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In front of the media, yeah. But there are a lot others who doesn't have the patience when it comes to young players and expect sudden impact. I guess the price tag also plays a part. It was easier to get rid of them both when we haven't invested a shit ton of money into them.

As much as I doubt Frank is gonna make it here, I am glad he is level-headed and reasonable enough to give the kid enough time to settle in. He didn't mention any names but it was obvious that he referred to guys like De Bruyne and Salah when talking about players coming back to the PL as a stars despite not making it the first time round.

First of all, I have always said that his biggest test will be December and not the easier fixtures before that. I have been heavily critical of him before and never ever have I said that he changed my mind. We made a good run, I tried to be supportive but it was mostly games against bottom-half teams. We are yet to win a key match this season. Not only that, but we have regressed in terms of our performances against the better teams. This is not like the first months of last season when we were playing good and couldn't finish games off.We are relying mostly on crosses and set pieces. He has been here for an year and a half and there is no progress. One defeat can be excused but two in a row with only Ziyech missing for the secons one is absolutely not. The biggest problem with Lampard is that he has never proved that he can do it.Hoping that he is the next big thing is purely based on him being Lampard, one of our greats. City and Liverpool have hired proven winners and despite not getting it right at first, they gave them time because they actually has done something in the past.Ours is just wishful thinking.We injected 250m in that squad in the summer and backed a manager who has been here for more than an year. It's his job to incorporate the new signings and get the best out of them. So far he has not done this.

If the name of our manager was not Frank Lampard, 90% of the fans would have called for his sacking after tonight. Same thing is happening to United and Arsenal. We are laughing at them but we are in no different position. I know some people will blindly defend him but that's the truth. We spent around 250m but I don't see any progress at all. Our pressing is getting better but that's all. We are relying on individual brilliance most of the time or just crossing and hoping Giroud scores. Not to mention that we don't have a single win against a team above 11th position.Which is a shocking stat 13 games into the season.

No way this happens. They will struggle to even get a win in the next two games. But I get your point.

If United win their two games in hand, they will be 4 points above us.And we are talking about Ole's United.

Chelsea legend as a player but being the manager is totally different task and he is not capable of doing it at this point of hia career.

A lot of posters ovrr here were mocking Lampard's doubters after a few good results against bottom-half opponents. I said I am still yet to be proven that he is capable against better opponents and they made fun of me too. I hope they are happy now. This is unacceptable after spending 250m in the summer.

Sorry but these are UNACCEPTABLE back-to-back performances.

We didn't create a single cleae chance from open play. Relying only on Pulisic and crosses and that's it.

We are shocking

Kovacic is so disappointing with his long shots..

For all those complaining of VAR, this is a clear example why we need it..

VAR can't overturn a corner

Giroud! Now we should have a lot more space.

Different styles. We have the ball most of the time while Tottenham are willing to give it away and that gives Son a lot of space to operate in.

Our pressing is clearly improving but we are creating nothing from open play. Literally nothing for a second game in a row.We are not even trying to play through the middle.Overcrowding flanks is a good strategion but in our case only leads to crosses.Werner is practically out of the game. Kante is back to his beast mode! PS There is no need to single out Havertz. He is a weak link so far but we all hope that he will come good. I don't think pointing fingers at him would help.

Absolutely spot on

Thiago was pointing to the others to move and switch places. We are too static atm

Pulisic is the only one who can cut through their defence...

Thiago in the right CB role? Nvm, they just swapped

I am really glad Frank kept Havertz in the starting 11 and removed Kovacic. We need more attacking threats and Mateo is not a one against low-blocks. Also Puli can make all the difference tonight. I am really happy with that line-up.

And three out of these 5 times we were group winners...

No matter what pot we are into, we alwaya get the hardest draw. Twice playing PSG after being first in the group and now Atletico...fucking unreal

I actually don't want to see Mateo starting. Against high-pressing sides like Leeds he is pretty useful but against deep-blocks he offers no threat at all.He is not very good at long shots, he is not the player to exploit the space behind someone,he is just not the one to go between the lines . The combo of Ngolo and him is too passive IMO. Havertz was shocking yesterday but I prefer him being one of the midfield 3 over Kova. At least he is capable of doing something in the final third.