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Real Madrid v Chelsea (CL) Wed 12th Apr 2023 20:00 GMT

29 goals in 30 Prem games this season. Worst goal stats since 1924 apparently. Wednesday could be tough ! Just a hunch but I think Frank will aim to park the bus in Madrid. I would deffo take a one goal defeat…..maybe even a two goal reverse would not be a catastrophe.

 
CFCCAN said:
I love your optimism....hit them on the counter...f**k we can't hit a aircraft hanger door let alone a barn door; what are we going to hit them with? A rocket launcher. There is no structure to this team right now, the players have been pulled pillar to post and are in a daze and are rudderless, its a bloody disaster to say the least.  If we get past Real Madrid I would be shocked as would the rest of the world.
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But if we did........

We'd only have Bayern or Man City to deal with and we're in the final  ::ChELSeAFaN::

Yeah, we're going to get torn a new one by Benzema alone, I reckon.

 
Thee plan should be:

Stick 10 men in our own box and defend for our lives for 0-0. Nick a cheeky counter attack goal in the second leg.  

Likely:

Frank sends out a back 4, attacks like mad and we're 4-0 down at half.

 
Come on Frank everybody is always talking how smart you are, so show a back three. 

 
This whole tie looks destined J.Felix to show up and make a lot of people upset at the Bernabeu. I'm hoping that the winning mentality of Enzo and James gets through to the rest of the players, the team must show no respect to Carlo's team regardless of how poor we have been. We got nothing to lose and it may be a perfect storm that we simply aren't the favorites.

 
                            Mendy

 James        Fofana       Koulibaly       Chilwell 

         Chalobah     Kante     Kovacic

                  Havertz      Enzo

                              Felix 

My tactics are to outnumber and frustrate Madrid in midfield with the Kante triplets plus Chalobah and Kovacic.

Our secret weapon are our full backs Chilwell and James, they are much younger than the Madrid full backs by several years. James and Chilwell both have a great strike in them, especially coming late at the back post, i can see them scoring our goals more than our attack to be honest.

 
Well we already know that our team is goal-shy, so sadly probably the best we can hope for is a solid defensive display that keeps the score respectable. Could be a long night. Is there any news on Fofana? Looked like he picked up an injury towards the end of the game yesterday.

 
The last thing Todd wants is a possible match up against Tuchel.

It's got all sorts of ramifications for him.

Expect a loss , avoid Tuchel, and face saving for Todd .

 
The Rising Sun said:
The last thing Todd wants is a possible match up against Tuchel.

It's got all sorts of ramifications for him.

Expect a loss , avoid Tuchel, and face saving for Todd .
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Or.....Todd could be thinking if we knock Bayern out (i know), and Bayern lose the German league to Dortmund, Tuchel will get the sack quicker than Potter and Todd can re-employ Tuchel.

 
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coco said:
Or.....Todd could be thinking if we knock Bayern out (i know), and Bayern lose the German league to Dortmund, Tuchel will get the sack quicker than Potter and Todd can re-employ Tuchel.
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And the Government has a change of heart and forces Todd to sell the club back to Roman for a nominal fee of one dollar .

Jesus, all we've got left this season are fantastic fantasies

😝😝😝

 
coco said:
                            Mendy

 James        Fofana       Koulibaly       Chilwell 

         Chalobah     Kante     Kovacic

                  Havertz      Enzo

                              Felix 

My tactics are to outnumber and frustrate Madrid in midfield with the Kante triplets plus Chalobah and Kovacic.

Our secret weapon are our full backs Chilwell and James, they are much younger than the Madrid full backs by several years. James and Chilwell both have a great strike in them, especially coming late at the back post, i can see them scoring our goals more than our attack to be honest.
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4-3-2-1 is the same formation we battered them with in the away leg last season. Might well work again !

 
Sexyfootball said:
4-3-2-1 is the same formation we battered them with in the away leg last season. Might well work again !
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We played 3-4-1-2 when we beat them away, we could line up again like that.

          Chalobah   Fofana    Koulibaly      

     James      Kante      Kovacic     Chilwell 

                         Enzo

            Havertz          Felix 

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coco said:
We played 3-4-1-2 when we beat them away, we could line up again like that.

          Chalobah   Fofana    Koulibaly      

     James      Kante      Kovacic     Chilwell 

                         Enzo

            Havertz          Felix 

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Last time I trust the UEFA web site LOL. This is how they recorded it !

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The only thing we'll come away from the Bernabeu with is more misery.   Unless we play 10 at the back, knee Benzema in the bo**ocks and kidnap Junior, as well as pepper spraying Courtois we ain't got a hope in hell based I what I saw the weekend....................and the last 10 games or so.

 
Kai - Sterling 

Kante - Enzo 

Zakaria 

Chiwell - Chalo - K2 - Fofana - James

Mendy 

I know Kepa will probably play but It is just hard to watch. 

Cucu is probably better suited than Chalo as lcb but I can't watch cucu play anymore. Cucu has been so bad that picking murdyk over Badi for CL squad feel like a mistake now. 

In midfield, other than kante+enzo the choice is between Ruben, Kova, zakaria and gallagher. If Zakaria is fit, I will play Zakaria. Kova is a mess right now, so no. Between Conor or ruben, my pick is Conor because we need somebody to help Kante to destroy real midifeld. 

Fw wise, kai will play. Felix is just so bad defensively so not for me. I will bring murdyk off the bench later, so we are left with Sterling. 

 
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Val Denton said:
29 goals in 30 Prem games this season. Worst goal stats since 1924 apparently. Wednesday could be tough ! Just a hunch but I think Frank will aim to park the bus in Madrid. I would deffo take a one goal defeat…..maybe even a two goal reverse would not be a catastrophe.
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The lack of goals is truly incredible. It’s like a curse. We need a princess to kiss a frog or something similar. 

 
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