What if Mourinho drops the untouchable Lukaku to start both Martial and Rashford, like he dropped Ibrahimović at home last season?
We should look out for that diagonal cross that Azpi plays to Morata. They have already scored twice like that this season. It's almost identical to the ball Eriksen played to Alli against us.
Zappacosta's also a great crosser, that's why I mentioned it.
I have absolutely no doubt Mourinho would risk crushing his confidence if that means a great chance of winning at Stanford Bridge. He dropped Ibrahimović at home but would hesitate with Lukaku away?
SAF at Bridge has real dodgy record tbh
And if plan A doesn't work? We will have to sub on Lingard and Mkhitaryan to try and change the game, both of whom are probably not going to have any positive effect on game. Martial or Rashford will definitely be on the bench.I would love to see this 3-4-3. I think it's defensive enough to allow the front 3 to run riot. As an added bonus, Lukaku looked decent when he drifted to the RW last night, so all 3 players could interchange and mix it up during the game. I really want to see Martial and Rashford on the pitch together (we all do), but that's only a dream for now.
Obviously Chelsea away is not the time for experiments so this is unlikely, but I just want to take some time to admire this team. Plus add Pogba for Herrera
-------------De Gea
--- Bailly - Smalling - Jones
Valencia ------------------Young
---------Herrera -- Matic
Rashford --- Lukaku --- Martial
Same here. Even if Mourinho absolutely stinks out the game.
We start with 12 and still lose, sad.
The problem is you can't describe the way we played Spurs as 3-5-2, since our midfield was like this, with the playmaker actually closer to the attacking line:
It took a incredible game from City to get them a 0-1 away win, and we're not playing that kind of football lately, so a draw is still the most probable result. And, come to think of it, not a bad one (except if we think we have a chance for the title and should go for every point).
All this is fair, but it's supposing Conte doesn't come up with something new. He knows he's going for this risking a bad result, so I'm convinced he'll try a different formation, which might throw us out of balance, specially due to our midfield limitations.
Different how? He only plays 343 or sometimes 352. He might change a few personnel but that's about it. I can't see him going back to a back 4.
I read that in a Donald Trump voice. Hahaha.
Actually, on another thread a Chelsea fan was expecting him to do just that, go for an apparent four at the back, like he did in the second half of the Roma game (or maybe it was just Willian as rightwingback and Azpilicueta moved to rightcenterback). But it might be a different challenge for us if he plays 3-5-1-1 with Hazard and Morata upfront.
You think there's zero chances of one of them, most likely Conte, trying to surprise the other?
Between Jose's approach to these games and the result Chelsea had last night, I think this will be 0-0 with the teams cancelling each other out, I don't see either manager taking risks.
Against a midfield three, and Kanté in particular, it seems like a very unlikely scenario.
The only truly bad thing in there is Azpilicueta slow reaction when D.Luiz catches Dzeko, really. They should be very tired by then.Hah
How the hell does that happen at a club like Chelsea
You have a point, but they can definitely start together in a counterattacking 4-3-3 or 3-4-3, for instance, provided we have Pogba ruling our midfield and Ibrahimović on the bench, in case things go wrong.
Nemanja Matic
Eric Bailly
Marcus Rashford
Chris Smalling
Marouane Fellaini
Ashley Young
Antonio Valencia
Ander Herrera
Phil Jones
Romelu Lukaku
Anthony Taylor
replaced by Marouane Fellaini
replaced by Jesse Lingard
replaced by Anthony Martial
