Jase

Told you he was protecting Barkley.

WOW...

Got Man United at home in the next round...

Floodlight failure. Happened like 4 times.

Meh. Kovacic - and Jorginho for that matter - offers no protection whatsoever in midfield. Gets bypassed so easily every time. Rather add some physicality in that area and heck, we might even have a goal threat from it.

Play him in midfield. Replace Kovacic!

Also, Lampard has some explaining to do with the penalty. Said the other day he was protecting Barkley and the fact that Pedro took it today made that seem to be the case.

Barring that silly blunder for their goal, think we've done alright. Just not sure why we are suddenly overplaying it with the passing.

Are you watching the right game? He's been okay so far, combining well in the attacking third, making runs in behind (was also involved in Batshuayi's goal). Arguably the liveliest of the front lot, with Pedro and CHO being hit-and-miss and quiet respectively.

He did? When? I don't remember.

Academy Day in full swing! By the way, what formation are we playing? Is that Pulisic as the No.10 in a 4-2-3-1 or Pedro behind Batshuayi in like 4-4-2? Also, what's happened with Giroud? Not even on the bench!

That’s just nonsense double standard. Why does reputation matter? Disrespect is disrespect. If you’re gonna criticize someone for being disrespectful, then it should be applied across the board, not picking and choosing to condemn. What Kepa did may not have been right but at least he owned up to it. What did Willian do? Blamed it on his defenseless children!

So in other words, if a player has been at a club long enough, he can do whatever he wants including disrespecting the manager? Ookay...

Don't tempt fate...

Spurs lost to Colchester...

We should see those 4 plus CHO as well as James involved tomorrow.

I'm not so ridiculous to criticize a player for taking their entitled break etc but every time when it's pointed out that Willian consistently fails to contribute in the final third, others will say 'oh, but he does X, Y, Z to help the team' despite playing in a position that requires G and A contribution on a consistent basis. Hell, he can't even make proper decisions! Isn't that like entering the Torres territory? But if people are okay with having an inconsistent player remain in the XI, then by all means...

Define "best" here. For all of Willian's ability to dribble with the ball from deep, get it into dangerous areas, but his final ball has continued to be horrendous overall year in year out. This is becoming like the time when people are praising Torres for working hard despite contributing next to no goals! It's still early in the season but 10 of the 14 goals we've scored have come from a 20-year-old and 21-year-old. The other 4? 1 from a sub player, 1 from the penalty spot and 2 were 'bolt from the blue' strikes. Is that really sustainable?

You criticized the keeper for defying the manager but seemingly turned a blind eye on the player who disrespected the manager who won 2 trophies with us on social media OR who decided to go for personal glory with the late penalty last week? Sounds fair...

Right now? Maybe not. But Willian has been the finished article for years and he remains infuriatingly inconsistent. How many more excuses are people gonna come up with?

Or maybe, you're just obsessed with Willian. No big clubs in their right mind would make Willian as their first choice starter but based on how you've been putting it, we will not survive without Willian in the XI. God help us all.