Magic Lamps

Manure no1 fan Oliver doing his job

Clear pen in timo tammy again terrible

That eze guy is a gem.

Who is mendes

Kanté has been really poor sadly

First good corner by Chilwell but Tammy is just so shit in the air. Giroud would have scored that

Chilwell is so good in the air for Someone his height

If only Jorginho or Kanté were somewhat good at scoring goals palace couldn’t afford to drop their midfield so deep

The fluency is nice our play looks freshest this season despite the deep bus

Kante getting bypassed too easily. Clearly into decline

Raineri. I think he is most similar to Claudio in terms of tinkering

Good start. I like Jorginho being proactive in midfield. Chilwell already offers so much more than Alonso

how convenient right before the intl break.

its no good moving players aroudn from their usual positions IMO. also we have seen CHO offers much more on the wing (even though it is still not enough) than Mount shoehorned into the front 3. But yeah if we really loan out CHO in one of the thickest season ever to accomodate mount, Lampard is doomed.

we woule be nuts to let our only backup winger go. Bayern offered us 35m last time when he had 1 year left on his contract. Now we hold all the power with 4yrs left on his contract. They should offer at least 50m which they simply wont. Also this would mean Mount basically becomes our default winger when just one of Pulisic/Ziyech is injured which is probably the case for half the season.

From what i have seen Mount is not realy suited to any position in the 3 behind the striker tho IMO. Not sure he can play in the 2 behind given his mediocre passing but if both our back-up winger options are not really reliable we should maybe go for a last minute deal here. Beginning to regret not even having tried for Ferran Torres. Well, Palace is a game we should win anyway but i really hope Pulisic can at least get some minutes

To follow up on the question if he will keep chopping and changing the back 4 Lampard gave a slightly different answer this time. He said that having an established back4 and cb pairing is only possible when his project is completed and currently he is not seeing this as an option. Might indicate he does not think any of our back centre back piarings are good enough for him atm. Also said he knows where he wants to play Kai and Timo but only has played them out of position bc of injuries, which is what i suspected from the very beginning.

lol your right. mixed them up bc of the mendy maignan conundrum i guess. but if i am not mistaken they are on a roughly similar level^^

They have no chance to get him if we dont want to sell and i just dont see it. he has 4 years left onhis contract obviously. I would not mind selling him if we got an outrageous offer and a possibility to loan a replacmeent or so but otherwise why should we sell our only backup winger...

Bild now reporting Bayern still interested. i dont buy it though

Sevilla will be an annoying opponent. They work super hard and are very clever and technical. But if Pulisic and Werner run rings around Carlos he might snap and give away a pen . Rennes was defeated by a much weaker Chelsea team twice last season. I think 13 are in it at least.

It is so bullshit loaning out players and then signing replacements on perm basis. Will just lead to even more inflated squad and worse negotiation position

One of the easier groups. No excuses for not finishing first.

Really weird decision. If Ruben leaves too we will be paperthin in midfield.

Tbf we probably never would have got 60m if we sold back then. 40max.