Jase

Guess you have forgotten our defence last night, aye?

This season is one of our worst under Roman? Am not sure how many would share the same view. As much as this season has been littered with frustrations along the way, there have also been good moments or positive things that we have done that we can build upon moving forward. It is nowhere near a disastrous season like you are trying to paint here. I can easily list two other seasons worse than this season to go with the Mourinho season as the Top 3 worst seasons under Roman - 2010/11 and 2017/18. Cover the cracks? I don't think any sane Chelsea fan out there thought this season was gonna be all rosy and plain sailing. We lost our best player last summer, had the transfer ban, had to integrate young players into the team and hired a young manager. This was always gonna be a transition season because of those factors. Imperfection was to be expected, even if they have been extremely frustrating to endure. Different story altogether next season when the expectation level will increase.

Poor lad. Only 21 years old and already has to carry his club and country on his back...

What I meant is this practically rules out whatever slim chances they had in getting into the Champions League places...

I guess that is Spurs out of Champions League contention...

Preparing FC.

Well yeah but the frustration is that he rarely scores from open play.

Willian had only 2 successful crosses all game...

But it is from set pieces. Doesn't contribute much from open play.

How convenient of you to cover your bases there. We don't always play the back 3 against a strong team, do we? It was only against Spurs and Arsenal if we're talking strong teams. Lille played with 1 striker and we played the back 3 when we went up there in September. Furthermore, Spurs played with 1 striker and we played the back 3 in the away game. We have switched to a back 3 at least twice this season on the back of a defeat.

Thank you. Thank you for speaking common sense.

Lads, it's Henrique.

He will become a top manager once he knows to organize a defence. We have largely the same group of players as last season and we look even more porous. Lampard has the right philosophy and understanding? That is debatable since the restart. Tomo has mentioned about the philosophy bit and if Lampard really has understanding of the game, he wouldn't be trying to shoehorn Kante into the XI for the sake of it.

If you think teams only defend well because they play defensive football, then it is pointless having this discussion.

But have you seen how weak our defenders are?

I said that because Lampard always changes to the back 3 after a bad result and it wouldn't surprise me if he does it again. He might also think having an extra defender would help deal with Deeney etc.

Could care less about what Klopp and Guardiola do. The point is defensive issues has been a problem for Lampard since last season and when you listen to his post-match comments, it is concerning. Every time, he'll almost just brush off the issues like they are nothing and/or blame it on something else. He's almost showing the same negligence or ignorance towards defending like Brendan Rodgers did at Liverpool. Poor defending issues will be Lampard's downfall as a manager if he doesn't sort it out.

Teams with worse defenders than us have defender better as a unit than us.

So Havertz can't play at the back then? Useless...

The defence doesn't inspire confidence in the keeper. The keeper doesn't inspire confidence in the defence. The entire backline is a ticking time bomb in every game.

This would have been a valid point if the defensive issues hadn't been a thing with Lampard since his Derby days. The defenders are bad, the keeper is bad and Lampard as well as the coaching staff seem clueless in making sure we look competent defensively at the very least.

lol Tomo, this isn't a competition about to see who is right, certainly not from my side. My issue is the wages CHO was handed rather than whether he'll turn out great.