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Victor Moses, holy shit. I completely forgot he was still on our books. Feels like an age since he was a key cog in the Chelsea machine. Must be so weird and kinda sad for him to go from a nailed on starter in a title winning side to irrelevent that quickly. 😕

Agreed. Only real use I could see for him is in those matches where Frank sits Joriginho to give us more defensive solidity.

Having watched Soumare a bit that's very harsh. He is about 1000x the footballer Bakayoko is. He's very composed and classy on the ball whereas Baka has the touch of a brick wall. I just don't think we need a pure DM like him. He's really a player Arse or United should be after, not us.

Hasn't Kurzawa been shit for quite a while now? Arse fans I saw yesterday when they were linked were not happy about the potential signing.

The likes of Lautaro and Dybala are key parts of their clubs. Why would Inter or Juve sell either? Especially with Conte and Sarri in charge, neither of which will maintain good thoughts of Chelsea. Conte in particular would probably do anything in his power to never sell us a player.

Lampard already said that selling Giroud doesn't necessarily mean a replacement is coming in. Giroud didn't play anyways so his absence won't really be felt, tbf. Fact still remains that an injury to Tammy would likely spell disaster for our top 4 prospects. Especially if we make no signings while United does.

Pretty clear that journo's haven't got a clue. If we sign anyone at all (which is bet against at this point) it'll be completely out of left field. A move that happens suddenly with no warning.

Speaking of Portuguese Fernandes's, I see Bruno to United is heating up again. Is he actually as good as hyped or are his stats massively inflated in that shit league?

Nope.

Think Lewis Dunk is a solid player, tbh. Wouldn't be a bad buy at all. As for Ake today, keep in mind that he was stupidly deployed at LB by Eddie Howe after being out injured for a while. I don't think he was bad at all even playing out of position. Only thing I really saw him struggle with is chasing back after the RW which of course he'd struggle at since he's a CB.

When in form City are still the best side in the league. If they had a fully fit defense it would be much like last season with only a point or two separating the eventual champion from second place. They're also much more pleasing to watch than Liverpool for me. Whereas Liverpool are a blunt object that blugeons everyone to death, City are like a surgical scalpel. I hope Frank is eventually able to have us be as clinical and ruthless. And fuck me, I'm still jealous and angry every time I watch KDB. After Messi, I'd have him over any other player in the world.

Ross is an enigma of a player. Some matches he plays like Bakayoko where he can barely control a football and passes it to the other team more than our own. Other games like yesterday he looks smooth and silky with the ball. Frank has liked him and backed him in the media from day one so maybe now if he can stay fit he'll have a run in the side.

I'm starting to lean more and more to the thought that the club have got word from our main targets that they're willing to come here in the summer and that's why we aren't signing anyone now. Could possibly see Ake near deadline day but not any attackers.

United have Liverpool away whilst Arsenal have Sheff United who can compete with anyone. Victory plus favorable results and we can be comfortably above the former and all but put to bed the latter. This could be a massive 3 points on the line for us with the very tough run of games we've got coming up. An absolute must win for me. Another team that will set up deep and play for set pieces. I imagine Frank will deploy the same XI as today since we've got a full week to rest and prepare. Maybe Kova comes in for one of the 3 midfielders. I would keep Kante out of the squad even if he's fit because we'll really need him at 100% soon.

Comfortable cushion restored between us and Spuds/Arse. United are annoyingly close, though.

Liverpool with 85% possession 😂 Mourinho special here currently.

Mount could've scored twice today. Not sure why anyone is critical of him. He was great, as were Willian, Barkley, and CHO. Tammy could've had a hattrick if he was a tad more composed.

One of those matches where all XI played well. In particular, the entire attacking group was great today. Reece and CHO down that right side was sauce for the second match in a row now.

Fair play to Barkley so far. If he is just able to get his head up sooner/more often rather than barreling forward with his head down he'd be a serious weapon. Can't relax at all here obviously because we're one corner or cross away from letting them right back in it.

THE KEEPER! 😂😂😂

This is a joke. We're a calamity at every set piece!

Even though it's disallowed, how fucking easy was that!? Ridiculous. Time and again we look totally clueless on set plays.

Will our players have learned their lesson from all of the small teams that have beaten us? Burnley have clearly set up to pack the midfield, slow the game way down, and play for corners and set plays. They'll almost surely be under instruction to get tight on us and get physical. Please don't let us fall for it again.

Arse drop points and Liverpool should hopefully batter Spuds. United have Norwhich which is probably an easy 3 points for them unfortunately with the way Norwich defend. Can we take advantage? We're at home so...😬

Yep. This is one of those opponent where Zouma should actually be effective against. Burnley will be all about set pieces and long balls. Which AC struggles against. Not liking this XI at all.