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If Lampard isn't playing Jorginho because of that, then he needs slapping. Jorginho's agent has always been a talkative bastard anyway.

To give Zouma credit, he has done well in the last 2 games but pardon me for maybe being cynical, but teams like Watford and Palace suit his game style. I don't trust him at all against the more tricky, pacey kind of attackers.

I am really, really curious about what has happened between Lampard and Jorginho. Whatever flaws Jorginho has, it is quite bizarre to see a manager who made him vice captain and praised him so much pre-pandemic to suddenly not playing him at all.

That left foot finish today was surprising and very good. WOOF!

The water breaks have been our savior since the restart.

Got the 3 points, which is the most important thing but that was a fucking stupid performance. Restricted Palace to zero clear chances but gave away two stupid goals and made it harder than it needed to be. James, Kepa, Christensen and Abraham need hammering for the silly moments!

Precisely. Doesn't know how to hold up the play to draw fouls or wait for others to get close before playing the ball. Needs to go watch old clips of Drogba!

Not the point.

Maybe in the minority here but despite his goals since the restart, Giroud's overall performances have been underwhelming.

Welcome back to Sufferball!

Even before they scored, they looked decent. They were pressing us, playing on the break, getting forward whenever possible. For a side that have nothing to play for, they have been playing with a lot more energy/intent than say Watford did the other day.

So much for Palace being on the beach...

Willian is gonna get a 5-year contract at this rate...

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Gilmour starts in place of Kante! Otherwise, same XI from the weekend.

The thing is, who is gonna buy Rabiot? Can other clubs afford him? As for Jorginho, let's see if the Juventus rumors will pop up again because they have gone quiet recently.

You will disagree but unlike Pulisic and I have said this many times, CHO brought the "fuss" upon himself with his contract situation year summer. So, pardon me and others for expecting a little more than what CHO has shown whenever he has played this season. Moreover, there was the incident with the girl during the lockdown. While thankfully nothing came off it, he could have been easily been on a long drawn investigation by the police or worse if something shit had really happened. Am sure Lampard had that in mind when he was saying that yesterday. He already mentioned it once previously.

Away kit confirmed...

Am I being harsh if even the manager is basically asking him to buck up his ideas? Like I said, I know he has had some injury problems this season but he came back from the more serious one in September (IIRC), much earlier than Loftus-Cheek, and he hasn't done much overall in his appearances apart from some games in January. He hasn't shown any consistency to build on last season and this season feels like a wasted opportunity already. Moreover, given all the hoo-ha caused by the contract situation last summer, you can't blame others for expecting a little more from CHO this season. As Lampard said, he needs to start doing more because next season, there's gonna be fierce competition for places.

At least Loftus-Cheek has the "excuse" of being injured for a year and he just came back recently. This season is practically gone for him anyway. Lampard already said the focus for him is pretty much for next season. That is different from CHO, who while had his injury problems this season, hasn't done much on a whole. There were around 2 good performances in January or but that's it otherwise. And also CHO also didn't help himself when he had that incident with a girl during lockdown.