!Hazard!

Fuck. Mason our only goal scoring threat now

I can't see us winning this unless Pedro has his shooting boots on

In case Kante can't play we'll probably go with the same lineup as against United

Look at James though and his legs, dude is a tank

I am done with Willian being anything else than a grumpy face on the bench

Ajax have found yet another star in Lisandro Martinez. Looks like the perfect modern centreback in the making. Cost them only 7 million as well

You are completely right, it was used mainly because of Hazard's lack of defensive effort in wide areas but I think it also gave us more presence and compactness in midfield due to the extra man and that's exactly what it would do in our current team as well. Of course Hazard, even in that false 9 position, didn't contribute much defensively in central areas but Mount certainly would and it could be a temporary solution until we sign a real striker and figure out a proper balance for that midfield. Mount and Barkley/Loftus-Cheek as false 9 and number 10 could be similar to how Tadic and Van de Beek play for Ajax in their (not that different from ours) system.

Lampard might have to do what Sarri and Conte did as well, play false 9 to give us more control and compactness in midfield. It's hardly a risk considering how shit our strikers are and Mason Mount might just be a better goalscorer than any of them

Sir Alex left Moyes a squad full of aging deadwoods. Lampard has a squad of young, extremely talented players who only need time to show their worth. I honestly can't see much parallels between these two cases. I'd rather compare Lampard's Chelsea to Pochettino's Spurs in this regard. The only difference is that Spurs ended up at fifth position during Pochettino's first season and it was regarded as a success. Not sure if fifth place finish at the end of the season would be seen as seen as a success here despite the circumstances.

Norwich play great football and created A LOT of chances even against Liverpool. Plus they got one of the most in-form strikers in the league so that game is a real worry

He'll help us controlling the game. That's a start Something has to be done about that insane space between backline and attack though. It looked ridiculous

Lampard better take a close look at his subs from today. Kovacic was pretty good but Willian and Abraham were hopeless. Lot of work ahead

I hope are getting Rudiger back next weekend or else Norwich are easily going to score 2-3 against us

He has been gassed since the 35th minute and yet he's gonna play full 90. Poor subs from Lamps today

Well fuck

C'mon Frank bring another on another midfielder already Maddison starting to take advantage of the huge space between our backline and rest of the team

Absolutely

I'm not sure. He does kinda remind me of Oscar (the good sides of him)

It took Giroud whopping 46 minutes to get his first offside. That must be a record

I'd put Tomori for Zouma. He looked good when he came on against Pool on Wednesday Mount as a false 9 would also be interesting to see

Fatigue for one is definitely there. As is the fact that some of our defensive players aren't comfortable enough on the ball which makes controlling games tricky

Emerson has been brilliant again

How the hell are we gonna fit RLC and Mount into the same side?

Mount brilliant

Fantastic start