Hammer's Talisman Marko Arnoutovic will be available for the home game against Chelsea this coming Sunday although he may be on the bench initially, there had been fears that the pain Arnoutovic felt behind his knee could be serious but scans have revealed a mild inflamation as opposed to a core issue, this is good news indeed because whenever Arnie is not playing the team look bereft of any cutting edge, it is notable how poor performances have been without his services.
With Arnoutovic as the outlet the rest of the team can play the high line so beloved by manager Mauel Pellegrini, with Felipe Anderson finally getting to know the nature of the Barclays Premier League it becomes more possible to implement the managers ideas and playing philosophy.
Pellegrini may well be tempted to start the same eleven as he did away to Everton, obviously the 3-1 victory helped but it was more balanced team, Yarmolenko was a revelation and his presence in the starting line up takes the pressure of Arnoutovic while at the same time presenting opposition defenders with a real headache. Yarmo's inclusion would keep Robert Snodgrass on the bench.
Mark Noble may not have much left in his tank, but what he lacks in speed he makes up for with passion, he and Pablo Zabaleta are the important wise heads needed to galvanise this newly assembled team, they may well not be main stays for long, but for now there experience is essential.
Chelsea on Sunday appears to be a daunting prospect, but then again Everton away given the circumstances was an equally difficult game to get something out of, if the players give their all the crowd will get behind them and who knows what could happen. Last season a rousing 1-0 home win against Chelsea helped kick start the great escape, no one expects much, so maybe the players will be able to play without fear, if they can then they will finally look like the team they were supposed to be from the beginning of the season! - Ed
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Nope
Nope
Seems like we’ve randomly
Seems like we’ve randomly picked some geezer from another team who is supposedly a footballer just to fill our quota of players.
We can Do Chelski
Good to see Arnie will be available for the Chelsea match, think I'd like to see Manny start with Yarmelenko and Arnie cos Yarmy looked knackered in the first half and with both forwards sharp And we can score a goal in the first half the put Perez on (if he will warm up!) with Chico or the like, or maybe park the bus we might get a point, but this is with Pellegrini and if Chelsea come back after playing in Greece with a hangover who knows? we could scrape 3 points. I would like to see Fredricks on the bench because Zabba might run out of steam, and you can't do that with William and Hazard on such great form, it won't be easy but I'll be there singing my little heart out and if everybody gets behind them, its a London derby who knows I can remember when we had no chance and We done Chelsea under the lights 2-1 in the cup it was a great atmosphere and if we duplicate that we can win it
Perez
Came on late in the 2nd half against AFC wombleton didn't pull up any trees but didn't have much time to prove his self so the jury is still out
We can Do Chelski Part2
Got a few things going for us now, as unfortunately Pedro got injured and due to bad weather conditions Chelsea's Flight was cancelled and they won't be back till late afternoon tired knackered and will lose a day on the training ground- Nobody likes to see that - plus they had Quite a few 1st team players out Kepa, Rudiger Alonso, Zappacosta, Christenson, Jorginio, Kante, Barkley, Pedro, and Willian Subs Azpillicuenta Fabregas and Giroud so lets hope there all pissed off with the flight being cancelled. COYI
Wow
We will see I never said it would stop them from playing but it will stop them training and upset their rhythm every thing helps
Told ya So
Wow Even Chelsea players admitted they were tired after the midweek game against PAOK and they did'nt have the stamina in the final 3rd - common sense really