With the group locked up Lamps confirms rotation for the game. Lamard confirmed Kepa Arrizabalaga will take over in goal, and Billy Gilmour will start in midfield. Cho and Ziyech out with injury. I suspect we see Tammy start after Giroud goes back to back. Emerson, Rudy, AC and Azpi likely back 4. Kova prob also gets a start.
Wonder if Alonso sees any minutes. His agent has got to be working overtime. He's better than a lot of people think and in the right system, is quite valuable. I worry about our halfback depth a little and I wonder what we're doing to remedy this in the summer. After Az, there's not much quality here. Players not on loan: Alonso: Contract ends 2023. Azpilicueta: Contract ends 2022. Emerson: Contract ends 2022 Bab Rahman (!): Contract ends 2022. Players on loan: Zappacosta: Contract ends 2022 Moses: Contract ends 2022
People seem to love Livramento from our youth team at right back. If we clear out some of the dead wood after this season, maybe he earns a place as Reece's backup next year. The left side is a little more squishy. Anyone know how Maatsen is doing at Charleton? After a lot of hype I haven't heard much about him this year
Hope we rest Timo. I like Alonso and he makes a good wing-back with a good CB backing him up. I did not realize how deficient Alonso was defensively at lb til we got a proper one again, Chill has far exceeded my expectations on D. Alaba would be a good and financially good get if we can talk him into coming as he can play left back and cb at top level and a transition at both spots in rotation and injury protection til the younger players at both spots are ready but I have read he still sees himself as a starting lb, one reason he wants to leave Germany, so with Chill may be a hard sell. though rotating to rest Thiago and Chill he should get plenty of pt, but he expects to be a top starter everyday, as well he should really. With Covid probably have to do a lot of loans or loan/buys to clear the roster as well needed, or start one of those predatory pay by the week no credit no questions asked stores. As to Kepa he needs a good loan at a decent team probably in Spain, we are snorting local boy turned success' blue magic if we expect to sell him for 50 let alone over 20. We got Mendy under 30, the Ajax keeper priced under 30 as is the rising young Turk,he ain't selling for double their price. how we spend our lock-down-redux days out here
all ya gotta do is ask https://the72.co.uk/205341/charlton-athletic-left-back-proving-his-worth-on-loan-from-chelsea/ https://readceltic.com/2020/11/13/c...tsen-has-been-starring-for-charlton-recently/ .................... https://www.90min.com/posts/the-most-likely-stars-of-chelsea-s-2020-21-loan-army-ranked
Tino and Billy to start along with Kepa. I predicted this side yesterday, feeling even better about it now. Kepa Dave AC Rudiger Emerson Jorginho Billy Tino Havertz Pulisic Tammy This it'll be a 4231 with us playing a 433 at times too with Havertz and Pulisic being the wide players. Henry Lawrence will make an appearance too and hopefully Big Fik.
Good chance that this is the case. I think both Havertz and Pulisic need to start to get match fitness so I think he we don't see Kova. The reporting from Matt Law is saying Tino is starting.
I don't think Timo Werner is going to start. Tino Anjorin will start. That's who I'm talking about, not Timo Werner. Why do we have to have a Timo and a Tino?
Pulisic on thé bench with the rest of the starters. Makes sense, I think Frank has figured out his first XI
No Henry Lawrence on the bench. Bench: Cabellero, Ziger, James, Tomori, Zouma, Alonso, Chilwell, Kante, Mount, Pulisic, Werner, Giroud
Club abbreviation for Krasnodar on ESPN is FCK. Seems like a bad sign, but I guess the outcome isn’t too important.
Literally walking back to the box while we got diced up, 2 men free directly in front of him. M A D N E S S
and cue 18 pages of video and diagrams on why Kepa is a brilliant keeper...though still don't get how AC pllays ahead of Tomori