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The one thing I'd say is it's a shame that Silva hasn't proven Paul Merson wrong for his ridiculous comments when he first came to England. Otherwise, yeah. He's been underwhelming ever since his days at Hull.

We go to Goodison Park very soon...

JFC! How is Solskjaer the manager of Man United? That's the kind of comments Moyes and Hodgson used to make at United and Liverpool respectively and got panned for!

Zaha is not a striker! And god please, no. He's overrated. Stay far away as possible!

Said it before, buying players from Eredivisie is a huge risk. So many have come to the Premier League from there and failed over the years. Tadic, for example, was bang average in the PL but looked like a world beater all of a sudden in that Ajax side.

It's not an overreaction to one match but it really reinforced the fact that we need more from those positions. Regarding Abraham, I'd cut him some slack. He's still young and it's his first season in our first team. But we need better options than Batshuayi and Giroud.

One problem is because a midfield trio of Jorginho/Kovacic/Kante just do not provide enough attacking threat, none of them can link midfield and attack consistently. It's why we need Mount or Loftus-Cheek in the XI. Would like Lampard to test Pulisic in the No.10 role though.

Same could be said about the entire team really.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/11/23/referees-boss-admits-var-watford-vs-chelsea-penalty-overrule-a-m Mike Riley admitted VAR was wrong to give Watford a penalty against us...

It's just you. Jorginho is like another Fabregas situation for us. Will boss the smaller teams and not get exploited so often defensively but the opposite happens against the bigger sides.

Our PL record against the Big 6 in the last 2 seasons are the same - P10 W3 D3 L4. In Conte's final season, we picked up 7 points from the home games and 5 from away fixtures. Under Sarri, we picked up 10 points from the home fixtures and just the 1 away from home.

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I’m counting from the time he came to the club. His impact against the big teams has certainly not been good as the impact he’s shown against the smaller teams.

Tried to force a pass into traffic and then dumbly dived in on that De Bruyne goal yesterday. For all his good performances, he hasn’t made his mark against the big teams yet, has he? And no, I’m not counting Ajax! His flaws are certainly getting exposed in such big games.

Valencia have won only 4 of their 9 home games this season but have lost only 1 - to Ajax.

You sound so confident of a win.

Unpopular Opinion: Jorginho is kinda crap against the big teams.

Maybe but I was kinda thinking more on the ‘good’ vs ‘bad’ moments.

Strange to see Roy Keane being so complimentary!

L 0-4 Man United L 1-2 Liverpool L 1-2 Man City Next Big 6 opponent is Spurs on Dec 22...

He’s had his good moments for us, TBF. He’s in the Torres territory for now but could soon be in the same bracket as Drinkwater/Bakayoko if things don’t improve.

It was so painful watching Tomori and Zouma on the ball yesterday. Clueless on how to pass it from the back and ended up just passing between themselves (plus the FBs and keeper), which reminded me of the dark days when we had Cahill and Terry together. The fact that City didn't bother pressing them, like our midfield and attack, said it all.

More like Kepa hasn't necessarily improved. He also let in some soft goals last season and it's still happening. Also, what's up with the silly Barkley-esque haircut!?

If we win, we're through. Draw and it's still in our hands but will go down to the last game. Lose and we'll have to depend on results elsewhere.