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We almost lost to this Man United side...

Reared its ugly head again against Brighton.

1. Vital 3 points but the performance left a lot to be desired. Thankfully, Brighton gave us a free half. 2. The referee didn't have a clue what he was doing. 3. Alonso was hopeless again and yet, Sarri continued to play him. WHY?! Ivanovic all over again.

If only Hazard feels about Chelsea the same way his good friend Azpi does, eh? If there is gonna be a player exchange involved, it'll probably be Kovacic.

He is anything but their first, second or third choice, so it wouldn't be unthinkable if they didn't lodge a bid. Talking from Hazard's POV. He's been begging them to come sign him for so many years. Imagine if after all that overselling of himself and Real still be like "WHATEVER!" and go sign Neymar or Mbappe instead.

Am gonna laugh if after all this 'come and sign me' pleas and Real are still not bothered to sign Hazard.

Even then, would there be space for him in 2-3 years time if we buy Barella AND Kovacic to go with Kante, Jorginho, Barkley, Loftus-Cheek?

Where would this leave Mount if we signed Barella?

We'll face one of these lots in the round of 32... FC Zurich Celtic Slavia Prague Fenerbahce Sporting CP Olympiacos Rapid Vienna Lazio Malmo FC Krasnodar Rennes Viktoria Plzen Club Brugge Shakhtar Donetsk Galatasaray Some nasty looking trips there...the draw is on next Monday at 12pm GMT.

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Chelsea PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS 2018/19 Premier League Matchweek 17 16th December, Sunday, 2018 Amex Stadium 13:30 Kick Off (UK time)

And he scored an OG. #AmpaduOUT

Where did I imply that we don't have fickle fans? There are PLENTY on Twitter, for example. Was merely pointing out that things aren't gonna be great with Madrid fans if/when Hazard moves there.

And Ampadu. I wouldn't be surprised if we go after Rugani again But the thing is, Sarri hasn't used Ampadu much this season and certainly not at CB. So, not sure where Sarri stands on this. At the moment, it's debatable whether Azpi would work as a CB in a back four. We're likely gonna need to sign at least 1 CB.

How are the two even comparable? Madrid fans boo their players almost on a weekly basis and that despite whatever they have achieved for the club. That scenario with us, was done only by a small group of Chelsea fans and that was a reaction to Mourinho's sacking, which we were right to sack him and those fans' reaction was silly. I know what you're trying to get at but those examples are terrible. Clockwork and Sideshow Luiz are just resigned to losing Hazard, which I think deep down, we all have been feeling the same for some time now. That's different from actually criticizing him, is it?

Cahill looks likely to leave and if Luiz leaves as well, who the hell are we gonna sign? We'll be left with only Rudiger and Christensen, who Sarri doesn't seem to trust!

Him too! All the more reason why the grass isn't always greener on the other side...

Nothing new and Hazard himself is probably aware of the fickle Madrid fans but Isco got booed by them in the CSKA match earlier. Hazard better be careful of what he wish for...

In terms of qualification, only Shakhtar v Lyon is important. Lyon are 2nd and Shakhtar are 3rd in the group, separated by just 2 points.

The squad for this game... https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2018/12/12/blues-touch-down-in-hungary Willy Caballero Marcin Bulka Jamie Cumming Davide Zappacosta Ethan Ampadu Andreas Christensen David Luiz Emerson Marcos Alonso Cesc Fabregas Jorginho Ruben Loftus-Cheek Ross Barkley George McEachran Willian Pedro Callum Hudson-Odoi Alvaro Morata Olivier Giroud

Why the Premier League should be afraid of 'Sarri-ball' once Chelsea master it

Least it won't be in Round of 32...

To be fair, this is Chelsea we're talking about. Our board don't do logic.

Which is why this feels like a ploy to get a better contract at Napoli.