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Mendy, Azpi, Christensen, Rudiger, Jorginho, Kovacic, Giroud are sure I think. Other 4 players let's see.

Bale already.

When we put lineup like that how do we expect to score? Unless Giroud after some cross or wonder goal like against Atletico I really do not see other possibilities.

Leicester have no one good to bring in the second half. Arsenal have solid bench and will win this. Great for us!

Crazy skills! Signing for Chelsea was always a bad move for him at such a young age.

Yesterday goal and assist. Surprised you did not post it 🙂

Willian-Luiz combo!!!

I do not like leagues comparation. Pulisic scored 9 PL goals last season and he missed half games. In Bundesliga he never scored more than 4. It is more individual.

Please tell me this is fake. His goal is 10 PL goals??? That would be good first season? Even Morata was never happy with 11 goals... Does he believe in himself? Ok forget everything that already happened and 5 goals in 25 games but now in the next 13 games he thinks 5 more would be great? Strikers want to score every game. What kind of mindset is this?

I fixed it for you. In PL he has 13 big chances missed. Only Bamford has more (15). In CL 3. Cannot find stats about Cup games but against Luton he missed penalty. And there were situations where he should shot but he tried to pass (I think Newcastle game) and some bad first touches that stopped him from goal scoring opportunities. So lets say 20 possible more goals and if he scored 10-12 we would have completely different impression of him. He would already have more than 20 goals and would go for 30 which was something I expected before the season (all comps). He came with reputation of being top5 goalscorers in Europe. So yeah, being more clinical is all that we want. I think people would not even care about his overall game if he brings that. This is just a small part. And this is not really a big chance but someone would score there: And a little bit of early days:

Yet Bayern lost more points there than City in PL this season.

Players with contract expiring in 2022: CB: Varane, Romagnoli, Ginter, Sule, Elvedi, Stones. CM/DM: Zakaria, Goretzka, Kessie, Sabitzer, Camavinga, Soumare. Apart from Haaland I think these are two positions we need the most. And we should look from this group of players. With one year left on contract they will be cheaper than usual and there are not better option than this. Tremendous talent on this list!

Seeing Goretzka just made 3 open play assists in one game makes me realize how little all our midfielders offer in that regard. PL this season: Gilmour 0 (I know, just 34 mins), Mount 0, Jorginho 1, Kante 1, Kovacic 1. I see his contract is till 2022. Can we at least try this summer? Will probably renew with Bayern tho.

Funny how from no left footed attackers for years now we have Kai, Hakim and possibly Haaland next season.

Assist from corner. Baby Mount 😌

I know but he played him as number 8 and RW. Which are two different positions from what Tuchel think it's his best.

Does he pass @Vesper height test tho? 🤔 👀

So two completely different opinions. Tuchel: Between 9 and 10. Lampard: 8 and RW. 😂

2:0 Christensen 27' Kovacic 71'

Look, we have different expectations from them. We know what they are capable of and for their role they are doing amazing job. My opinion about Tammys overall game is the same as anyone but this season when he played more than 45 mins he did not contributed to the goals just three times. Spurs, Leicester and Rennes. And only LC was 90 mins game for him. Giroud 1000 mins: 11 goals Abraham 1500 mins: 12 goals. Asking them to do more for backup roles is crazy. I saw stat that for the first time in like 20 years all 3 Chelsea strikers scored more than 10 goals in the season. They are our 2 best goalscorers and scored 23 from 71 goals this season. 32% of all goals.

He did not had that chance even under Lampard I would say. With no pre season and coming to new league he was played out of position. He had good month from late September to late October and this was the only time he was played as AM in 4231. So in his best position. He started to build something. Assist against WBA, goal against Southampton, assist against Krasnodar, penalty won against Palace, hettrick against Barnsley. All this in space of one month. But what happened after that? He catched Covid and Frank changed formation without a obvious reason. After that was not the same. In this period Mount either did not start (Palace, Krasnodar, United) or was played as winger but was not effective. So Frank most likely did not liked that and moved to 433 to accommodate Mount where they both played as number 8. After hettrick against Barnsley and solid game against WBA we had Spurs in Cup and he did not play a second in that game. We played 4231 in that game and it was perfect for him to continue to build something. So Frank really did not gave him trust like he did with some others and this was really weird since Kai is generational talent. After Lamps was sacked we heard that Kai was club signing and not his and this came as no surprise to anyone.

Change of formation is number one reason. Alonso is better LWB and that is it. We didn't suffer defensively because of him at all. He scored against Burnley, made great chance for Werner against Newcastle and played major part in Giroud goal against Atletico. Chilwell was horrible against Wolverhampton and in last couple of months under Lampard not convincing at all. Also this argument you used about future is irrelevant at the moment because we are in desperate situation to make top4. When Tuchel arrived we were 10th. So results are all that matters right now. Alonso in Chilwell's place against Wolves and possibly 2 more points because Ben missed our best chance after Havertz pass. He will not play once we go back to back 4 and game against Sheffield proved it in the second half. You seem annoyed every time you see Alonso, Giroud in the starting lineup. Probably even Jorginho. They are all doing very good. Without Olie we would not even play CL this season because he was outstanding from February to July last year and won us many points. So Werner would not be here 😄 Also you asked what has Alonso done to be back. We can ask the same question. What has he done to be dropped completely? Mistake against WBA? Header in the middle and 4 players could cover that mistake. Silva did much worse mistake in that game. People are so overreacting on his mistakes. Like West Ham last season.

If Maddison is out longer they are done. Without him no creativity at all.

Looking at results and teams that progressed I think this EL is pretty much United vs Spurs. Can't see any other team doing danger. Napoli out, Bayer, Leicester... Milan is shit just like Arsenal. Spurs also lately but Mourinho has good record in competition.