Jase

I'm not saying it's impossible but it'll certainly make the signing a lot tougher to get, especially if there are a lot of clubs after the same player.

Latest on Sancho... https://theathletic.com/1422975/2019/12/09/gladbach-win-sends-out-message-to-the-entire-bundesliga-bayerns-stranglehold-on-the-title-is-finally-coming-to-an-end/

Tomori and Giroud not seen in training today. Lampard’s presser at 1:30pm UK time.

Really? It's easy to get carried away by United's results against the big teams but let's not forget, United have struggled against the smaller teams this season. If you look at the goalscoring numbers of the players, they aren't much different from ours. The one thing United are doing better than us is having a solid/defensive shape, which gives them a chance of getting results against the better teams. Only 4 teams have conceded less than them in the league and their expected xG against is one of the lowest, according to a stat I saw recently.

A factor that hasn't been mentioned yet, I think, is that whether we get our main targets in the summer may well depend on where we finish. If we finish in the Top 4, then no issues there (it'll come down to the fee, convincing players to join etc). If we don't, well, there will be problems.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/12/09/lampard-seeks-consistency-with-lessons-learned-rapidly

Great...............

Nothing wrong with being critical but some of the comments here - especially when the same people keep on repeating them - really enter the 'hate' territory.

Cahill is gone. Alonso isn't playing. So Azpi now becomes the fans' easy target to hate.

I'm unsure about Ake but using Christensen and/or Zouma as comparison is not a great benchmark, is it?

Defeats can really bring out the worst in people.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!

Wouldn't be ironic if Lampard's first big 6 win comes against Mourinho? Anyway, hope Wolves do something useful against Spurs next weekend. We need our 9-point lead over them again!

Did you really take that 100% seriously?

Brighton saving our Top 4 from Wolves...

I would pay that to see your reaction!

BECAUSE PEOPLE ONLY HAVE THINGS TO TALK WHEN THINGS ARE SHIT!

Then don't quote me! I wasn't even talking about Rudiger being captain!

Did I say Azpi has been faultless? You want to talk about Azpi the captain failing to take charge? Jorginho - the person people want as their captain - allowed Barkley to take a penalty from him and cost us a game! LOL

Did I say explicitly say that? It's more of a case of be careful to write players off.

So essentially if we're picking Player A as captain because he does something better than Player B? Sounds logical.