Blue Armour

Would be good if JT could play in this one,..don't think Ibra has ever had a good game against us when JT was in the lineup

The commentating gets even more annoying...in the last game they were going: 'We haven't yet seen the "traditional" Luiz mistake' ...

And moving Kante from CDM to B2B

Hmm...mentioning Chelsea directly by name. Promising signs, but we've heard plenty of stuff like this in recent times from agents trying to secure fat new contracts for their clients.

Oh yeah, no doubting that that may very well be the reason he's been hired..

Whether he needs to be on the bench or not, that's a good attitude.

Admittedly would be interesting to watch an American coach in the league, given the recent success of players like Dempsey, Friedel, Howard and Donovan.

Speaking of the Swansea game, the referee thing is a bit disconcerting...I never gave it too much attention during Mourinho's time or before that, because generally poor decisions for/against us even themselves out over the season. Dodgy decisions like with Swansea, and even in the Hull game with the penalties can make you wonder. That episode with Mark Halsey speaking in the press doesn't inspire much confidence either..

I wonder whether Carthage could have subsisted if they had chosen not to resist the treaties/sanctions imposed upon them by Rome after each of the Punic wars. But like you said, conflict and destruction was probably inevitable especially with the struggle for supremacy and protecting interests, and the animosity towards each other...Delenda est Carthago, and all that..

Just 1 of 2 genuine strikers we have on the squad right now and we would want to loan him... ...These journo's could do with at least a little bit of research before pulling stuff out of their arse.

Credit to Moses for his great perfmormance, but in honesty I think it worked really well because we had our best defender in Azpi to provide him with cover.

Probably should start wearing Air Jordan's like Neymar, considering he already has the right squad number lol.

Maybe that's the way we should be as a team moving forwards. Different horses for different courses. Switching from 3-5-3, 3-5-2 or 4-4-2 and so on. Felt we had kind of got ourselves into a rut with trying to fit players into that old 4-2-3-1 formation for the past 3 years.

In terms of amount the time period involved, or the extent of loss in form? If its the latter, I don't think Tibo has had a horror show close to what Cech had in the Champions league quarter final against Liverpool in 09. Or the 3-5 Arsenal win at the Bridge when AVB was here.

Conte seems to have taken a leaf out of the book of Klopp and Milner. When you're short on good wing-backs, play a winger there instead.

Lol....this guy has two completely two different emotional states ON and OFF the pitch:

Much better from this game. 9 goals conceded from 17 shots this season is a shocking stat for someone at his level, but today was much better. The two saves he made in the first half prevented what could have been a very different game

Very good performance from him, covering a lot of ground today. Have a feeling that Kennedy could have also done a similar job if had stayed.

Much better a B2B player rather than an all out DM who plays at the back of the midfield. Good switch of tactics today to let Matic sit back and let Kante surge forward. Pressing for the ball by him and Willian in the oppositions half was instrumental today,.

Like Henrique mentioned earlier, I'm getting an AVB/Scolari vibe with the shoddy defense, lack of commitment from the players and not to mention the early season defeats to Liverpool and Arsenal (like what happened in 2008 and 2011). The difference here is Conte is not a novice like those two when it comes to club football, so I expect him to put up a stronger fight to reign in the squad and make a quicker turnaround in terms of results.

I don't think its really a question of small team or big team. He has been crucial in some of our wins against Arsenal last season and in the one before that. Yesterday was just a shit performance from him, and the rest of the attacking midfield. That being said, I would start him over Oscar and Matic in any of the games, big or small.

Terry no longer has the level of influence he used to have at the club. He barely secured a contract for himself this season. Not much he can do about wayward players for whom the club seem to be willing to bend over backwards

No wonder he was raring to leave the club this season....shit league, shit referees, shit team.

Eden 'the Boss' Hazard

Sometimes finger pointing at players can be funny over here...People are still fuming about the dastardly Eddie Izzard...