Match Threads Chelsea vs Spurs - Pre Season Match Day - KO 07:45 pm

[Bulletspur]

 

[Saoirse]

Oh Jesus wept, do we have to play this?!

 

[Donki]

Just please don't be toxic and get behind the team.

 

[Saoirse]

Just please don't be toxic and get behind the team.

This place is toxic almost every match unless we score early and win by at least two haha. And there's no away fans at the game

 

[Wig]

Is it televised / streamable?

 

[Goobers]

I fucking hate Chelsea. We are going to get our asses handed to us but I don't care as long s we have a plan and a mission.

 

[Saoirse]

Is it televised / streamable?

£8 (including £3 to the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation and £1 to Mind) to watch on Spurs TV: Watch The Mind Series live on Spurs TV | Tottenham Hotspur

 

[Saoirse]

I fucking hate Chelsea. We are going to get our asses handed to us but I don't care as long s we have a plan and a mission.

The mission in question:

 

[wiggo24]

Ridiculous to be playing Arsenal and Chelsea in preseason. Should never play against your rivals like it doesn't matter, but should never play a preseason game like it does.

 

[Dannyspur]

I am going - my Chelsea next door neighbour has a spare ticket.

 

[Saoirse]

I am going - my Chelsea next door neighbour has a spare ticket.

God - I can't imagine anything worse than watching this with the Chelsea support, especially when they parade the Champions League trophy - you're made of sturdier stuff than I am!

 

[journeyman]

I expect something like:

—————Gollini
Doherty—Dier—Rodon—Sessegnon
-—Ndombele—Skipp—Dele
—Lucas——Son——Bergwijn

I think the team that starts Sunday then v Arsenal will feature Lloris, Reguilon, Hojbjerg & possibly Lo Celso too and could be a good predictor of our opening day lineup v City.

 

[Shadydan]

Ridiculous to be playing Arsenal and Chelsea in preseason. Should never play against your rivals like it doesn't matter, but should never play a preseason game like it does.

In theory why does it matter?

 

[hughy]

Do we even know who is fit/has returned to training? No sign of Lo Celso, Hojbjerg or Sess in yesterday pics. It was pretty much the same bunch that played in MK with the addition of Dier, Winks, Aurier and Rodon.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

In theory why does it matter?

Pride.

 

[Shadydan]

Pride.

I mean it's a friendly, no one takes them seriously do they?

 

[spursfan77]

I don’t mind playing this actually. Lose and we can say it doesn’t matter, win and we can say it’s a great confidence booster ahead of the season.

We don’t want to lose the Arsenal game though. That’s for sure.

 

[wiggo24]

In theory why does it matter?

Pre-season games should be about two things: fitness and working on new ideas. The result should be completely inconsequential. Let's say we're 1-0 up to Chelsea tonight and the away fans are singing it up - does Nuno bring on 6 youth players like he did againt Orient or is he more likely to stick because a win against Chelsea (in any form) would get the fans on side?

I watched the Arsenal-Chelsea game and there were tackles flying in everywhere, Partey got an injury so is set to miss the start of the season, and the goals were genuinely celebrated more than usual at pre-season games. Everyone knows it's just a friendly but at the same time, bragging rights matter to fans, and the manager/players will know this.

Also if we lose both, which is entirely plausible given we're the ones with a new manager and a bunch of key players still not available, then it's not exactly a confidence boost going into the season is it? Losing to your two biggest rivals isn't great psychological preparation no matter how you put it.

If we wanted to give to charity there were better ways of doing it, and if we wanted to end pre-season with some more challenging games then we should have played non-rivals. IMO.

 

[Monkey boy]

I expect something like:

—————Gollini
Doherty—Dier—Rodon—Sessegnon
-—Ndombele—Skipp—Dele
—Lucas——Son——Bergwijn

I think the team that starts Sunday then v Arsenal will feature Lloris, Reguilon, Hojbjerg & possibly Lo Celso too and could be a good predictor of our opening day lineup v City.

sessegnon is injured isn’t he?

 

[Shadydan]

Pre-season games should be about two things: fitness and working on new ideas. The result should be completely inconsequential. Let's say we're 1-0 up to Chelsea tonight and the away fans are singing it up - does Nuno bring on 6 youth players like he did againt Orient or is he more likely to stick because a win against Chelsea (in any form) would get the fans on side?

I watched the Arsenal-Chelsea game and there were tackles flying in everywhere, Partey got an injury so is set to miss the start of the season, and the goals were genuinely celebrated more than usual at pre-season games. Everyone knows it's just a friendly but at the same time, bragging rights matter to fans, and the manager/players will know this.

Also if we lose both, which is entirely plausible given we're the ones with a new manager and a bunch of key players still not available, then it's not exactly a confidence boost going into the season is it? Losing to your two biggest rivals isn't great psychological preparation no matter how you put it.

If we wanted to give to charity there were better ways of doing it, and if we wanted to end pre-season with some more challenging games then we should have played non-rivals. IMO.

I think you're overthinking it personally, a lot of points you brought up could be attributed to any other matches, for example we played Utd in a pre season a couple of years ago and tackles were flying everywhere, they beat us and we beat them at OT a few weeks later.

It's just 90 mins in a game played at a higher intensity and faster tempo which is something that's needed going into the City match.

Personally I'm not listening to any fan who wants to claim bragging rights over a friendly either...