Roberto Di Matteo’s Chelsea side will hope to strengthen their position as Premier League leaders by picking up three points against Norwich at Stamford Bridge on Saturday and if the Canaries defend anything like they did against Liverpool, hopefully we’ll see a rout.
Daniel Sturridge remains the only injury concern for Chelsea, so we’re in decent shape but I expect there will be a few changes from the team that started midweek as the fixtures become congested.
The team I’d pick to play Norwich:
P. Cech
C. Azpilicueta – G. Cahill – J. Terry (c) – R. Bertrand
J. Mikel – Ramires
Oscar – E. Hazard – J. Mata
F. Torres
Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole and David Luiz all started the games against FC Nordsjælland and could do with a rest, or for one or two of them to play 45 minutes. It’s not as if Gary Cahill, Cesar Azpilicueta or Ryan Bertrand are inexperienced, so I have no concerns over them starting and would like to see Azpilicueta given more game time in particular.
John Obi Mikel and Ramires have been the best and most consistent central midfield partnership we’ve played all season. It was an area of concern earlier in the campaign but it looks as though we’ve solved the issue by simply playing Ramires in his rightful position, and his tireless work as a box-to-box midfielder has proved invaluable.
Oscar, Eden Hazard and Juan Mata will be on hand to provide the magic whilst the likes of Mikel and Ramires keep things solid and simple in the middle of the park. The trio can only get better and better the more they play together.
Fernando Torres is the default choice at centre forward so there’s not much to say here, just hope he takes his chances as he wasted a fair few golden opportunities in the week and needs to match his work-rate with an end product.
or moses instead of paizon
Playing football manager has a lot of harm 2 some pple sense of judge,this is not fantasy football,where u just pick players based of emotion,mikel is d reason y Chelsea don’t concede lik 5goals per,dat formation we used in UCL against a good side would av ended in total embarrassment 4 us,for me.cech,Cesar,cahil,terry,bert,rami,mikel,mata,Oscar,Marin,Torres
———————-Cech—————–
Ivanovich——–Luiz——-Terry——Cole
—————-Mikel——Ramires———
Mata—————–Oscar————Hazard
———————Torres—————–
Cech,cahill,luiz,betrand,azpcuelta,
ramirez,mikel,oscar
torres
-cech-
-cesar-terry-cahil-betrand
-mikel-ramires
-hazard-oscar-marin
-moses-
My line up. For chelsea match against norwich city. Cech terry cahil ivanovic cole mikel ramires oscar hazard mata torres. With this line up chelsea can score past 6.
U ppl calling kris fool re Ðë® greater fools. Stop being sentimental in judgement. Mikel is just playing bcos there is no good replace all he does is dull Ðë® game pass to only jt. and luiz who wastes our possession with a useless long pass 2 our 50millon when 3 men ll be on him. I dnt see y romeu won’t be given a chance unless he has personal problem with Ðë® manager. Romeu and ramires ll be great.and luiz cautioned abt his long balls. Abt mikel Ðë® best dmf, he is not even close 2 being Ðë® best in nigerian league talk more of epl. He shoul learn 4rm xavi,toure,alonso,song if he can
He’ll play his 250th game today and he’s only 25. Mikel is the best holding midfielder in the league & deserves recognition for it and as a club we should be applauded for developing his talent in what was an unfamiliar position for him.
He’s also, like any other Chelsea player, deserving of both love and support. Criticism is fine but you’re not a fan if you label our players ‘useless’ or ‘boring’.
If you do not understand the fine and underappreciated art of a holding midfielder, you cant be interested in football & only in it as a passing hobby or glory – sod off and follow United or City, we don’t want plastics here.
Every coach that’s walked in the doors at Chelsea respect Mikel and he’s highly thought of in the team, so why cant you show respect you lowlife?
razzo you are d biggest mumu of all time, when did xavi became DM, yaya toure is a CM nt a DM, alonso is DM bt nt as gud as you guys rate him…as 4 mikel he is inconsistence but he is d best DM in d EPL 4 2years nw…check ur statistics wel, i knw u re mumu bt u must nt always shw it out in public moron
u ve shown how foolish u re xavi and toure re utility players dey can play in any wing u fool
utility u said moron, wen was d last time u eva saw xavi playin as a DM at both club n country, u re d biggest fool of all tyme dude, im ashamed u are a blue fan…if u really are cus u dnt knw football at all numb head
Razoo u are d greatest fool i ve ever seen. how dare u speak ill of our legend Michael John Obi. for ur information chelsea can’t do without him now, the likes of Cech , Terry, Cole knows his worth let alone u silly ass! Cech, Ivanovic, cahil, Terry, Cole, Obinna Mikel, Ramires, Oscer, Juan Mata, Mako Marin and Torres
Razoo u are d greatest fool i ve ever seen. how dare u speak ill of our legend Michael John Obi. for ur information chelsea can’t do without him now, the likes of Cech , Terry, Cole knows his worth let alone u silly ass! Cech, Ivanovic, Cahil, Terry, Cole, Obinna Mikel, Ramires, Oscar, Juan Mata, Mako Marin and Torres
P. Cech
C. Azpilicueta – G. Cahill – J. Terry (c) – R. Bertrand
J. Mikel – M. Marin
J. Mata – E. Hazard – Oscar
F. Torres