Half of the good options are banned/much fatigue/knocks etc, rest are playing. Bar Cole don't see many getting a respite. Adding salt to injury would be watching Benayoun, Ferraira & Terry coming on when the club have listed 60+ u21 players just 2 weeks ago.
This. Poor competition, degrades the brand value. The cash prize is for those drowing with debts, shit timing, location & environment. Still Chelsea playing so gonna watch.
Watching this game in a house filled with manure fans. Getting ripped on relentlessly for playing in Europa.
Rafael Benitez makes three changes to the side which beat Wigan Athletic 4-1 last weekend. Ryan Bertrand replaces Ashley Cole at left-back, while with David Luiz missing the game through suspension, Ramires reverts back into a deep-lying midfield role alongside captain Frank Lampard. Marko Marin, who scored his first goal for the club against Roberto Martinez's side, starts on the right of the atacking trio tucked in behind Fernando Torres, while Juan Mata, who came off the bench at the weekend, also starts. John Terry, Cole and Oscar are all named as substitutes, while Demba Ba is cup-tied. Chelsea are expected to line up in the following 4-2-3-1 formation: 1. Cech 28. Azpilicueta 2. Ivanovic 24. Cahill 34. Bertrand 7. Ramires 8. Lampard (c) 21. Marin 10. Mata 17. Hazard 9. Torres Substitutes: 22. Turnbull, 19. Ferreira, 3. Cole, 26. Terry, 57. Ake, 11. Oscar, 30. Benayoun Sparta Prague are expected to line up in the following 4-3-3 formation: Vaclik; Zapotocny, Svejdik, Holek, Hybs; Husbauer, Vacha, Matejovsky; Kadlec, Lafata, Krejcl. Substitutes: Cech (GK), Pamic, Vidlicka, Polom, Janos, Kweuke, Bednar.
An entire back 4 is named among subs against a team that has played last competitive game in 2012. FFS