Jase

It's only a Championship team.

The overreaction to a throwaway comment is hilarious.

While it is nice to see our keeper makes saves for a change, I am not sure it looks good that our keeper has had to make so many saves against a Championship team. Barnsley have had 10 shots (4 more than us by the way) and 6 of them have been on target.

And then don't come after me in the future!

We make changes all the time against lower league opposition and we have done much better than this.

At the risk of you and others coming at me for expecting too much (LOL!), don't think it's unfair to expect better against Championship opposition.

Very average team performance so far. Ahead because of individual quality.

That is one thing but there is literally no pressure on the ball whatsoever. The pressing is non-existent.

Would be nice if we stopped being so leaky at the back...

Great finish for the goal but Abraham's touch is horrendous. Can never seem to control the ball properly.

But in the case of our midfield, it is quite bloated to be honest. 1. Jorginho 2. Kante 3. Kovacic 4. Barkley 5. Gilmour 6. Mount 7. Havertz 8. Loftus-Cheek If we play 4-3-3, then Mount and Havertz could be counted as options for the midfield and that would mean we have 8 players for that area, which is A LOT. Even if we take those two out, 6 for 3 positions is a lot and if we play 4-2-3-1, then it is SERIOUSLY TOO MANY players for the midfield area.

No Loftus-Cheek at all...

You're ruining the fun, Tomo. Go away...

Would have been interesting to see if Hazard's still at the club. His talent is undeniable but the same can't be said about his work rate and desire.

Wonder what Werner and Havertz are thinking...

Rudiger set to leave on loan apparently. PSG and Napoli interested in him.

I didn't count the Anfield game because we performed far better in the other 3 games and it was a better representation of what we can actually do. The one at Anfield just turned into one of those silly games. Doesn't matter how many times we lumped the ball to Havertz, we still did. We ended up doing that partly because of Liverpool's pressing but that should have been known beforehand since it's Liverpool's play style. As you said, it was questionable not to start Giroud since he would be better equipped for this than Havertz. Also, since you are all here saying Lampard set up the way he did because of unfavorable circumstances and prioritized getting a result over anything else, then why didn't he play Giroud instead of Havertz upfront? Havertz may have played upfront before but he played as a False 9 as opposed to a traditional No.9. Moreover, if Lampard could take time to ease Pulisic into the team last season, then shouldn't he at least try to do the same with Havertz?

Werner admits to having doubts over Chelsea transfer after watching Champions League defeat to Bayern https://www.goal.com/en/news/werner-admits-to-having-doubts-over-chelsea-transfer-after/hp50h71c5fx5zdbkpwic35nl

Everyone's fitness level will still be different when you take into consideration not everyone will play every game and there are players returning from injury.

If it's because the fitness level isn't the same, then guess everyone will be happy if we play pragmatically against Barnsley, West Brom, Crystal Palace and Southampton then? No. What is the common theme here is people simply assuming showing more attacking intent equates to going gung-ho, as if we can't strike a balance between defending and attacking.