13 hours ago
14
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature
Once upon a time, before he reached to the gate to the shining uplands, Liam Rosenior was a Guardian columnist. Here are some of the topics he addressed.
Team news
Liam Rosenior makes eight changes to the Chelsea team that lost at Fulham. Tosun Adarabioyo, Moises Caicedo and Andrey Santos are the men who keep their place. A number of big hitters are on the bench, including Enzo Fernandez, Pedro Neto and Estevao – but not Cole Palmer, who has been given the night off. Chelsea play Arsenal in the League Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
Charlton make four changes from last Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Blackburn. Will Mannion, Keenan Gough, Greg Docherty and Sonny Carey come in for Thomas Kaminski, Reece Burke, Luke Berry and Joe Rankin-Costello.
Charlton (3-1-4-2) Mannion; Gough, Jones, Bell; Coventry; Bree, Docherty, Carey, Campbell; Leaburn, Kelman.
Subs: Maynard-Brewer, Gillesphey, Anderson, Rankin-Costello, Berry,
Knibbs, Apter, Fullah, Olaofe.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1) Jorgensen; Acheampong, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Hato; Caicedo, Santos; Bynoe-Gittens, Buonanotte, Garnacho; Guiu.
Subs: Sanchez, Fofana, Chalobah, Essugo, Fernandez, Pedro Neto, Estevao, Joao Pedro, Delap.
Referee Chris Kavanagh
Preamble
Evening. The last time Chelsea appointed a new manager in January, they win the Champions League four months later. Liam Rosenior would love to emulate Thomas Tuchel, but for now his aim is to create as few headlines as possible.
The only way Chelsea can steal tomorrow’s back pages is if they are beaten by Charlton, a team who sit 19th in the Championship. That’s highly unlikely given the resources of each club, and tonight should be a nice soft landing for Rosenior ahead of tougher tasks in the Premier and Champions League.
Then again, as any Macclesfield supporter still capable of speech will tell you, a lot of things should happen in the FA Cup.
Kick off 8pm
