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And Kova instantly changed the midfield dynamic. Much more calm and steady in there with him. The chances and spaces are there for us and we’re creating chances. Just a little more composure with the final pass is needed.

Loftus Cheek offering zero whatsoever and we’re getting bossed in midfield because of it. Kova is needed.

They look so much more comfortable on the ball in the final third. It’s pathetic.

Rashford, Sancho, and Antony with their pace against oldies like Azpi and Silva could cause us massive problems. Add in Cucu out of position and Chilly looking poor defensively on that left side with together with him…

Our defense heading into the season was supposed to be our deepest position. The whole football world (our own supporters included) was wondering how on earth we would get minutes for all our defenders. Now Reece, Fofana, and KK are all out injured. Fucks sake, man. Can’t see us winning this.

Fuck, Cucu at CB again. 😔

We’re just a bang average, midtable looking side without the dynamism of Reece and with so many others out of form. United will comfortably beat us at the weekend with the way we look now. So disheartening how poor we have looked outside of the two Milan games recently.

Havertz just takes an age every time he gets on the ball and then ends up giving it away constantly.

Just awful to watch once again. We can’t string together any passing moves at all. Meanwhile, for the second match in a row, a lesser talented side is popping it around comfortably.

What happened to Gallagher and Chilly?

Only caught the last 10 minutes of the half. How has the game gone?

Unfortunate sign of an inexperienced striker there form Broja. Head down the whole time when a simple pass is a tap in.

Nice, exactly what I asked for. Now let’s hope the lads getting rare starts seize this chance and get us 3 points.

Expecting a very tough game so I hope Potter doesn’t go nuts with the players shifting around to unnatural positions. Can see Conor coming into the XI in place of Kova. We really need to match Brentford’s intensity so having fresher legs will help. For the same reason I’d consider starting Broja here as well. Pick a team that Brentford won’t be expecting or specifically be planning for. Go for maximum work rate and pressure in behind. Broja, Pulisic, Mount, Gallagher. Best way to beat them is to force them back and not allow quick breaks.

Fuck, that’s devastating. 😔 That’s probably the end of his Chelsea career, huh? Even if he gets fit before the end of the season it would be stupid of him to play again and risk re-injuring himself just before his contract ends. At his age and with his recent injury troubles I can’t see us offering him the new long term deal he apparently desires. What a sad way for it to end for a genuine legend. My favorite Chelsea player in the post Lampard/Drogba/JT era. 😢😢😢

I should’ve said most sensible out of all these super expensive midfielders we’re linked with. Much as I rate Bellingham I’m not so sure he’s the profile of midfielder we’re crying out for at the moment. He’s more of a #8 where we already have Kova, Conor, and a newly resurgent RLC. Plus just spent good money on Carney who plays a similar position. We badly need a long term, steady #6 who can actually move about the pitch and not get massacred on the counter. Rice fits the bill perfectly in my eyes.

I’d still love Rice here. He’s basically risk free as he’s already doing very well in the PL unlike some of the super expensive alternatives. He’s a captain, a leader, and a big personality. Also has great relationships with the other English lads in the squad. The price is of course crazy but he’s the sensible midfield signing we could make. He’s a DM that you can plug into the XI and pair with literally any of our others without worrying.

Talk about a turn around for him. Out in the wilderness for both club and country without much hope of things changing. Tried and failed to move in the summer and looked destined to ride our bench for years. Now he looks to have solidified his starting spot for us and should do for Spain as well. Oh, and he’s also got a smoking hot fiancé and will be getting married soon. The dude is winning life right now. 🤣🤣🤣

Darwin Nunez is absolute dogshit, btw. Lukaku like.

Damn. Arse will be in dreamland if City lose this. And I was hoping we could keep Liverpool 9 behind us.

Hopefully the overall performance there was a blip and a result of too much chopping and changing in the wrong areas. Because Brentford up next is another team that will do a lot of the same things Villa did today but can actually score goals. We were a bit better in the second half but for about 75% of that game we were shocking.

Good LORD!!! Mount finally in last season’s form?

Jorginho finally comes in and instead of RLC going off who seemingly hasn’t made a single forward pass it’s for Kova? 😩

We just keep giving it away in midfield OVER AND OVER AND OVER again.

They’re still crating chances at will. Because our midfield is nonexistent.