Pizy

Two FANTASTIC goals already!

Maybe if Ivanovic gets burned for pace a few times today Conte will see what all of us have for the last year.

So much for everyone's hope of seeing a Costa & Batshuayi striker partnership. Looks like the same tired, lame formation as we've been using for years.

Surely a coach as intelligent and tactically astute as Conte realized these problems the second he started studying film. Yet no defenders have been signed with a week to go until the season starts.

If you would've told me the day after last season that we'd go a whole summer without a defensive signing and line up opening weekend the following season with the exact same abysmal back 4 I'd have laughed at you and said we have the most incompetent board in Europe. Yet here we are. Likely to line up with the same fucking terrible defense that embarrassed the club last season in just a few days time.

Death, taxes, and Chelsea bids being rejected in summer 2016. If the media is to be believed we've been rejected for Nainggolan, Andre Gomes, Koulibaly, Morata, Lukaku, and Mustafi. Getting a bit ridiculous.

Agree, I'd get rid of him for sure, but I think he's left a positive impression on Conte so far. Him saying "I saw after that match who is in my plans and who isn't," made me think that he liked what he saw from Oscar and not so much Cesc and Matic.

I think Conte will see Oscar as too useful with his ability to play multiple midfield positions to get rid of. Pedro on the other hand...

I saw this tweet yesterday saying Zidane wasn't pleased with him either. If we got rid of Cuadrado and/or Pedro I'd love Isco here. He could be fantastic again if he is actually played week in and week out as a regular.

Long as it's not to a rival and we get an adequate replacement I must say I won't miss his slow, lumbering self floating around the pitch like a cruise ship. Or the fact that he dwells on the ball for ages and needs to take about 3 touches minimum before passing.

True, and unfortunately that'll probably mean all three of Ivanovic, Cahill, and Terry starting.

One by one the mistakes of the last couple of transfer windows are being moved on. Falcao, Pato, Baba, and now Papy. Pedro next?

So fucking random! Watch him scyth a few of our players down when we play Sunderland and give anoth throat slit gesture to our fans.

Knew as soon he was appointed there that he would suddenly try to become the classy, high and mighty type. You can be sure he'll contradict many things he's said in the past over the coarse of the season.

Good. They both have their place. Against the strongest opposition I'm not sure it's a great idea to play with two strikers. Maybe if we had a better partner for Kante, but our current players would get overrun. We need to pack the midfield against teams like City, United, Spuds. Against lesser opposition we can play two up top.

But why would we have spent £33m on Michy and why would we want Lukaku for an astronomical amount if we're only playing with one striker at a time? That would be a whole lot of money in forwards riding the bench.

So people think after that one match Conte will abandon his two striker preference? Not so sure myself. His dilemma is just finding the best partner for Kante in the middle.

He's seriously underrated when it comes to technique. He has the reputation of just being a destroyer with limited footballing ability, but I'd say that better describes Matic. Kante is a fantastic footballer.

Gee, would you look at that! We looked miles better when athletic midfielders came in! Did you see how intensely we pressed them? They couldn't deal with it. That wasn't possible with Cesc and Matic because they're as slow as molasses. Kante is a bit special, isn't he? Immedietly looked at home breaking up play in our midfield. He also pinged a few Scholes-esque cross field passes. Hazard is back, folks! Last thing, if we add a top class CB and perhaps a great fullback we can be a great team. Conte just has to find out who the best partner for Kante is. Chalobah has looked better than anyone else in there.

This is comical! We need an entirely new defense and midfield. This is unbelievably SHIT!

I hate to say this, but we're shit. This average group of no-names can pass it around and keep the ball better than us. And outside of Moses and Traore this is looking likely to be our starting XI. Seriously, that looked like last season's Chelsea. Ultra slow midfield, the entire defense getting destroyed by a simple through ball or ball over the top, and strikers getting almost no service. We looked in that half like we did under Mourinho when it got really bad. Players can't string multiple passes together and keep simple possession. It's just one poor pass and Milan have it back. Matic looks simply terrible. Sluggish, terrible touch, slow on the ball. Willian looks off, Diego looks off, and Cesc looks as slow as ever.

Defense a shambles in the first minute

What the...why isn't Bats getting starts?

All I ask for tonight is for us to impose ourselves on Milan. Play with the ball on the ground, no Courtois launching it, no long balls. Attractive, controlled football. We have miles better talent than they have so we should be taking the initiative and playing our game. No counter attacking, defensive bullshit. One of the biggest criticisms of Mourinho on the pitch in his second stint was that we couldn't assert ourselves most of the time. We made it too easy for opponents to play against us. Hope Conte changes that.

City were already miles better than us and unlike Chelsea aren't fighting to get back into the CL yet they've just made their sixth signing. United are on the verge of making their fourth signing with Pogba. The team that most needed new players have signed...two. None in a couple of weeks now. With the preseason nearly over. Not one player in the most crucial position. Let's just say that I'm getting a tad nervous. Not shitting it yet, but nervous.