Following Chelsea Twitter these days is rather entertaining. It is very common to see Blues supporters tweeting out their lists of Chelsea players they want gone this summer, and when they do, they use all 280 characters.
It is astounding how long their lists are, and how many of the lists even include players who were recently acquired. In all position groups, you will find several players that are deeply unpopular with the fan base right now.
Chelsea vs Brentford FC FYIs
Kick off: Wed. Oct 19, 7:30pm, Stamford Bridge
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PL Position: Chelsea 39 pts, 11th Brentford FC 44 pts, 10th
PL Form: Chelsea LLDLD Brentford FC DLLLD
Result Probability: Chelsea FC win 57% Brentford FC win 24% Draw 19%
It’s a mess through and through, as the size of the squad is so ridiculously bloated right now due to all the excessive transfer window spending (Todd Boehly seriously has no clue what he is doing).
It was fine to have to that insanely expanded roster when they endured injury crisis after injury crisis this season. But when most players are back fit, then there just isn’t space for everyone. It is logistically impossible.
In terms of who might start against Brentford FC well, consider this.
Ben Chilwell, Benoit Badiashile, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and David Datro Fofana were all ineligible to face Real Madrid in the UCL last week.
You got to think that all of them, except Auba, could be in contention for a starting assignment here, right?
Chelsea Starting XI Prediction vs Brentford FC
Kepa; Cucurella, W. Fofana, Badiashile, Chilwell; Kante, Fernandez, Kovacic; Mudryk, Havertz, Felix
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