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Poor decision making all day long. Too many touches or not timing passes right, shame because he carries the ball well in moments and can open space up for people but today he was frustrating.

Not going to beat around the bush to be honest but who cares what he said. I read the article and the quote "The times I did play it was like an audition. And that is never healthy." got me thinking did he expect to be given the starting birth or wouldn't have to make an impression in limited playing time if he wasn't in favour or first choice? Just a crappy dig at the club.

Thought we were pretty crap to be honest but I did see enough of Conte's Juventus to know this isn't a big worry as they could get results like this playing poorly. Surprised we kept a clean sheet as Stoke really had some excellent deliveries from corners in first half that normally we are pretty strong at defending but we struggled to cope with them at time.

Looked good tonight. Hopefully he can get more minutes in the next few games

What I'm meaning is if ANYBODY else gets a red card its nowhere near as big a deal. At least we've found a scapegoat now Iva left, always one positive.

Here we go again. Hopefully no transfer window bans.

I seriously hope your joking. He's been one of the standout CM in the PL so far for me and it's no surprise United are sitting joint at the top of the league now that they've added that balance to their team. He's pretty fucking excellent for a donkey. Okay sure Baka has age on his side being younger than him but they aren't exactly the same player and for me, he would of been a better option than Danny Drinkwater. Like mentioned above he's proven in the PL and if he wasn't 29 and was a bit younger, people would be annoyed with the decision the club made even more than they are now because it was widely reported that Conte wanted to keep Nemanja (despite what people were made to believe). We didn't need to sell, we turned down a fortune for Diego Costa in January so it isn't like we were struggling for 40M. Just baffles me.

Honestly Neymar is such a wank. Imagine strutting about demanding to take all free kicks penalties etc and then getting upset when someone who has been there for like 4 seasons questions your attitude when you've been at the club for maybe 2 months, trying to call all the shots to help himself more than the team. He'll never be in Messi or Ronaldo's league. If he thinks he will ever win a Ballon D'or with that attitude he has another thing coming. Imagine leaving an extremely challenging and high pressure environment like Barcelona for PSG anyway. I mean talking about Cavani he was fine playing second fiddle with Ibra years and years ago, maybe he wasn't overly impressed playing on the wing but he did it can't see him being too annoyed about having to play with Neymar.

He's average and perhaps not even better than Rudiger, well he's definitely not better than Rudiger who in an ideal world would start ahead of him most games but he's getting some flak on here which is maybe OTT. He's like our scapegoat now. Red cards happen in football.

Your not serious with the whole Cahill ruining shit are you... so what he got sent off it happens, Luiz got sent off but he didn't ruin anything. Jeez. People will be blaming Cahill for everything this season ranging from anybody missing an open net to any sort of disaster at this rate. "Gary Cahill to blame for Kim Jon Un shooting nuclear missiles" Anyway, hopefully Charly gets a good amount of minutes in the match to show us what he is all about. Kenedy at LWB too would be nice. Actually hope the two of them play the full 90.

Or because he's our longest serving regular first team player? He's won everything yeah but he's been here since January 2012 and has very much been involved in every success we've had since then.

I hope so. The game he played against City for Gladbach last year at the Etihad in th CL he looked a bit overrawed with Agueros pace though which is another concern I have, he's no slouch but Aguero alone is a handful let alone with Gabriel Jesus too who has really impressed me. Still hopefully he goes with Christensen and although I didn't think Gaz had a bad game v Arsenal, i really liked Rudiger in that left centre half position.

I think they had the better of us in the middle of the park until Bakayoko came on which for me is where we let ourselves down. Ramsey and Xhaka are good players but I think if we had a player with a big presence in there we would of unsettled them, they were unfortunate Ramsey/Lacazette didn't score and if they had done I would of worried for us as we looked toothless until Hazard came on, really Pedro should of scored his chance too early on but hey. Morata needs to stay on his feet more when than ball comes into him, he needs a lesson or two from Didier I think but this sort of game would of suited Costa more than Alvaro, pity he's in Brazil or somewhere doing fuck knows what haha.

Luiz has got that big game experience in the PL that Christensen hasn't got, particularly as well I thought Luiz was outstanding against City at the Etihad last year when we were really under pressure in the first half... But Christensen is good enough to play this year and showed against Spurs a maturity beyond his age but honestly the way City have been playing I think Conte would rather have the chance to rely on an experienced David Luiz than him. It's going to be a real test for him which again I am excited to see him play more minutes because of his talent and he needs to play to develop but would rather Luiz was available.

Honestly didn't think he did anything badly today. Sure Rudiger was in good form beforehand but Cahill didn't really make any sort of mistakes of note defensively for me. David Luiz on the other hand makes an absolutely ridiculous tackle that was unnecessary and hinders us for the next 3 games but Cahill is still the bad guy. Sure his passing maybe isn't exactly class but seen a lot of morons on twitter say we drew because he was playing but we drew because first half we were shit and second half didn't create any major chances. Nothing to do with a left sided center back.

There are 6 or 7 games coming up in 21 days. No need to panic, he will get minutes. Anyway I didn't think he'd play tonight because Contes first priority would be to get 3 points in the first match (which with Atletico Roma drawing tonight is even better) while having the opportunity to give such a key player Eden minutes before Arsenal to see where he's at. Whether or not Eden starts against Arsenal it was important he got some more minutes after a long lay off. Charly will play in the cup game I'd imagine. He'll probably play in most of them against weaker opposition this year. I don't think he's going to be pushing Willian, Pedro, Hazard for a place in the PL team every week. If we are short yes but if not expect him to maybe make the bench or play in cup games

I think with De Boer gone Palace will revert back to their more pragmatic long ball style which won't help Ruben develop as much as if he stayed. Remains to be seen but I think De Boer is a better coach for young players than Roy Hodgson.

Don't think he did anything badly tonight except for that stupid yellow he got in the first half. He probably won't start against Arsenal because I think Conte will be looking at how well Rudigers done and be thinking well do I change a winning team from the PL or play someone who is lacking match rhythm. I think Gaz has got a fair amount of stick for a few years now a lot of which is underserved and I think he and Azpi were the natural choices to be considered for being captain. Fair enough Azpi probably better player but I think we seen last year Gary more than capable of being a very good captain. Also, I get why people want to see Christensen take his place in the starting 11 and have done for a few years now but Andreas showed tonight that he is the man to take Luiz's role in the middle of that back 3 eventually I think, he's so calm and collected, steps into midfield and plays the ball about nicely as well as being very solid defensively cleaning up behind his partners if he has to.

Courtois Azpi Luiz Rudiger Moses Kante Bakayoko Alonso Cesc Morata Willian/Hazard(if fit) think Cesc will play in a more advanced role, not as a right winger but like an attacking midfielder but who knows Pedro is hard to leave out after tonight thought he was very good. Too big a game for Zappacosta I'd imagine although he looked good.

I'm hoping that Conte reverts back to Azpilicueta, Luiz & Rudiger in the back 3 against Arsenal. Cahill obviously rusty tonight due to being suspended and not playing, also playing against low standard opposition tonight he wasn't really tested - fair enough he only had one minor mistake, that stupid tackle in first half - he's lacking the match rhythm Rudiger has built up having played in the last 3 weeks. Anyways, like mentioned above I think we can play better, but Morata, Bakayoko and Rudiger are still adapting to the league and team. Also Eden is nearing full fitness. I think after these 6 or 7 games in the next 3 weeks or whatever, if the squad is managed correctly, most of the new signings will get minutes and continue to adapt and Eden and Bakayoko will be 100% fit by then. I think relying on Batshuayi is going to be a disaster this season.

For me, he has to go in January and if not he wont have any sort of future here next year if he is going to play that poorly against that level of opposition. Sloppy on the ball, can't run in behind defences or even make obvious runs off the ball? Also does he not look extremely slow? It is a big season for him this year but if he continues to get chances up to January and plays that poorly he'll be off before he knows it. Let's hope Costa comes back and gets his arse in gear incase Morata gets injured.

Looks so comfortable in the middle of the back 3 and was more than brave enough to step into midfield with the ball as well. Big future here for this guy, although he will have to be patient.

Rest Alonso and one of Pedro or Cesc in preparation for the Arsenal game and give Eden at least 60 minutes. Everyone else from the weekend can go again.

You can see what having a lot of experience playing in a back 3 does along with very good qualities, I don't think Rudiger has put a foot wrong yet, typical modern center half, strong, fast, comfortable with the ball, can play left and right sides of a back 3. I imagine £34 million or whatever it was we paid will be looked back as a very shrewd investment in the current transfer market if he continues at this rate. He is what Zouma could be with a bit more work (hopefully he plays a full season at Stoke in that right center back position in a back 3), obviously playing in a back 3 at Roma and Germany for a few years has helped him come in and not look out of place although he will have bigger tests than Everton and Leicester.

But does that really mean that Drinkwater is any better than him? Let's not forget Drinkwater has been playing for a mid table team in the PL other than the outstanding year hey won the title. I don't see anything in Danny's game than isn't in Chalobah's. Chalobah's age goes against him possibly for a rotation role because young guys wants to play every week but he has already shown in limited game time last season and already for Watford so far this season he is more than good enough to hold his own in the PL.