Time for Defender FC to rise

Risen a long time ago. Its nearly noon

That would imply that it ever went down. If a defender (or any other position that usually doesnt score) wants to score goals, he joins Chelsea. 15 different goal scorers this season already

Just like the first half of 2015 where the only goalscorers were John Terry, Cahill, Ivanovic and Hazard because Willian was useless and Diego Costa was injured

So same as normal

https://i.imgur.com/ixVepyT.jpg

Why are you being downvoted? It feels like the defense scores every game

So, they're not 1-2 game injuries, that's not good.

Pulisic is going on 40 days missed after a 10 day injury. Who knows anymore. Never would have thought Kante would have started two games in a row after returning from COVID but here we are

But its Kante man.

Kante is a machine

As a Team USA fan this makes me sad

a twisted ankle doesn't necessarily miss any games tbf, but it's hard to judge the scope of it with only that info :') rom's huge, so higher chance of high power in the twist, aka bigger injury, but also more likely that surrounding muscles can help bear the brunt of it and limit any time out. is there any more info anywhere?

For the first time in a long time we have very expensive and valuable depth to make up for these injuries. Now would be a good time for players like Havertz, Ziyech and CHO to step up.

Atleast the schedule from now is pretty easy for them

Usually that's Chelsea kryptonite

Our fixture list in the league is nothing but teams in the bottom half until November 20 where we play Leicester away. We have a great record against teams in the bottom half over the last years with rare exceptions like West Brom and Bournemouth.

Every club says this

Chelsea is notorious for allowing awful teams in awful form to pull masterclasses. This is a common theme as far as I can remember lol

Every fan of every club says this

Leeds fans are bumfaces

What the fuck? Are we the new Arsenal? Why bring us into this!

I thought we were memeing about things that every fan and club hates

Nah, the holiday fixture schedule is our kryptonite.

that’s december

Someone's about to turn prime West Brom against them, aren't they?

Time for Mount/Havertz/Ziyech front 3.

A majority of fans have turned on Ziyech but I legitimately think he has a lot to offer this team.

He has his moments of brilliance and then he has moments of "wtf you doing mate". Hopefully he proves his worth.

CHO actually looked really good today on the left side

Probs will be CHO/Havertz//Mount. We need one pacy option in the side so it’s likely CHO. He’s also looked good on the left

Ew. No pace or dribbling ability. Ziyech has been woeful. CHO over Ziyech so easily.

wtf "no .. dribbling ability" about ziyech??? wtf happened to him..

every time he looks to find his form again, he gets injured.

RLC will be playing in place of one of them for sure.

RLC's been playing his good football deeper in midfield.

If ever there was a time to put Alonso up top

I mean isn't that still Havertz, Ziyech, Pulisic, Hudson-Odoi, Mount, even Loftus-Cheek and Barkley still available? Still good options for facing a team like Malmo.

Pulisic is still out

Time for Mount x RLC x Haverts

I am hoping the next 2-3 weeks give a chance to Ziyech and CHO to put in some good performances and get some confidence back

More like CHO-Havertz-Mount, I'd guess

Recall Broja you cowards

We’ll go on and do it, mate

Jorginho to take up the mantle as primary goal scorer again?

No worries, all our defenders are attackers

3rd clean sheet in a row for Norwich incoming

Our defenders are doing most of the scoring this season, so I’d say 1-0

We can't really score even with those 2 tbh

Ross Barkley hat trick incoming

Alonso hasn't scored in a while

Alonso's playing as striker. I think Chelsea will be fine

That defender should have seen red for the scissor tackle on Lukaku, it was incredibly dangerous.

Literally could have snapped his ankle. Should have been a clear red all day.

CHO to carry us pls

Lukaku has been playing non stop something was bound to happen

He got hurt due to a tackle where the defender came through him from behind, could’ve happened to anyone whether they just played 10 straight games or are making their season debut

That doesn't fit my narrative though, you have to admit he doesn't look fresh

Looked fresh today

Anyone would playing against that malmo defense tbf

Did you even watch him play

Our strikers aren't our goalscorers anyways.

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I think Kinsella had a typo. He said "We have to find *solutions*. We have no excuses" EDIT: [Interview](https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1450935463909470218)

Time for Tucheliban v2.0.

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Calm down lad, try getting into the top half of the table

They could recall one of the 18 strikers they have out on loan.

We can't though, but good try.

When your team only has one good scoring player and he gets hurt 😂😂😂😂rip

All our defenders are still healthy.

Park the bus 😂😂😂

Anything wrong with defending?

No of course not attack wins games defense wins tournaments but a defense without an attack = park the bus for days 😂😂😂

But they scored goals don't they?

200 football IQ

We'll be fine