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Offline villadelph

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Re: Chelsea vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #165 on: September 11, 2021, 04:39:11 PM »
3-5-2 matching their formation

3-4-2-1 for Chelski

They will keep their shape because of their quality.. we will be pinned back into a 5-3-2 with massive gaps in the middle because of our lack thereof.

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Re: Chelsea vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #166 on: September 11, 2021, 04:40:27 PM »
Cowardly gutless wank. May as well run out behind a white flag.

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Re: Chelsea vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #167 on: September 11, 2021, 04:44:17 PM »
Great that Ings and Watkins are starting together but I have no idea how we are going to get the ball to them.

Where's the creativity in that team?

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Re: Chelsea vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #168 on: September 11, 2021, 04:45:57 PM »
no pace to break,  should have a winger and ditch ings. Formation purely to accommodate ings and ollie. Ideal game for Baileys pace.


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Offline LukeJames

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Re: Chelsea vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #169 on: September 11, 2021, 04:46:47 PM »
We'll be pinned back in a 5-3-2 and smashing it long all game.

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Re: Chelsea vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #170 on: September 11, 2021, 04:50:51 PM »
We'll be pinned back in a 5-3-2 and smashing it long all game.

Watkins and Ings are going to have to do it on their own because there's no one else to create anything. Hoping we can stay in the game and maybe bring on Bailey later on. Maybe....

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Re: Chelsea vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #171 on: September 11, 2021, 04:54:29 PM »
Match thread open.

 


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