 of the the same 11 that started in the league last weekend. That's cheating!

Romero, Williams and Garner should all start so nothing to worry about there.

Rojo and Jones usually start these cup games.

 

[Damien]

Rojo and Jones usually start these cup games.

Same with Lingard/Mata but that might change with how the Partizan game went.

 

[roonster09]

Same with Lingard/Mata but that might change with how the Partizan game went.

Yeah, for now it looks like Pereira is first choice #10.

 

[AFC NimbleThumb]

The club will miss your fanatical support I’m sure.

About as much as they value yours.

Absolute mute point.

 

[Cee90]

About as much as they value yours.

Absolute mute point.

Think the word you are looking for is 'moot', but do carry on.

 

[koop]

How good of a squad is Chelsea going to field? I would imagine Lampard is creaming himself for revenge and would field and strong, very close to first team 11.

Ole probably anticipates that and will field a strong 11 so he doesn't get smashed 4/5-0 ? I expect martial rashford etc to play

 

[AFC NimbleThumb]

Think the word you are looking for is 'moot', but do carry on.

Playing grammar nazi on a forum always works well.

You’re right on one thing though, the 4 letter word I was thinking of definitely ends in ‘t’.

Your one liner fell flat, move on.

 

[Adam-Utd]

I expect their front 3 will be Pedro, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi

You'd expect Reece James in there also. Apart from that i'd expect them at full strength apart from maybe the keeper.

 

[TMDaines]

Really looking forward to this. Romero is arguably in better form than DDG and otherwise we can play our strongest team to allow key partnerships to gel. Time to start stringing together positive results and performances.

 

[Santoryo]

How good of a squad is Chelsea going to field? I would imagine Lampard is creaming himself for revenge and would field and strong, very close to first team 11.

Ole probably anticipates that and will field a strong 11 so he doesn't get smashed 4/5-0 ? I expect martial rashford etc to play

Why do people keep saying stuff like this when there hasn't been any indication of us being smashable. We might suck at creating and scoring goals but defensively we have been very solid. We've already played the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Leicester etc and they all struggled to score against us.

People ought to stop these talks of being smashed.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

If Mata starts I’m not f***ing watching. Genuinely painful to watch this guy lumber around thinking of another 2/3 years of it.

He needs to do a Xavi & go teach football to the masses.

I hope he starts

 

[RedDevilRoshi]

Why do people keep saying stuff like this when there hasn't been any indication of us being smashable. We might suck at creating and scoring goals but defensively we have been very solid. We've already played the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Leicester etc and they all struggled to score against us.

People ought to stop these talks of being smashed.

Precisely.

Our defence is not the problem. Far from it. It’s our midfield and attack that is causing major issues. As you said it is creating chances and scoring goals which has been our major downfall so far this season.

 

[Devil may care]

I hope he starts

That's cutting off your nose to spite your face mate.

 

[Seanus]

Sorry if i have missed it but what is the news with Tuanzebe's injury?

 

[AFC NimbleThumb]

That's cutting off your nose to spite your face mate.

This Redcafe though where users will do anything for ‘clout’.

 

[Needham]

Speaking of tests. Lampard has a GSCE in Latin. I think he has the tactical edge for this match.

His team talk will be, "These are shito, shitas, shitat".

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

I'm saying it already, if we lose this I won't have an issue. Cup games are a distraction this season

Yep, my sentiments exactly.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

Playing grammar nazi on a forum always works well.

You’re right on one thing though, the 4 letter word I was thinking of definitely ends in ‘t’.

Your one liner fell flat, move on.

Someone is helping you learn the word you want to use but don't know how to and this is how you treat them?

 

[Member 39557]

Playing grammar nazi on a forum always works well.

You’re right on one thing though, the 4 letter word I was thinking of definitely ends in ‘t’.

Your one liner fell flat, move on.

Keep on saying mute instead of moot then. Nobody will hear you though.

 

[Needham]

Keep on saying mute instead of moot then. Nobody will hear you though.

I'd pack it in mate. He clearly doesn't give a hute what you say.

 

[RedTiger]

Keep on saying mute instead of moot then. Nobody will hear you though.