if poch travels the full squad then hes lost the plot.

Chronic - I kind of think he WILL travel with the First XI. Oddly. Would be madness.

I would go with B, purely because Dembele-Bentaleb tour Chelsea's midfield apart NYD I think they can do the same.

Lamela brings more creativity and will flourish with the runs Son makes. Really looking forward to this game.

I'd hope that we send a weakened team to qarabag not only because its rests our senior players, but because it also gives fringe and junior players the opportunity to break into the first team.

Poch should be saying to the likes of Townsend, wimmer, Davies, njie, onomah etc... That this game is their opportunity to stake a claim in the first XI. Hopefully this would prevent some of the listless and disinterested performances were used to seeing in Europa

comment by sandy, senior citizen, but young at heart (U20567)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
Fortunately I expect Poch to show more sense than some of supporters on here, and put out a pretty strong line-up.

If some of our supporters are suggesting leaving the entire first XI at home, care to enlighten me, on who exactly will be the 18 players going.
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couldn't care less. I will go and play if needed.


vorm

trippier
wimmer
someone else
davies

carroll
alli (suspended for Chelsea)
mason

townsend
onomah
someone else that's not lamela son eriksen or dembele

someone who is not kane



bench

kids

Vorm
Trippier fazio Wimmer Davies
Mason Bentaleb (Carroll or winks if injured)
Townsend Onomah Lamela (Carroll or winks if injured)
Njie

I would play that. Would play Lamela as he'll have had had a week off so should be okay to play both.

Would travel all the U21 team as well for subs/back up

Alli for Mason now he's suspended

mason could probably use some match time

Yep he could go tbh.

We have good back up players and need to use them as otherwise they will be very rusty if they need to step in.

Team vs Qarabag:

Vorm
Trippier Fazio? Wimmer Davies
Alli Mason
Townsend Lamela Onomah
Son

Team vs Chelsea:

Lloris
Walker Alder Vert Rose
Dier Dembele
Lamela Son Eriksen
Kane

Team vs Qarabag:

Vorm
Trippier Fazio? Wimmer Davies
Alli Mason
Townsend Lamela Onomah
Son
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is Njie still injured?

could use him and chadders back tbh

Poch has so far played at least 2 of the first team defence in every Europa game. I have a feeling the defence won't be completely comprised of our back ups.

Poch said Njie was back ready on Friday

will have some good competition for places when them two are fit, can only assume N'Jie is injured as hasn't been in the matchday squad the past few matches

Poch will play a strong team and rightly so, it is obviously not affecting the players having to play a couple of games a week, as was proved last week.

Emirates Sunday, great performance, then all the players off on International duty, Son halfway around the world, another great performance by the England boys, and then back again on Sunday to perhaps their most complete performance of the season. They obviously like to play as many games as they can. Only the softie JA606 supporters like Chronic think they should be playing just one game a week.

sandy still cant grasp the concept

such a simple thing but it evades good old sandy

Of course players CAN play 90 minutes twice in three days, but isn't the days when a crusty old spunker could go to work at the mill, sink 20 pints at the pub, and turn up and score 5 goals the next day.

HRH don't bother. sandy doesn't understand.

He will the type to be moaning when Rose or Walker switch off in the last 15 on Sunday after running their legs off twice in three days

I always want my players to Run two marathons with a 12 hour round trip flight thrown in over a 3 day period.

If sandy had his way he'd sack all but 14 players. Don't need the extra as they can play every game

comment by Hengy (U9129)




posted 5 minutes ago



I always want my players to Run two marathons with a 12 hour round trip flight thrown in over a 3 day period.

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absolutely. this is ideal preparation for a big London derby.

HRH King Ledley


Of course players CAN play 90 minutes twice in three days, but isn't the days when a crusty old spunker could go to work at the mill, sink 20 pints at the pub, and turn up and score 5 goals the next day.




No it is the days when Kane, Alli, Dier can play exceptionally well against Arsenal, France and West Ham all in the space of seven days. Stop wrapping the players up in cotton wool. The players do it, and yet you are still in denial they cannot do it. It always amuses me when you lot go on about the modern players apparently being fitter and better than they have ever been, but then saying they will be burnt out if the play more than one game a week. Get a grip fellas.

We played France on Tuesday and didnt have a game until Sunday.

Pretty much like Chelsea do this week.

England didn't play Thursday night in Azerbaijan then have a Midday game on Sunday

Chelsea did it last year - played the same XI until Xmas then limped home in 2015, scraping 1-0 wins.