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There were stories that Sarri wanted Willian to stay, otherwise the club may have sold him. However he learned not to rate him so much in the end.

Wasn't Pep a youth coach for him before?

Has he forgotten he worked with Messi?

We have nr. 10 Willian in his prime

I (not so) secretly wish for Real Madrid to fail on all fronts, so that Hazard becomes to regret going there. Like when someone breaks up with you and you secretly wish that her new partner is a loser, so she regrets dumping you.

What can he do about it? It's the coaches' decision. CB one time, MF the other... they don't seem to know what to do with him either.

There are also tall CBs who are shit, too many to name. It's about having the ability to compensate for your weaknesses. Is Ampadu capable of that? I don't know, too small sample size. And if he's going to predominantly play MF, then I doubt he will ever be more than an average CB.

Not sure if kidding or not. Alonso is miles better than Kenedy at LB, Kenedy is not even a LB to start with.

Hopefully the added responsibility with Hazard leaving and getting the 10 shirt fires a rocket up his ass. He can start playing LW permanently where in my opinion he is at least decent, as his cut-ins are often dangerous. At RW he had to do a lot of crossing which is not his strong point.

What did he do?

Yep, it needs to be settled this summer. In January he can already fuck us so no point risking it. Take it or leave it offer needs to be made.

I think his brother aka his agent needs to be looked at more closely. The only info we have about him is that he poached another one of our youngsters to Bayern, why? It might not be as much CHO himself but rather his brother. Who is he anyway? What's his background?

Without actually having worked with the players yet he already knows who he will rely on and who plays what position and who alternates with who? Yeah.... no chance I'm reading too much into this.

I have a good feeling about Lamps. I know I'm biased as I have a man crush on him since 2005 But even if he wasn't our deity, I'd still feel he is intelligent enough to do well at anything he chooses to. Can't wait for the first games, don't think I've ever been more excited of a season's start... ever, despite all the doom surrounding the club.

Lol wat.. we sent him to Vitesse to the infirmary?

They can play together just fine, I think a Jorginho Kante pairing would do well with Kovacic backing them up.

Love Jody's Twitter profile pic. https://twitter.com/morriskid

Obvious riddances would be Drinks and Baka, get them off the wage bill if not for anything else. That leaves us 6 midfielders, which is good as far as depth is concerned. It has top 4 quality too in fairness, also some promising untapped quality.

A trophyless choker? No thanks, more like Alex Ferguson would be my hope.

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Epic! I feel old now witnessing the day Lampard actually became our manager. It used to be a distant fantasy not long ago.

Antonio Conte enters Chelsea Under-18's dressing room to give a victory speech after FA Youth Cup success Conte did more than this once iirc. He also promoted more youth to train with the first team.

What I like the most about these appointments (Lampard, Morris, Edwards, Cech) is that there will be no doubts that their hearts will be in it, they are true blue and every decision will be made for the best of Chelsea. Unlike earlier managers and coaches, where you could question their desire and motives at times, this time it will not be in doubt. Hopefully this is the right move and great things will come.

Legend

All I'm saying is, try seeing things from another perspective. Them being rookies, okay that's true and counts against them, but there are also things to be excited and positive about... Can you name any if you think? Expecting the worst but hoping for the best makes the fall less painful if the worst happens, but what would be your best realistic hope?