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I dont expect him to play with them for rest of his career with those players but we certainly can change the players that he players that he plays with or up the way those players play. I mean that is also the right direction for the club unless we have given up and become one of those clubs where we are just happy to stay in the top 4 or maybe in the top division.

more bad press just what we want when we are thinking of bolstering the squad *sighs*

please tell me this is a joke : You can't be serious the only player in this team that can actually make us compete for something this season. Literally the only hope! If we sell him then I am done with this board I want them out out out! Lock stock and barrel

I am so happy for Morata glad that he got a goal on the first game of PL itself, so the media can now go and get the eff off his back.

we are going to lose this and this forum is just going to explode Jim embrace yourself, WINTER IS COMING

genius in the making. A winning formation with 10 people. I can now see the headlines: Conte perfects the 10 man system in football at Chelsea. And it is not just because the players keep getting red cards, the club has decided that 10 players is a little few many on the field.

we can chose to sulk in that or try to look at the bright side after that I like to do the latter. Not the ideal start to the season 2 red cards opening day, a loss and the fact that our team has become more thin. Carefree just like our board who seem to not care about getting players that are much needed for our squad. I would be happy if we are in the top 4 at the end of this season. Obviously no hopes for CL with this depleted squad. If this continues Hazard would be out next season to Real/Barca. Clearly the club is satisfied with the solo CL cup that we have. I feel sorry for Conte after what he did last season he doesnt deserve this. He needs a club that can actually feed his desire to play good football and can spend to his liking.

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IT is well established that we dont have a competent board I mean look at the Costa issue, they are dragging it on for so long. No new signings, I am really lost as to what this board is thinking. Selling without any thought of getting some one in*sigh* Selling ake, Chalobah who are better than not having anyone.

well that was an interesting match A good reality check. And people blaming Conte *sigh* He can only do so much with this much much depleted squad. I am sure by end of the transfer window we would have much less players to deal with as our stupid board/club will loan few more players. Disgusted that we couldn't win the first match of PL at Bridge against Burnley, well that is the beauty of this league 2 red cards in the first game and a defeat guess this surpasses Mourinho's second season debacle so far. Really hope Conte and the team gear it up a notch.

awesome one more out, do the board and conte expect to play only 11 people in total for all the competitions?

Can't blame them. I am worried that this time they might end up being right. We dont have the depth in our squad to compete in all competitions. If we do manage to rack up a silverware or two it would be nothing short of miracle and would go prove that Conte is a genius! we are starting the season in a backfoot with key players out with injury how fucked are we? I mean without that much technical nous I can tell that Conte is fucked I can't believe that our board can't see this? or if they do they aren't doing anything about it.

I agree we do but the way we are dealing with things this transfer window seem to suggest otherwise. If we sell Costa we clearly have money that we can spend to reinforce our squad in many areas that is in eed of immediate attention.

I just hope we get the money before the transfer window closes so that we can buy somebody. We need the money to spend on someone else.

he scored after all hahaha

How long will Bakayoko and Hazard be out for?

2-0 Isco scores. And just for all those who were complaining about losing Lukaku to Manu :

It would make me really happy if Morata scored in this game would be a great start to the campaign and he will get morale boost but whatever be the case I dont want him to be under pressure of British media and the fans. We need to trust him and he will come good. I just hope that Conte can motivate the players well

Just this thread?

lots of thinking for Conte to do, I don't know what they are doing in the practice sessions but they need to up it.

Morata needs time, just keep faith dont put pressure on him. I fear that the english media will turn him into another Torres. I really hope Conte gets him up and running faster. He shouldn't play till we are sure that he will hit the back of the net. We have to make sure that we fend off the stupid media guys that are just waiting to write articles about how United did the right thing going after Lukaku with the he is proven PL talent. I believe Morata will come good. I still blame the board for this. They didn'd get these players in time for pre-season so that they can train and get confident. I still feel Conte can bring the best out of him. Time and patience is key. Also make sure he scores the next time he is on the pitch (somehow)

Sill believe in Conte. You know things aren't good when you dont get the manager players to play in the pre-season. We have been selling players without getting any new signing how deluded are we? Just because we managed to keep players fit last season doesn't mean that we will be able to do so again( also coupled with the fact that we had only PL to focus on) Does board not see that we are now in the CL and we need squad depth if we want to get anywhere near reaching even semi's of CL. I feel sad for Conte, he will be sacked for no fault of his. Our club is a joke, big joke. We couldn't handle the eva matter, now this season Costa. I can't believe why these kind of things happens to us. Few years back United were in a similar situation with Rooney and they handled the situation so very well. Difficult times but we need to still keep faith in our players, club and Conte. What pisses me off is that we had quality youngsters that our club sold. had we just retained them we wouldn't be this mess where we are finding it hard to get players. I dont know if the Costa situation is preventing or hindering our ability to get good players in.

Why are we sure that these are all Conte's signings, our board has always held the say in buying/selling players. I mean what kind of a club would sell a player to immediate rivals?

exactly what I thought, thanks.

I hope we can see Morata play as a striker in this one. Is Hazard/Bakayoko/ Pedro available for this one?