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Pogba glided past out midfield with ease a few times. We couldn't handle him sometimes and we looked very feeble and weak. However with circumstances of game, delighted with a point, as I thought we had lost that. Was not impressed with a lot of our players today. Can't really say who impressed me. Maybe Rudiger and Barkley came on and made that difference. The rest of the team were just not good enough. Spurs are on same points as us now, albeit less GD. Arsenal will prob join us and Spurs on level points on Monday night too. That game against Burnley is so important now. We need to rotate in the week now as the top 4 race is already hot and we cannot afford to drop any points before that Spurs game.

And two games upcoming against BATE and Derby where I am hoping Hudson-Odoi could play is dampened.

He improved a lot more after my comment tbf but first half, especially, him and Pogba got completely overran by Germany. Did improve a lot though after, like I said so my comments must of enraged him

He has looked really average again tonight for France. He has made a couple decent tackles but he needs to show more to his game. He has been caught in possession a couple of times. I want to see him dominate games more. Maybe I am coming across harsh but he has set such high standards and I am yet to see him but in a dominant type of performance he used to put in, this season for club or country.

We would be crazy to do both of that in January. It would not be possible to get those replacements in January either. I love your wishful thinking though but no way would it be possible to get Icardi or Dybala in January. Piatek still needs more time to develop before thinking we can just place him as no.1 striker for a major club. Luiz gets far too much criticism by our fans. He has been excellent past few games but because it is Luiz, you will not hear about it until he makes a mistake agaib.

Mbappe will not be interested in joining us. Pretty sure of that and unless PSG are sanctioned for FFP, they will not sell him either. Also, I only see Mbappe moving to Real if he was to move.

Unfortunately, unless Drinkwater agrees to a wage cut, I don't see us offloading him. Maybe we can but we would have to pay part of his wages because no team will play hiss full wages. What a life eh? Getting paid at least £90k p/w (maybe more) to just train.

So relieved and happy for him

I am not criticizing you as I do like reading your posts (sometimes) :D. But you do sometimes state way too many transfer suggestions that are unrealistic. I am a fan of Martial, however he has been way too inconsistent for the last few seasons. And Thauvin is performing in a much inferior league. He would come here and be out his depth.

This is not Football Manager or FIFA. You blurt players names out as if it is easy to lure them away. What was Thauvin like when he last was in the PL? Absolute shit. Suso wouldn't suit the way Sarri is playing right now imo. Pulisic was not going to leave, despite the rumours. Bailey, I wanted us to get him but again there is no guarantees to say he will be a instant success in the PL. Dembele was never an option nor Barca was ever going to sell a player they invested over £100m on. LOL. Let's be serious. Marital over Willian? He has not done anything noteworthy for a while. Why would we need to swap him. Think there still is a lot to come from Martial. but did we need him to replace Willian? No... he has been worse than Willian for the last few seasons. And what has he done to make you call him a twat? Because of him stating his training preferences?....

They will both be rotated, believe me. Either way does not change the fact that he is a valuable squad player, hence why Sarri was not selling under any cost.

He is inconsistent but a very valuable squad player and one, most teams would love to have, hence why Barca made a huge bid for him. I know what will happen anyway, he will return to form and then you will get all the knee-jerks changing opinions once again.

Again, people just talking absolute nonsense. He is not world class. Is he a valuable squad player? Yes, he is. He has his flaws but people saying he needs to be offloaded asap are just blurting out nonsense. We will see why we will need him over the season. He can frustrate however he is a very useful addition to have in the squad.

23 is a young age and has loads of time to improve his game and improve as a player.

Yeah, because Hazard was on his break after WC finished. Didn't mean fuck all. Has he given him a chance in an actual competitive game? No.

TBH, with Napoli they did not have much talented youth. Their record in the Uefa Youth League and their domestic was shocking. The U19 I am referring too. We have amongst the best youth academy in Europe every season so Sarri should recognize that and play them. Such a pity. The amount of top talent we produce but don't play. Tonight is inexcusable.

I think he probably is. Wouldn't be surprised if he goes down the route Sancho has gone. There is no reasonable explanation I will take from anyone about why he is not in the team tonight. This would be a perfect game for him to showcase his talents again. And we are not helping our main first team by this. This will cost us in the league.

This is why it is hard to get excited sometimes with any of our youth, when there is no pathway to the first team. Arsenal have a tougher game than us tonight and away from home are starting Emile Smith-Rowe who looks very comfortable. Why can CHO not start this? Are our youth ever going to be trusted? Him playing in matchday 4/5 of Europa League won't mean anything. It will just mean that he has played because the team are already through but how can you be convinced over that. Pathetic. CHO could start this game and we would still batter them. The two times we have had a game in the week, we have ended up dropping points at the weekend ffs. Kovacic and one of Pedro/Willian should be rested. And talking about Smith-Rowe, look who scores. Really disappointed with Sarri after the faith he showed him in pre-season and also started against City in CS and now he has been frozen out.

He scored last night for them

Can you believe he scored his first, yes FIRST ever goal in professional club football tonight! Deserves a round of applause

Tammy Abraham is on loan at Villa.

Although I miss him badly and people talking about how good we would be if we still had Costa here as our main striker, can you believe that he has gone an astonishing 16 games without a league goal!

So annoying to concede that late. Team played really well. Luiz was MOTM for me. Was immense defensively and his transformation from defence to attack. Done a couple brilliant passes over the top. He really does not get the praise he deserves. He is really key to our system. I don't have much complaints really. Just poor finishing and a lack of concentration cost us. Either way, happy with out start to the season. Sarri's style of play is wearing off on the team and the team are responding really well. We looked really assured playing from the back yesterday against one of the best pressing teams around. However annoying that Spurs and Arsenal are right in touching distance of us now. Roll on to the next one!

When they play together, it is so hard to tell who is who. Similar build, similar style of dribbling and I am glad I am not the only one. Constantly get confused.

No excuse not to start CHO. He was fantastic in pre-season and I think I speak on behalf of every Chelsea fan, who is not only disappointed but also bemused. No way should Moses be starting over him as a winger. All that pre-season excellence to not even be rewarded is annoying me. The one player I wanted to see start more than anyone.