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Chilwell and James start for Chelsea after Lampard’s “doubtful” comments

26 December 2020 1930 comments
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Ben Chilwell (£6.1m) and Reece James (£5.2m) both start for Chelsea despite Frank Lampard’s pessimistic prognosis in his pre-match press conference.

The former Derby County manager labelled each first-choice full-back as “doubtful” for the Gameweek 15 meeting with Arsenal and the following game.

However, it now looks as if those comments could be considered as ‘mind games’ by the sceptics among us as Lampard is able to name a strong XI.

The team sheet will be of significant frustration to those who sold Chilwell and James, the former the most shipped-out Fantasy asset for Gameweek 15.

Timo Werner (£9.3m) and Christian Pulisic (£8.2m) line-up either side of Tammy Abraham (£7.2m) while Olivier Giroud (£6.7m) sits on the bench.

In the opposite dugout is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.4m) back from his calf problem as a substitute for Arsenal.

To match Cheslea’s 4-3-3 system, Mikel Arteta has gone with a back-four consisting of Kieran Tierney (£5.3m), Pablo Mari (£4.4m), Rob Holding (£4.4m) and Hector Bellerín (£5.1m).

Gabriel Martinelli (£4.9m) has overcome the issue that forced him off against Manchester City to start on the flanks of attacking midfield, Bukayo Saka (£5.1m) on the opposite side and Alexandre Lacazette (£8.2m) up-front.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Tierney, Mari, Holding, Bellerín; Elneny, Xhaka; Martinelli, Smith Rowe, Saka; Lacazette.

Chelsea XI: E Mendy; Chilwell, T Silva, Zouma, R James; Mount, Kanté, Kovacic; Werner, Abraham, Pulisic.

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  1. Champions League Varane
    • 7 Years
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    KDB and Lamptey -> Son and Robertson ( have Trent) looks good right?

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    1. BIG TONES
      • 11 Years
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      I would. Son is likely to be my captain against Leeds

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  2. BIG TONES
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Pablo Mari is 100% getting sent off in this game

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    1. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Looks that way doesnt it

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  3. IRBOX ⚽
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    36 from 4 any good?

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Average

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      1. Lord.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Absolutely. That’s no better than me.

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    2. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Terrible. Delete team immediately

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    3. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      33 from 4 here 🙂

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    4. DAZZ
      • 11 Years
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      Steady start.

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    5. Zimo
      • 7 Years
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      Nah. Needed at least 60. Big fail.

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    6. Holmes
      • 12 Years
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      Average here

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    7. Party time
        5 years, 3 months ago

        33 from 4. Placed Bednarek on the bench today... Dammit!!!

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      • have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        3 from one

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      • Don Kloppeone
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        32 from 4 here. Hiding behind a sofa now though having dropped Chilwell to Dias!

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      • Hybrid.power
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        • 16 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        10 from 1 here

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      • Ron_Swanson
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Loser

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      • IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Same here. Bet we have the same players.

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    8. BenDavies
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Chelsea's best striker on the bench meanwhile the two donkeys Werner and Abraham start. So naive from Frank.

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      1. BIG TONES
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        Think they are trying to play Werner into form. Once he scores once, he will go on a good run imo

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      2. Ron_Swanson
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        Werner would be decent if he played in the striker role

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    9. pundit of punts
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Which combo for the next 2 gws?

      A. Salah (new,sot) + Wilson (LIV,LEI)

      Or

      B. Kane (FUL,LEE) + Podence (mun,bha)

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      1. Bucket Man
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        A for me

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    10. tafrère
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      So now Grealish has a yellow almost an hour after the end of the game lol ?

      Still no news on those 2 McCarthy saves.

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      1. Begbie.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        WTF? I don't recall him getting booked.

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      2. TOLV TUMS
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        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I just noticed that he went from 3 to 2 - thought that was odd

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      3. Silecro
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Same here, Grealish on 2 pts, he never got a yellow during the game

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      4. fusen
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        PL official commentary on their website has a grealish yellow at the end of the first half. 45 minutes

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    11. Woy_is_back
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Wish I sold Vestergaard over Chilwell but thought Gaard would be back faster dooooooooh

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      1. JohnnyCroat
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        When Chilwell breaks down on 55' you'll be happy you didn't.. Frank is some gas man "we're all playing with some pain..." sounds like someone beat him to the Christmas pies

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    12. how now brown cow
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Bellerin is marking abraham at corners.

      Can't see any problem there.

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    13. WE GO FOR IT
      • 10 Years
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      Martinelli and Smith-Rowe are the 2 best Arsenal players on the pitch.

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      1. Eddie
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        • 13 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Not saying too much 🙁

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    14. Traction Engine Foot
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      When did Grealish get booked?

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      1. KGFC
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        No clue... Looks like after the match coz I didn't see him getting booked during the match

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        1. Traction Engine Foot
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Very odd..

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          1. KGFC
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            FPL gone crazy. Probably had too much Turkey on Christmas 😆

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    15. Bucket Man
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      If you BB GW26 will it be difficult to get a side for the BGW.

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    16. Don Kloppeone
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Going to end up having to bring Chilwell back for the DGW aren't I 🙁

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    17. Sim Simma
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      • 15 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Rowe misses a sitter .. OMG

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      1. how now brown cow
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        My feed is miles behind. Lol.

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    18. Pep Roulette
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Adams still an option on WC after that performance against Fulham?

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      1. Zimo
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah they face Leeds in the double

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      2. BIG TONES
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yes, if you set your expectations correctly

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    19. 272MK
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sold Chilwell for a hit to Robbo

      Arghhh cant even hope for Chelsea to concede because I have Zouma

      Maybe a Zouma goal tho

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      1. TOLV TUMS
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        zouma goal, Mendy gets sent off, Zouma goes in goal and saves pen

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    20. Hazz
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      Yikes.

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    21. have you seen cyan
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      I had a dream that pool got a cs but TAA got a yellow. I cursed him, the he finished the game on two assists and a goal 😀

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      1. badgerboy
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        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Sticky sheets when you woke up?

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    22. ralfb
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Keep Kane or Kane -> vardy for dgw ?

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    23. Begbie.
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      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Would be nice if the FPL twitter account would let us known when the hell Grealish is supposed to have been booked. Never seen a yellow card added this late in my life.

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      1. Tabasco
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Says 45mins but I don't recall it - something happen in the tunnel?

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        1. Begbie.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Must be this because I watched the game and never seen him get booked.

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      2. DAZZ
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Live Scores haven’t even added a YC.

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    24. Woy_is_back
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Grealish, Martial > Wood, Son for a hit?

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    25. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
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      Screw you Frank

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      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Screw you

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      2. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        You fell for his mind games

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        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          If he needs to play mindgames against Arsenal then he isnt cut out for the job

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        2. @persecuted_by_mods
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Only on ffs can "I'm not sure if they'll make the arsenal game or the next one" = 100% out for the arsenal game

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        3. Zimo
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          What if he likes it up the butt

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          1. Scots Gooner
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            • 9 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            I imagine he does

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      3. Il Capitano
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        First McCarthy, now Grealish, won't be surprised to see Adams being given a red card in 5 hours time

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        1. Leonard hatred
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Turns out he didn't play at all, which came as a suprise to him.

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          1. Botman and Robben
            • 9 Years
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            Haha

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        2. @persecuted_by_mods
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Now grealish what?

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            1. Leonard hatred
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              yellow card added after the match finished, 45 mins, probably somethign in the tunnel

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              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Ah damn, I rate him but he is an annoying whiney child

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              2. Il Capitano
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                He got a yellow card added out of nowhere

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            2. Maddamotha
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Lol

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          • tafrère
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Even if they did removed 2 saves from McCarty because the shots were off target (were they ?), still weird how late it happened and no communication whatsoever about it.

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          • Leonard hatred
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            When will the FPL management move with the times, and start awarding BAPS for sucessful dives, and getting opposing players booked by rolling along the ground screaming and clutching your face following a gentle nudge in the back???

            So much of the vital nuance and theatrics of the modern game goes unrewarded in FPL.

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            1. Ron_Swanson
              • 15 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Good celebrations as well

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          • Botman and Robben
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            20,873 managers have already transferred Chilwell out.

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            1. Don Kloppeone
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              We were surely justified given the uniform coverage appeared to show he was out for 2-3 matches

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              1. Ron_Swanson
                • 15 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                In this game week there’s no excuses to have transferred him out

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                1. Don Kloppeone
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Did I imagine more than one news source saying he was out for 2 weeks (estimated) so 3 matches though? Or was it only hype on here?

                  I’ve made my bed so I’ll lie in it. If need be I can always get him back

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          • IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Ben Chilwell looks like the tattooed girl in Orange is the new Black

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          • Wiking Warrior
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            McCarthy
            Coufal-Dallas-Cancelo
            De Bruyne-Bruno-Son-Salah
            Wood-Adams-Bamford

            Bench: Forster-Klich-Taylor-Justin

            Wtd?

            To risky going without Kane forward?

            FH GW 18
            BB GW 19

            Plan to transfer Wilson and Cresswell in for GW 19.

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          • Don Kloppeone
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Can see the Grealish yellow at 45mins on BBC live stream. Given it was same minute as Mings RC, maybe he was booked for arguing?

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          • pundit of punts
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Any ideas on this lot? I’m stumped tbh

            Martinez
            Dias - Dier - KWP
            Salah - KDB - Bruno - Grealish - Son
            Wilson - Bamford

            Button - Taylor - Mitchell - Davis

            2 FTs and 0.5m in the bank.

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            1. Holmes
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              5 years, 3 months ago

              Grealish to Anguissa and Wilson to Kane?

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          • fusen
            • 14 Years
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            45
            Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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