Team for Chelsea...

[LeParisien]

Possibly the only change would be if Jose was desperate to get Winks back into the starting lineup and you could see him and Dier in the middle with Sissoko on the right in place of Moura, that would be the more defensive move, having said that I cant see anything different from the Wolves game.

Lol at anyone that thinks Ndombele will start. He could do with losing his Nfatbelly first.

I don’t think he’ll start but imagine being a fan of a team and talking about one of your players like that.

 

[Spurs_Bear]

I don’t think he’ll start but imagine being a fan of a team and talking about one of your players like that.

Oh for the love of god...

 

[LeParisien]

Oh for the love of god...

Your warmth for ndombele resonates in your posts.

 

[tiger666]

Your warmth for ndombele resonates in your posts.

Just me that read that as pants then?

 

[Spurs_Bear]

Your warmth for ndombele resonates in your posts.

You wont find anywhere that I've said he's not a great player.

 

[LeParisien]

You wont find anywhere that I've said he's not a great player.

You haven’t said your Nan has balls either. But you have been chirping as loudly as you can about how fat he is. Top support.

 

[Spurs_Bear]

You haven’t said your Nan has balls either. But you have been chirping as loudly as you can about how fat he is. Top support.

Ok mate, Merry Christmas and all that.

 

[smallsnc]

Ndombele is not a great player....right now. He has great skill but it takes both Skill and Will to be great at something. The Will portion includes being in the condition that you need to be in to utilize your skill as well as being willing to do the things that you don't necessarily like to do (tracking back, maintaining positional awareness, etc.). While Ndombele has shown the Skill, I do not think he has shown the Will to be great in the PL. I hope he changes that because there is a great player in there, IMO, if he is willing to be great.

 

[THOWIG]

I can see the logic in this. If I was picking one I would say Dele. Wont happen though.

They will murder us in midfield if we don't get the selection right.

 

[tiger666]

They will murder us in midfield if we don't get the selection right.

What's your team?

 

[dondo]

Poch 99% of us loved him but one of his failings was he went 98 games since he played an unchanged team .
We can see the benefits of stability already starting to show benefits

Cost Pochettino his job imo. When things started to turn he should have gone back to basics, pick a consistent first 11 and formation

 

[dondo]

And as we saw the two times Winks and Dier have partnered each other in this system we'll get destroyed in CM and they will exploit the space behind Aurier. I'm hoping Jose decides (now he has a full week) to play an extra CM at the expense of one of the forwards, or play a more conservative RB in Foyth. Lo Celso in for Moura, playing slightly deeper, with Moura and Sessegnon to come on the flanks after 70 minutes against tired legs would be ideal.

Didn’t winks and Dier play together vs West Ham where we dominated until they had a couple of late goals

 

[RichieS]

They will murder us in midfield if we don't get the selection right.

Good job we have the best manager in the business for working out how to nullify the oppositions strengths and exploit their weaknesses then! The only game we've looked unexpectedly poor under José was the United one, after which Sissoko came out and said the players knew what they had to do but just failed to execute the plan.

As long as Dele gives his customary Chelsea performance we'll be fine.

 

[Flashspur]

Tough game. Could go either way. COYS!

 

[gushayes11]

Ndombele training with team on SSN

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Gazzaniga
Aurier Sanchez Alderweireld Vertonghen
Dier Ndombele
Sissoko Dele Son
Kane

Whiteman Foyth Sessegnon Winks Lo Celso Eriksen Lucas​

 

[Montalbano]

Gaz
Aurier Sanchez Toby Verts
Dier Ndombele
Lucas Dele Son
Kane

Subs: Austin, Foyth, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lo Celso, Sessegnon​

 

[Shadydan]

I miss this team so much.

 

[Monkey boy]

No way Jose will drop Sanchez and he would be mad to do so

No way Jose

 

[Timberwolf]

I miss this team so much.

The odd thing is we still have 9 of that starting 11 on our books. Watching that back just reinforces how fucking ridiculously good Dembele was though. Losing him was almost like losing our entire midfield .