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If this isn't luck, then...

Liverpool - 2019/20 Premier League Champions.

Roberto has been dropped for David Martin...

GIROUD STARTS!

Arsenal and Spurs have changed managers. Everton AND Southampton might follow suit soon. We play Southampton in between the Spurs, Arsenal games during Christmas.

I'm sure they practice in training but just why change it at Valencia? I don't disagree with the meritocracy thing but at the same time, you gotta trust the players to perform on matchday. Otherwise, we'll be changing the backline, for example, every game which isn't ideal. I get it if they perform badly like for 3-4 games etc but not just after 1 game.

Chelsea 2-1 Aston Villa PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS 2019/20 Premier League Match 15 4th December, Wednesday 2019 Stamford Bridge 19:30 Kick Off (UK time)

That's assuming Emerson would struggle again. Even if he did, it's arguably "better" that one player struggle than the entire back 4 because they aren't familiar with one another. At the very least, Zouma-Tomori should probably have started. They aren't perfect but at least they've played enough times to form that partnership and we needed someone competent in the LCB position. Plus, Christensen hadn't played much at all prior to that Valencia game and it was highly risky to have just thrown him into a huge CL game like that.

There's a huge difference between spending around 130 million on 2 players and spending over 200-300 million on 1 player. And that's without mentioning the astronomical wages that someone like Mbappe would want. Which is why I said the club will back the manager but not to the point it becomes unreasonable for them. We're not Real Madrid or Barcelona. Think you alluded to this earlier but if our squad is already perfect but just need that one big star signing to take us to a different level, then maybe, MAYBE, we will dump that much money on one player. But since our squad isn't perfect and some other areas need urgent addressing, we certainly aren't going to spend that much on one player and it's not wise to do so either.

TBH, I want to see that. The PL needs Mourinho and Benitez at war again!

When have the club fully bent over for the managers? So many past managers wanted Player A, B, C but ended up with Player X, Y, Z. The club will back the manager but only if the players cost reasonable money, aren't too old, have resale value etc.

Baffled by Lampard's decision to change the entire back 4 for a huge game (am not starting the debate again!) TBH.

TBF, I highly doubt he's the only Chelsea person to not be in good mood after that match. Hope it's just one of those normal bad moods and nothing terrible here.

Maybe it's just me but Lampard didn't seem to be in entirely good mood in his presser earlier. Still answered the questions in usual manner though.

100 million+ is still way more than 72 million though. If we're going to spend that much on someone, it should be for someone in their peak, a proven quality and can come in and make a difference immediately. I don't know if it's because of the transfer ban but if reports are to be believed, then the price tag may be a reason why we haven't made contact with Dortmund for Sancho when other big clubs are already circling for him.

This was reported on The Athletic...

Worth remembering that Dortmund sold Dembele to Barcelona for 105 million euros plus a reported 40 million euros add-ons, despite him causing major trouble. So it’s not beyond a possibility that Dortmund will demand over 100 million for Sancho, especially when he has that English player factor as well.

Doesn't look like Abraham will make it for this one? Lampard's pre-match presser at 1:30pm UK time later.

We play Arsenal at the end of next month. Great...

@Vesper, is that you!?

Give the fella some leeway. Hasn't played much this season and just came back from injury.