OneMoSalah

Yes I know that but honestly, modern full backs like Alaba, Sandro, Danilo, Alves, Alba etc. are all pretty good defensively, modern day football or not I'd prefer to have a natural defender in my team than a winger being put there just for the sake of it. If we get Conte I hope to god he signs a left back of a high standard then we won't need to see Kenedy there because its clear hes a winger,Baba has been unconvincing too at times although he still hasn't had a major chance to cement that place as his own in the team. For instance lets look at Zabaleta at City, rock solid defensively first and foremost, then he looks to play forward and overlap. The same with Azpi, I'd rather have someone like that or Ashley Cole than trying to turn someone into something they aren't. Fair enough he could be a decent player there and people have said he has poor technique (really don't see how they came to that conclusion) but he is the sort of the guy you'd rather see attacking a full back than being attacked as a full back, hes quick, very direct and works hard, let him develop his final ball as a winger because it would take a lot more work to improve his defensive skills and make him a full back.

If it is to be Conte, hopefully we won't see any of his 3-5-2 with our team. Surely if we can get a aggressive and dynamic midfield player we have to play 4-3-3.

And others have tried and failed too, like Ricardo Quaresma at Barcelona. I like Kenedy when he goes forward because hes fearless and restricting him to playing LB would be a huge waste. He should be fighting to play in Hazard's position. Defense can be worked on but its pointless moving him back to a position where he is going to see less of the ball just for the fact we don't have a left back at a high level, either that or people believe Hazard will be here for the rest of his 5 year contract (which I doubt he will) so to keep him he must play LB or whatever. I'd have liked to have seen Guus and Jose drop Hazard for Kenedy earlier in the season and hopefully if it is Conte who takes over this summer, he sees Kenedy as a winger.

I'm sorry but I am intrigued how someone who cannot position himself well and has struggled defensively at left back when he plays can ever become a top bracket full back? He was caught out easily for the Norwich goal, as well as Ivanovic. Some players do well in a change of position but some don't. Someone who was compared to Hulk, talked about being fast, direct and having a powerful shot surely playing left back would an utter waste. Like I said before I think Eden's presence in the team regardless of his form makes people question whether Kenedy could ever break through in that position but we've seen this season hes been bright and excelled on in bursts. He has a big future ahead of him if his involvement in the team continues, the same with Bertrand Traore. Also regarding Henry comment, big difference going from a left winger to a striker than a left winger to a left back. If he keeps playing LB and teams keep exposing him defensively, soon enough fans will criticize him and turn on him and its back to square one with youth. Give them a chance yes but at least don't put too much pressure on them making them play a brand new position than is alien to them where they could really struggle like he did defensively tonight.

He was in a left wing position, Hazard was more central, hes not going to have that many chances to score goals from LB considering Hazard usually plays on left more often than not, sure Hazard comes inside but he is still mainly on the left side of the pitch. If Kenedy was playing LW he would have exactly the same space and opportunities to do what he did tonight but more often. Also why play a left winger as a left back, who struggled defensively all game against a poor side who clearly targeted him, where the winger doesn't offer as much protection as is given on the right side? In my opinion Kenedy has deserved to play left wing ahead of Hazard for 3/4s of the season so far and its a shame he hasn't because he really looks like he could become an excellent and exciting wide player. His key attributes when he signed were meant to be dribbling and shooting, hes not going to get many chances to shoot if hes playing left back, Hazard isn't untouchable and if Kenedy was competing directly for a left wing spot I think he would give Hazard more motivation to play at a higher level again. I think the fact Baba hasn't been given a long run in the team and the fact Eden Hazard is Eden Hazard makes people want to see Kenedy as a left back instead of his best position, left wing.

He has been doing pre-season training since he came here and today was the first time he was in the match day squad, hes maybe still lacking fitness? Maybe not but if he is lacking fitness he can't be far off as he was on the bench. Just because he didn't get on when we had to really roll our sleeves up and defend our 18 yard box from high crosses doesn't mean anything actually, it was more about how we managed the game considering we made two subs early on in he second half too and then brought on a defender for Kenedy. If we were 3 or 4-0 up he would probably have gotten on.

He looks slow and unfit. Really should make him play with the u21s to try and gain more fitness, hes been dreadful, never looked sharp at any point in this season and if playing with the u21s can't make him work harder to regain his form and fitness then what will? Mikel isn't perhaps as mobile but he reads the game better and has to start over Matic to he regains a bit of what he had last season.

Is this serious? Hes not even played a minute for Chelsea yet people are doubting why we signed him/whether there was any reason? Might as well write off every player who we have on loan who hasn't played for us either at this rate. Smh

Kenedy is not a left back. Please stop playing him there. Redmond beat him a fair bit, I don't care how talented Redmond is (hes alright nothing special to be honest) a proper LB would of done better. Great goal though, shows why he should be playing as close to the opposition net as possible.

Why was he playing left midfield for Juventus? Because Allegri doesn't trust him ahead of Marchisio and Khedira because of the opposite side of his game which you don't see on youtube like defending and positional sense??? Or because it was Bayern Munich??

Don't like to say it but Arsenal should probably have scored twice in the first half which would of completely changed the game and given them a huge advantage as they could continuously counter Barca if they managed to keep a good shape and let Barca over commit going forward. Little margins are so crucial in big games.

Traore's header was a fluke. No way he meant that. The Torres header is different class, like the Suarez one v Norwich I think, so much power and accuracy. Drogba's header was impressive too considering Boateng gave him quite a shove.

He needs to be more like Cesc, demanding the ball whenever he can. Cesc looked bemused in the interview at the end of the game when he said that Eden should of taken the penalty and should always 'want more' which I think hes right, he should want more goals and more assists. Sure they are two different players in different positions but Cesc was always looking for the ball even if he didn't do anything special with it at times, always wanting it no matter if hes under pressure or not, Eden has all the ability in the world but needs to want to be the best player in the world and take games by the scruff of the neck, he did it last year so why can't he not do it again?

More concerned how shit like that makes the news at a major paper? Do they really have nothing else to write about?

He was only in pre-season in Brazil I'm sure, pretty harsh to judge him without even letting him get a chance but at Milan he was one of the most outstanding young players in Europe and everyone would of taken him then before he had his huge injury issues. The last 2 or 3 years in Brazil he has been injury free so lets see what happens when he gets match fitness, he cant be worse than Falcao.

To be fair the likes of Aguero, Hazard, Suarez and Sanchez had bulked up a bit anyway, Sanchez in particular had to bulk up when he left Chile to go to Italy and then after at Barca and Aguero was the same after leaving Argentina. Hazard is also a small guy who has impressive upper body strength and I also read that Wenger made Ozil bulk up a wee bit when he joined Arsenal and would assume that Silva would of had to do the same. Its fair to assume that Musonda could do with a bit more upper body strength, hes a young lad but as we've seen in England with Ross Barkley and Harry Kane you sometimes need to be a bit more athletic and have a betterphysical condition as opposed to playing in Spain, Italy and Belgium because you play opponents who will kick you and will push you and try to shove you around a lot more. Even Neymar had to bulk up after leaving Santos to play for Barcelona.

Why does Ivanovic stand over our free kicks that are like 25 yards out, like hes going to get to take one... Great goal Hazard.

Don't see the fuss, hes been a big part of the teams resurgence since Guus came in to be honest. He deserves his place in the team ahead of Matic right now.

Fabregas is so good it is unbelievable. Some of his passes in the first half were exceptional. Pedro's movement has been great too.

He looked good against Madrid the other night, has great quality.

If we get Simeone I want him to turn Hazard in to what he turned Arda Turan into, a great attacking player but one who understood his duties in pressing and defending. Arda Turan is the player Simeone trusted to man mark Ronaldo.

Free Kenedy.... Ha. Where has he been the last wee whiley? He was good in the games he got before he disappeared out of the squad.

I think perform like a superstar for 3 seasons is a huge inaccurate statement. He is a very good player obviously but his first season he was very much in Mata's shadow and inconsistent which is understandable considering he was in his first season here, in the second season he was a bit more consistent and showed a lot more improvement in terms of tactical discipline too and then last season he was excellent for most of it but his biggest issue is people who bigged him up as a superstar as soon as he signed on the dotted line (sorry its not a direct dig at yourself if you think it is, there were very many who thought that he was as soon as he signed so please don't take it personally) so he got some sort of immunity to criticism, regardless if he was due it or not. This season he is due more criticism than anybody, people criticized Terry, Cesc, Costa at the start of the season but they took it on the chin and they have now bounced back, Hazard hasn't and now he has gone and talked up some sort of mystery move to PSG which also doesn't help his case. You didn't see Cesc, Diego or anybody else talking about this sort of speculation saying 'it would be hard to say no to PSG' (or Atletico in Costa's case/Juventus in Cesc's case) or whatever, he should be concentrating on football, not about maybe going to Paris because hes found it hard. This is why the fans are angry, because he is an exceptionally talented player, we've seen his evolution in the last 3 years and it has been great but now he seems more interested in leaving than playing great football for Chelsea FC, its clear to see in his body language this year on the pitch that he isn't satisfied at Chelsea and honestly if he leaves he wouldn't be missed by a large majority of fans purely because of this reason.

I don't think PSG would really be a good move but he wouldn't get into that Barcelona or Real Madrid starting eleven either and I doubt even Bayerns when everyone is fit. He might have to stay here, even if he doesn't want to.

Yes I know that but playing like tonight and the rest of this season? Why would PSG take him? Di Maria has been exceptional for them and Lucas Moura has also been good in patches. He needs to get back to half the player he was last season at least if he thinks he can just go to PSG and displace someone like Di Maria on the left wing.