Really hope this is not newsworthy. 1:30pm uk time / 8:30am est BBC iplayer / espn+ Should see lots of younger and reserve players. Drama free please.
Chelsea will be without injured trio N'Golo Kante, Andreas Christensen and Reece James. Lewis Bate, Henry Lawrence, Valentino Livramento and 16-year-old forward Jude Soonsup-Bell could all make their debuts. I am very interested in seeing Jude play. He looks like the real deal to me. Nice kid too.
Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rudiger, Emerson, Mount, Gilmour, Havertz, Ziyech, Werner, Hudson-Odoi. Substitutes: Jorginho, Abraham, Pulisic, Caballero, Tomori, Kovacic, Giroud, Chilwell, Anjorin. Good game for Werner to score some goals and get his confidence back. Not that many new youngsters from the academy make the team after all. No Jude. Ho-Hum. That is okay. We have to get this team confident and bouyant.
I think that's exactly it - people will throw cries of flat track bullies but definitely an opportunity for Werner and Havertz to get that good good feeling.
Credit to Kepa, he's done really well to spin around the ball like that and absorb any energy off it.
Everyone standing still wanting the ball to feet. So easy to mark when static. Warner's strength is facing forward running into the ball. What a a waste
481 vs. 83 passes game has the feel of a pre-season friendly. Get the team fit. Get the confidence going. Get some goals and assists.
Something happened with Tomori, honestly. Don't know what but he goes from one of our better players to not seeing the pitch at all.