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This season the current starting XI will do, we will win the league anyway. But for next season we need to be looking at upgrades to certain positions, this is a job for summer. Luckily this season we have Ake as cover for the left side, but he's still a wildcard because we don't know how good he actually is in that system. And for the right side we have Aina, Ivanovic and Azpi covering. This will have to do until the end of the season, which isn't far away anymore.

Excellent signing if true. Exactly what we need.

Drogs was very problematic at first. Many stories of him wanting out, then wanting to follow Jose, stalling with contracts and whatnot. And he did admit that he didn't like it here at first and wanted to leave, but stayed... the rest is history. Don't give up on Costa just yet.

@BoyBlue96 that was uncalled for, @OhForAGreavsie is an old-time supporter here blue through and through.

We've been so lucky with backup keepers.. Cudicini, Cech two seasons ago, Begovic, (Terry). Even Hilario, despite all his faults, put in some spectacular performances when he first came. Bego is definitely good enough to be starting for somebody, as were Cudi and Cech.

What are you talking about? He has, several times... http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/24/thibaut-courtois-says-hes-never-been-happier-at-chelsea-6401514/ http://www.espnfc.com/story/2992027/chelseas-thibaut-courtois-i-never-had-anything-with-real-madrid http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/15/thiabaut-courtois-makes-heartfelt-apology-to-chelsea-fans-6324672/ I have little doubt Tibo will be our player come next season.

Predator. And some people here want him gone, that itself is more impressive than Costa's record.

haha Let's just scrap our new stadium and buy Bale for that instead.

You are right. We are yet to see how we cope with an injury/suspension crisis. Hopefully we can avoid like we have done in previous seasons so we don't need to find out exactly how bad we would be.

I don't know mate, maybe. It was too much of a risk considering our rivals dropped points and it was a golden opportunity for us to take the league hostage. I'm not a fan of extreme rotation in the league, especially when the usual suspects have got us so comfortably top. Don't fix what ain't broken yada yada.

By playing benchies and youngsters?

Aren't those newspapers getting tired already writing the same bs from day one he returned to us? So unimaginative from the press if they need to regurgitate the same thing over and over again.

What would have been the same?

Hull proved they were no pushovers, we struggled to contain them in 2nd half and needed to dig deep to come out with a win. By now you should have realized there are no easy games in the EPL, complacency is a banana skin that the likes of pool and arsenal know too well. Good thing that Conte knows better, or we would have lost that game with some of the lineups that were being posted. Cup games against lower league teams are for fringe players, that's why. The league is too important to go fucking around with ridiculous lineups.

That team would lose.

Get over it, derbies are a different animal. And this same Liverpool lost against Swansea, ooh so scary!

2 goals scored, 0 goals conceded... back to how it should be

CAHILL GET IN YOU BEAUTY

Matic stays on the pitch because of the position he plays, not because he performed better than Hazard.

Feeling much more confident now

Come on Conte do something! Bring on Fabregas so we have more control and numbers in midfield.

Anybody notice how scarce we are in midfield? Kinda pinned back and conceding some space for long shots. Have a feeling we'll go 3-5-2 later with Fab/Chalobah coming on.

Nice skill from Moses

So Hull are shaping up in a 3-5-1-1 formation. Don't those teams learn that they cannot match our 3 man defense system? Everybody who has tried (except Spurs) has failed.

I hear Arsenal have a quality keeper and with the right offer we could turn his head.