coolhead23

I dont see how are Pedro and Willian better at this point of time infact young Odoi would offer more due to his enthusiasm. And more importantly experience players are always going to be better than the young guns, does that mean we dont chose them ... by that logic he would hardly get a game because there would be always someone better.

Absolutely!!! Madrid have their backup set. They will get their replacement either this or that. I feel that the reason Hudson Odoi was not sold by Chelsea in this window despite receiving a superb bid ... we are trying to create a safety net of our own. Like I mentioned earlier this is going to be a long summer saga ... And for me both ways is a win-win.

I dont think Hazard is Real's number 1 target though they can be unpredictable ... Feel they are after Neymar and/or Mbappé and only if they are not able to get any one of those then it's Hazard. The Hazard rumor has goes gone cold for now because I m sure Hazard's camp it pushing for the move to Madrid and they dont have an assurance for now. Feel it's going to be a long summer saga and if Hazard goes it would be towards the end of the window. Going to be interesting!!!

Why doesnt Hudson/Empadu get a chance specially in game like these? It's baffling!!! The first change after going 2 up is Hazard ... Why?????? When we cant give our youngster a chance against not so stronger team who barely have match practice ... when are we going to?

Kante is equally to be blamed ... as pointed out that he tends to go overboard when making the forward runs. But I said this start of the season that we will need to give him a year to accommodate in a position which is by no means his. U ask Kante to save Jorginho's ass and trust me 10/10 everyone would say he is best person for that job but you ask him to make that forward run for the goal I'm sure 10/10 everyone would prefer someone else. Thats the reason I believe he escape criticism and also because he isnt playing the game half heart ... he is really shows the enthusiasm of a 20 year old in the position which is not his.

If Sarri has to go then everyone has to go along with him else nothing will change ... the manager is always the fall guy for us while everyone around enjoys the circus. Has Sarri done enough, no ... he has been too rigid but then he hasnt received any support on the field as well off the field.

Liked how Pep thought this through and through ... He just used pretty much the same tactics that Sarri used in their first meeting. Give the ball to City and wait for the gaps to appears, with City the cover up play and filling up the gaps is quick (obviously due to the quality) but we still found them and won the first one. Pep did the same with us yesterday, gave us the ball, once the gap appeared they pounced on it like crazy and because we are no longer defensively stable we suffered plus the fact that they were very clinical. Everyone said it was chaos, our heads were not in place but for me Pep identified our weakness and was ruthless in the execution. Bravo to Pep and his team!!!

Yesterday match and the situation around the club just goes to show the sorry state of affairs. we have been blaming pretty much everyone which is correct as everyone has to take the blame for this ... but everyone seems to have another side to it (my belief) Sarri - For not been able to deliver his so called attractive football with consistent results ... But the other side of it is that going from a defensive/counter-attacking game play to tika tika possession based will need loads of time. And the players actually are not delivering the gaffer's plan. Players - For the pathetic approach in all the games and the missing in game intelligence ... but the other side is that so many players are not suited to the tika tika game play. Player power!!! Board - For not providing or going after players who would be a real value add to the team instead of just revenue generated geography based players... but if we think about it the board has pretty much given Sarri what he needs in Jorginio & Higuain. It just chaos all around without any order in place. The owner and/or the board have to really step up and take serious actions to install concrete foundation else it wouldnt take much time to slip down from all sides. Really need some miracle now.

The gang-rape is to continue after 2 weeks ...

Sarri to be Sacked???

This is a first ... Alonso replaced by Emerson!!! Hmmm ... great signs of thing to come ... yupiee!!!

We spend around 125m for 2 players and both are just bang average. One loanee who has not been good ... Poor window and most of us are expecting top 4

... still not ... we dont have any leaders left in the team to pull us through unlike what happen during our CL win.

U seriously hoping we will win any of the above??? Man, thats so optimism.

Who isnt?

Good Job on the first half, guys ... Still have the second to break some records.

Blab! Blab! Blab! Seems like someone wants to feel important...

As much as I want him to be here I think it's high time, we need to let Hazard go ... And rebuilt the entire team again. Reason for the thought is that there is lot of negativity/uncertainty with everything around the club. Hazard is surely one among that ... hence time for a new start!!!

WTF!!! I took a quick nap between the break so that I could be awake for the next 45 but it went for an hour ... only to see the jaw dropping score line!!! After seeing the highlights in the morning, I'm glad that I slept through the second half. That was just disgusting!!! Said it earlier, we dont finish top 4 ... sticking to it. We need a complete U Turn from here till the end of season which is highly unlikely.

Boy O Boy!!! He can surely cross!!! That cross in the final minutes was heavenly...

Spurs doesnt need to score, they only have to defend to a goal-less draw. Their defense is much better than Arsenal and they will pack it up behind. We again will be restoring to false 9 and trying to do same mistake as the last game in a better way, dont see us scoring. As a team we dont stand much of a chance ... as an individual who got really pissed after Sarri's outburst and wants to prove a thing or not, then yes we might get something out of the game.

So Barca can still get one of the most sort out players in football even in the January window while we get struck to tier 2 players ... wait that the case even in the Summer window. (For me Kante was the last brilliant signing)

Was referring to different profiles ... Pep wouldnt use Jorginho in Fernandinho's position because Jorginho cant defend. So the rotation would been with the creative players rather than the first line of defense.

Guess after it all settles down, everyone knows the extent of his capability. Thats the problem with us at the moment, we have built our strategy around him and it has become so easy to break down. Attack him and everyone goes clueless. Also i feel he doesnt offer more than what he is doing. Either we need a plan B with him as the focal point or just a new strategy all together.