Amblève.

Romeu's gone for good. We sold him to Southampton.

Just like Mourinho wouldn't have registered Baker and Ake last season if he didn't intend to play them.........

Mourinho didn't keep him at Chelsea all those years, the club did. Mourinho wasn't even at the helm when Bertrand first joined us on trial.

I don't get the point of keeping him at the club. Either should have loaned him out again or simply sold him because his value will be pretty down after not playing this season at all. Even if we loan him out in January it will be some shit club in the Championship and his development will have stalled then and boom, suddenly he's another Kalas.

How the fuck do you not mean to hand in a transfer request? Did Stones accidentally slip into signing one?! Edit: Lol, WHS had the same thought

It never ceases to amaze me how shit we are at attacking. Teams like Swansea manage to play better offensively despite having far less individual quality and money to spend than us; for some reason we haven't been able to implement lasting schemes etc when attacking in these 2 years that Mourinho has managed us and that is quite alarming to me. Usually big teams manage to at least create chances when they're struggling but I don't remember a single chance vs Crystal Palace that would have been the result of a trademark play of ours (if we had any of these). No 1-2's, no lay-offs, nothing.

The only reason I can think of for subbing Cesar off is sparing him being on the pitch with that embarrassing lot lol

Let's not overreact, please. Falcao did nothing aside from that goal and a random goal has never recovered anyone's form for good.

Isn't that what you have assistant coaches for?^^

Once a Gooner, always a Gooner.

Kenedy was quite amazing on-ball

Fabregas has perfected the art of always being out of position

His 3rd eye has been sliced Chien Andalou-style

Oh my... here we go again - Falcao on instead of Remy

At least give credit where it's due and post the tweet

We can buy Reus, Pogba etc buy none of those guys can make up for us having no attacking system whatsoever.

If Cahill and Zouma played any deeper they'd be man-marking our goal posts.

Lol @ our build-up play

Because pacta sunt servanda.

Kane too! Amazing how these 2 guys are the last ones remaining from the Kakuta/Bruma/McEachran era

It’s Not You, It’s My Tactics: Francis Coquelin and the Impossibility of the Defensive Midfielder Good article about defensive midfielders. Matic gets a mention as his 3 league performances are being analysed - albeit not in-depth.

Alex, you forgot to get rid of the "Rodríguez" from the Pedro thread

Cesar as captain, Ivanovic (and Mikel) as VC. If Stones joins us groom him behind Cesar and Brane. All of them know the club ininside out, are at their best in big games and seem to be well liked by everyone in the squad.

Why anyone would want a liability in big games leading our team is beyond me. But then again there are already Chelsea fans thinking of Fabregas as a legend so that's telling, anyway.

Don't you dare disrespect Nchekwube