Chelsea make the journey to Ipswich for our subsequent Premier League recreation on Monday evening this week because the busy festive interval continues and we play our last match of 2024.
After two poor performances in my view, we have to see a little bit of a bounce again on this recreation, however it’s not going to be straightforward regardless of the house aspect being virtually a useless cert for relegation at this level and to drop proper again all the way down to the championship which let’s be sincere, is their degree.
Those that watched Arsenal beat Ipswich on Friday evening will know precisely what to anticipate. It is going to be a excessive possession recreation once more for Chelsea, and Ipswich shall be in search of that smash and seize, precisely what Fulham did to us in our final match and what Everton tried to do too.
Ipswich decreased Arsenal to 13 makes an attempt on their objective, with 5 of them being on the right track. In addition they had 69% possession. Ipswich had an abysmal simply 3 makes an attempt on Arsenal’s objective, which is totally horrible.
I anticipate to see the a lot of the identical actually on Monday evening and the onus shall be on Chelsea to create and end probabilities, which we completely needs to be doing in opposition to this aspect.
Liam Delap has a objective in him, we all know that, and he shall be auditioning immediately in entrance of Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on this recreation. The Italian paid Delap some large compliments final evening. However the Chelsea goal goes to need to feed off scraps, even when he will get these to be sincere. His job shall be to chase and trouble from the entrance, however I don’t anticipate that to be too intense of a press.
Chelsea are significantly wanting into signing Delap and as reported some weeks again now on right here, contact has been made to each participant and membership from Chelsea as an preliminary enquiry. His membership clearly don’t wish to promote him in January, however for the summer time he’s 100% a striker excessive on Chelsea’s checklist of targets.
Chelsea have been scouting him this season however it’s so powerful for him as a result of he’s preventing a dropping battle enjoying for such a poor aspect and will get to see hardly any of the ball.
Let’s be sincere, Chelsea should be going there and getting all three factors on Monday evening regardless. And I consider we’ll too.
I’d anticipate to see some modifications and we might see Noni Madueke return to the beginning lineup after some poorer performances from Jadon Sancho specifically, and even Pedro Neto within the Fulham recreation. Madueke has been punished for a string of behaviour associated incidents and never placing sufficient effort in to coaching, however Maresca confirmed that he has taken the punishment effectively and I don’t foresee any additional squad omissions for now.
Tosin Adarabioyo was poor within the final recreation however I think will go once more for this one within the continued absence of Wesley Fofana. The remaining I believe picks itself till we get extra of our injured gamers again.
I really hope all my feedback about Delap having to feed off scraps don’t come again to chew me, however that’s on us. We’ve to interrupt them down and rating, and I wish to see extra concepts and plans to try this this recreation. Maresca must step up a bit right here too.
