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He looked lively, his absence from the pitch actually was good, now he is fresh. I hope he can continue from now on and build on this match. We need our wing backs on top form, especially on busy periods like December.

I was really shocked when I heard the news. A great man, who did a lot for Chelsea youth academy. A lot of players have huge respect for him, he has given a lot to them. May he rest in peace.

His absence from international duty can only do him a favour right now. He better be with Chelsea and Conte, so he can get fully fit as soon as possible and understand Conte's philosophy of playing. I'm sure if he is patient and shows determination to improve, he will get only better under Conte and could be one of the important players not only in Chelsea, but also in the France team, which is always full of quality players.

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That's exactly the case. Denmark coach prefers players who play regularly for their clubs and said that he won't play some players only because they are at big clubs. Although Christensen actually started playing more frequently now, he is still on their bench. I don't mind that though, it might be good on one side as he is getting more play time, but on other side I'm not worried about injuries and he won't be tired when he comes back. The fella from Brentford should be really solid defender though, he keeps the likes of the already mentioned AC, Zanka from Huddersfield and Vestergaard from B.Monchengladbach on the bench

Indeed, it was at the moment we sold Obi Mikel...

I hope Kante is fit for this match, otherwise the team will struggle a lot once again.

Conte never wanted to sell Matic, get at least a bit of information about the club you support before posting nonsense. Conte is just another victim of Chelsea board, it doesn't matter who will be the coach, as long as we have the same people in the board who are doing the same sh8t over and over again, nothing will change.

Thats why we hate spudssssss, f8cking twats, never gonna be a big team.

Our new Kalou indeed. Just hope he can continue scoring vital goals for us. Last year, when we played Watford away, he was subbed on and turned around the match again, I think, scored then also.

We can say the same for Kante also, but Kante turned out to be a great signing, right? Even Conte said that he wanted to integrate him slowly into the starting 11, but with the sell of Matic, that wasn't possible. I agree he got some bad games, he hasn't proven his worth yet, but he got a surgery before the season, didn't manage to get a pre-season and now he has to play between 3 days. Not ideal for him and his fitness, that's why probably his performances suffer. But he is young and I think he can improve a lot under Conte and become a serious part of Chelsea team in the future.

I don't think anyone can get ahead of Messi and Ronaldo yet, but if he was playing for some team which is playing more attacking and attractive football, it would've been a lot more beneficial for his progress and for his numbers of goals and assists. And also the players around him would help him a lot. Just remember how effective he was with the likes of Eto'o or Drogba on the pitch. I hope he can create a good chemistry with Morata also.

I liked how Ampadu looked on the pitch and he played with some confidence and maturity, especially considering his age. Something I really liked in Ake also. I don't think Scott is ready yet, I think he was injured for Forest, that's why he didn't play and I can't really say anything about him, but Ampadu showed some good play and deserves more trust. Cmon, we have one of the best young teams in Europe, but we are still afraid of playing even one boy from the academy, even when almost everyone from our mid line is injured. That's why, eventhough, we spend so much money on your academy and it is producing a lot of talents lately, we still can't bring anyone to the 1st team. I think our youth teams deserves more faith, especially in moments when the board hasn't done their work properly through the summer.

You can now see why Conte wanted another striker in our squad, more precisely Llorente. The team struggles a lot when they are high pressured and are forced to send long balls, but there is no one, who can take 1st ball and direct it to the wings or to someone in the mid, in order to organise an attack. Tibo always tries to pass short to some of the defenders, but they are pressed and he has to give a long ball, Morata still struggles in these duels and can't win 1st ball and direct it correctly. Here comes someone like Llorente who can take a long pass, hold the ball for as long as he wants and direct the ball to his teammates. But no, our board know the best, they don't care about that they didn't bring the players that the coach wanted, because they know it's gonna be exactly the coach who will be blamed for the bad results, after that they can sack him and find another one.

Yeah, being a goalkeeper is always such an ungrateful job... Tibo is probably the least guy to be blamed about our lost yesterday. There was almost nothing he could've done better with such a bad defending from the players in front of him. You also seem to forget his good save against Radja before Roma's 1st goal, where Alonso was 3 minutes away from the situation and let a lot of free space for the opposition, something that happened a lot of times. The only thing I don't like in Tibo is that he is never sure about coming out and taking high balls, eventhough he is almost always the tallest guy in the box, it's like his weakness. But apart from that, he is a really solid GK and I'm thankfull we have him.

I was thinking the same thing. The guy could have been a real Ballon d'Or contender for some years, if he actually had some world class players around him.

Once again, CL match on Wednesday and PL game on Saturday, with all the injuries and our lack of squad depth, we are just f8cked. Watford are playing good and are even on higher place in the table. I really hope we can win, but I don't really believe this will happen. The team has injuries, a lot of players were tired even against Roma on Wednesday, I don't believe they will recover completely for Saturday. Our manager hasn't got players to choose from, so the 11 is almost clear, maybe our worst player Willian will start again, I hope Pedro will start instead of him as he was sub against Roma. I'd love to see Ampadu in mid, it's the perfect time to bring some youngsters into the team. But I doubt that, Conte is not a manager who likes to experiment with young players, unfortunatelly. Even Kenedy on the LWB sounds good for me, I want to see fresh legs on the pitch, otherwise I can't see us winning this game.

41 - Thibaut Courtois attempted 41 passes against Roma, more than any other Chelsea player. Bizarre. @OptaChels

If feels like something bad is happening behind the scenes. Look at Conte after Luiz goal, he is always jumping and expressing his happiness so wild, this time he just turned back and did a fist. After the final whistle, he is always going through the players, to the referees, to the fans at the stadium, now he just shaked hands with the opposition and went directly in the tunel. Something fishy and bad is happening, and that's horrible, I don't want again manager dramas, f8ck.... I believe Conte is the right man, but it feels like he is fed up with the board and he wants to leave. Really want to see him happy and see the whole team performing well once again.

Another one bites the dust... Last season we were lucky on that side, but this season starts pretty bad. I hope Zappa is ready for this.

In 2016 window we were upgrading a team which was going to face only 1 competition the whole season, this season is different as the team plays in CL too and a rotation between the players is a must. Can't really understand the rest of your post, but I'm not a big fan of Musonda, but when players perform like Willian, I think someone else deserve a chance also. And I'm really against keeping Abraham in the team right now, eventhough I'd prefer him over Bats at the moment, the boy needs to play week in and week out and this can't happen at Chelsea.

After a disappointing transfer window, you can see how the club is struggling when 2 players are injured. Last season we were so lucky for not having long term injuries and also playing only in PL and FA, but this season is all different and the board didn't do anything to help Conte. But what I see as his big mistake is that we have Christensen and Rudiger, playing really solid when they are on the pitch, but mostly staying on the bench for the likes of Luiz and Cahill who are making disappointing performances. Also, I can't figure how is possible Willian to start a game, even the young boy with the angry instagram story will do better than him. It's really hard for him with this injuries and missing players, but I hope he at least makes the right decisions more often and plays the right players on the pitch.

After performances like this, our high payed players should be fined with at least 2 weeks wages and give the money to traveling fans and/or charities. Palace couldn't even score before this game, 2 against the champions and a win... And when you see who is sitting on their bench as a coach, the situation for Chelsea is even more embarrassing.

People were qustioning me when I said we need 3rd stiker and said that Morata and Bars are more than enough for the season. Yeah, sure, I can see now... I just hope Morata can come back 100% fit as soon as possible.

I'd be so pleased if the club manage to bring this guy to SB. It would be a hude statement that Chelsea also want to be in top 4 in Europe. Also, players like Hazard and not only, will benefit a lot if such a world class player come to the club. We already have some ex Barca players and also some Spain players, I'm sure he will feel good around them. The team looks good in defence, we need only a new LWB, it is time to improve our attack also and Sanchez is the right option in my opinion.