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
Ivanovic-luiz-Cahill-cole
Defensive mid –Romeo-Essien
Attacking mid — Mata-malouda
Attack— Sturridge-Torres
I think playing Sturridge up front as it is his position and I think the 4-2-2-2 is the best formation
Cech iva, cahil cole luis essen.romeu, mereles, lucas, mata torres
Luiz played a hell of a game last game i dont see how everybody keeps leaving him out. re u falling for the media hype about him not being able to defend? anyway easy team 4-4-2
Cech
Ivanovic Luiz Cahill Cole
Romeu
Essien Maluda
Mata
Sturridge Torres
Sub:
Lukaku
Piazon
Merieles
Cech
Ivanovic..luiz..cahill..cole
Romeu…..essien
Piazon….mata….sturridge
………………..Torres………………..
——Cech(c)—— iva–luiz-cahil–cole —essien–romeu— ——-mata——- stur–torres–piazon
piazon more than deserves a chance to play tonight!! he’s way better than goat headed malouda.
Formation 4-5-1 petr cech(c) GK ivanovicRB luizCB cahilCB coleLB essienDMF romeuDMF sturridgeRMF mataAMF piazonLMF torresCF. This is the best imaginable team Chelsea can field.
D formation wil b:cech bos iva luiz cole romeu mereiles malouda sturridge torres mata.dats wil b avb decision cos he z d manager and no qstn abt dat.Bside hw can he leave his fellow countrymen behind
Give Luiz a shot at RB
Piazon really deserves a game and i think he will smash it
Sturridge and Lukaku are up there with the best youngsters in the world
I think Torres can really gain some confidence tonight
And Mata is the most important player
Cech
Ivanovic Cahill Luiz Cole
Essien Romeu
Mata Sturridge
Lukaku Torres