please log in to view this image Wednesday 27th February 8pm Premier League Stamford Bridge An awful performance at Burnley was somewhat overshadowed by Pochettino's post-match reaction to it. A missed opportunity turned into a media circus, as those around us either dropped points or didn't play. Chelsea had a similarly disappointing weekend and their own distraction. A fairly solid performance against City in the League Cup Final ended in defeat and embarrassment. Who will bounce back quickest and how much of the press will be about the match itself? Maurizio Sarri's first season at Chelsea has been rather tumultuous, after an impressive, unbeaten start. They won their opening five fixtures and were still yet to lose when they visited Wembley, but all wasn't well. Sarriball hadn't grabbed the Chelsea faithful's imagination and many were unimpressed by the Italian. Defensive solidity and tons of possession were not enough apparently, despite the results. Chelsea's recent form has been far more of a mixed bag and there are even calls for his head. Dropping out of the title race was followed by losing in the FA Cup to Man Utd and the League Cup to City. Progress in the Europa League and a top four challenge aren't enough to avoid the chop, according to some. This could be a key fixture for both manager and both teams. Our visit to Stamford Bridge last season ended an extremely long run there without a victory. The first half performance saw plenty of possession and territory, but we created very few chances. Morata gave them the lead after half an hour and it looked like that would be enough to take them to the break. Eriksen had other ideas though, smashing home from distance and changing the momentum of the match. Two second half Alli goals rewarded a far better second half performance and took all three points: The game at Wembley earlier in the campaign was one of our best results and performances, so far. We came bursting out of the blocks and it was no surprise when Alli heades us into the lead early on. Kane's hopeful longshot surprised everyone shortly after that and made it 2-0. Chelsea's unbeaten start was all but gone when Son made it 3-0 after the break with an amazing goal. Giroud's late consolation was somewhat undeserved, as the 3-1 scoreline flattered them: Alli and Dier miss out on this one. Van Ginkel is a long-term injury for Chelsea. Neither side has any suspensions. Lineups for each side's last league game: Spurs: Lloris; Foyth, Alderweireld, Vertonghen; Aurier, Sissoko, Winks, Rose; Eriksen; Kane, Son. Subs: Gazzaniga, Walker-Peters, Davies, Wanyama, Moura, Lamela, Llorente. League form: LWWWWL. Chelsea: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso; Kante, Jorginho, Barkley; Pedro, Higuain, Hazard. Subs: Caballero, Christensen, Emerson, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Willian, Giroud. League form: DWLLWL. Referee: Andre Marriner. 4th official: Not Mike Dean. TV: BT Sport 1. Our performance on Saturday was appalling, so what needs to change for this one? Should we replicate our tactics from the Wembley match and if so, then who should do Alli's job? Rotation seems like a must in an important week, so who needs a rest and who needs to be dropped?
So difficult to predict this one, reasons why both should win or both should lose, that suggests a draw, but we don't do draws. COYS
We are overdue a draw and we need something from this match, as do Chelsea. They are good at home and despite playing extra time on Sunday I expect them to be up for this and we will need to play a lot better than we did on Saturday to get something out of the game. 4 2 3 1 for me tomorrow Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Winks, Sissoko, Lamela, Eriksen, Son and Kane
@SpursDisciple has requested that the happy clappy singing mofo RCL makes a return for this thread so you mosny gits can all blame him... All together now To the tune of when I was a little boy sarri said Get off the pitch Kepa replied Feck off you bitch Kepa didn't Give a toss About the trantrum from his boss
Hugo Tripps, Dave, Toby, Jan Sissoko, Wanyama Lucas, Eriksen, Son Kane Repeat of last season would be amazing!
And if he does he will be MOTM. Suggestions of a draw. How does that work? please log in to view this image
Must win No excuses...they've had 2 hours of intense football and a meltdown to contend with whilst we have been licking our wounds after a pathetic performance. Let's see if we are still hungry and up for taking advantage by giving their heavy legs a run around...last thing I've got time for is a leggy performance from ourselves They are their for the taking...like I said...lets see if we are hungry enough.
I see Jorginho has broken the PL record for the number of successful passes in a season without an assist. Let's hope he holds on to it.
We have no hope. When they want to , they can be very good and can beat anyone and tonight they will want to.
They bought a £50m Brazilian/ Italian Harry Winks that isn’t even better than the original. Amazes me they leave RLC on the bench so often, big fan of his, would have him over Jorginho any day of the week.
I could never support a club like that for many reasons. One of them is that the team only play when they can be bothered. So they might be in the middle of a can't be bothered run, but then suddenly try hard against us. I'm really worried about this game because their current form can be discounted. They've done pretty well against us recently (I know we won the first leg of the semi but it wasn't exactly a dominating performance was it). As I said, how can you be a fan and tolerate a team that only plays when they want and then plays with less effort until they get a new manager?
Yep, absolute must win. Even though form goes out the window in derbies, Chelsea have a lot of problems at the moment and we need to make sure we take full advantage. Poch and our players often give talk to the media about “belief” of winning things, it’s about time we stopped believing and actually start doing if we want to be taken seriously.
Go for it tonight lads: He plays when he wants He plays when he wants Arrizabalaga, he plays when he wants.
I've a good feeling about Kane tonight. A brace for him is my call with spurs winning 2-1. Spurs have the wherewithal to bounce back after losing.
