Pre Match Chelsea v Leicester
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Ike O'Noclassed
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I'd have thought a better line for a classy manager would be to rest his key players as their CL place is nailed on via a victory in the Final at the end of the month. I await developments.
parafox
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He strikes me as an emotional basketcase and someone who can't deal with the pressure. The way he screams at the slightest mistake from his players (explained away as "perfectionism" by the pundits), the comments he made after the Arsenal match about being in "angry mode", his sore loser comments after the cup final, and now this. I think we'll beat them tonight, they'll lose their place in the top 4 to Liverpool and they'll be outclassed by Man City in the Champions League final. Then sometime next season he will be sacked.
Graz
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It does come across as sore loser, but I'm sure any manager would take the same line. Of course he's going to say the fight they're still in and the next match is bigger than the one they've just lost.
Same as I'm hoping Brendan gets our players motivated that just because we won on Saturday, we still have to get motivated for tonight and go all out
FOX Franks
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Definitely. If he wins he’s a genius, if he loses he’s a loon.
FOX Franks
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(And I’m aware I have said he’s class elsewhere. You learn a lot when people are closer)
Volpone
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Disagree. He's just trying to belittle our performance and make us feel small and insignificant.
If our players read that I reckon they will be as angry as I am. They won't need anymore motivation.
He can try - but he'll fail to convince anyone outside the Chelsea bubble. We beat 3 PL teams to get to the FA Cup final and overall, we were better than another PL team on the day. We deserved it - now we have to go again!
Miles Away
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Don't fancy us today....
pork pie fox
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I'm not confident at all.
I think another tight game. I basically think their players who can hurt us: Hudson Odoi, Chilwell, Reece James, Giroud, Havertz were not started or were played out of position in the Cup Final.
If Im Tuchel id have all those 5 on the pitch and hook pulisic, azpilicueta, alonso, jorginho and Werner.
if theyve got height in the box and that pace down the side we are in trouble.
Rodgers needs to not put us into submissive mode. The only way we beat these again is to play with confidence and a plan to get certain players forwards, need to keep the backdoor shut though.
If Im Tuchel id have all those 5 on the pitch and hook pulisic, azpilicueta, alonso, jorginho and Werner.
if theyve got height in the box and that pace down the side we are in trouble.
Rodgers needs to not put us into submissive mode. The only way we beat these again is to play with confidence and a plan to get certain players forwards, need to keep the backdoor shut though.
tedfoxxx
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We’ve only really got Praet, Maddison and Ricardo as options to switch things up assuming that Albrighton replaces Evans.
Would be great to have the pace of Barnes and Justin to call on.
A win tonight would go down in Leicester folklore and I definitely wouldn’t right us off.
Would be great to have the pace of Barnes and Justin to call on.
A win tonight would go down in Leicester folklore and I definitely wouldn’t right us off.
FOX Franks
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Ah but would you write us off?
mabrah
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Tbh, I'm not at all confident. All the talk about Tuchel's talk simply motivating us, about stats and head-to-heads this season... I'm trying to ignore it as I think it counts for little. It's a different game; Tuchel will field his strongest side and they'll be fired up - to even the score and to win the 'game that matters'. I do think Tuchel had prioritised the league game, thought the side he put out on Saturday was enough and is maybe regretting that call. It's going to be tough and I reckon they could be more up for it than us. I'll be euphoric if we can raise ourselves to beat them, but I do think it's asking a lot. It's maybe just a little too soon.
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