DH1988

I'm legit shocked how this has turned out from preseason to now, we have no identity, no plans, no pressure, no patterns, isolate our £115m signing, the list goes on. Just has to go, I'm gutted tbh but Poch out. Jose in.

Guys we must not forget Washington, fast forward, doesn't make the bench, what.

Boring, once again excited for the match to be let down by our shite, let alone the absolute cum fest over Klopp blah blah blah.

Yep

The commentators are worse

Disasi.. Lord have mercy

It's just part of being Chelsea isn't it, roles reversed we'd be quoted £60-70m for Broja or more, considering Ferguson is ear marked at £110m+, not saying those prices are reflective of ability etc but it's just ridiculous how teams want Broja for £35m.

Hopefully a reasonable release clause, think that's a good move for him personally.

The amount of times we've heard minor injury about players or they are back ahead of schedule only to be again missing for months is astounding.

Odd lineup.

What weird timing.

I wonder if Munich manage to claw back the league that Kane would consider the EPL again, considering he'd of shaken the title-less er.. title. I imagine Spurs have first dibs and such. I could only see it if we kept Poch and by some miracle made it into the CL, and I do mean miracle.

Everybody knows our plight, all they have to do is wait and we will get desperate, again. Fulham were interested, now going elsewhere and I dare say West Ham/Wolves will just wait it out until close to the end of the window when we panic.

100% my thoughts, another huge outlay on a striker that isn't all that good.

Almost at the end of the window, who knows how match fit he is, take a while to settle, what really is the point of this? I could understand it Jan 1st-5th but this late? All the typical Chelsea hallmarks of setting someone up to fail, same with the protracted saga for Moises, hardly ever setup a player to succeed.

It's genuinely crazy how Clearlake fell for Winstanley and co saying we can do Brighton, just on a larger scale.

Vlahovic for 50m would have been the equivalent of Llorente, a viable plan B against teams, of which we currently have no plan B, C or D.

Recalled, Gallagher not seen in training so perhaps long injury?

Context?

Our issues are never formation based, we are dependent on players playing well cohesively on the off chance. Our issues are specific, for the most part, to patterns and player placement, there are a few good YouTube videos that highlight this recently. It really does just baffle me how Poch's Spurs were the literal opposite of what we are? Pre season I genuinely was excited, movement, drive, press, finishing, it was all there and we seem to get back, dead.

At this point, I would take Karim and another experienced head in midfield, short term investment.

Think it's safe to say our medical and conditioning departments in general are beyond shocking. I can't fathom what reports they are giving back internally to the hierarchy, must be some of the best powerpoint animations ever for them to keep their jobs.

Fofana is just a real real shame, his ceiling is (was?) immense. No clue what's up with Nkunku, last I read even Poch said he wasn't sure if it's short term FFS.

Pulisic just could never stay fit in a vein of form.

Low bar.