Starting this on before the 60 minute mark. Suspect we see a lot of kids today as a middle finger for not shutting down the games.
This has the potential to get seriously ugly. Hope we can weather the press long enough to stay in the match. Not remotely confident about this.
3 kids playing which is nice but surprised to see Alonso in there. Dude needs rest he’s our only LWB unless we playing Cho there.
Chelsea: Kepa, Simons, Chalobah, Sarr; Azpilicueta (c), Kovacic, Saul, Alonso, Barkley, Soonsup-Bell, Vale Subs Bettinelli, James, Rudiger, Hall, Jorginho, Kante, Webster, Mount, Pulisic Brentford: Fernandez, Henry, Bech, Jansson(c), Pinnock, Canos, Jensen, Wissa, Mbeumo, Baptiste, Janelt Subs Cox, Thompson, Norgaard, Forss, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Toney, Peart-Harris, Stevens
Some of our passing is off, but with the kids, that is to be expected. We seem to be going down the left a lot. Simons on the right, not so effective.
Strangely I think this may be a better spot for ross to come in. I'm not sure there is a better spot for saul at this point, maybe this will be a catalyst. Hope springs eternal. Kids are doing okay but they are getting bullied off the ball too easily, too often. Could be a long night up top. Kepa keeping a tidy net so far.
Pfft, Saul has been good in this role however Ross doesn't know what to do. Honestly, Ross has been useless today. Vale probably been our best player this half though.
It hasn't been them though, Kova is misplacing passes, Ross, Marcos. Those three have to be better in that regard. He'll, Saul has misplaced two passes to Marcos. They've got to be better.
The free kick at the end from just outside the box hit straight to the defender who then launched a counter was criminal. It's that type of careless play that any professional should be ridiculed for. No excuses for that, ever.
Not sure but possibly Marcos given the position. Its one of the small errors we make that don't get a lot of attention but lead to chances and make me angry as they are totally avoidable. Hope CP can make something happen up top. Vale makes another poor decision with the ball in the box. Not his night so far.
OMG the ball is just glued to Barkley's boots. He almost always makes the wrong pass at the wrong time.
Baptiste is a slippery fella. Mount and Reece to add some quality to the occasion. Decent shift from the youngsters but nothing eye opening. Tough circumstances to make an impact for sure.