Chels starting with 2 attacking players...
Premier League matchweek 2 (august 19th-21th)
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Interested to see that Kante-Bakayoko midfield two. Two physical specimens but neither are very smooth on the ball
Only Willian and Morata are threats from open play.
Parking the bus V 2.0.
Parking the bus V 2.0.
You're probably right.
Still pretty grim to have Moses as one of your attackers, way I see it they are essentially playing with just two attackers in Morata and Willian. Gonna be tough for Spurs to break them down.
Chelsea's line up is so negative
Looking forward to seeing how Spurs do at Wembley.
Interested in how Bakayoko will do. Can't say I was impressed when I saw him for Monaco in the CL.
Courtois
Rudiger-Azpilicueta-Christensen-Alonso
Bakayoko-David Luiz-Kantè
William-Morata-Moses
?
Rudiger-Azpilicueta-Christensen-Alonso
Bakayoko-David Luiz-Kantè
William-Morata-Moses
?
Sideshow bob can play midfield but probably won't.
Chelsea relied on Hazard and Costa a lot last year attacking wise. That's why Jose's man marking tactic on Hazard was so effective. This selection is negative but they don't really have many other options do they?
Or maybe something like this with either Luiz or Christensen in midfield?
Courtois
Azpilicueta Luiz Rudiger
Moses Christensen Kante Alonso
Bakayoko
Morata Willian
Azpilicueta Luiz Rudiger
Moses Christensen Kante Alonso
Bakayoko
Morata Willian
Chelsea are going to absolutely stifle this game, aren't they?
Maybe, OR
Courtois
Rudiger-David Luiz-Christensen
Azpilicueta-Bakayoko-Kante-Alonso
Willian - Morata - Moses
Not sure, Chelsea's lineup confuses me
Conte playing for the draw.
Yeah, it is very difficult to predict.
draw, with 4 red cards, 2 each team, big players, Kane, Ali...er...huh, who is left at Chelsea for red card??
I think Damien nailed it about 3-4-3.
Hopefully a draw, but a Spurs win with about 4 sendings off each would also suffice.
Has to be a back 3. Can't see them changing formation.
Spurs are going to have a tough time trying to break this team down. Conte has gone ultra defensive.
Huddersfield
Well done Huddersfield! Wenger should learn something from them.
Not sure if we can beat out Huddersfield and West Brom for the title
At the bottom where every point is important, 6 from 2 is a great start for Huddersfield. 30 more should keep them up.
What a negative manager Conte is if he plays for the draw.
Very interesting selection by Conte. He ain't fecking around this week.
Well done Huddersfield. 2 games, 6 points.
Same. Very interested to see how he and Kante do as a duo because they really don't seem like a natural fit. They're both quite well-rounded technically and physically but you'd think one of them will have to adapt to a more disciplined role than they're used to. Or they could just take it in turns as midfield dynamos, setting up counter-attacks and destroying opposition attacks in equal measure for fun.
They're both very good at carrying the ball forward and breaking through the midfield lines, in fairness. They have a good first touch to enable that too. Kante certainly lacks the passing range and weight of pass in the final third. Interesting to see if Bakayoko's the same. From the highlights videos that did the rounds he looked to have a more diverse and incisive passing range than Kante's, but given Monaco only ever played at one pace it's hard to guess what he'll be like in controlling the pace of the game.
Same thing happened to Hull last season.
Very odd lineup for Chelsea. I wouldn't be surprised if there's some confusion early on. Tottenham can capitalize on that.
Can't really decide what result we want here.
Maybe a Tottenham win so Chelsea could implode.
Yeah, I think we beat them 1-0 just before the international break and it went downhill from there.
Still good to get those early points regardless.
Huddersfield looked quite stale today, but when they had their chance, they made it count. Newcastle forced them to try and break them down, and it looked like it was working as Huddersfield struggled to open up Newcastle. However, Newcastle were quite poor going forward on the other end with Hayden and Atsu being shambolic on the ball with Gayle being completely ineffective. Gayle, in particular, has really struggled to link up with Perez. He seems to be a player who'll need a target man to hold the ball up and play him into goal, but Perez is the exact opposite of that.
That Chelsea lineup is hilarious.
Why's Matic not starting? Conte has lost it.
Those Spurs warm up shirts are fecking horrendous.
I kind of want Spurs to tear them apart but in the same breath a draw would be the best all round outcome.
Red cards aplenty for both.
Red cards aplenty for both.