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I think it's plausible from how they have played last season. Thinking too much.

Rudiger and AC aren't good enough for this style. Rugani pleeeeeease

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In all fairness a change of formation makes quite a change. Assuming the back 4 is Azpi Christensen Rudiger Alonso, then we have swapped Moses for Jorginho which is a huge step forward. Cesc with Kante and Jorginho next to him is putting him in more positions to succeed and less positions to show his weaknesses. Bakayoko will essentially be certified 2nd squad. Barkley and Cesc will be ahead of him. If Cahill doesn't leave he will be fourth choice cb. As it stands, we can fight for top 4. But it will be tough.

Kante isn't a DM in my view. His best performances have come in a midfield 2 with either Drinkwater or Matic and both sit deeper. He hunts the ball and presses. He is Perfeft for the right cm in a 3 with Jorginho behind. He will not be able to make passes when he is hounded and doesn't have an obvious option and he is ridiculously hesitant when he is in and around the box. Fine. But for the his strengths completely out weigh that. An if just one person presses, I'm becoming more and more confident in Kantes dribbling that I think he'll have few problems. He can play quick simple passes. He will fit fine.

Loool fucking Morata with his wonky passes. I'm almost starting to like the idea of Higuain ......... I reckon Barkley will do ok. I have expectation that Emerson will outdo Alonso passing wise. Tbh, I think Kante might struggle.

I actually doubt Roman has had a trigger happy attitude since Di Matteo. Benitez was always short term. And Mourinho was only fired after some testy public interviews which questioned players attitudes and left us 18th. The infamous 'individual' interview from Emanalo on 'palpable discord' didn't come out the blue. We were dangerously low in the league with a squad that was threatening to be torn apart from the manager. Let's be honest. Conte stays even finishing 5th if he doesn't constantly question the player's quality and heap responsibility on the board (however much I agree with him). If Sarri plays good football, doesn't put undue pressure on the board or overly critical of the payers I don't see how he doesn't make 3 years.

Good. Let's pull ourselves together and not pay £65m for a fucking gk. Don't panic and chuck money because we are losing Courtois. Let's buy a keeper for the meantime that will be adequate to finish top 4 for a fraction of the price. Let's have some principles guys.

Relax! We seem to be close to signing Golovin which finally gives us a quality midfield. Let's also see how defence is sorted and if the links WITH Bailey materialise. Let's not go over board because we didn't spunk £65 on a GK! We'll buy a decent keeper and, if the defence is decent, then the level of quality will not be to different from last season. Except we'll have a quality midfield and more of the ball. If that happens less need for a great keeper.

Let's hope Derby get promoted and Mount gets to have a season long loan in the premier league as a starter!!

Fuck him. He has no sense of loyalty. The guy's divorced for a reason

I thought he was great. Bought the hype. Not so sure anymore. He looks to be treading water when he runs? Or is that just me. People say he is a speed demon but I think he's in the bracket below. Not in the same league as Dembele or Sane in terms of pace. Maybe Eden's kind of speed. His dribbling doesn't look as clean as Malcolm's for example. His dribbling style almost reminds me of Suarez or Tevez. Gritty and awkward. Anyway, my 2 cents without every seeing a game live and only ever highlights on YouTube.

They will probably have to sell James. And Bale on top too but I don't know what their new coach wants to attempt formation wise.

I'd love Isco in midfield with Jorginho and Kante. Then have a wide forward play Hazards position under Sarri. Many here are saying Isco is no chance though. Fuck Ascensio that guy looks average every time I watch him. There's no one else is have from Madrid. Bale is too injury prone. The rest of their best players are CM's. The more I think about it. The probability of Madrid coming in for him is far from certain. Isco, Ascensio, Bale and James (who I've heard the new manager rates) are essentially vying for 3 spots max. The only one they would probably sell is James and this club is STUPID to get him. Not the player for the PL. Too slow. But even if we get James, for the sake of argument, one of the other three will HAVE to be on the bench. That won't be Isco, but the other two have come out and said they will leave if they remain bench warmers. Here's the problem as I see it. If Hazard comes, one or two or Ascensio, Bale and James leaves. And I would have none of them.

I've always wanted to tell you I think you should run our transfers. I think those are 100% realistic deals.

Completely disagree. Chelsea had greatly weakened from the season before in midfield and attack. Morata had a poor season period and Costa was a monster who won a number of games by himself (West Ham, West Brom etc). When Matic went all if the options were a few levels below. We couldn't even play the same formation as the title winning season because of the poor midfield. Compare TO spurs with Kane and a midfield of Dembele, Wanyama and Erikssen. No contest.

Or Hazard stays. Kante stays, Golovin brought in. Jorginho brought in. Rugani brought in. Courtois replaced. 433 with Moses and Alonso dropped. Sarri football. I know what I want. Shame I wont get it

Hazard sold. Willian sold. Kante sold? David Luiz sold. Conte will have no attack and, somehow, a worse midfield. Let's suffer without the ball for 38 games. Morata missing 1v1s. Relying on Moses and Alonso to create. Courtois gone. Willy C as main keeper? What a time to be a Chelsea fan

Maybe our targets were still in the world cup. Like Golovin and Allison

€100m they're have a cow. Hazard will make those motherfuckers broke. Oh I forgot we have let him run down to a year left

Kovacic Kante Golovin You know you like it.

Initially I say FUCK YEH. But we want to progress to a super power eventually. To he CL and EPL contenders year in year out. We need to move away from the constant overly defensive performances (I'm a huge fan of them at the right times) I'd like to play balanced. Well, having the reputation for a strong defence is always great, especially whenyou are a goal up!

Looks like he is off. I hope the man gets a quality job pronto (outside of England!). As a man, he has been absolute class. Probably the guy with the best manners and character since Ranieri. Who remembers him clapping the Sunderland fans last season for supporting their team through relegation? He gave so much passion in the first season. Giving hi 5's like he was a fan and jumping into the crowd after Hazard scored a blinder against Arsenal. He took a team with a shit defence and went on a 13 game unbeaten run. Won the title. Beat Jose 4-0 In his first return at the Bridge. Counter punched Guardiola away. Dropped Ivanovic and Terry as soon as he could. We beat Atletico away in their new stadium. Apart from one mistake from Christensen, played a masterclass against Barca at home (did Willian hit the post once or twice? I remember the Spanish paper's saying how Barca escaped our 'spider's trap'). After a difficult season gave us the FA cup win over Jose no less! 2 trophies in 2 years with Guardiola, mourinho and klopp. Not bad Antonio. I'm papering over the cracks ofcourse. When we were up against it our football was unbelievably defensive. Fallout with Luiz and Willian haven't helped. Towards the end even I was fed up with how much he went on about transfers. Overall, I think he'll go down as a legend. At his best, he was literally like a 12th player for the team and an extra fan when we scored. Fiery, and never took shit. No wonder he fit like a glove here!!

Azpi Rudiger Christensen Emerson New Dm Kante Barkley/RLC Willian Morata Hazard That's if we buy no one (except DM. I refuse to put any of our players there. We need one!!) That looks fun. Certainly won' win the league but no one but man City will. Add a very good DM to control the possession and that looks quite dangerous. Swap Willian for Bailly? And Morata for Icardi? That's some good shit.