Chelsea (H) 8/4: Build-Up & Match Thread

[Deano]

Lamina and Joe Gomez at the base of midfield for me.

 

[Dire Wolf]

Whatever we think, JLop will probably pick a team that makes everyone go 'What in the actual fuck is that'? And I would put money on it being a team set up not to lose rather than a team set up to win.

I have gone from thinking Lop was going to be great for us to being far from gruntled with his management.

 

[ROVERT47]

As long as I don’t read in the verdict thread, “Traore doesn’t want to be here”, “Nunes just gave up”, Kilman never got a challenge in”, I’ll be more than happy.

 

[Tony Towner]

Beginning to look like Nagelsmann will be appointed by Saturday

 

[Lupo]

Beginning to look like Nagelsmann will be appointed by Saturday

Luis Enrique is in London to speak to Chelsea after impressing in initial talks

 

[Deano]

Looks like Hwang is back in full training

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Beginning to look like Nagelsmann will be appointed by Saturday

Lampard was in the crowd last night which led to some “until the end of the season” rumours. Far too much to hope for sadly.

 

[Tony Towner]

Lampard was in the crowd last night which led to some “until the end of the season” rumours. Far too much to hope for sadly.

This seems to be real.

 

[YoungWolf]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643671706752655360

Hilarious. Not sure weather good or bad for us in terms of Saturday though

 

[Jinky]

Win win for Lamps. They’re shit anyway so if he has no impact he can shrug his shoulders, if they improve slightly he’ll put himself in the shop window for some other mug to employ him.

As for our game with them, their fans love him so it will frustratingly give them a bit of a lift if he’s in the dugout this weekend, even if he’s clueless.

 

[Mel Evo]

Im pleased about this. Loathing Chelsea with every fibre of my body has been an essential part of my own identity for as long as I can remember. Their vanilla period under the likeable Mr Potter has been a bit of a challenging time for me, but having this odious little twat in charge makes everything in the universe line up again in a comforting way.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Can’t see it making a difference to the game. They weren’t bad yesterday, he’s going to have zero tactical input. So can’t really see any “lift”.

 

[Tony Towner]

He's more likely to rest players for the CL knowing the PL doesn't impact him. Although with their squad I'm not sure that overly matters.

Meanwhile, I found this disingenuous, given it's his bloody cousin

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643689422641143810

 

[The Bear]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643671706752655360

Hilarious. Not sure weather good or bad for us in terms of Saturday though

#Mason Mount liked this tweet#

 

[C.L.D]

Was worried about a new manager bounce. Not anymore (we'll still find a way...)

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Smacks of Shearer at Newcastle or Brooking at West Ham. Hoping a short term reign of a terrace hero will keep the crowd onside.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Smacks of Shearer at Newcastle or Brooking at West Ham. Hoping a short term reign of a terrace hero will keep the crowd onside.

Doesn’t really matter though as they’ve not really got much to play for. Obviously they’re in the CL but probably only for one more round irrespective of who is managing them. They’re not going down, so Fat Frank’s job is just to try and improve results prior to a new manager.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It’s not even that. It’s to be the likeable hero to keep the heat off Boehly until he can make a permanent decision in the summer. It’s all about trying to keep the crowd onside.

 

[White Wolf]

The crowd had clearly turned on Potter so I'm guessing the hope is of a 'bounce' just in the sense of there not being any negativity from the fanbase and it gives the board time to find a new manager for the summer.

I thought Lampard set them up alright when they beat us at Molineux in 19/20, even if we did also play very poorly.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Lampard also set up Everton fairly horribly against us though.