Jase

They really have been fortunate to play against 2 teams that went down to 10 men recently. First it was Newcastle and now Southampton.

JESUS CHRIST! Soon we'll all be cheering against Leicester!

I really hope not. Willian or Mount shouldn't be starting after their last two performances. I don't expect Lampard to be declaring who starts and who doesn't in his pressers but he gave a somewhat vague answer to whether Pulisic deserves to start tomorrow (said Pulisic deserves to but there also other options). And he also said Willian has been the best player in the last 4-5 games or so.

Expecting the same starting XI that played at Ajax again against Burnley.

Pulisic on Batshuayi... https://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/pulisic-chelsea-have-a-great-mix-of-youth-and-experience/1lrinyb5qoo6j1rb6bn378dqc3

Pulisic on the team's improvement... https://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/pulisic-chelsea-have-a-great-mix-of-youth-and-experience/1lrinyb5qoo6j1rb6bn378dqc3

Abraham on the team's togetherness... https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/10/24/kurt-zouma-and-tammy-abraham-on-togetherness-and-patience-provin

https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/chelsea-christian-pulisic-michy-batshuayi-17143373

You're making it out as if people committed a crime asking Lampard to hire a defensive coach. Nothing bad or wrong with debating about asking for help when there's an issue, especially when the defensive issue we're talking about goes back to Lampard's time at Derby as well. It wasn't as if people were asking for a change in manager!

It'd be silly to keep bringing it up. As you said, we had massive defensive problems earlier this season. Up till the recent Brighton game, we had kept only 1 clean sheet - and that was in pre-season - and were giving away really silly goals. It's only natural people were (still are?) worried about it. Recent improvement has been encouraging to see and long it may continue!

Lampard is gonna have a big headache when Loftus-Cheek returns and make some hard choices in dropping players here and there. But on the other hand, it's great that we suddenly have a good squad depth, something that we didn't necessarily think we would have before the season started.

Are you going to post that every time we keep a clean sheet now?

They're at it again...

Yesterday was Azpi's 350th appearance for the club, by the way. And err, Azpi with facial hair is just WRONG.

Quite the equalizer from Lille in the 95th minute vs Valencia...

https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/fixtures-results/frank-lampard-chelsea-ajax-pulisic-17136307

Lille scored a stoppage time equalizer against Valencia. Finished 1-1. So, we're leading the group with 6 points (same as Ajax). Valencia sit 3rd with 4 points and Lille have 1.

Sabitzer's goal against Zenit was an absolute beauty! 🔥🔥🔥