Strike

What is behind the hesitation to try him at CB here. He seemed physically capable of handling the CB role

Free signing as backup looked like a good idea in the summer. But he is way too exposed now. We really needed a CB in the summer.

this group thinks it is way better than it is - So many players have slacked off

We will have a smaller group of motivated players going forward - at least in the autumn we had Felix, Nkunku, Mudryk coming in motivated to play. We have to figure a way of getting back to using the squad well - something Maresca has forgotten to do since mid-December

DD Fofana is back

Needed a player there given Lavia's injury record. Hopefully this kid is good enough to be thrown straight in

Dario Essugo is not a signing for the Chelsea squad this season since he has already played for Sporting and Las Palmas. Cannot be registered for a 3rd team

If he's the next Moussa Dembele, why did Sporting loan him to Las Palmas or consider giving him away for much lesser than the release clause?

BlueCo looking for a bargain again He seems physically good in the midfield. City were considering him for the Rodri replacement role but have gone with Nico Gonzalez

Bayern comes in for Nkunku then?

Only got him to get Gallagher off the books.

I've long stopped googling names linked to Chelsea. I just know it will be a teenager who will never play for the XI

Great weekend - partly because Chelsea is yet to play

Won't happen till the summer at least. Ipswich are in a relegation fight and selling Delap is suicidal at this point. If the deal that's possible now are Garnacho and Ferguson, I would pass and wait for the summer. As much as I wanted the club to strengthen this month, they've done squat for 30 days. At least don't end the month with panic buys

We do have a lot of bodies so it makes sense trimming the squad. Gusto and Colwill will have to plug in at LB if Cucu is suspended/injured.

Not like there are clubs lining up to pay for Felix. Even Villa wanted only a loan

Fulham have pegged Newcastle back

The GK who came from Strasbourg 😄

They've lost 5-0 in that period too

Finally, they're signing a midfielder City have moved to fix their problems after the first sign of a blip. Our owners are losing their edge after a few windows where they were super active

Has been good in some games but I think he's not nailed on and has been rotated out a lot

He would start at the club though...😄 over Sancho on the left and this wouldn't be a full blown Nkunku/Felix situation since he's still young

I disagree with the view. He has the worst workrate of any of the attacking mids at the club. Only games to consider Felix was vs low blocks where we don't need a lot of running from midfielders. Otherwise, we would be more open than we already are in games.

He wasn't even racking up the goals against the small teams like Nkunku was + while I think he would be useful vs low blocks, he has been poor in the chances he did get and hasn't influenced games when he has come on to make a case for starts. He's always been accommodated and given starts because of his reputation in my view.