calculatingInfinity

Their window doesn't close until tomorrow night.

Well the positives are that Morata looked really fucking good, even after fucking up that would have been 3-2 goal. Rudiger also looked good I thought, which might sound weird after conceding 3. But two of the goals were on Luiz and Christensen, while one (the second goal) was just... Really fucking well taken, when Kante could probably have done more to stop him, but can't really be blamed. Only real mistake the ref made, was giving that freekick against Rudiger near the end. The two reds were sadly spot on. Bunch of fucking idiots.

💀 Well can thank Pedro for that I guess. Although why the fuck did Courtois take that.

Anyone thinking this isn't a red card, is fucking insane One of the most clear reds I can remember from a Chelsea player in quite some time. At least it doesn't carry over to the league.

A reminder Leicester finished 12th, a full 10 points ahead of the Hull who was the best relegated team, and 2 point from the 8th spot in the league. A fair finish from them, and silly to give them too much shit for not managing to win premier league again, when they lost Kante and also competed in CL.... As I said, he is not the player I would prefer either, and I think Chelsea could do better. But he is a homegrown English player, that is well proven in premier league. Not too silly a signing, even if the price is high.

How in the world is Drinkwater a fraud? I do agree that it's a lot of money, for a fairly limited player. But he's not a fraud at all, he's a decent squad player, and already knows how to play with Kante very well. Would prefer another midfielder, but I do not think it's all that bad. Lets give him a fucking chance before we call him a fraud and other idiotic shit, even if he was not a dream player for any Chelsea fans.

No. No you would not necessarily have heard of it already. I also think it's silly to think Chelsea have not already had contact with Drinkwaters agent and Leicester, even if the press did not know about it, and the bids hadn't started officially until now.

I highly doubt it, even if he is decent on the ball. Andreas Christensen is a way better bet, as an emergency RWB... Even if he also really isn't good enough to play that.

This is an idiotic way of looking at things. Conte no doubt admires a lot of players, and saying he is a big admirer doesn't mean he was ever first priority. But could end up being the realistic option after Matic left, as a bench option. Chelsea were never going to buy another midfielder, with Fabregas, Matic, Bakayoko and Kante here. Had to get one out, before starting to put the signing into motion. Big admirer =/= first priority signing, even without getting rid of your own bench options first.

Show me proof.

Yes. But for all we know, those reasons could be availability and such as well. Anyway, I haven't watched all that much Monaco, but I know they are fairly different midfielders anyway. Edit: just realized Clockwork had already made this point, and better.

Watched pretty much every match of his for Palermo, which was mostly as a super sub, and then a limited amount of matches for Torino. He is an impressive player, but I do have my doubts about him, being able to do it at a bigger club. What a hot take. Are you Marina, Emenalo, or a person with similar role at Chelsea, or just talking straight out of your ass?

Would be an absolutely fantastic signing, so hopefully it happens. He is exactly the kind of CB that would be great in a 3 men defense at Chelsea.

Fucking retard.

Matic looking like last seasons Matic again. Slow and badly positioned at all times.

They are a rather poor imitation of the vintage Pulis though. They are pretty terrible defending, even if trying.

Can someone gif or gfycat that pass from Luiz and chance to Costa/Hazard?

I am sure Avram Grant won't bother making such demands.

I would say Kante fought hard as well, and did win some good balls, even if overall not being that impressive either.

It's true he doesn't have much to work with. Be he (and Oscar) can put in some work effort at least. But he is just such a soft body cunt, just like last week.

Matic is a fucking tragedy. Has been absolutely dog shit for well over a year now. Doesn't add anything attacking, turns slower than a large ship, doesn't really get in the way of anything defensively. Just overall a waste of space. Oscar and Hazard yet again showing themselves to be the true soft lads they are. Ivanovic however has been the worst. The captain that keeps making dumb fouls, and then keeps arguing, to the point where he doesn't get into position for the fucking set piece. Also constantly out of position, thinking he needs to help out Costa up front.

It's all Costa's fault again right?

Some pathetic posts today about Costa, who scored two good goals, and missed one huge chance. Too bad he missed it, but it happens to any strikers. Yeah he complains and dives a lot, but his attitude is still worth so much to this team. Just look at everyone around him. We got Hazard who pulls out of just the sight of a tackle, Oscar who has absolutely no balls or fight in him, Willian who is just not performing well at the moment, and Matic who turns slower than a ship, and thinks slower than my beagle. I would also like to see Batshuayi start a match, but I want to see him with Costa. Maybe this is possible in the next match, when Kante doesn't have to play as deep as he currently does, when Terry isn't in the defense needing cover all the time.

Conte screaming at Hazard, who decided to slowly jog into the middle and lose the ball.

Chelsea not losing this because of Costa. He had a huge miss, and scored 2 others. That is what strikers do, they miss every once in a while, even very easy goals. Were losing (and now drawing) due to Courtois and Cahill being idiots. Mind you, should have been a freekick on Cahill, but giving him so much time to get the ball, was idiotic.