Boxing Day: Chelsea vs Southampton

Please win.

 

Strange line up again

Chelsea

• 1Arrizabalaga
  
  
• 2Rüdiger
• 15Zouma
• 29Tomori
  
  
• 28Azpilicueta
• 7Kanté
• 5Jorginho
• 33Emerson
  
  
• 10Willian
• 20Hudson-Odoi
  
  
• 9Abraham

 

Can someone explain Zouma in the center of the back three to me? Feels like you'd want someone you trust more to be calm and confident with the ball in that spot...

 

Oh well, as you've said please...

 

Do we really need 3 CB's for this one?

 

shutout on road against tots front 4... don't fix what ain't broke

Think the thought is to have Rudiger's range and nous and Tomori's to cover and react in the wider roles which require more range and limit Zouma area of cover a bit

 

we are playing too deep and the wing backs are just not getting forward enough

 

They are pressing quite a bit, tbf.

 

really have trouble breaking down teams that defend first in numbers, force too many passes and have trouble livening up pace

 

Azpi has been really poor.

 

Kante is looking off quite a bit today...so far.

Smelling like a match we keep the opposition in it until the end and they steal all 3 points.

 

how was that a fou

 

how was that not

 

But surely it is us that should be doing the pressing ???!!!

 

ahh ********

we neede a nastier edge
need mount and pul today too

 

Like clockwork. One chance, one goal. Terrible defending.

 

LOL. It's what we do.

 

Mount for Zouma now

 

That trampoline touch from Hudson-Odoi.

 

Kov or Pul for CHO, he is miserable today

 

I get that he needs more games, but he is looking bad. He's not alone, though. Everyone looks poor.

 

what injury does reece have?

 

Oy. Hudson landed too hard there not be injured.

 

for got Kov suspended, bring pul in for cho