Pizy

How does a midfield containing Jorginho and Kante allow play to be dominated by a relegation caliber side? Just how? We've been forced to become a counter attacking small team by Brighton. Not Liverpool, not City. Brighton!

Hook him at halftime FFS!

Ruben and Mount have given the ball away nearly every time they've touched it. They both look MILES off the pace.

I pray Chilwell is fit soon. Watching Alonso move about like a tortoise is torture. And this will be sad to admit, but RLC is not good enough for me. Not Chelsea first XI quality. Offers almost nothing.

Reece needs to seriously shape up his all round play. Outside of his final delivery he has been pretty damned disappointing in recent months. Lamprey showing him up.

This is absolutely turgid. We have resorted almost entirely to lumping it up aimlessly.

Brighton stroking it around and dominating the ball. Brighton...

Has Frank commented on Pulisic? Just not risked here or did he injur himself yesterday in training?

Brighton will almost surely be playing for set plays and crosses against our weak defense. Hopefully we'll be able to totally control possesion and prevent them from exploiting that weakness.

Have to win this. With a match that many will expect us to lose next weekend, we can't afford to drop silly points against Brighton and already be playing catchup after the Liverpool game. Must say, I'm not feeling this team Frank has put out but it should have more than enough quality to beat Brighton.

Oh, wow. Zero natural wide attackers. Width is going to have to come from the fullbacks by the look of it. Big, BIG day for Ruben here. He 100% needs to impress.

Waiting alllll weekend and now waiting alllll day for our match has been tough. So anxious to see how the new boys look and also very nervous about how the exact same shoddy defense from last season will perform having had so little time to prepare and get up to fitness.

If Jimenez was 25 instead of nearly 30 he'd be the hottest property in Europe and cost £100m. What a striker. And Wolves...wow. 2-0 already

United fans on their forum were slating us for spending £45m on Chilwell and they swore Luke Shaw was better. They've been bigging up Shaw for a while lately. Now they're all in muppet mode about Reguilon. Guess he's not so great after all, huh?

Probably the most question marks about a Chelsea lineup in ages. We have no idea what the XI is going to be because even with injuries we still have so many players to choose from. Have Brighton done any business? I don't even know who their main threats are. I know they let go of Glenn Murray and Aaron Mooy who was one of their better players last season. I just really hope we don't look super rusty. I want to see us look sharp and aggressive like several other sides have this past weekend. Have some confidence and excitement going into Liverpool rather than anxiousness.

And apparently WH are completely skint from blowing their money last summer. So if they have any hope of buying this window, selling us Rice and using that money may be their only chance to improve their side. Again, it's surely going to take Rice demanding to go in order for this to happen. This may be WH's only chance to get a huge fee for him because if they get relegated his price drops through the floor.

Btw, I don't think Harry Kane is the same player anymore. Lost a yard of pace and he was never the quickest even at his peak. He looks kind of stiff and sluggish to me. I'm sure we'll be linked with him along with the other big teams soon but I wouldn't go near him for the mega money he'll command. Has Man United for stupid money written all over him next summer.

Won't be long before we hear rumblings of Kane wanting out of Spuds for a chance at winning trophies.

James and Allan look amazing here. Literally toying with Spuds.

Spuds look like the same kind of stale side they did last year. Not horrendous but just...meh. Mou already looks miserable and pissed off. And their fans probably can't stand seeing a side like Everton coming to their house and bossing it.

What a cross from Digne. Everton look a seriously decent side. Carlo has them very well set up and coached. All 3 of their new signings look like they've been there for years already. Hopefully our new boys slot straight in and look comfortable like this.

Looks like he tried to hammer it in the net when all he had to do was gently tap it in.

What in the absolute fuck was that from Richarlison!? 😂😂😂

Everton looking very good on the ball here. Very nice balance to their side.

Is it just me or do Everton and Spuds have a pretty comparable XI in terms of quality? Both look decent but miles away from the top teams. Lets see if Carlo is finally the one who can get Everton to perform against a "big" team here. Would love if he spoiled Mourinho's opening weekend.