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Leicester v Chelsea (PL) Sat 11th Mar 2023 15:00 GMT

With our luck regarding injuries it would be wise to rest our wingbacks, Fofana and Kai. Will go for

Kepa

Chalobah  koulibaly Badiashale

RLC.   Kovacic. Enzo.   Cucurella

    Mount.  Fofana.  Sterling 

 
I'm thinking mudryck might get a few minutes here. And yes I'd play the wing backs you mention. Might even give Kova a rest. He's carrying a knee injury.

 
I would play our strongest team to build on the confidence and develop team spirit.

We can also always make subs if we are winning easily and lets not forget players can get injured while in training. 

 
A game after a big Champions League night... hopefully the team is fired up. 

I expect Mudryk, Fofana, Koulibaly, Cucurella, Chilwell and James at least start. 

 
CL quarter final date will be between Wolves and Brighton. (Week of April 10th)

I'd rotate here but not much. Leicester are in horrible form. 

Kepa​

Chalobah Koulibaly Badiashile​

RLC          Kovacic  Enzo      Cucurella​

Sterling  Havertz   Felix ​

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At this level, players should be fit enough to play Tuesday and then again on Saturday, so we really should play the best line up we can put out to keep the winning run going and build some momentum.

The next three games (Leicester, Everton on 18th March, and Villa on 1st April) are very winnable games in the context of who we have left to play this season ... we'll only have two games left against sides in the lower half after these ones ... 

 
In the minority here but I don't want to see Mudryk start. Given he had barely a pre-season and was ill he is clearly not match-fit and needs to be blooded in slowly to avoid the pressure building on him.

Fofana is a must, bound to score against his old team. 

 
We don't have a game in midweek so unless there are injuries, or risk of injuries, start the same side that played Dortmund.

They got the job done on merit they deserve it.

 
We definitely need to rest both Chilwell and James. Do we have backup for both? Not really 

But 352 hybrid that tuchel used early in the season is an interesting option 

Raheem - Kai

Cucu - Mount - Enzo - Ruben - Ziyech 

Badi - Koula - Fofana

 
Not sure what we should do with the starting lineup. I agree with those who think we should be resting Chilwell and James, but we don't have proper cover at right wing-back, and while I would like to see us try to consolidate Cucurella's good performance against Dortmund, I don't [ever] want to see him at wing-back. That leaves us with a choice between reverting to a back four, or starting him over Badiashile, who is a significantly better player. 

So we're either left with this:

Chalobah-----Fofana-----Badiashile----Cucurella

----------------------Zakaria
-------------Fernández-----Loftus-Cheek

or

--------Fofana-------Koulibaly------Badiashile/
---------------------------------------Cucurella

Loftus-Cheek---Fernández------Zakaria--------Hall

I have a horrible feeling Potter's answer will include Ziyech in some capacity or other... 

 
Confidence plays a big part in form. Up until last weekend we were very low on confidence, and it was hard to see where the next goal was coming from. Let alone a win. After the win against Dortmund I suspect the whole squad feels a lot better about itself and will go into game against Leicester with renewed confidence. Leicester on the other hand have had a rough week or 2 and I suspect their crowd will grow quickly turn on the team and manager if the game does not go their way. Hopefully we can pile the misery on for them.

 
forbzy said:
Confidence plays a big part in form. Up until last weekend we were very low on confidence, and it was hard to see where the next goal was coming from. Let alone a win. After the win against Dortmund I suspect the whole squad feels a lot better about itself and will go into game against Leicester with renewed confidence. Leicester on the other hand have had a rough week or 2 and I suspect their crowd will grow quickly turn on the team and manager if the game does not go their way. Hopefully we can pile the misery on for them.
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Indeed it does. So often the more accurate explainer of poor performance than lack of motivation, or indifference or whatever else gets thrown about.  

 
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If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Stick with a back 3 

kepa 

fofana kouli cucurella 

james Enzo kova chilly 

sterling havertz Felix 

 
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