Blue Armour

Haha..Frank at the end. I get it that Liverpool won the title, but they just keep making almost every question about them. He made it clear that he's more interested in questions about Chelsea than Liverpool.

One of the few players on the pitch today, that played at 100% match fit tempo. Largely responsible for both the goals we scored. When fully recharged, he is fantastic

I was referring to his 433 with Anelka playing out wide, not the diamond formation. But yes, 2 strikers would force us to sacrifice a winger. On the plus side, it is an option for good squad rotation. Keeps everyone fresh

Hmm. Wonder if Lampard will use Werner like Ancelotti used Anelka.

Jeez,...you'd think during a lockdown with no football, there would be no drama. But NO, this is Chelsea

I wouldn't call anyone of them mediocre..but I do worry about Pulisic's ability to last an entire season without some kind of injury problem. In our title winning campaigns, our best players, be it Lampard or Drogba or Hazard, barely missed games.

Highly doubt it will be cancelled. Most likely they will push it out even further if situation worsens. If season is voided as it stands, then nothing counts. They will use last seasons standings. Interesting to see if Arsenal would get a CL spot over City if that happens, and City is unsuccessful in their CAS appeal. If season continues really late, not sure what is going to happen with players who are out of contract in June (looking at our front 3 including Willian)

Now, there is talk of all remaining PL games being played behind closed doors The Times is claiming that a plan could be pit in place as early as this week.

Just stupidity. Just like that 'no handshake' rule for the players in the PL games. Was that just meant to send a message to the public? Because later on in the match, the players were just grappling with each other during corners and butting heads. Flu > more deadly than Covid. But everyone loses their minds over the latter.

Another match to be impacted by Covid looks like. Behind closed doors, based on the latest reports.

We can't keep looking back at teams behind us. Too many for close comfort Our aim right now should be to overtake Leicester.

You know that cliched saying, "it doesnt matter how many you concede as long as you outscore the opposition"? I really think it holds true for the type of football Lampard is trying to play. We look good in Tottenham and Liverpool games because we thankfully converted our chances early on and rubber stamped out control on the match. Can guarantee that if we had last seasons Hazard and RLC in the team, we would be far above where Leicester is in the table right now.

He was originally stenciled in to go on loan again this season, but Luiz's departure forced Lampard's hand. In hindsight, I'm glad Tomori stayed, as he has been instrumental in games in the early part of the season. But next season, I think he needs to go out on loan to further develop. And Chelsea NEEDS to bring in not just a good defender, but a new LEADER for shoring up that back line.

This season is an oddity in terms of injuries. Overall, I think we are far better than most clubs (looking at Arsenal) You can also look across to Madrid, at Eden Hazard, who has missed as many games for Madrid this season, as he has for his entire 7 year stint with Chelsea.

It looked bizarre from the beginning. You can see Michael Oliver knew he was partaking in a lie. He could have easily gone over to the pitch side monitors and taken a look himself. I can bet he was being told to do otherwise on his intercom.

You can't tell me there is no rigging going on with this VAR system. How can they overlook a clear and obvious foul, and actually have the gall to say they were wrong 20 mins later in the same match. Are they going to retroactively ban him? They didn't WANT a Spurs player sent off, and risk having a one sided game.

Haha, I can totally relate. My first day at the Bridge also ended up with a rather ignominious defeat for the Chels, but to me the result was nothing more than a bonus. Nothing can take away the sheer joy of being there in person for the very first time. Truly special.

If I had to pick one thing to disagree with Lampard, its this. Dropping the no.1 goalkeeper to prove a point is thing, but you don't shoot yourself in the foot for it. Cabellero is NOWHERE near the quality of GK needed to start regularly. I would pick him for penalty shoot outs and that's about it. Lampard hasn't exactly been vindicated in terms of results after dropping Kepa, and has potentially created an unsavory situation. It remains to be seen if he will eat humble pie and reinstate Kepa for the next game. Or if he will continue his 'Cabellero experiment' just to show it works.

On the bright side, Arsenal will no longer be 'The only unbeaten team in the PL'

IMO, he was invisible in attack, and I think he was just as useless as everyone else in midfield in terms of defense, especially in that 2nd half. No one was pressing, and we were giving Leicester easy forays into that final third. They carved us open time and again every time they went up the pitch. This wasn't the typical lung bursting performance we've seen from Kante.

Believe me, I wasn't defending Lampard with that statement. No one is blameless here.

He's probably not the only one, but boy was Kante invisible today. He was just not into the game at all. Did barely anything all game.

Feels like today's team selection and subs were a massive middle finger to the Chelsea hierarchy sitting in the stands at the game today.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7925249/Chelsea-agree-new-shirt-sponsorship-deal-mobile-phone-network-Three.html New shirt sponsorship deal signed. Concerned about how that big logo is going to look like

We could ask Cech to return to the pitch for the next few months, lol.