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This season feels like a wasted season because of what Lampard did...

As ludicrous as this may sound, getting Ronaldo would be even worse than getting Hazard back because (a) we would have to break the bank and the club's wage structure to pay his wages (he's earning a lot at Juventus - https://www.goal.com/en/news/ronaldos-31m-per-year-juventus-wages-still-three-times-more-than-/1pb5otbvkvd2u162op7t2bsug6) and (b) we would have to change our entire style of play and system just to fit him in. He's already 36 years old and he's not going to have legs to start pressing around, running around and basically defend.

If we want to buy Sancho, we might want to do it quick because his price could well go up after the Euros...

It was Luiz's farewell.

Oh, now you bring position into the equation? If you want to say Pulisic is playing out of position, then one can easily say it's the same with Werner considering he's not a natural #9 or suited to leading the line. And how exactly is Pulisic even playing out of position? He played so many games on the left and even if he prefers playing on the left, he's still not exactly alien to playing on the right either.

Pini Zahavi? Cue the Coman to Chelsea rumors...

Less productive player? If you look back at the last 10 games, Werner contributed 4 goals (2 goals and 2 assists) while Pulisic contributed 3 goals (1 goal and 2 assists). Of Werner's 4 goals, 3 of them include the winner against West Ham, the assist for Alonso's winning goal at City (both ensured we got into the Top 4) and the opening goal against Real Madrid at the Bridge. Of Pulisic's 3 goals, 1 was the away goal and another 1 was the assist for the killer against Real Madrid. Not going to sit here and brag about Werner being more productive considering the difference is only 1 but Werner also contributed key goals in our run-in, not only Pulisic like you've made it out to be. Heck even if we look back at the last 13 games, both Werner and Pulisic contributed the same amount of goals - Werner has 2 goals and 3 assists while Pulisic has 3 goals and 2 assists. And for the record, I don't think I've said Pulisic should be benched. As I said earlier, I just find your logic strange when they have both contributed basically the same amount of goals over the last 10-15 games from very similar amount of minutes played. The fact is our attackers are blowing hot and cold. Pulisic hasn't been anywhere near his best for ages now, just like how inconsistent Werner has been. The numbers won't be the one that will decide Tuchel's selection. It'll come down to devising a tactical plan and picking the players that can execute the plan effectively and based on the last two games against City, Werner seems like a shoo-in. Mount will be selected. Then it comes down to Pulisic, Ziyech or Havertz. Tuchel went with Mount-Werner-Ziyech in the cup semi-final and Ziyech-Werner-Pulisic at the Etihad (Mount was rested then). For all we know and for all this debate, Tuchel could easily go with a similar line-up to the latter of Pulisic-Werner-Mount. He could also go with Werner-Havertz-Mount, something he's yet to try/play against City.

No, I just find your logic strange, like using stats only over the last 13 (why not 5, 10 or 15?), banging on about an assist in a defeat to justify a start etc.

Any names that fit that bill?

Seems convenient or selective to just randomly select the last 13 games. Why not 10? 15? Or 20? But whatever.

But that would still leave us with just Werner and Havertz as the two striker options.

Just suggesting it in the event that we really can't get any striker. I don't think it'll happen either but stranger things have happened between players and managers. Maybe Tuchel doesn't need to promise Abraham a starting role, just perhaps a more prominent role in the team, more involvement etc.

One would think or hope they would do better next season but I don't think even Tuchel is crazy enough to go with just two players for the striker position, especially when they're both likely to play at the same time a lot. Then you also gotta factor in form, injury, suspension, rotation etc. Either we find someone low-key that fits into Tuchel's system or if we really can't find anyone, then maybe Tuchel and Abraham might reconcile.

It's recovery day for the players today. They get the day off tomorrow and then back on Wednesday to prep for the final.

Was not called up by Luis Enrique.

Yup, he switched allegiance. https://theathletic.com/news/euro-2020-aymeric-laporte-france-spain/dkglUbDKpzFn

Agree with the point against bottom half sides under Tuchel but the ironic thing is, we ended up picking only 3 points less against those sides under Tuchel than under Lampard (18 v 21). The biggest disparity and unsurprisingly comes with the points gained against top half sides. Under Lampard, we got only 8 points but under Tuchel, we gained 20 points! And we ended up picking only 2 more points against top half teams than bottom half sides under Tuchel.

Tuchel will have a presser today to preview the CL final. Should tell us more about Mendy.

As @Superblue_1986 alluded to in another thread, the question is whether Hazard's decline is irreversible. If it's irreversible, then it's a waste of time and money to bring him back because he would just be a deadwood and on top of that, he is already 30 years old. How many years does he have left, if any, at the highest level in his current state?

LOL

WOW! Azpi has been called up to the Spain NT for Euro 2020!

In terms of full backs, only 4 players have more assists than Chilwell in the league this season: Robertson - 7 (3,386 mins) TAA - 7 (2,997 mins) Digne - 6 (2,232 mins) Coufal - 6 (2,605 mins) Shaw also has 5 assists from 2,604 mins played.

From BBC: Chelsea's Ben Chilwell registered his eighth goal involvement in the Premier League this season (3 goals, 5 assists) - among defenders, only Trent Alexander-Arnold has been involved in more (9).