MoroccanBlue

I'd say he is rewarding Alonso, Barkley, Kovacic, and Pedro/Willian far more leniently than Emerson, CHO, and RLC. The former just need to put in a 7/10 performance against farmers to earn their starting XI back whereas the latter have to find Sarri the infinity stones.

Odoi's directness may had something to do with it.

Can someone check this for me? When was the last time Chelsea Football Club fielded 3 academy graduates in the league?

Doesn't surprise me. It's no wonder we've done so poorly in Europe and fell off the league these past several seasons. Think I also read somewhere that since Willian's been here, he's averaged 5 league goals a season. We accept mediocrity.

Absolutely mad that an 18 year old has better decision making than two 31 year old veterans. One of which a world cup winner.

West Ham at the weekend will be a far better game to evaluate this team. Only issue is that we won't be able to because Barkley, Willian/Pedro, and Alonso will play.

Gonna miss the Emerson, RLC, and Hazard linkup when Alonso and Barkley waltz their way back in the starting XI Saturday.

Class that

The fuck is Willian warming up for?

I agree. I'm just saying it would of been hilarious to see his reputation go further down the drain.

What about the cross? Beating a man then finding the open striker? Pedro would of passed it back to Jorginho and Willian would of been less direct not to mention his pass wouldn't of even beat the first defender

Absolute scenes if Willian whiffed that just like CHO did there

Azpilicueta just got mugged off there

In what fucking world does Spurs have a larger TV right than we do for NBC? Fucking mental they are showing their game over ours.

Just have to hope this lineup impresses and batters Brighton. Sarri will have literally not one excuse to not play these players from now on.

Quality lineup that. Credit to Sarri. Just hope he plays this more

Expect Rudiger to be dropped

Off to PSG if anywhere. Perfect club for him.

Let's just hope he's given a shot next season. If he does well, it will save us a pretty penny. Imagine a team where RLC, CHO, and James are regular starters.

Hope Barca win the CL.

Back to conservative football? It's no surprise they win points playing this type of football against the top 6. But when they face teams that do it to them, they struggle to break them down.

But we had a different manager? And one that understood the premiership? Conte? Ring a bell? Even under his tactics, this very same group of players got spanked by bottom half clubs. If football worked where every team on paper should win, it would be a very boring game.

You suggested the players are good enough and its solely down to the manager. I showed you relevant examples of games even under Conte where we got humiliated by bottom half clubs. With the same players.

The fact Ashley Young is their captain and continues to start for them perfectly reflects how shambolic they've been this past half a decade

Cheers Wolves. Hopefully Palace does us a solid tomorrow