Jase

He hasn't done an Arteta yet though.

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Even if Mikel is a squad player, he is still a poor player. Won't feel safe when it comes to the time we have to use him, especially if/when something happens to Matic and Kante.

I think it's high-time we build a statue for Mikel. He's going to outlast everyone at the club.

The club posted a video that's longer than 2 minutes? Shocker!

That's not all apparently... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/new-chelsea-boss-antonio-conte-8310594#GTtJCmLEmtrpS6AM.97

The full team for the US tour: http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/07/west-london-to-the-west-coast.html Goalkeepers Thibaut Courtois Asmir Begovic Jamal Blackman Nathan Baxter Defenders Branislav Ivanovic Cesar Azpilicueta Gary Cahill John Terry Kurt Zouma Baba Rahman Matt Miazga Hector Ola Aina Fikayo Tomori Midfielders Nemanja Matic Cesc Fabregas Nathaniel Chalobah Oscar Eden Hazard Willian Pedro Kenedy Ruben Loftus-Cheek Victor Moses Juan Cuadrado Strikers Diego Costa Loic Remy Bertrand Traore Michy Batshuayi Tammy Abraham

He looks in decent shape in pre-season for once. Then again, Euro 2016 only ended 2 weeks ago...

Why are people making a fuss whether a player comes back early or not?

That reminds me of Jogi Low, something that he does to others...

Now now, we're only 2 games into the Conte era. Let's not jump to any conclusions here yet.

I know it was only a friendly but @ Jose. His record against Dortmund is pretty atrocious.

Can you wear a cat costume as well?

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Banter when Conte doesn't buy any defender and instead, starts Djilobodji against West Ham.

No, you just like being a pessimist.

If he had performed well for them, he would have given more chances to start. But he didn't. He only scored a few decent goals and that was it.

Why mention the area we want to improve in our squad to everyone and prize ourselves out of signings? No one asked him anything about signings when he was unveiled last week and a few days later, boom, we got Kante.

Does it really matter if Conte was asked or not?

How is it a mistake when Moses barely went on to do anything spectacular at Liverpool, Stoke and West Ham. He's like a pre-season merchant really. If a good offer comes, I'd cash in on Moses. He's a decent player but for where we aspire to be, he's just not good enough and won't be anything more than a squad player.

The rumors are surely heating up but if I'm right, I've only seen the Spanish media reporting on this in the past few days. The English press have barely mentioned anything. Those Spanish lots running their own agenda?

Juve's pre-season results in Conte's first season hardly looks as bad as that Juve fan suggested. His last season at Juve though...

Matic had one good season but we saw his qualities. Last season was so bad for everyone, never mind Matic, that it's likely to be a one-off (hopefully!). There's only so much Matic can do in a flawed system and having to do two person's job by himself in that midfield area. Matic isn't the first to have excelled with a partner that complements him and certainly won't be the last.