Jase

If Jovic was doing alright, training hard, keeping his head down etc, despite not playing much, we wouldn't be seeing stories about his availability in the market, would we?

But some times the shenanigans that players do off the pitch can be telling about their mentality and in Jovic's case, he clearly hasn't done much to impress Zidane this season.

Came across someone who mentioned this point somewhere and I thought it was good observation - a lot of our recent strikers have tended to go off the boil once the season hits January, after a good first half of the season. We saw it with Costa, Morata and now Abraham. It's almost like our strikers get cursed or something.

True but if United can be kept in this hellhole of the race, then why not? And why can't they just flop in the league? They can qualify for the Champions League via Europa League too! 😭

Think I really need to prepare myself emotionally and expect the worst outcome in this CL race. Can't take another hit after the West Ham and Sheffield United debacle. This Chelsea team tend to disappoint and bring you crashing back down to earth just when you think things are gonna be okay.

Well, here's something for you...

But it was only for a season. He hasn't covered himself in glory either off the pitch at Madrid.

Kante not fit for the game. Christensen came off injured at Sheffield but is back fit for the game.

Excellent.....

sPuRs WiLl ThRoW aWaY tHe LeIcEsTeR gAmE

We don't even have a defence and a keeper!

Even the UEFA statement sounds pathetic... https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/news/025f-0fe04532cd96-809561062b21-1000--uefa-statement-on-cas-manchester-city-decision/

Why the fuck did UEFA even open the investigation since it was long ago?

So with City's ban overturned, it's do-or-die in the last 3 games then... ...and I am not confident.

OFFICIAL: FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY IS DEAD!

https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Media_Release_6785_Decision.pdf WHAT A FUCKING JOKE!!!!

According to David Ornstein: The club are monitoring Onana as doubts remain over Kepa Onana sits high on the club's list Onana will be available for around 30 million Euros Asking price and Kepa's salary likely to be the biggest stumbling blocks to potential deals for him There's been regular contact in recent months between the club and Onana's representatives Onana understood to be attracted by the idea of playing for Lampard and playing in the Premier League The club yet to decide Kepa's fate at the club - whether it's just a temporary loss of form or time to move him on Lampard also understood to be an admirer of Dean Henderson

Our board can be hopeless at times but if people think they are the worst, they only need to look at Barcelona's.

The manager's input has only been important when the board suddenly decide to. They may have gotten Jorginho and Higuain for Sarri but they have also signed players like Drinkwater and Barkley when nobody asked for them or not gotten the defender and midfielder and striker that Mourinho wanted after winning the title in 2015. One can hope this will no longer be the case moving forward but the board have a history of acting on their own. Otherwise, agree to disagree.

It's ironic you praised the board for "ignoring" the fans on those names when this is the same board who spent 70 million Kepa, who looks a totally lost cause now, 50 million+ Jorginho, who is neither here nor there, 50 million+ on Morata - we're lucky that Atletico are "generous" and 30 million+ or whatever on players like Drinkwater - they even gave him a 100k p/w wages! The board should be praised when they have gotten it right but let's not pretend they have not had their fair share of shockers over the years.

I cannot understand how people can accept Alonso as our first choice left back when we used to have arguably the best one around in Ashley Cole. Have the standards really dropped for us? Alonso is more of a wing back than a left back and sure, he pops up with goals here and there but his lack of pace, his lack of mobility and lack of ability hinder our attacking play so much. The fact that he is not capable of beating a player 1 v 1 or dribble past them means he has to potentially pass backwards or sideways when closed down or that we have to get into specific situations where we have to play him into space to potentially cause damage. You only have to look at sides like Liverpool and Bayern and see the benefit of having extremely good full backs - ones with pace, mobility, agility, ability, dynamism and the ability to create chances on a consistent basis.

If we want to talk about minutes, then Pedro had played more than Willian across the 2 seasons under Conte. 5,232 to 5,079. You're not wrong but the major difference in the minutes came in the Premier League and if you look closer at the games towards the end of the season, Pedro did start to play more and he was selected to start the Europa League final ahead of Willian, for example. If Willian is someone like Hazard, then sure selling him would just be stupid but he isn't. The point is we could have sold him for the big fee that was mentioned, the fee that is way more than he is worth and we could have used that money to reinvest in the squad. Plus with Willian's contract situation, we've basically come to the same point again with him but without getting any fee in return - do we let him go or keep him around because it would affect the balance of the squad? Do we give him the 3-year contract?

Knew he's good. Should have been given time and patience when he was at the club.

Willian wasn't here when Benitez was the manager. Hiddink didn't do much apart from just steadying the ship. Conte and Sarri played Willian initially but went with Pedro later on anyway. Lovely...then why do we even having discussions? Why do we even have forums? Let's just pack it in and be passive fans... This 'reasoning' is such a convenient or lazy one to be thrown around when you happen to agree with a certain scenario. Because when you don't agree with it, this 'reasoning' won't even be mentioned at all.