OhForAGreavsie

Love to read this and looking forward to watching the game later.

I'm expecting/hoping that Lavia will be first choice. I see Enzo competing with KDH for minutes. If the latter can bring his Championship form to the Premier League then Enzo is going to have to show more than I feel I've seen from him so far or he is going to struggle.

I commented early last season that I didn't think Noni was right for us. Now, I'm hoping that the Newcastle rumours are correct and come to fruition.

I'm not watching the game but I'm enjoying reading positive comments about him. Think he's a good one.

No, PLEASE no! 🙂

My first smart phone was an iPhone. Never bought another one. That said, when ever I clicked into one of those streams my antivirus software screamed at me so I NEVER view these streams now

This is why I've said that if KDH earns a place in the side Enzo is getting benched.

I've loved that stadium since I first set eyes on it, but I love it even more now that you've told me about the 'bricks and mortar' prices. Add in the overall attitude of the owner and the total package is just magnificent. If only The Blues had one like it. 🙁

Although neither of them were happy here, and one barely played for us, we signed a couple of world class players from Genk. It can't happen again can it?

Caicedo is with the squad in the US. Training but not playing.

Technically he had already officially left when his contract was cancelled.

I have a positive expectation of Lavia but this is reasonable enough.

I share your optimism about him. IF KDH earns minutes then I think Lavia might actually force a big name out of the side for spells.

Fitness demonstration and a bit of hopeful shop-windowing?

Was Alvarez a part of the choir?

I think we're simply short of numbers in the midfield so he's an extra body until reinforcements arrive.

More than this, many of the situations you need to see handled several times to get a sense of his actual level might not happen at all during the game you watch.

If you're right about Maresca's opinion then I must say I agree with him. I see Cesare's level as being barely good enough to serve as an option of last resort for the side we've been recently. That leaves him a long way short of being a seriously contributing squad member for the side we used to be, and wish to be again.

Well we did try to do that. It was JT who turned the move down and saved Ken Bates from making the biggest transfer gaffe in the club's history.

I have to say that I'm not excited about this deal. If she had joined after leaving Lyon that would have been a different story, but now I find that I'm hoping this will work out, rather than expecting it to. On the world Cup final; it was one of those slow motion car crashes wasn't it. You could see, as Lucy carried the ball further and further, that she was running into greater and greater danger. You could also see the gaping gap in the right back area that would be exploited instantly if there was a turnover. Where we differ a little, and I may have to watch the replay to confirm that I still see it the same way I did at the time, is that I do not entirely, or even primarily, blame Bronze. I was screaming at the telly for someone to give her an angle for a pass and, if I am remembering it correctly, you could tell from our right back's body language that she was asking for the same. Anyway, that's history, and Lucy is now a Blue. I bought my Kingsmeadow season ticket and Stamford Bridge package yesterday, so now I'm crossing my fingers about this move.

That's stark and a big surprise to me. I really liked the look of Adeyemi before he moved to Dortmund.

Why?

The club's website already lists 38 members of the women's first team squad. Jean-Francois would be number 39, and Lucy Bronze makes 40. The size of our squad is what got us out of trouble last season when the injury crisis hit, but 40 is beyond unwieldy. We have to expect some departures and some loans before the season proper begins.

Looking for a left footed 4 who can also play at 55? 🙂 LB & CB maybe?

I'm repeating myself I know but beat Aston Villa at home in October and we would now be preparing for a Champions League season. Because we endured last season we know that the team felt a very long way short of Champions League quality but, in the end, we were actually closer that it feels we were. I'm not looking for the team to go from near zero to hero in the upcoming season. I want clear progress and reason to believe in the direction of travel.