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Thanks to Norwich, a win tomorrow and we are just 4 points from 3rd place.

Frank said in his presser today Pulisic re-injured the muscle trying to come back weeks ago. Frank said he had the same injury that kept him out for three months.

Our loan army is going to get much smaller. https://www.football.london/premier-league/fifa-transfer-rule-law-loans-17827727

I am really hopeful we see RLC in this game. In Franks presser it sounded like RLC was physically ready for the CL game, but Frank didn't feel that was the right time to give him his first action.

It seems like they have been working on a Boga deal for months now. https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/chelsea-transfer-news-lampard-boga-17831141

I think Dortmund is going to wait until after the Euro 2020 to try to get a bidding war going to get as much as they can.

LOL My son knows players much better than I. Not too long ago we were talking about Drinkwater. My son says he came over with Kante because they worked well together. I told him, I think Chelsea signed Drinkwater first? He gave me the blank da'fuq stare.

With Man City getting the hammer, is there any chance of getting De Bruyne back?

I have said it before that I think Frank deserves a full squad to be evaluated. I still believe that, however I can see him getting sacked at the end of the season for a terrible defence, poor in game substitutes, and also what might be over training the players. It seems like the injuries our players keep getting are the same. It is not an easy call. What happens if he stays, gets a huge budget for quality players, and we see the same problems next year?

It's getting ugly now.

Hoping to make it home by second half. I will take 0-0 at halftime. Hopefully a change to remove Barkley and others can settle in.

The Spurs thread is closed, so I will put this here. David Coote has been dropped from Premier League duty this weekend. The referee was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons last weekend as he was the official who admitted to making a mistake during Chelsea's 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge.. https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/david-coote-var-chelsea-tottenham-17811115

That is a guess. It could be right, but still a guess.

Any chance that Kit can be changed? That is not a good look. Nothing against pink, but blue and pink are not the best combination.

Lyon says 83M Pounds for Moussa Dembele https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/lyon-name-price-moussa-dembele-21565602

Five year contract done. https://talksport.com/football/673697/chelsea-transfer-news-ziyech-ajax-five-year-deal-summer/

I really hope we see Giroud more. Tammy/Giroud and when needed Giroud/Tammy

Hell yes, I'll take it.

YESSSSSSS

Very happy with first half. We were clumsy with the ball a few times, but the Spurs have been horrible moving the ball.

No Dele today for Spurs. Interesting.

They seem to be really clicking right now. I hope it is 1-0, so perhaps we can get our shit together and be better in the second match.

I said it earlier in this thread, if Kepa and Giroud are starting, I like our chances. By no means a sure thing, but it helps.

How exactly are you going to grab it when your top goal scorers are injured? You just beat the others until they decide to start scoring? Seriously what is your plan?

Top 4 was never expected at the beginning of the year. Add to that, the people that have scored the most goals are out injured lately and yeah, you have a shit team. All of this is of course Lampard's fault.