Who’d be in your Chelsea XI v Swansea in the Capital One Cup?

Who’d be in your Chelsea XI v Swansea in the Capital One Cup?
Date: 8th January 2013 at 7:03pm
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Chelsea will still be without the services of Petr Cech when we host Swansea City for the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final at Stamford Bridge.

Nigerian duo John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses have left to compete in the African Cup of Nations, whilst John Terry and Oriol Romeu remain sidelined.

As for the opposition, their only absentee is Neil Taylor, who has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with a fractured ankle. Angel Rangel is available after returning to fitness following a calf injury.

The league cup may not be the most prestigious piece of silverware on offer but it’s still a trophy worth winning and represents our best opportunity of picking up honours this season, so it isn’t an opportunity to be passed up.

R. Turnbull

C. Azpilicueta – G. Cahill – B. Ivanovic – A. Cole

Ramires – F. Lampard (c)

Oscar – J. Mata – E. Hazard

F. Torres

If Rafael Benitez is going to continue his policy of rotation and Demba Ba is to either play tomorrow night or at the weekend against Stoke, I’d much rather he started the latter as I believe he’d handle the physical presence of Robert Huth and Ryan Shawcross much better than the Spaniard could.

I’d also pair Ramires with Frank Lampard in midfield whilst giving David Luiz a rest, especially as he put in a terrible performance against Southampton at the weekend. I would also like to see the likes of Lucas Piazon and use Marko Marin to give one of the lads a breather if the match is going well.

Who’d be in your Chelsea XI v Swansea?

 

21 responses to “Who’d be in your Chelsea XI v Swansea in the Capital One Cup?”

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  1. NSO DARLINGTON says:
    08/01/2013 at 20:18

    We need BA in this game no gamble pls

  2. Ian says:
    08/01/2013 at 20:22

    Is BA not cup tied ?

  3. Ian says:
    08/01/2013 at 20:26

    Cancel my last – sorry he didn’t play when the bar codes exited to Manure so he should be clear to play

  4. akin says:
    08/01/2013 at 20:36

    let torres come from the bench

  5. Scott h says:
    08/01/2013 at 20:45

    Cech cole Ivan Cahil az lamps ram piazon Oscar hazard ba

  6. Reso says:
    08/01/2013 at 21:14

    I d like rafa to use cech,s acu,iva,cahi,oscar,lamp,marin,haza,mata,ba

  7. chimaobi says:
    08/01/2013 at 21:20

    turnbul, ceaser, cahill, ivanovich, cole, ramires, luiz, oscar, mata, hazard, ba.

  8. afeez. says:
    08/01/2013 at 21:38

    Cech ceasar iva cahil cole ram luiz hazard mata oscar ba

  9. Kyguy says:
    08/01/2013 at 21:53

    Azpi, Cahill, Ivanovic, Cole
    Lamps, Luiz
    Oscar, Mata
    Torres, Ba

    I just really want to see the Torres/Ba attack duo. It didn’t work with Drogba, but Ba is a completely different kind of striker. He is good at reading the plays and setting up others. I don’t think he will crowd Torres. Sometimes 2 heads are better than one.

  10. mksano says:
    08/01/2013 at 21:57

    Turbul
    azp iva ca col
    ram lamp
    oscar mata hazard
    ba point man
    sub marin,paizo,luiz and ake

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