Blue Armour

I don't want to exaggerate, but after a long time since Drogba and Hazard left, I'm finally excited to watch Chelsea just to see what a single player does. That player being Jackson. Just a joy to watch even when not scoring. Always seems to know what to do next before receiving the ball, and all this at such a young age. Very good find and signing by the club.

And Nottingham after that. Ideal 3 games to rebuild the momentum we had from preseason. Nkunku's and James being injured at the same time is one of the worst things that could have happened. We would probably be top of the table if not for that.

Hold firm Lukaku. Hold true to your childhood dream of playing for Inter/Juve/Man Utd/West Brom/ Everton

At this point. I can only laugh.

It really is becoming like Arsene Wenger's & Stan Kroenke's Arsenal First team players constantly getting injured, not really competing for trophies. No grit in the squad, mostly filled with youngsters with potential, and endless outgoings.

Jackson getting off the mark will help this team. Not sure from where else a steady return of goals are going to come from with Nkunku (and James) out injured, so we need Jackson in some kind of scoring form.

Well thank goodness this board at least burned bridges with Lukaku. He's never going to play for Chelsea again, and we should move past this conversation.

Not interested in having Balogun here, But what kind of striker is he? Would he play off Jackson or play instead of him?

Agree - but it's also a bit of a double edged sword. If he had missed, then it would add to his anxiety He clearly is a bit nervy in front of goal (for whatever reason) despite his excellent preseason. Hopefully he can get off the mark against Luton town and get his (and our) season up and running.

Cherki - another player with flair, but no real output in terms of goals or assists. We have enough of those. Might as well resign Felix then.

Jackson and Nkunku., but I see your point - we have overspent on several 'prospects' And some, worryingly, on long term contracts

Yep, fully agree. There are many things that I find disagreeable over the past few months (and of course last season) But not quite panic stations yet. Too soon, and we still have the window open to make one smart buy. I'm annoyed with how long we've taken to get midfield reinforcements in, and essentially threw away the opportunity to start our season with a win against good opposition. But still time to rectify.

As an additional positive note, there is room to make one more smart move in the transfer market It has to be an attacking player with substance. Not flair, but someone that actually puts in numbers - assists or goals., and also has experience. Not another youth prospect. Nkunku's absence combined with James, is proving too harmful

That's my hope as well. I'd rather we fumble now, and make adjustments like Conte did in his first season., and push strongly for the rest of the season. With the CM reinforcements, Poch has no reason to rely on a back 3 anymore. Drop Disasi, play a 2 CB formation, and play on the front foot. One thing that's been missing last season is a proper response. A defeat last season was followed by another defeat or draw. I'll be hopeful that we can turn things around only with a convincing win next game.

Semantics!

Areola is a tit.

Oh fuck off Emerson. Passenger if I ever saw one, winning a free CL medal with us.

I want him to open his scoring account soon. If not this match, at least the next one. Have a feeling he could be lethal once the floodgates open.

Feels good to have a CF again.

@NikkiCFC has your opinion on Chukwuemeka changed?

Fantastic goal. Carney Chukwuemeka has skill. No doubt about that.

Fucking west sham crowd booing Jackson Hope he smashes one past their team.

Jackson, nearly. Come on.

Hope Jackson opens his account in this match.

We should be grateful to Havertz, Mount and Pulisic too. Maybe they abandoned ship at the end, but at least they contributed to doubling our CL trophy count, and that's more than enough for me. It's not like Bakayoko or Sarr who ended up contributing so little.