Fernando

Regarding Liverpool and kloop I also remember that Dortmund under kloop fared worse after a couple of seasons. And I wonder if it's the same thing that happens to any bielsa team? Too much running and pressing that after 2 season or so the players are out. Bielsa team can play amazing fútbol but they never sustain because the demand on them is so high that they burn out. I wonder if it's the same with a kloop team?

It is why it is foolish to freak out about results this early as most teams are like in pre season mode. Lampard team will also take time for greatness. Hence why we see freak results.

Kloop team getting spank.... Lampard fault!

Agreed, when there's no pressure in the ball we need these type of players in the team. Good game and hopefully he can keep it up.

Guy is young, have patience with him. I don't want to sell him, a loan okay, but no sell option. However we can use him this season, we have a lot of games, so hopefully he decides to stay. RLC is the one that needs to go!

As I said good buy. Reguillon is good, but the buy back clause is a no go for a club like us, that's why United also turn down. Mourinho takes it because he don't think for the future, but now. Anyhow glad that we got some improvement in LB after many years. Now here hoping he stays fit because the back up are terrible.

Attack was not great, but at this point it's important to improve defense and that we did. Attack will come later once everyone is fit and more time to work together. I still think we are in pre season mode so expect freak results. My timeline continues to be November, I will have a better understanding of this team by then.

As I said before it was good it happen under Mourinho to bury his shadow that hung around this club for too long.

Lamptey did not want to sign a new contract. I remember that Lampard put him on against Arsenal but the boy did not want to continue despite seeing that Lampard was giving chances to youth last season. Not much we can do there.

I think the same give it till November. But I liked what I saw from Mendy yesterday. For me things can only improve from here.

Crazy why in certain places is high then. In NYC is a lot of infection but very little death. I wonder what contributes to this?

A lot of increase of infections but less death. We might be getting immunization to this. One example is the ridiculous social distance, but during the black live matter riots everyone was so close and no one die from coronavirus. We can get infected but it seems like death are decreasing which is great.

It's what people have been saying, it's like pre season. So it's a little foolish to make much of results this early on. Give it time till November. Most teams should be settled by then and we will see the real deal.

I don't think it matters who we start he is just not good enough for defense, Lampard. This should be his last season with us and next get nagelsmam.

I'm getting worried. Second season and still have the same issues at the back. This is a great problem that is steaming from the coach.

@Vesper one thing sad of that article you posted is this: Chelsea spent the summer of 2017 unsuccessfully pursuing Virgil van Dijk and Kalidou Koulibaly to bolster Conte’s defensive options. Dang how we would have done with Conte if we had gotten those two. 🙁

Took 2 to 3 seasons to do that. Likewise they need to go on loan to regain that.

I have to say I'm actually pleasently surprised at how zouma has improved. From signing with us to sending him to loan to wanting him gone to now seeing his work and value in the club. Lampard has done good work in bringing back zouma and put his trust in him.

Makes for a good meme.

It is why I'm done with Spanish players for a while. The last great is Thiago that Liverpool got, after that not interested. That's why I prefer that we didn't get Reguillon and got Chillwell. Yes Chilwell cost more but I'm sure he will be more reliable over many years at Chelsea, not just one season wonder.

We need another DM, after Kante we are screwed. But hey what can you do, you have to spend big on English talent.

He really needs a loan, but not to Bayern Munich. He will not get game time over there. Maybe is best in the PL or some other German team?

I have low expectations for him, so if he does good then he will over achieved for me like Lampard did last season with the team.

For crying out loud, it's against Barnsley. In the PL against tougher opponent like Liverpool, City, Untied and such is when it matters.

Well let's hope Cech got it right, because if Mendy is worse then Kepa then that's Cech head.