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I would of said Antonio but Bilic is bedding him in slowly so maybe Valencia? but he would not last the match just coming back from injury so will Bilic change formation or maybe bring the kid samuelson in as a surprise....we have options and for the first time in a long time they are DECENT options not just makeweights so it will be interesting to see what superslav will do
Might be a tough game for
Might be a tough game for Antonio to get his first run out for the club, but Bilic is unpredictable, so maybe. We have so many options these days! And Song might be close to getting some game time as well!
Zarate?
Zarate?
I would agree but its looking
I would agree but its looking more and more like he's becoming an impact sub under slav
I agree, Burkie. And that
I agree, Burkie. And that might be his best role: play for 30 or 40 minutes to inject some more flair when needed. It means he can run around at 90MPH the whole time.
We will miss Moses tireless
We will miss Moses tireless running and assists in this game. I think like others have said - start with Obiang or Zarate and get Jenkinson to do the running and overlap like he did v Palace
Antonio please
Antonio please
Would love to see Antonio
Would love to see Antonio start this game and hopefully run, Azpilicueta into the ground, battered and bruised. But I think Obiang will get the nod to start, with Antonio or Zarate on in the second half, with a change of formation.
Doesn't starting Obiang for
Doesn't starting Obiang for Moses make us look more defensive? I don't think Slav is going to adopt Allardyce, 'go for a point tactics', against Chelsea. I think he will want to give Jose more pain. There was a rumour of more dressing-room bust ups on Tuesday in Ukraine -- that's he's lost the respect of the players. The special one might be one game from the exit door... let's give him that last push.
Agreed bully, Obiang will
Agreed bully, Obiang will offer us nothing at all out wide other than defensive duties, for me we either play Valencia or Antonio otherwise we'll be very weak going forward on the left hand side, I'd start Antonio and bring Valencia on later as he's not fully fit
Bully Slav adopted that
Bully Slav adopted that approach before that's why I think he may do it again. Think it might have poo?
Yeah think you are right it
Yeah think you are right it was against Liverpool. Ad he might well do it again, I just think, at home, he'll want to replace Moses with an attacker.
Antonio
Chelsky perhaps expects that we will play with Obiang for be more defensive. I know it's a risk, but I go with Antonio for greater thrust, we have to attack them from the first minute. We are in an excellent time for play against them
zarate will most probably get
zarate will most probably get the nod. Valencia ,Antonio to come off the bench. Don't want to rush the injured guys, but slav sure has great options to out tatic that blubbering wreck