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Lampard on Kovacic... https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/players/mateo-kovacic-chelsea-frank-lampard-17227706 The moment Kovacic scores his first goal could be like when Makelele/Mikel did so!

Wonder how long before the fans say Jorginho is a crap captain and fawn over the next flavor of the month...

Italy have already qualified for the Euros and Mancini still called up Jorginho (and Emerson)... Given how much he's played this season, hopefully he doesn't play much against Bosnia and Armenia!

#itshappening

Just because another club is doing it, doesn't mean it's the right one. In the case of Madrid, they have players who could fill in if their strikers get injured. Who do we have? One serious injury to one of the strikers and we're totally f**ked with just one. Giroud isn't getting game time because he simply doesn't suit what Lampard wants.

Norwich are goners, aren't they?

Best to pass judgment until we see how he does back on the field.

TBF to Rudiger, right up until last season, his injury record has been clean with us. Had no serious injuries for 2 years, excluding the 1 day muscular problem listed on that Transfermarkt site. Just so happened he picked up a knee injury and then Sarri stupidly rushed him back - which aggravated the problem - plus of course, he suddenly got this groin injury. He's already recovered from the knee injury and assuming the groin operation has cleared his problem, then we've got a healthy defender in the squad. Moreover, he's only 26 and is entering his peak. Unless more problems occur (hopefully not!), it would be silly to sell him.

Pretty sure Mbappe will end up at Madrid. Zidane has been talking A LOT recently about him wanting to play Real Madrid.

They've dropped only 2 points after 4 games in the group so far and need just 1 point to qualify for the knockout stage. Okay, it was Wenger but they took forever before finally deciding to part ways with him last year. Will not be surprising if they just wait it out again as long as their goals are still achievable. Kroenke and co. have never bothered about the fans and all that stuff. They aren't like Roman or even Ed Woodward.

If Arsenal's end goal is to simply qualify for the Champions League, then they might not sack Emery just yet if they lose at Leicester. They still got the Europa League as another option.

As I said, they don't have the best of squad depth. Shaw, Dalot have been injured IIRC. Lindelof got injured at the weekend. Jones is just bad. Lingard has featured here and there but like Jones, he's useless anyway. Says a lot if Solskjaer isn't even bothered about playing them in these cup games. Greenwood has played in their Europa League and League Cup games (except against us). Chong is a right winger and I don't know what's the situation with him. James is also a winger and has been one of their main starters in the league.

Lampard on the MOTM award...

Point is, we never played a team of full of kids. We always still put out a strong team similar to what Solskjaer is doing now. IIRC, only Ampadu and CHO - in terms of young players - were used by Sarri.

Assuming Rudiger's time frame recovery is as reported, then the international break has come at the right time and it should mean he'll be back for the crazy December period.

Sell 2 and buy only 1?!

Incoming loss tomorrow...

It's bloody obvious. Cahill will turn into peak Terry and block everything we throw at them and turn up at the other end to score from a corner for a 1-0 Palace win.