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wiener*, and hard.

Costa is as selfless as a Wall Street phenomenon

All players, bar Moses, who've already had their best seasons. We need players still to have their best days.

We'll still win the league. Conte's teams react well to losses, and he isn't silent like I would be. He's just as Mourinho, SAF or any other top manager would be in this situation - furious.

If i were Conte, the only way i'd get anything through to the players after this game, is by being silent. Absolutely silent. Not one word on the game, apart from some analysis all in a room together. No lambasting, no motivating. Both would work poorly, we have an odd bunch of people as our players.

i think you're lagging

Luiz would've destroyed it. Pedro would've destroyed it. Anyone but those 2 going for it is lunacy.

a bottler all the morons claiming this guy is one of the best strikers can have nightmares tonight

I dont have faith i dont have faith i dont have faith my hopes aren't up my hopes aren't up

We have wasted so many points in the last few years by not making Willian a central midfielder. He isn't good enough attack-wise to be so far front, and he's too good defensively at times to be so far front again. For the future, I'd go with a 4-3-3 once again, with the usual suspects up top, Willian centrally to help Kante & Matic, and simply go back to Azpi at right back, Alonso on the left, and the 2 central players can be whoever.

we should replace him with a kit designer, they're reliable

A half-working Luiz is still as good as all of their defenders, and he's played through pain before. Keep him on.

Who is our captain tonight? It'd be hilarious if it was Cahill. Armband or not, Luiz is now our captain, leader, legend.

Thank you BTSport for putting an ex Liverpool player on commentary

dont cha wish your centre back was offside like mine dont cha

oh shit we got one!!!! we got one fam!

We won't even get 2 corners this half. We have one player on the pitch who likes to shoot. It must end. I am done with being as sharp up front as a banana.

have the best god damn eyes in the stadium - anyone would pick on someone with that blessing

It wouldn't be a different scenario with a passer like Fabregas/Verratti/whoever in the team; so who is it that's still not good enough? Is it just a simple case of replacing Matic and ensuring someone other than Willian plays on the wing? Is it just a case of tinkering formation sometimes, adding an extra body to midfield and that's it? It makes no sense that these issues of ours are caused by our forwards/defenders; & Kante isn't the cause.

Alonso's brain is made from shredded celery

Keep the ball away from Hazard & Costa - a tactic that'll kill us with no other goalscorers. Kante, Matic and Willian have about 1.5 goals per 15 games between them. Moses & Alonso even less. Our defenders slightly less. So, we have around a 1/15 chance of scoring. Not just of winning but scoring, if they keep this up. Damn.

I would've gone for a 3-3-4 then taken an opiate once the players step on the field. We are indeed very predictable, and throwing all of our best attacking players at a team at once is something that'd yield some sort of new result, and it's new sorts of results we need vs the likes of Liverpool, Tottenham, City (usually).

Kante will step up to the plate and headbutt any opposition player in the groin.

So according to Twitter, Bournemouth have bid £18m. Would be great business if we removed the context of needing back-up players. Conte wouldn't be crying for back-up, to settle for recalling Ake, to then sell him. I'm sure the board will agree that £18m isn't much to us, so we can pass on it. But it'd be exciting to take.

I've a fear we'll only take 2-3 shots per half.