Chelsea will meet up with a familiar face when they travel to the Liberty Stadium tomorrow night as Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers used to be part of the coaching staff at the Stamford Bridge club and has been doing a fine job of making a name for himself as a manager since moving on.
Andre Villas-Boas has confirmed that John Terry, Frank Lampard, John Obi Mikel and Brazilian midfielder Ramires will miss out, but both Lampard and Terry could be back for the game against Manchester United at the weekend.
Who would be in your Chelsea XI for the match against Swansea tomorrow night?
P. Cech (c)
B. Ivanovic – D. Luiz – G. Cahill – R. Bertrand
M. Essien – O. Romeu
J. Mata
D. Sturridge – F. Torres – F. Malouda
With Terry being out of action Gary Cahill is sure to make his debut for the club and I would personally love to see Ryan Bertrand given a chance in the starting XI, although we’re more than likely to stick with Ashley Cole who has looked woeful and has been run ragged this season.
There’s a distinct lack of creativity in the Blues’ midfield and I believe that Juan Mata would be far more influential if he was given the free-role behind the forwards and both Oriol Romeu and Michael Essien are perfectly capable to hold the midfield behind him.
Chelsea really need to pick up a winger (fingers crossed it’s Eden Hazard) and it doesn’t look like we’ll be signing one that’ll actually play a part this season as Kevin De Bruyne is to be loaned back to Genk. Unfortunately we’ll have to do with Florent Malouda for now and we may see better from him if he plays on the left and Mata in the midfield, rather than the other way around.
Cech (c)
ivanovic cahill bertrand cole
Romeu
essian merelesh
sturridge torres juan mata
subs: molouda> merelesh<
torres
hutchinson> bertrand <
torres off lukaka on
Like the team formation very much and would like to see Piazon or Lukaku come on for Malouda in the second half.
Yesss,finally one who thinks about the future!!! If Chelsea want to survive at the top of the table,they have to use the future stars more often. Cause then, when they really do need them, then they have expirience!!
I like the set up that you have…but the main pt. i want to say is that mata should be put in a free role behind the strikers like silva for city… We def need a creative speedy winger so mata can play behind the strikers
i like the look of the formation and thats what i would say but, i think avb wont play that formation or team as usual he will probably play:
cech
invanovic, luiz, cahill, cole
romeu
merelies
malouda
sturridge, torres, mata
Cech
Iva – Luiz – Cahill – Bertrand
Romeu – Essien
Mata
Sturridge – Torres – Lucas Piazon
I wil lik 2 see d liks of peter ivanovic david luise cahill cole essien romeu mata maluda sturriage torres
Who d hell is bertrand?…
Cesh… Iva.. Luiz .. Cahill.. Cole
meriles… romeu … Essien
……..sturidge tores …. Mata
———-cech———-
Ivan–luiz–cahill–cole
—–romeu—-essien—-
———-mata———-
Sturridge–lukaku–malouda
Lukaku really deserves a chance and torres mabye in the second half. Lukaku looked good in his few mins against norwich. As for malouda he is our only option unfortunately.mabye even a few mins for lucas piazon.
Cech
Bos-Ivan-Cahill-Cole
Essien-Romeu
Sturridge-Mata-Malouda
Torres
My team has to be
Cech
Ivanovic Luiz Cahill Cole
Essien Piazon Ramires
Mata Lukaku Torres
subs: Meireles, Sturridge, Romeu, Bosingwa