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Nah mate, I think you're overestimating Rüdiger and underestimating Azpi in that regard. Rüdi hit a few nice cross-field passes, okay that's great, but I remember Azpi doing the same many times, not to mention his pinpoint crosses coming from deep right.

His style of play reminds me of Ivanovic. He will be a great upgrade over Moses for sure, smarter in the final third and a natural defender.

Tbh we haven't seen Rüdiger and especially Christensen enough for Chelsea to make any substantial comparisons or judgements. Rüdiger may just be more adept playing on the left, Christensen has his hands full trying to displace Azpi or Luiz. We have one weak spot (Cahill) and at the moment Rüdi seems like the best replacement not least because of his experience playing that position. And tbh he has done very well, I like what I've seen so far. I'm not nearly as worried about that side anymore as I was with GC. He's a physical beast, but also fast and comfortable on the ball - basically a more developed version of Zouma.

It was a shot by Zap. A little too goalwards, had Morata reached it he would have likely been offside. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Who even comes up with such simplistic dross?

Haha yeah noticed that when facing Kante they turn around and pass away

He puts in a 9/10 performance almost every game. How lucky were we to buy him for the price of a pack of gum in today's market?

Yeah he definitely seems a bit confused and too timid at times. No worries, he's gaining confidence and will adapt eventually. He will come good, you can see the potential.

Imagine once he fully adjusts and improves. It is a good sign that he's putting up numbers while not being exactly world class. He can only get better.

Has Morata always been so good at heading? Absolute beast. And how many times have we seen this combination with Azpi overlapping and putting in a pinpoint cross?

Courtois Azpi - Luiz - Rüdiger Moses - Fabregas - Kante - Alonso Willian - Morata - Pedro Hazard, Bakayoko and Zappacosta to be introduced in 2nd half once we're winning, and we will win 3-1 or smth like that.

Any word on how Chels voted?

I can't see Lampard anywhere.

“For me, let’s be honest and objective. The last three Premier League champions — Chelsea with Mourinho, Leicester with [Claudio] Ranieri, Chelsea with [Antonio] Conte — which of these teams was the most offensive one?” he said. “Which played more quality football? It was mine. But nobody says.” "Let's be honest and objective." The man thinks his subjective opinion is the absolute truth. Conte's team was the most entertaining hands down, Mou's team was entertaining only for the first few months but fell off in the second part. Leicester, while deadly efficient, were not playing some joga bonito.

...'cause they ain't us.

Why would we need him?

State of things, nothing to do. Better than playing Kenedy.

Or simply revert to 4 at the back with Azpi playing LB. We now have the personnel to play 4 at the back.

I like how somebody here said that Alonso is the biggest loser of this window - he will now have to bend over and play 7486463 games. He should send Marina a gift basket for consolidating his place.

It's funny that the board are prepared to pay over value for someone like Drinkwater, but choke when need to throw a few more quid on actual class players. Backwards logic.

His name came up only hours before deadline. He was a panic option, but that's only my opinion, you don't need to agree. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Yeah but the Spanish window closes tonight, so there's time.

Let's play Kante-Drinkwater pivot straight away just to piss Leicester off

Marina needs to go ASAP. She has been embarrassing the club for years now. At first when she took over everything seemed okay with that Fabregas/Costa window, but ever since she hasn't been up to it. It's like something has happened behind the scenes so clubs and players refuse to deal with us. Kenyon and Gourlay got their fair share of stick back in the day, but I would take either of them back in a heartbeat.

Doesn't matter, still a panic buy. Hopefully turns out good like Marcos and Luiz have. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk