squad vs chelsea

[Tichi1]

Normally I’d love to see us put out a strong 11 and go for it, but Huddersfield and quickly followed by stoke, then Sheffield (thanks sky, you ba@@@@ds) are more important to keep our best 11 injury free.

Agree mate, priority is the league IMO
Sheffield took points off us at ER earlier in the season and Stoke beat us at theirs where both teams where gash. Huddersfield will be looking for revenge following their drubbing at ER not so long ago.
If we want to remain in the top two we need 9 points next week otherwise Ipswich will get in front I reckon given their next three matches.

Having said that - its ALWAYS enjoyable beating Chelsea.

[spaldy]

So torn on this. All of the above posts are correct.

However, how many times have you seen teams "take their foot off the gas" and then lose all of the momentum? Chelsea is beatable this year and Lpool played a lot of youngsters and won the EFL cup.

Maybe play the best 11 for first half and then sub in? I know it makes no sense on paper but maybe as a confidence boost to us.