Jase

I did the simulator and ended up with this...

Just saw these stats in the club's app - Werner had 59 touches against Spurs, which was the most of any player in the front four, and had 3 successful tackles, which was not bettered by anyone.

Chilwell's unveiling press conference at 1pm UK time today.

As if we're gonna have that luck...

Looks like Barkley wanted the move... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/09/30/ross-barkley-targets-place-england-squad-next-years-euro-2020/

Are you underestimating Atalanta? Leipzig and Salzburg won't be easy either.

We can't face teams from the same country in the Round of 16. Only possible from QFs onward.

Group stage draw pots confirmed... The draw will take place tomorrow (Thursday) at 4pm UK time.

If anyone is interested, Pulisic is on Twitch right now. lol https://www.twitch.tv/nuttyfigo10 I missed it but apparently, he said he is fit and ready to play earlier.

Not saying you're wrong but while it's all good saying "I'll wait till XXXXX before judging Lampard", if the results and performances remain inconsistent and there's no progression, more questions will be asked and the pressure will increase A LOT before we even get close to December.

Confirmed.

Out injured again apparently. Muscle injury. 3-4 weeks.

Sure but don't act like you don't know what I mean. It's one to rotate to prevent injuries, it's another to rotate for the sake of rotation.

Rotation in League Cup games was to be expected anyway since it's the norm but are you really gonna tell me the chopping and changing in league games, for example, have been helpful?

So folks, what do you think the starting XI and formation will be? Those who guess correct could become a Moderator.

Experienced manager or not, one should have a plan, an idea of how to play etc but with all the constant chopping and changing, it is difficult to see one. And no, I wasn't being sympathetic. I was merely stating the point that we do not know whether whatever plan Lampard has in the end will work out or how things will turn out because he doesn't have a track record of doing this. Any indication of whether it will work out in the end depends on what we are seeing now week in week out. Then why are we all here? Why do we even have forums to talk about football at all?

But we try to press on the front foot as opposed to say sitting back and only pressing when the opposition get into certain areas of our half. And it's one thing to press in parts of the game, it's another to press together as a team. I can see the attacking players try to press but the midfielders and defenders just don't do the same. The collective pressing isn't there. It's little wonder why we get passed around and our defence is gotten at so easily every time.

I don't get the point you're trying to make here. Because if we want to take a long term approach to things, then progression has to be more than just results, no? Lampard can talk about how he wants to play and this and that but it's one thing to talk, talk and talk, it's another to put it into practice. Right now, there is a lot unconvincing things we are seeing and we are more than a year into his regime here, not over a month. The problem is Lampard hasn't done this before. He hasn't managed a club at the highest level and hasn't managed high profile players before. He basically doesn't have a track record and we have nothing to fall back on now to say "right, things are now a bit tricky but because he has done this and that in the past, we know things will turn out alright". We can only judge and evaluate his work based on what we see out there in every match. There is only hope or maybe even blind faith that things will turn out fine under Lampard after the unconvincing stuff that we have seen so far.

Hmmm... In any case, I did say that their football may be boring and may have frustrated us at one point or another but at least one could see a plan there. But now...?

Did we? Was it about that?