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Feel bad for Willian regardless of circumstances. Injured or simply dropped, the fight and heart he showed during last season's shit show forever earned him respect. Hope he's back ASAP.

If we can pick up where we left off form wise after the international break then I can't see Middlesbrough scoring from open play. It would be from poor marking on a corner or a penalty. They play Negredo as a lone target man, yes? Luiz and Cahill should be able to negate him pretty easily if so. I hope the message that Conte has hammered home to the team this week in training is tempo, tempo, tempo. If we just blitz them and move the ball around quickly they shouldn't be able to live with us. No zombieball like Arsenal played yesterday, no players standing around like statues, and the thing that annoys me most which is our players not being able to string 3 passes together before giving it away. You know Middlesbrough will raise their game far beyond how they normally play because big, bad Chelsea is in town and it's a spotlight match. Don't allow them to build confidence by retaining the bulk of possession and stealing an early goal. We need to pressure them from the start and demoralize them like we've done the past 5 matches.

If we take care of business here tomorrow then we should have a fantastic advantage over Spuds when we host them next week. No Rose, no Alderweireld, they play midweek, and we're home where they never beat us. Hopefully Diego stays out of the book tomorrow. Hugely important to get 3 points before the next two fixtures.

Absolutely unreal from West Ham here. From 2-1 up with only a few minutes to see out to choking it away and losing 3-2. Just fuck off! Couldve killed Spuds' title hopes if they had lost here and then we beat them at the Bridge.

Arsenal playing today how I fear we may do tomorrow. They look like the international break completely killed their flow and rhythm and are playing like zombies. United aren't even playing well at all but they know it's a must win game for them and have caught Arsenal at just the right time. As poor as United have been this season, they're only 4 points behind us currently and if we don't win tomorrow. Plus they have easy fixtures coming up I think whereas we have City and Spuds next.

Looks like the sort of creative little magician we were crying out for under the last regime but I don't see the need for his type now.

I've only seen Borough play once this season and I think I remember them scoring a couple of pretty flukey goals. Not really sure what sort of footballing side they are. Do they defend deep (park the bus) and try to counter attack or are they one of those small teams like Bournemouth who actually try to play attacking football? I'm hoping it's the former coming off an international break where half of our players may be fatigued. Those small sides that sit deep just make it easy on our defense and this 3-4-3. Think we'll win easily if they don't press us high and try to out-hustle us.

Unless he's so desperate to leave that he handed in a transfer request I don't see how it would be possible to sign him. Just recently signed a new contract and is at one of the richest clubs in the world. It would probably take £60-70m, no? Plus, PSG won't want to appear like a sinking ship with their best players continuously leaving. If we did manage to sign him, though, we'd be absolutely unstoppable in the PL and one of the favorites in the CL next season if we finish in the top 4.

So nervous! Mostly about our defense against Lukaku, Barkley, and Bolasie.

Have a feeling our clean sheet streak will end today and it will of course be Lukaku.

Like manpe said, I'd try him in place of Pedro/Willian but only if it's against an "easy" opponent. No way I'd risk him starting against a City/Liverpool/Arsenal at this point. If we have someone like Burnley or any one of these sides who will just sit back and park the bus with little quality in the middle of the pitch Cesc should thrive. He's still lethal when he has time and space to dictate the tempo of the game.

Before its decided that he needs to go, I'd at least like to see him in a midfield 3 with Kante and Matic. Even if it's just against the likes of Hull, West Brom, Sunderland, and the rest of the relegation fodder. Surely he'd have enough protection. I just can't imagine any of the small teams in the PL would be able to deal with a midfield with he, Kante, and Matic in it. Cesc would almost be completely free to ping it around. Hopefully he's fully fit soon so we can give it a shot.

Seeing a whole lot of super arrogant Everton supporters who think they're gonna spank us. If this was at their place I'd be really iffy but at home I think we'll win this. They'll be without their poor mans Kante due to suspension and Lukaku is really their only reliable goals threat. Him alone up top against both Luiz and Cahill should hopefully be manageable. My biggest worry will be from wide areas. Bolasie's pace and skills against Alonso who is pretty slow will be a concern. Will be tough but I can see a 2-1/3-1 win.

Must admit, I thought after yet another very impressive preseason for Victor he'd fade back into obscurity. Absolutely delighted that we finally have a manager who actually tells the truth when he said he plays those who earn their place rather than going solely on names. Moses has kept his head down and become indespensible now in our first XI. Huge credit to him. You can also tell he isn't letting his success get to his head and is just so glad to be playing. Humble and hungry.

Willian for Pedro, please.

We can't get a touch ffs! Just letting them dominate the ball and are inviting pressure.

Thankfully no Shane Long starting. His pace and constant pressing would've caused Cahill and Luiz fits.

The Saints play a style that we normally really struggle against so I'm not very confident that we'll win this. Hard working, high energy, lots of pressing, and great in wide areas. Hopefully Conte has everyone fully prepared and ready for all that and we don't have a huge letdown after such a great result against United.

Hey, guys, remember that young dude we had in our team...tall, solidly built, future Chelse star... Ruben something. What ever happened to that guy?

We MUST adjust our defending of Valencia. Can't keep allowing him to pump in cross after cross with Ibra in there.

Really worried about Rashford against either Moses or Alonso.

Man, imagine what a huge psychological boost a win would be. Not just for the players either. Conte getting a win against a huge opponent after those beatings we took at the hands of Liverpool and Arsenal.it would feel like vanquishing a demon and proving to ourselves that we can compete at the top. My biggest areas of concern are Matic and the wing backs Moses and Alonso. Matic has been very solid in the last few matches but will have some very athletic and highly mobile midfielders to deal with in Pogba and Herrera. Those are they types he normally struggles with. Then I'm nervous about how Moses and Alonso deal with a master tactician like Mou who is an expert at exploiting potential weakness. Luckily, I think I read Martial is out injured so we won't have his pace and trickery to deal with. If you offered me a draw right now I'd definitely take it.

In any other circumstance I'd agree, mate. Think he'll be having wet dreams all week about Pogba (the one player he wanted above any other but we couldn't get for him) scoring the winner so he can give Roman a fist pump from the touchline. If there's one thing we should all know as Chelsea fans is that José is a vindictive bastard who never lets anything go. He'll go for it.

Nah, I don't think there's any way José parks the bus against us like he just did there. He'll be out for revenge and trying to prove a point. He would love nothing more than to humiliate us like Arsenal and Liverpool have done. I expect them to press us high and kick the shit out of Hazard and Willian and wind Diego up as much as possible. Lets hope Costa's head is right and he just plays football instead of trying to fight everyone. Hazard also has to step up in a big game and not go into his shell.

Think I heard that's 8 penalties in 8 games for City. Ridiculous. Have we had a single one yet? I can't remember.