Tomo

His class was clear last year but we played him in a position final 3rd end product is needed which led to people being frustrated with him because he can't produce on that part of the game at even an average level. For me it was pretty clear he would thrive if played in a more appropriate position for his qualities, as has shown.

No matter what he does my main memory of Pulisic will always be his first interview question being "how do you feel about Olivier Giroud signing a new contract?"

Was it just me or was every five minutes he was berating the fourth official?

Our first two goals came from their mistake, other than that Burnley looked more threatening. We barely created anything. I wouldn't say we barely created anything,Christian alone could have walked away with two match balls today, I just feel this was more like the basketball games we saw early on compared to the controlling games we've had in the last month or so.

I thought he (and despite the goal and assist) Willian were really really poor today.

Tbh even at 4-0 I didn't think we were playing that well and it was probably our worst game of open space defending since Leicester. The last few victories in the league were team efforts but this one was down to Christian, he took over and was the difference between the two teams.

I'm still struggling to see how Emery has got such a high reputation. There's not a single thing about his management I like. Along with bad man management he's a manager that plays dull football and can't coach a defense, usually when a manager has one of those problems they atleast compensate by being top of their game on the other but he's absolutely awful at both.

I've been convinced we're finishing top four since the Liverpool game. Things can change but as it stands we're looking very good for 3rd.

Although he's earned it I probably won't start him Vs Burnley purely because I think he will struggle against that type of opponent at the minute. If I were Lamps I'd call him in the office and tell him he's not starting at Turf Moor but go on to say he will start at Watford.

I very much love how he's embracing different challenges and styles of play with opponent's and focusing on conquering instead of moaning about it. How many managers who play the attacking/possession based football Lampard does whine to high heaven when they play against low blocks.

Although last night was our turn to benefit I am firmly against goals being called back for minor offsides. Imagine scoring what you think is a late leading goal in the CL final only for it to be chalked off due to a players bulge being slightly offside? It would instantly deflate the team. Offside was invented to prevent goal hanging not this. Call up clear and obvious offsides (like for example Van Persie at Stamford Bridge that time) and leave it be.

Our league games against Burnley tend to go one easy (this fixture last season) and one hard (the Stamford Bridge game last season). Wonder which one we're getting this time.

Ive actually meet an Ajax fan travelling and he's adamant they play better in Amsterdam despite result suggesting otherwise.

We were quite solid numbers wise due to the cautious possession after those 15 minutes against Arsenal up till about February. After that we were quite open as we started playing a bit more expressively. I think Lampard is going about dealing with those issues head on instead of finding sticky plaster routes and it looks like we're reaping rewards already.

Didn't really think of the Giroud angle. Spurs basically clawed it back against them by booting it to Llorente for Lucas and co to sweep up the second balls and they simply couldn't cope. Would be harsh to drop Tammy even if it's just a one off but a Giroud, Odoi, Pulisic front three could be a real option for this one, and it will keep Tammy and especially Willian fresh for Burnley.

Sancho is a boyhood Chelsea fan and best mates with Callum and Tammy. Put that on top of the direction both clubs are heading i think we can comfortably beat United to his signature if we go for him.

There's only so long you can watch our three rivals churn out what they're doing before this question is asked by more and more people. Even with our youth and inconsistentcy's we look streets ahead of all 3.

Why?

I like him to be honest, blends traditional and modern approaches to football together perfectly. Not looking forward to our visit there.

Surely, surely we have 3rd in our grasp?

It's actually incredible how much we've rode out losing Hazard without the chance to replace. Suarez, Bale, CR7 leaving Pool, Spurs and United respectively left massive holes but we used losing him to improve collectively. When was the last time a team lost their best player but improved despite that? Last example i can think of is Henry at Arsenal.

Was actually having a similar debate with a United fan who was going on at me for losing this fixture, i said i wouldn't take that performance for an extra point, why? Because in the grand scheme of things it does nothing for United, a point higher in the table but in terms of competing with Liverpool properly it's actually a step back. Whereas us by comparison went toe to toe with them and despite losing didn't look out of place atall, 0 points but a big step forward in terms of properly competing with Liverpool in the long run.

Lautaro Martinez will be a good option but I could imagine Conte going to the boardroom holding them at gunpoint demanding they reject any offer we make.

We were better than Liverpool, we lost because we couldn't finish our dinner (and VAR).

I think it's more a case of his qualities being more complementary to the players around him. Last two years we only had one reliable scorer which was Hazard and even he wasn't troubling Auba, Aguero, Salah, Kane as far as the golden boot was concerned which meant Willians lack of end product was highlighted more as we could have really done with better numbers from him. This year it's a completely different ball game. Tammy, Mount and Odoi are getting the goals and assists he lacks while he brings the game management qualities that those boys are lacking right now, so in turn that means we can focus on appreciating Willians strengths as opposed to bemoaning his end product. Its a really mutually beneficial relationship between him and the academy lads. With the numbers the three above are producing it doesn't matter too much if Willian doesn't score again this season, in that sense it's back to the days of Costa/Hazard/Oscar/better version Pedro where anything he offers in terms of goals are a bonus because we have enough of them elsewhere, thankfully.