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This is a sign of a top class coach. He knows that Jorginho is not press-resistant so he chose to go with Kante and Kovacic. I'm pleased with the line-up, the only thing I don't like is Tammy starting.

True, thank god we have the squad depth.

Tight calf issues to be exact. It was nothing big, but he is still not available for a game due to not being fit. It doesn't matter how we word it, he is not available for a game due to him having issues with his body. In my opinion this will not stop given his injury history as a player.

He's injured again, he needs to be sold in the summer. Look at his injury history on transfermarkt.com, it is an absolute joke. Add this to the fact that the amount of times he is rested because of a risk of injury, is not counted in the injury records on transfermarkt. So it does not even tell the full story. The guy is simply too unreliable, and if we can get a proper cheap replacement, then I'm up for it.

One of my favourite players out there, incredible midfielder. Another masterclass from him today.

The Athletic said that Marina and Lampard clashed over the treatment of Kepa and that she advised him to build his confidence by starting him, I never said that the Athletic said that she advised Tuchel. Don't know why you're trying to twist my words. I'm using my logic by saying that she'd probably do the same to Tuchel. Read better, there's no point in me repeating myself just like in the Timo Werner thread. Anyways here's the source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/theathletic.co.uk/2298337/2021/01/25/lampards-Chelsea-sacking-tension-with-marina-unhappy-players-and-secret-job-offers/%3famp

I read it and if his "function" doesn't contribute to anything then what is the point? The amount of times I've seen him make a bad decision in the final third is unacceptable. Compare it to any other top club in the world and look at how their attackers/midfielders respond to similar situations in the final third and you'll see the difference. I'm a Chelsea fan, but I am also a football fan at heart. Looking at different leagues and many top attacking players is how I made my judgement on Mount. Stats are key when you're an attacking midfielder in this system. As a club you should expect to see results, and by results I mean goal and assists.

That first paragraph was such a headache, jheeez calm down bud. All I read was an assumption after another assumption. All I said was that she get's involved too much on the football side of things. She's not forcing managers to start Kepa, however she does advise them and that is a fact. Look at the Athletic article, and everything is clear. I had no problem with Kepa starting against Barnsley, however starting him against Newcastle in a game where almost every club dropped points was very very dangerous. If Marina advised Tuchel to do that then I believe she is getting involved too much to be honest.

Whenever I hear the excuse of Mount not delivering goal contributions because he is being used too much is silly. Why didn't he contribute in so many games befor he got burnt out? If you watch other teams than Chelsea then you'll see that certain players play more than Mount and still consistenly contribute goals or assists. Look at Bruno, Gundogan, Calhanoglu, Milinkovic Savic, Maddison, Grealish, Llorente and many many more. These are big names and well established players and our standards should be to have such midfielder if we want success next season. Listen I'm not a Mount hater and as I said in my previous post if you read it: I really do appreciate his attitude. He might develop into a very good player in the future. However if we want to challenge for the title challenge next season, then he must contribute much more, because what he is doing right now with the amount of games he's getting is simply not good enough. Look at the facts and numbers, his goal contributions is simply not that of a top level attacker/midfielder. By the way I didn't compare him to Pedro first, @Tomo did and if you read better then you'll see that I stated that comparing him to Pedro is silly. Did you even read my conversation with @Tomo? Embarrassing to claim like I was the one that started the comparison. If you want to join a discussion next time, please read carefully what we're discussing about in detail next time. It's very annoying to repeat stuff even though it's right there for you to read. However, I still believe that our standards as Chelsea Football Club should be to have attackers/midfielders that contribute like a Pedro, or Hazard etc. Only then will we truly become a big title challenging football club again. Mount is good for now, but once Havertz and Ziyech are fit and in form I believe they're more talented and precise in the final third.

I'm fine with Mount as a squad player, maybe even a first team player if he improves. I rate his attitude and workrate, however it stops there. To compare him to Pedro is not fair, seeing as Pedro had good goal contributions stats himself. Pedro in the 16/17 season, has had 13 goals and 12 assists and he was rotated with Willian a lot. Prime Pedro in Barcelona had 22 goals and 13 assists in 2010/11. Mount last year had 8 goals and 6 assists even though he started almost every game. Mount is young and shouldn't be compared to Pedro and for now he's not ready to be a starter in our team and the stats suggests so. Gallagher on the other hand doesn't even play that well for West Brom so he definitely is not Chelsea material as of now. What we need are inside forwards that are direct and precise when it comes to finishing or giving assists. Players that have goalcontributions that is in the double digits when it comes to both goals and assists. We shouldn't lower our standards as a Chelsea fan, just because some players came from the academy. If they're good enough they should be a starter, if not they're good as a squad player.

It's not cheaping goal contributions when someone's main source of creativity is through set pieces. Mount has to do better in open play, right now he is better than Ziyech and Havertz. However both have played less and have their fitness issues. We all know that Havertz and Ziyech are far more talented players technically. Once they're fit and hit form it's game over for Mount in my humble opinion.

She is looking at it from a business perspective, however when business clashes with what happens on the pitch it can get ugly. I don't want the board to make decisions on what should happen on the pitch. Imagine if we lost today and that halted us from making top four, isn't that much worse for business?

I'm not talking about Matt Law am I? He was also wrong about Lampard supposedly staying, just before he got sacked. So your comparison doesn't make sense. Up to now, the Athletic are the most reliable, and that is facts.

The Athletic which is one of the most reliable, if not the most reliable Chelsea source, stated that Marina clashed with Lampard over Kepa's situation at Chelsea. She wanted him to be given a chance by Lampard, and why do you think she wants that? That's because she was one of the drivers for the Kepa deal, and doesn't want to accept that she failed by signing him. Thank goodness we have Cech as our director which means she's involved less nowadays. If you don't trust reliable Chelsea sources, then we can't have a normal discussion.

Ofcourse it matters that Ziyech and Havertz weren't fit. You can't judge them because they haven't played enough games, does that make sense? Whereas Timo played most of the games for us besides Mount. When fit, ofcourse they need to produce, however Havertz's goalcontributions is almost the same as Mount even though he played three times less games than Mount did. I'm confident Havertz can do the job when he is fully fit, suffering from heavy covid symptoms is no joke so I'll give him a pass. Ziyech on the other hand has been handed many injuries, and following him at Ajax he isn't known for being injury prone. Still the fact remains that he hasn't played enough, so it's silly to judge his goalcontributions. I fully agree with Abraham, Pulisic and Mount. All three are heavily overrated when it comes to how people talk about them. People rave about Mount, however he doesn't contribute enough when it comes to being precise in the final third. Abraham is just.... let me not start lol. Pulisic is incredibly off form, he looks like a different player compared to last season. He can't be trusted because of his inconsistencies and injuries. The reason why I'm judging Timo the most though, is because we signed him for big money specifically to score goals. He got a lot of chances and missed them in horrible fashion. Even though, Mount and the rest have also missed chances, the volume they get is much much less. He also has no excuses when it comes to his fitness, he played most of the games this season.

When we had Frank we had a bad manager and some awful players at the same time. Tuchel's tactics is carrying us at the moment, hence why we are getting these results. I look at some of the fringe players and I literally can't wait until we sell them in the summer. I am positive that Tuchel can do great things with proper additions in the summer.

Ofcourse but Werner is our star striker that we have signed for 50m and he got the most opportunities to score if you look at the amount of goals created for him. Add context to the stats, ofcourse he is second on that list when he get's so many opportunities. Ziyech, and Havertz haven't been fit for most of the season so I don't count them. I do agree with Mount and Abraham. They don't contribute enough to the team. However if we're being real, Timo missed way too many opportunities.

To think some of them seriously would like to see Tuchel fail just to prove that they were right.... That's not a Chelsea fan but rather a consumer in my eyes

Do you know how many teams I can name besides Barca and Real that have won the CL after getting horrible decisions for them? I find it weird that the logic is only used for Zidane's Real Madrid. Look at Mourinho's Inter for example, and another example is SAF's Manchester United I can go on and on and on.

Atleast give some arguments lol, is it just agenda based?👀

They had a better supporting cast under Mourinho. It's such a poor excuse. Real Madrid right now have an aging squad and need to revamp. A lot of unmotivated and old players that have won it all are in that team. It's a incredible feat that he managed to squeeze so many titles out of this squad before they became unmotivated. Someone that has won 3 CL, and 2 La Liga titles can't be overrated. This disrespect I see online about him is unreal, and just plain stupid in my opinion. If you truly analyse the game, then you'd know that he tactically outclassed many managers on his way to get all those honours.

Why hasn't any other manager in Real Madrid won the CL three times in a row with the same squad? Put some respect on Zizou.

Ever since late November he has looked like a legit fraud. Can't dribble, pass and his defensive side of the game looks average as well. The only thing he does is mindlessly cross. I hope he proves me wrong and becomes a better player, but it really looks bad at the moment. I didn't want us to sign him, because I saw a few games of his last season. Leicester fans didn't like him as well, and let's not forget that he is a Lampard signing too. All of these things worry me, however I might be overdramatic. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

He is performing at a world class level at the moment. When he is in this form, he genuinely is unplayable. His decision-making has improved massively in this game, and we love to see it.

He has to start scoring consistently. The amount of chances he misses is unacceptable, and we shouldn't treat him as a baby. He is our main striker, and if he is the guy to lead us to titles in the future then I expect to see a level of confidence and ruthlessness from him. I'm happy he got the goal today, but I expect much more from him.