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Mine is during pre-season. So, no heartache for me.

Emery didn't even know his best XI/team, never mind the formation. At least Lampard's picks for midfield and attack are pretty much set, barring some rotation or tactical choices. It's only the defence where it's still a bit of a mess.

Fair?

Curious to know what Bayern make of CHO's situation right now.

Fair enough. I still believe he's a decent CF to have but far from starting quality at a Top 4 club. We're like a combination of Arsenal and Spurs (in their early Pochettino days) at the moment.

The back line is crap. The defensive coaching is also crap. Just look at how stupidly open we were against Southampton in turnover situations. The players looked like they were just going forward without any sort of tactical instruction.

Our results since the 7-game winning run...

The London 'Whose Defence Is The Shittiest' derby.

Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS 2019/20 Premier League Match 20 29th December, Sunday 2019 Emirates Stadium 14:00 Kick Off (UK time)

Will "laugh" at the carnage later. Just want to see people's reaction if we end with Zaha instead of Sancho.

Said this before but for hysterical purposes, I'd like us to sign Zaha.

If people think the January transfer window is gonna solve our problems, then you might be in for a rude awakening because it looks highly unlikely that we'll get any of our main targets.

Loan him and be left with only Pulisic and Willian? Pedro is clearly not wanted anymore.

Wasn't fit.

Can't fault Abraham for his effort and I know he's still young but in the final third, he really leaves a lot to be desired. Poor touches, not enough composure, not enough quality when we really need those qualities. 13 goals overall this season is a good return but with just 6 goals scored in the last 20 games, that's kinda disappointing.

Willian went back to being Willian today. What a surprise.

Kante has been hit-and-miss ever since we tried to play a more progressive style of football. He does try and put in the effort, so fair play but his poor technical ability gets exposed a lot more often in what we're trying to do. Some of his touches today, especially when being pressed by Southampton, brought back bad memories of Matic, Ramires at their worst.

Are you really using lower league achievements as a benchmark? If Howe comes here and does badly, then what stick are you gonna beat him up with? He's only coached small teams?! If we're using lower league achievements as a qualification, then should we go after Neil Warnock, who has won several promotions in his career? Am really bemused by much people overrate Eddie Howe. Sure, he's done well in bringing Bournemouth through the leagues and consolidating their place in the Premier League but that aside, he's been bang average in this division. His Bournemouth side are OK at everything but not great at something. He's spent more than 100 million in four seasons in the Premier League and has only finished in the Top 10 once and never crossed the 50-point mark. Even Sean Dyche's Burnley managed to finish 7th once and qualify for Europe! You said Howe is an attacking coach - which by the way is hardly eye catching (45, 55, 45, 56 goals) - but have you seen his defensive record? Bournemouth conceded at least 60 goals in each of their first four Premier League seasons and ended up in the bottom four for worst defence in each of those seasons. We're already complaining about our poor defensive play every game and here you are suggesting a manager who doesn't seem to know how to coach a defence?

EH? We were actually unbeaten in our previous 14 Boxing Day matches (W9 D5) before today. Last defeat on Dec 26 was back in 2003.

And we'll then lose at Brighton... #ItsAChelseaThing

Our results after that 7-game winning run...

The two occasions we started with the back 3/5 in consecutive matches this season: W 5-2 Wolves L 0-1 Valencia -- W 2-0 Spurs L 0-2 Southampton

Topped off by Lampard randomly throwing Pedro late on instead of Batshuayi.