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The reason they start is because they are the best we got.... The board have lost ambition and the manager has to do with what he gots.

That should be no reason to sack a manager. Every manager we always have, had a "favorite" player that they played and we dislike. I remember Mourinho love with Ivan when most here was calling for his head. In the end every manager are like that. Hardly no reason to sack. Because then no manager will ever be able to last. lol In fact I think the board and also me would have liked Conte to continue. Despite last season. But his constant moaning of the board for transfer didn't help. This is what I like about Sarri, he will not take on the board like that. Just work with them and the players you have.

Alonso was the only one trying to score a goal today. So even though he sucks at defending I give him props for always trying to score. Because with this false 9 there was no one in the box! I really hate this false 9! We need a striker now!!!

With a good striker we will improve. I don't know about Gonzalo, but for a loan it's worth a shot! So it's the best we can do for January. The problem was in the summer where the club bought no striker. Insanity is not from Sarri, but from the board.

Just need cover for him. He is the only one for that position. Let's see if the board does buy cover for him.

He sucks at defending we all know that. But he was the only one going forward trying to score. I understand Sarri point. If he was to improve in defense he would be the best. Because as a LB he has that ability for scoring goal. But it's just show how woeful we are of a striker that we have to rely on Aloson to force to score.

I think the false 9 really is the problem. But then again, we are here because of the board not buying good strikers. Relying too much on Jorgi has cost us as well, but that is why we should get another player for that position. When I was watching the game I said to myself, this false 9 is not good because we have no striker to put the ball in the box. This is the problem and let's see how things change with a striker. Because the board screw up big with Bats, Morata and Giroud....although Giroud is just a super sub, I like him for that. After that I don't agree with most here, Sarri should continue and build on what he wants to do. I knew this season would be like this, very dull at times. It's always like that when trying to implement something so drastic from the way we always played. If next season there's no improvement then we can consider, but Sarri should continue. Just get better strikers and back up to Jorgi.

What's your thoughts on Sarri? I feel like the board will keep him for a while because after Conte and Mourinho constantly fighting with them they must like this. Sarri don't fight with the board regarding transfer.

Good tactic. I will keep this in mind as I get married.

Pulisic and Bailey, who would have thought. Time to buy him this summer. Or even if we want now!

Mourinho: I 'fell in love' with Salah at Chelsea, club sanctioned sale Jose Mourinho has said he "fell in love" with Mohamed Salah before signing him for Chelsea, but that the Egypt international became a "lost kid in London" during his time at Stamford Bridge. Salah made 19 appearances for Chelsea after sealing an £11 million move from FC Basel in 2014 before moving to Fiorentina on loan in February 2015. Chelsea then sold Salah permanently to Roma in August 2016 before the forward returned to the Premier League with Liverpool at the start of the 2017-18 season. Salah has since gone on to become one of the biggest stars in the Premier League and a key figure in Jurgen Klopp's team, but Mourinho has reiterated that, rather than cast him aside as Chelsea manager, he actually gave him his big chance. "Let me start with Salah, because lots of things have been told that are not true," Mourinho said on beIN SPORTS. "People try to identify me as the coach that sold Salah. "I am the coach that bought Salah, so it is completely the wrong idea. I played against Basel in the Champions League and Salah was a kid in Basel. When I play against a certain team, I analyse the players for a long time and I fell in love with that kid. "I bought the kid, I pushed the club to buy him and we already had fantastic attacking players like [Eden] Hazard, Willian. Top talent, but I told them to buy that kid." Mourinho said, however, that Salah's failure to claim a regular spot at Chelsea led to the unhappiness that prompted his move to Italy. "He was just a lost kid in London, a lost kid in a new world," Mourinho said. "We wanted to work him to become better and better, but he wanted to play and not wait. "So we put him on loan in Italy -- technical, physical football -- a good place to play. Fiorentina had no pressure to win a title, but when the club decided to sell him, it was not me. "But I bought him, not sell him and my relationship with him was good. "I think he doesn't regret that move because the progression went well, but he was just a kid who wanted to play every week and I couldn't give him that." http://www.espn.com/soccer/chelsea/story/3753200/mourinho-i-fell-in-love-with-salah-at-chelseaclub-sanctioned-sale I agree with him, the club sold him.

That's why I always loved Bielsa. For years I wanted him to come to the pl. The British are finally seeing what many of us in Latin America already knew. It's just a pity it took this long.

It's a loan. Not much to lose.

Might be too soon. He needs to get used to us and everything. To start bad will not be good for his confidence. The only thing that can be done is a small cameo in the second half.

Pre season don't mean much. How many players in the past done great in pre season to never feature. Sarri has done great in giving the time to Cho for his age. The problem is the board not the manager. You don't let contracts run down like this.

Check this out in that article: Chelsea would not normally pursue a player of Higuaín’s age, and would instinctively be more inclined to go for Internazionale’s Mauro Icardi as a longer-term solution. But Sarri, in desperate need of a striker familiar with his preferred style of play, has made clear a desire to work again with a forward who set a new Serie A goalscoring record of 36 in 35 games over the season under his stewardship at Napoli....

That's the issue, if he don't want to stay you got to let him go. Like I said in the past, it was not Sarri fault but the board dragging the contract situation. And as you can see with our current transfer dealing, they drag and drag and drag. Just to panic buy at the end. Really horrible, but of course they keep doing the same thing and we just blame the managers.

For a loan it's a good deal. For a buy it's a stupid idea. For a loan with a force to buy even a stupider idea. For an option to buy with loan then amazing idea.

Worth the risk. If Drinkwater cost that, then 32 for a young upcoming player is worth a shot.

A loan with option to buy is good. Not a force to buy, but option if we want to take it.

Very high, and CHO will continue to play. I do think Chelsea will sell if there's a buy back clause.

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No we will pay 50 million for Wilson. They are stupid. Drinkwater and Wilson.

Joke of a club.

So we get a declining higuain and Milan get a young upcoming striker in piatek? Makes sense, just like about every single thing this club does....