Blue Armour

Feels a bit bizarre. Doesn't feel like we have the 3rd best defense in the league, but I'll take it.

That seems plausible, and hopefully the only reason why it's taken this long. Maybe they were worried about how the crowd would react to an ex-Tottenham manager being announced with a former Chelsea player still in charge. Silly, but it's makes sense that they would.

Prem status is nearly secure if not 100%. Hope it's all but official.

We are fortunate to have Enzo. Great attitude and will surely do good under a great coach. His signing alone shows that this ownership can at least do some things right. Hopefully they get the next managerial appointment right

Was a daft decision to leave him out of the CL., not that it matters anymore.

Yep, win sealed. Team getting some much needed confidence back.

Nice delivery, and nice goal by Badiashile

Nice movement again Madueke, but he needs to release the ball sooner

Should have cut back Madueke...football leading up to it was good.

Sigh....our aura has long since gone this season, that the opposition is playing with extra confidence. So much one touch football in that Bournemouth goal.

Eh..his coaching skills maybe naught, but I don't think we need to overthink his 'personality'. At least not as Chelsea fans. That same personality got us winning league titles and several cups along the way. Let's leave it at that. There's no need to keep attacking one of our own.

Hoping we seal the deal before Spurs act.

Sigh. Wonder what's taking long. They didn't take this much time when officially announcing Potter or Lampard.

I can't believe people are trying to big up Potter after this mess. Make no mistake, Lampard is worse than Potter. But the chief reason this squad has turned into a sad bunch of morale sapped hippies who struggle to score is because of the stint Potter had in his several months here. He took away the ruthlessness you need to have as a top club. Lampard as manager is just icing on the cake.

And Glen Johnson also adds that it depends on the nature of the visit and the talk. That's what people were questioning., not that he went to the dressing room. Owners can go wherever they want.

True. Let's not get it twisted. Roman HAS visited the locker room, but mostly during the good times. If we were on a poor run of form, he would probably show up on the training ground at Cobham the next day, but that was it. And it's fine in Roman's case. But after you have a disaster class of managerial appointments, Boehly would have been on thin ice if he decided to lambast the players. Or even pick individuals for criticism. Maybe deserved, but who likes to see that happen in front of colleagues? Even they would feel uncomfortable with a toxic atmosphere like that.

Lol..I keep joking that he has a better record against Arteta than Tuchel did. Imagine if history actually repeats itself

For the first time in a long time we had a spine again in the team with Costa, Hazard, Fabregas, Kante and even the maligned Courtois. Conte went ahead and mucked things up with Diego., replacing him with the mentally weak Morata. Never recovered fully since.

To top it off Boehly and co. have even reinstated the physio they fired last year. Shows how shambolic their decision making has been. They really need to make amends next season

Digging up an old post of mine from this topic. In hindsight, yes, sending Gilmour out on loan was a waste. At least he's at Brighton now.

All this argument about selling or keeping players at this point, is moot. I'd like to see how this squad performs under a competent manager first. Almost all our squad is playing below par, and they've all been managed by a bunch of flatfoots for an entire year almost.

By law of averages, we should end our losing streak at some point before the end of the season (even under Lampard). Would be hilarious if we get our first point under Lampard in this fixture. Ironically Lampard's record with us against Arteta is much better than Tuchel's.

Ironically, this would be the game to sit back and soak pressure. Now, watch the opposite happen.

I hope you are right. I just don't see it.

What next? Lukaku gets a second, sorry third, chance? Can't believe this club is making one stupid decision after another in a streak of stupid decisions.