Chelsea quickly brushed off that disappointment in Europe on Thursday, making wholesale changes once again as their second string produced another statement with a 4-1 Conference League rout of Panathinaikos in Greece. It will be interesting to see if any of that number have forced their way into Maresca’s thinking this afternoon for the visit of an out-of-sorts Newcastle side who sit in the bottom half of the table with no wins in their last four league games.
