Pizy

United have been as shocking as I thought we'd be but are leading. Batshuayi is a black hole at the top of our attack. Everything just dies when it gets to him.

AC beaten in the air by a fucking small striker.... Tomori fucking PLEASE.

Very surprisingly, we've actually been very good up until the very last bit in the box. But without the goal we're living very dangerously. United look very passive and kinda like they don't have many ideas.

That's an easy finish for a good striker. DDG was leaning the opposite way and that net was wide open. Fuck off!

That was almost exactly like Son's red against us. What's the differences!?

Bruno Fernandes loves talking long shots and is a great goal scoring midfielder. Hopefully no howlers from Willy when those long shots inevitably come.

An ancient, mediocre keeper, a RB playing at LB, a past it Pedro, a shite Batshuayi, and a Willian who can look brilliant one match and invisible the next. And wtf did Tomori do to be seemingly dropped for good? He's easily better than AC for me. But yeah, this just again demonstrates how much we need in the summer. A couple of injuries and we look like a squad that wouldn't look out of place around 10th in the league.

That may be the worst Chelsea PL starting XI I've seen in 15 years. Wow.

My word! This looks like an early round FA Cup team! I can't see how we even score once here, nevermind stopping them from scoring. And Kepa is 100% done at Chelsea. Damn.

And it only seems to be happening with key attacking players, ffs. Our two best left wingers out with muscle injuries at the same time.

So that either means Pedro + Willian or more likely Mount out wide with Barkley coming in to midfield. Great...

I think if Kepa is benched again today he's done under Frank. I'd rather he does start and puts in a top performance. If we lose this I could genuinely see our leaderless players collapsing and sliding down the table. So nothing less than 3 points will do.

Only reason I'm a bit more confident than I otherwise would be is because Rashford is out. He seems to always terrorize us. United are absolutely bang average but as we've shown time and time again that doesn't matter this season. We can make anyone look fantastic no matter what kind of form they're in. Pulisic still being out is so annoying. He could've been huge in this game as well as the Spuds game.

This is why I'm still in the Chilwell camp. A bunch of people here are down on him for the price but I'm not one of them. Still young, knows the PL like the back of his hand now so won't need any adjustment period, and being English will fit right in with our other lads. The problem with him will be that both Manchester clubs and maybe also Spuds will try to make a move for him. Could even stay at Leicester since they'll have CL footy, who knows. But having both fullback spots settled with great young English players for the next 8-10 years would be amazing. The attacking threat from both flanks would be madness.

Is Alaba still the player he was a few years ago when he was considered world class? Honest question because I haven't heard much about him in a while. Seems like all of that Bayern team have kind of fallen off a cliff in terms of hype and the whole world talking about them. I haven't heard about Neuer, Müller, or Alaba in ages and all 3 were considered the very best a few years back.

What's most annoying is that they aren't surging up the table by playing magical football and blowing everyone away. At least then you could say "fair play, Mourinho has really got them firing." But no, they're conceding goals left, right, and center. They look awful most of their games and their attacking play has looked like classic Mou from his Man United days where it looks like they don't even practice attacking moves. Their midfield has been dire at times and they seemingly never have settled fullbacks. Yet due to our extreme inconsistency they're a hairs width behind us.

Just imagine if Spuds finish above us. How unbearable that would be. Missing their talisman striker for half the season. Literally no recognized striker left on their roster. They were at one point 11(?) points behind us. A team in such turmoil that they sacked their manager, ffs. Goddamn, that would be embarrassing.

Spuds have been utterly woeful even after Mou took over but somehow keep scraping wins. Now right on us. Unbelievable.

Does it not seem weird for him to go to Liverpool with Firmino already there? I mean, from their perspective it would be awesome to have that kind of depth, but from his perspective it seems dumb to move to a club where you aren't playing every game. The striker market is going to be pretty damn barren this summer if he indeed does go to Liverpool. There might end up being a whole line of clubs going after Dembele because he'll be one of the only decent options available.

I would sacrifice my balls to see De Bruyne back at Chelsea. 😂 If their appeals fail I would bid £100m for him without hesitation. Honestly, though, I can't see anyone but maybe Aguero leaving since he's getting older and will only have a couple more chances in the CL.

Would be absolutely incredible if this holds for long enough that the 5th place team gets in instead of them. That would be extremely good for us. But I bet you anything that somehow, someway City will appeal this down to nothing but a hefty monetary fine.

Sancho is not happening, guys. Ziyech is our main signing out wide. The priority now will surely be a striker. If Kepa doesn't shape up and return to top form then I think a new keeper is certain. My ideal summer now would be Onana, Chilwell, and Werner. None of those seem unrealistic but Chilwell and Werner will have a long queue for their services. I actually don't think we'll be after a CB at all since Frank seems to genuinely rate all 4 we have now.

I see ScoutNation just posted a nice long montage of him. His left foot truly is outrageous. And the great thing about him being left footed is that he can easily be switched to the opposite flank at any time if the opponent requires it. Reece James + Ziyech on one side and (hopefully) Chilwell + Pulisic/CHO on the other. Oh my! Those overlaps would be quite possibly best in Europe.

Wonder what's going on in Pedro and maybe Willian's heads right now seeing this signing. They both likely already know they're off. Hopefully Willian doesn't coast for the rest of the season. Probably finally go to Barca on a free.

That is utter madness. He would cost £80m if he played for a PL club.