Form shows that Man U beat Leicester,Chelsea, drew with Arsenal and Liverpool before they played us, and beat Emirates Marketing Project after us. It is the lesser teams they have struggled against....
They won’t be used to playing in a ground With atmosphere though
Been their Achilles heel for some time
Exactly the honeymoon period is over and there will be a few players who haven’t played in the derby before. Plus no Hazard.
Their previous 2 league games had been draws with Sheffield United and Villa in which their performances were filled with signs of hope for a well-prepared Spurs side that turned up to be able to exploit.
If we play the Sissoko/Dier axis we will have trouble as Chelsea will have a lot of the ball in dangerous areas and have more quality than Wolves to exploit any dominance they are able to exert. Add in the local derby element and it is as difficult a proposition for us as it is for them.
I'm not so sure about that. Sure, the Chelsea of old did, but would you take Mount, Willian, Abraham and Pulisic over Moutinho, Neves, Jimenez and Jota? Close, true, but the Chelsea attackers aren't obviously superior. Add in a fifth and you have Batshuayi/Hudson-Odoi vs Traore, which I'd say swings it into Wolves' favour.
True, but I was talking about the final third. Agreed, those three are superior to the Wolves equivalents, but they're not (usually) the ones turning dominance into goals.
They don't need to directly, Chelsea have scored 7 more goals across the 17 games so far, they are a more dangerous proposition. It would be irresponsible to think "we just about survived against Wolves, lets do the exact thing with Chelsea and the result will be the same".
I don't disagree. My argument was that, given equal amounts of possession/domination, the Chelsea forwards wouldn't necessarily score more than the Wolves forwards, i.e. that they aren't to be as feared as they once were.