Jase

https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/werner-havertz-chelsea-stats-news-19481545

A free week is never a free week under Lampard because that's when he will overwork the players. I get apprehensive whenever we have that because muscle injury is the most common injury ever since Lampard got here - there's still too many even if we take Pulisic's problem out of the equation - and although I don't have the exact numbers, am pretty sure a lot of the injuries last season happened when we had a free week, no game in midweek etc. It's also why the players some time look gassed after a certain period in a game.

That was because Leverkusen built the team around Havertz. Not sure if that was ever gonna be the case here.

It's just a sign of how crazy this season has been. Last season, we lost back-to-back games twice and still stayed in 4th while now, we lose back-to-back games and we're suddenly close to being mid-table.

We obviously need to win on Monday but until we hear such stories, it's only in our imagination that Lampard's job is on the line right now.

Unless he is REALLY desperate, it's not his MO to immediately start someone who just returned from injury, especially when it's a hamstring injury and after rushing back some players from injury last season. Last thing we need is Ziyech injuring himself again because we rush him back and he ends up missing more games!

It's confirmed no other teams at the club have been affected. https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/12/19/tottenham-hotspur-wsl-match-postponed?cardIndex=0-0

One assumes this doesn't affect the men's side since there's the bubble and all...

Errr...

And just like that, Liverpool have erased that goal deficit from the 7-2 loss at Villa...

Well that's what most people expected before the season started anyway, no?

All the more reason to just forget about title and just fucking focus on the Top 4...

At times, it feels like Lampard doesn't know how best to fit all the players together into a cohesive system and he's just abusing the players' versatility to throw them into a random system.

His quotes earlier hardly inspire confidence...

Agree on Arteta but the 'Will Arteta get the sack?' stories are already floating about.

It seems like a lot of the club managers wanted the 5 subs option but the half of the club executives voted against it...

It's a cliche but it probably also helps Lampard that he's English. Would be interesting to see the media reaction if the results continue to go south.

Havertz is also Lampard's signing. Would invite a lot of pressure if he were to just bin him. Moreover, whatever faults Lampard has as a manager right now, his man management of the players isn't one of them.

To be fair unless it's Mourinho, no sane manager is gonna pile pressure on their own players.

You're blind.

https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/chelsea-press-conference-live-frank-19480879 Lampard on playing Werner on the left... Lampard on whether Havertz is suited to the 4-3-3... Lampard on playing Pulisic on the right...