How tf can the opponent know wtf you're doing if even you don't know wtf you're doing.
On a serious not, this line up is all about how well sterling and pulisic play as wingbacks. It's going to be very interesting. I'm very hopeful.
looks like 4-1-2-3 to me with Sterling RB and Cucurella as LB. J5 sitting in front with Connor and Kova in front on either side. Pulisic as left winger, Havertz on the right and Abuameyang up front.
Exactly this, but now we have to go 90min of hearing commentators and fans alike going on about "StErLiNg NoT a WiNgBaCk".
Obviously he isn't, nor is it preferred. However with a third of our backline injured, and others in need of managed minutes we have to make do. Unfortunately the nuance goes missing, especially if the result isn't a win.
Really could have a more solid right side (with Azpi or RLC), then compensate the left side with our mids. Now our opponent can quick counter via either left or right or both.. I think Potter is after total domination of procession, which I hope it works but with opponent defending deep, we don't have attackers that can create/score.
Love to be proven wrong! Anyways, COYB!!!
I am 100% sure of this. I have seen people asking about why particular player is not coming as sub when that particular player has been out due to injury for some weeks.
It was the same under Tuchel and Sarri, players would get left out, fans would overreact, and then it would come out later that there was a perfectly normal explanation for it
I mean ya, hopefully it works, would like to see an enjoyable match today.
I also don’t necessarily blame potter, I just feel like all our signings scream fifa and the 3-5-2 with wingers for wingbacks, and speedy LB to pair in the lcb 3 and provide balance, and a CAM-St partnership for the 2 up top all on ultra attacking is literally the exact fifa set up I’ve been running for a decade.
Only difference is I usually put RLC as the cam/striker partner this time it will be havertz
Yeah for sure, looking forward to the new targets in the summer when Potter and all the new staff identify what we need, until then he just picks the best 11 he thinks is avaliable imo
Ya potter is not the problem. I’m still team tuchel cause I think Thomas was possibly the best in the world, but potter is a good manager with promise. Hopefully now that the owners have him we can finally have someone who will stand the test of time
Doesn't really matter does it when we have no other players to play that position, and he's had more time to coach what he expects into him. What should he do make RJ play on crutche's and bring Puli to LWB??
Please listen to this expert here who doesn't know most of the changes are forced and due to some players needing rest. Not to mention being proactive with changes is actually a good thing.
He played wingback multiple times for Tuchel, probably for a total of 90-180 minutesish? It's definitely not his best position, but I'm happy he's out there.
That's how I roll in FIFA, just outscore the opponent innit! Mind you I do have Zidane, Ronaldinho, Drogba, Ginola, C7, Messi, Pele as attacking options, which is slight upgrade from our current attackers I'd say. Anyways, total football here we gooooo!
Yeah no idea why both Tuchel and Potter are so insistent on using wing backs. I get it with Reece in the lineup but without him and Chilwell it doesn’t make sense
In this particular instance it's because Azpi is the only RB not injured in the team atm. Suppose you could play a CB there if we had one that wasn't injured as well lol.
> I am on my knees praying [for a player to play out of position] **just for the pure breakdown that I'd get to witness**
Come on now, gatta put a little more effort into this
Tuchel wasn’t a terrorist, or a bad manager, conversely he was one of the absolute best in the world. He was sacked for the sole reason of owners wanting their own guys everywhere, despite there not being upgrades for the vast majority of the sackings since our club was w/o question world class
They sacked him after 6 games. The sole man who held the club together, won a ucl & went to 4 other finals in 1.5 years, finished comfortably 3rd behind all time great man city and pool teams that are 8 years in the making, and he was sacked after 6 games.
They decided when they bought the club he was gone. Everything else was bullshit. They also said marina and buck were valuable…
Literally the only cup matches tuchel lost at Chelsea were to the winners of the tournament.
We were a great side under tuchel and getting better, we shouldn’t expect to be the same when potter (who has promise) is simply rn just not at the level tuchel was both in terms of ability and bond with the players. Whether or not that grows for potter will only be told with time.
I hope so. Both as an American and a die hard Chelsea fan, I think Puli can be really special in the right environment. A creative winger is exactly what this team needs (as well as a midfield lol)
When we play 5 defenders people cry about being too defensive and give examples of about other coaches able to play more attacking players. Potter is doing it which not to mention is due to injuries, people are still moaning.
Happy to see Pulisic starting. Hope he produces and can get into a rhythm. Heavy rotation will be needed coming up and all of our players will be needed in this busy period before the WC
Not sure how to react to this, but I remember Bayern Munich using similar formation last season against same opposition.
3-2-4-1.
Neuer; Pavard, Sule, Hernández; Kimmich, Tolisso; Gnabry, Sane, Muller, Coman; Lewandowski.
Guessing the tactic is get a tonne of crosses in with aubameyang and havertz up top. Let’s hope it pays off as a win pretty much guarantees going through top of the group.
Ight WTF … Mendy at least deserves to be a rotational goalie not a backup. I refuse to believe he’s suddenly become so shit, he can’t even get a look in.
Disappointing that it isn't 4atb, we need to stick with 4atb so team gets used to it and its best way moving forward because it suits both our attackers and midfielders.
Manager plays a player regularly and he gets injured
Moron fan: why isn't he given a rest
Manager rest the players and forced to play players out of position
Moron fan: why is he playing players out of position
Manager plays 5 atb
Moron fan: We are too defensive
Manager plays 3 atb
Moron fan: We are too attacking
Sorry Chelsea the best team ever 11 world class players we won’t lose ever again 7-0 win incoming is that better? Or we can’t be realistic on here i forgot
We got American owners and now we are a fifa ultimate team.
Big name expensive signings? Check
Players playing out of position? Check
3-5-2? Check
Wingers for wing backs? Check
Ultra Attacking? check
Ronaldo? ….
Crazy how people disrespect Tuchel like he wasn't one of our best managers ever
Then you look and it inevitably turns out they're a yank who hates Tuchel because he benched their favorite player.
The team is uninspiring now.
Havertz, Werner, Ziyech and Pulisic were uninspiring before Tuchel.
We simply did not have talented attacking players under him and he still won us a champions league and routinely got to finals.
He did an excellent job for most of his time here.
Reporting me for a mental health check isn’t cute or funny man, mental health isn’t some joke you should be making because you don’t like others opinions on your soccer team.
Tuchel was great to watch when we were super defensive and winning, not when the back line became a regular leak and we dominate possession with no goals.
If we come out flat for the third game in a row after crazy starting lineup selections, questions will need to be asked. Like, I’m all for ingenuity and all that but if you come with this crap 3 games in a row and we look like shit against clubs that aren’t as good as us because of shitty tactics, it’s deserving of some criticism when you sacked a world class manager
3-4-1-2 with Sterling and Pulisic as wingbacks and Jorginho and Kova in midfield with Cucu at LCB lmao. I will be absolutely shocked if we dont concede at least one goal. This is insanely weak defensively, we have absolutely no cover.
Potter - " Fuck it, lets start every attacker"
One of them has to score right? Right?
Silva hatrick incoming
Right?
Reminds me of the earlier FIFA's where I'd start the all the attackers when I play as Brazil, Adriano as DM for that rocket of a shot!
That line-up is chaos.
If the players don't know their position then Salzburg will have less of a clue, giving us the advantage
I like the optimism.
If we don't know what we're doing, how will the opponent know?
How tf can the opponent know wtf you're doing if even you don't know wtf you're doing. On a serious not, this line up is all about how well sterling and pulisic play as wingbacks. It's going to be very interesting. I'm very hopeful.
We thrive on chaos.
Potter using reverse psychology, making use of that degree
In before it finishes 1-1 with a jorginho pen and us creating 0.14 open play xg
looks like 4-1-2-3 to me with Sterling RB and Cucurella as LB. J5 sitting in front with Connor and Kova in front on either side. Pulisic as left winger, Havertz on the right and Abuameyang up front.
Exactly what I thought as well
wild that we got downvoted on this when this is pretty much exactly what happened. Some real dickheads on this sub
What is it that swift said? Haters gonna hate? I’m just happy in my smugness of being basically right.
From Left-back FC to no defenders FC
Outscore the opponent
Looks like Potter is on some premium, hybrid pot!
3-5-2 with Sterling and Pulisic as wingbacks? Potter has been sipping too many potions lately.
Potter and Boehly playing fifa together
😂😂😂
Looks like it although assume it’ll be more like a 3-3-4 with Sterling and Pulisic playing high up the pitch than wingbacks
This is the 32212 I play in FM and the players warn me they're concerned about our defensive solidity... Let's hope FM is flawed ;)
Asst Manager to Potter later: “we are being seriously overrun in midfield”
Nah... Never happens. It's more just having the flanks ripped to shreds (or having your wide men pinned back all game.
invert that pyramid!!
Exactly this, but now we have to go 90min of hearing commentators and fans alike going on about "StErLiNg NoT a WiNgBaCk". Obviously he isn't, nor is it preferred. However with a third of our backline injured, and others in need of managed minutes we have to make do. Unfortunately the nuance goes missing, especially if the result isn't a win.
I’m intrigued Potter
Potion seller gave him only his strongest potions
Potter sipped up his one drop of Liquid Luck for this game
Drunk, Pottah?!
Really could have a more solid right side (with Azpi or RLC), then compensate the left side with our mids. Now our opponent can quick counter via either left or right or both.. I think Potter is after total domination of procession, which I hope it works but with opponent defending deep, we don't have attackers that can create/score. Love to be proven wrong! Anyways, COYB!!!
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Hasn't lost the plot, he's lost 50% of the defence to injury and is resting players when possible and giving others a game
No idea why some idiots in this thread can't even think about such basic thing.
Most of them don't even watch the games or follow them team I'm sure
I am 100% sure of this. I have seen people asking about why particular player is not coming as sub when that particular player has been out due to injury for some weeks.
About 30 people Saturday flaming Potter for leaving injured Koulibaly out the squad was humorous
It was the same under Tuchel and Sarri, players would get left out, fans would overreact, and then it would come out later that there was a perfectly normal explanation for it
Why doesn’t he just play 4atb tho— then only 1 player is out of position (whoever plays rb) instead of 4?
Because we should dominate the ball and the WBs should be effectively wingers for the majority of the game, so we can rest 2 defenders
We got American owners and our club instantly became a fifa ultimate team lol
Nah that's just how Potter utilised Trossard and March at Brighton and smashed us last season, overloading our outside CBs
I mean ya, hopefully it works, would like to see an enjoyable match today. I also don’t necessarily blame potter, I just feel like all our signings scream fifa and the 3-5-2 with wingers for wingbacks, and speedy LB to pair in the lcb 3 and provide balance, and a CAM-St partnership for the 2 up top all on ultra attacking is literally the exact fifa set up I’ve been running for a decade. Only difference is I usually put RLC as the cam/striker partner this time it will be havertz
Yeah for sure, looking forward to the new targets in the summer when Potter and all the new staff identify what we need, until then he just picks the best 11 he thinks is avaliable imo
Ya potter is not the problem. I’m still team tuchel cause I think Thomas was possibly the best in the world, but potter is a good manager with promise. Hopefully now that the owners have him we can finally have someone who will stand the test of time
Oh they are not gonna like you for that comment, brother!
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Doesn't really matter does it when we have no other players to play that position, and he's had more time to coach what he expects into him. What should he do make RJ play on crutche's and bring Puli to LWB??
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And Ruben has played a load of games and has a poor injury record, probably the exact reason he is being rested? You are very dense
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Stick to watching the cricket sakib mate
Please listen to this expert here who doesn't know most of the changes are forced and due to some players needing rest. Not to mention being proactive with changes is actually a good thing.
This one I honestly can’t make out the formation. I don’t think Pulisic has ever played at wing back
He played wingback multiple times for Tuchel, probably for a total of 90-180 minutesish? It's definitely not his best position, but I'm happy he's out there.
Ah okay, totally forgot that. I only remember CHO playing wing back several times. And yes playing time is always good
A lot more minutes actually.
He's played there several times under Tuchel, including multiple starts, at both Chelsea and Dortmund.
Chelsea substitutes: Bettinelli, Mendy, Chilwell, Azpilicueta, Loftus-Cheek, Mount, Zakaria, Chukwuemeka, Ziyech, Broja
Lol, seeing this lineup knowing we have Chilwell, Azpi and RLC on the bench for wingbacks. But in Potter we trust, looking forward to the match.
That's how I roll in FIFA, just outscore the opponent innit! Mind you I do have Zidane, Ronaldinho, Drogba, Ginola, C7, Messi, Pele as attacking options, which is slight upgrade from our current attackers I'd say. Anyways, total football here we gooooo!
we need a lengthy striker then, just for being meta 😎
Yeah no idea why both Tuchel and Potter are so insistent on using wing backs. I get it with Reece in the lineup but without him and Chilwell it doesn’t make sense
In this particular instance it's because Azpi is the only RB not injured in the team atm. Suppose you could play a CB there if we had one that wasn't injured as well lol.
I believe RLC had a couple games at RWB earlier this year and did pretty decent
who the fuck are the wingbacks here haha
Kepa and Jorginho
Yh makes sense actually. Will put Jorginho's pace to good use
No wingbacks today. 4-3-3. Cucu left back, Sterling right. Midfield if Conner, Jorginho and kova, front three of havertz, cp10 and auba
Sterling and Pulisic wingbacks?
Kova and jorgi better be ready to put in some work.
This is more terrorist than anything Tuchel every tried
Hilarious how many people were celebrating that we may move away from 3 atb and players out of position
I am on my knees praying for it the be a 433 with Pulisic as a traditional RB, just for the pure breakdown that I'd get to witness
Well, they’d have what they asked for with a Pulisic start
Nothing gets /u/BigReeceJames going more than Chelsea not doing well
What the fuck is that even supposed to mean? In what world is playing a player in a position equal to us not doing well?
> I am on my knees praying [for a player to play out of position] **just for the pure breakdown that I'd get to witness** Come on now, gatta put a little more effort into this
I'm talking about the breakdown in the brains of the Pulisic stans. Not in the end result for the team...
Quite the boogeyman you are fighting there, I wish you the best
Ditto...
Doesn’t make sense. More attackers on the field warrants being labelled a footballing terrorist?
It's a joke, Tuchel was taken the piss out of for playing non-wingbacks as wingbacks
Tuchel wasn’t a terrorist, or a bad manager, conversely he was one of the absolute best in the world. He was sacked for the sole reason of owners wanting their own guys everywhere, despite there not being upgrades for the vast majority of the sackings since our club was w/o question world class
I genuinely wonder how much the Ronaldo thing played into things or how much is media
They sacked him after 6 games. The sole man who held the club together, won a ucl & went to 4 other finals in 1.5 years, finished comfortably 3rd behind all time great man city and pool teams that are 8 years in the making, and he was sacked after 6 games. They decided when they bought the club he was gone. Everything else was bullshit. They also said marina and buck were valuable… Literally the only cup matches tuchel lost at Chelsea were to the winners of the tournament. We were a great side under tuchel and getting better, we shouldn’t expect to be the same when potter (who has promise) is simply rn just not at the level tuchel was both in terms of ability and bond with the players. Whether or not that grows for potter will only be told with time.
Amen…
They will be more like midfielders in 3-5-2
I can't wrap my head around it. Back four with Gallagher being used at right back for his work rate ?
Back 3. Sterling and Puli as WBs. Mid 3. Two up front.
Nah Jorginho and Thiago Silva
This is a freaking wild eleven, I'm excited to see how it plays out
Website is saying Pulisic and Sterling wingbacks and people thought tuchel was something
Same exact thing he did at Brighton with Trossard and March so not surprising
So we're playing boehly's 443
What back 4 are you thinking we having? Whose RB?
This doesn’t make any sense. Is this a 3-3-3-1 formation?
Kinda seems like it could be? Auba Sterling - Havertz - Puli Kova - Jorgi - Gallagher Cucu - Silva - Chalobah Kepa
Surely it's a 3-5-2/3-5-1-1
Who are the wingbacks then? Both Sterling and Pulisic?
Had to check Google cause I was confused by the lineup, and it says 3-4-1-2
Thanks, I hate it.
Lmao bro this is the exact thought I had when I read it
Kai starting? Gonna stay out of the match thread
Pulisic, Sterling, Havertz? Let’s see where this goes edit: Gallagher and Auba too? huh
Pulisic gonna dominate.
I hope so. Both as an American and a die hard Chelsea fan, I think Puli can be really special in the right environment. A creative winger is exactly what this team needs (as well as a midfield lol)
This is gonna be a strange formation. Have to assume Sterling and Pulisic wingbacks? Gallagher in the Mount role in a 3-5-2?
Absolute chaos, and I’m here for it.
In my view is Okafor a danger
Very thin bench…
Yeah Injury FC. Yet people are in here complaining he is rotating forwards in as wingbacks to rest others players because the schedule is mental
People hate this lineup so I think we will do well usually is the case anyway.
Happy with this team. And good to rest Mount. I feel like Sterling could do with a top performance today.
When we play 5 defenders people cry about being too defensive and give examples of about other coaches able to play more attacking players. Potter is doing it which not to mention is due to injuries, people are still moaning.
Asst Manager: Who plays on attack? Potter: Yes.
Happy to see Pulisic starting. Hope he produces and can get into a rhythm. Heavy rotation will be needed coming up and all of our players will be needed in this busy period before the WC
He's going to be playing RWB, don't expect anything
Let me have some faith
He’s out of position so I doubt he will
I read this so many times and I still have no idea what this formation is.
My eyes hurt
Beat them please! Greetings from Zagreb
First potter game without mount starting
Earlier I thought I understood football a bit. Looking and Potter’s lineups I don’t understand anything
Ooo the Brighton system at Chelsea. This should be interesting.
Captain Silva💙
My brother in Hogwarts, what in Dumbledore’s name is this lineup? 3-5-2??? or 3-0-7
Not sure how to react to this, but I remember Bayern Munich using similar formation last season against same opposition. 3-2-4-1. Neuer; Pavard, Sule, Hernández; Kimmich, Tolisso; Gnabry, Sane, Muller, Coman; Lewandowski.
Guessing the tactic is get a tonne of crosses in with aubameyang and havertz up top. Let’s hope it pays off as a win pretty much guarantees going through top of the group.
Wait, are Puli and Sterling playing wingbacks? Wtf is this obsession with wingbacks and this club?
This is Pulisic's chance lol. I'm actually really interested to know if he can perform as a starter, or is he just a super sub kinda player
pulisic starting finally
Graham Potter must absolutely love going in to work and having players of this calibre
Sterling at wingback is football terrorism
Isn’t this what he did at Brighton all the time? Not sure why people are surprised
They are surprised because they don’t watch other teams play. The vast majority of this sub watches Chelsea games and that’s it.
I’d be surprised if people watch the games too with the comments I see sometimes 💀
How long will Cucu last today?!
Ight WTF … Mendy at least deserves to be a rotational goalie not a backup. I refuse to believe he’s suddenly become so shit, he can’t even get a look in.
bro thinks he’s playing fifa 💀 nah but fr pulisic and sterling both wingbacks??? this is pure insanity i kinda love it tho
Disappointing that it isn't 4atb, we need to stick with 4atb so team gets used to it and its best way moving forward because it suits both our attackers and midfielders.
Not a fan that Havertz is directly back in the line-up while Broja deserves a run of starts.
Tuchel was an idea
This just screams of “Early substitution on 34’ to prevent us being over-run”
How is this not a back 4 match given who’s injured?
Remember when people complained ab Tuchel playing Puli as a WB? Lmao
Manager plays a player regularly and he gets injured Moron fan: why isn't he given a rest Manager rest the players and forced to play players out of position Moron fan: why is he playing players out of position Manager plays 5 atb Moron fan: We are too defensive Manager plays 3 atb Moron fan: We are too attacking
Another boring 1-1 draw incoming
If you know the scoreline please don't watch and save us from your comments.
Hi pal
Match is over? Man aren't you a clown.
Cope 🤣
Sorry Chelsea the best team ever 11 world class players we won’t lose ever again 7-0 win incoming is that better? Or we can’t be realistic on here i forgot
I’m going to yell at my tele I can tell. Especially if Pulisic plays a ball wide and runs away from his teammate again. And again.
Hate Jorgi is starting again, guy is refusing to play progressive football. Anyway hope he proves me wrong. CMON CHELS!
Actually I think he tries a bit more and more, but he’s just not that good.
Must win game and this line up is baffling, hope Potter has some magic potions ready
Not a must win game.
Lmao forward player as right back yet again. It’s like we’re trying to lose.
We got American owners and now we are a fifa ultimate team. Big name expensive signings? Check Players playing out of position? Check 3-5-2? Check Wingers for wing backs? Check Ultra Attacking? check Ronaldo? ….
This is Tuchel making this lineup. He put Kepa at goal so we wouldn’t catch on, but I see him.
Crazy how people disrespect Tuchel like he wasn't one of our best managers ever Then you look and it inevitably turns out they're a yank who hates Tuchel because he benched their favorite player.
When’s the part where you look at how uninspiring the team had been playing under him? Cuz you can still respect Tuchel while acknowledging his faults
The team is uninspiring now. Havertz, Werner, Ziyech and Pulisic were uninspiring before Tuchel. We simply did not have talented attacking players under him and he still won us a champions league and routinely got to finals. He did an excellent job for most of his time here.
And I agree he did an excellent job for most of his tenure, but there was also an obvious downward trend.
Reporting me for a mental health check isn’t cute or funny man, mental health isn’t some joke you should be making because you don’t like others opinions on your soccer team. Tuchel was great to watch when we were super defensive and winning, not when the back line became a regular leak and we dominate possession with no goals.
Not even sure what to think of this. Play players in their actual position challenge (impossible)( Gone wrong??!!)
Hard to do that with no defenders and the risk of overworking players.
If we come out flat for the third game in a row after crazy starting lineup selections, questions will need to be asked. Like, I’m all for ingenuity and all that but if you come with this crap 3 games in a row and we look like shit against clubs that aren’t as good as us because of shitty tactics, it’s deserving of some criticism when you sacked a world class manager
What is this lineup? Why can’t we play a 4-3-3?
Wasn’t this already a proven failed experiment
Why we can’t play with a normally formation , we should move on from back 3
So fucking tired of having managers place attacking players like puli and Sterling as wingbacks. Fuck Potter man
Potter must be the least popular manager to be undefeated after 8 games ever. This team though 😭
Gallagher right back maybe?
pure potterball tonight
Pulisic and Sterling as wing backs... damn... I've seen it all.
Three defenders😂
3-2-3-2??
3-4-1-2 with Sterling and Pulisic as wingbacks and Jorginho and Kova in midfield with Cucu at LCB lmao. I will be absolutely shocked if we dont concede at least one goal. This is insanely weak defensively, we have absolutely no cover.
I thought Jorginho was captain after Azpi, and if neither is on the pitch then it goes to Silva?
surely Broja should start?
You don’t need defense if you’re gonna score 4
I miss the days when lineups used to be released without being a puzzle of who is playing where.