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watford are so shit but we can't bypass their midfield becasue we have no fucking striker. it is so obvious but conte refuses to use one

omg cahill

the opposite is the case i heard. he hold a personal meeting with giroud to convince him to come to chelsea. ironic that giroud will have exactly 1 week of conte

Conte is so asking for it. He knows we are shit without a striker, he has a striker fit and does not bring him on. If some regular employee would do such stuff he would be fired and probably ruled no claim on compensation by a court .

Mike Dean has always loved to bury us. I remember when he did not give 3 clear pens in 2008 vs ManU and blew off a freekick just in front of the box before halftime

that is it. bye Conte.

Bakayoko has been shit but that was not even a foul. joke of a red card

Sergio Canales has been crippled by injury and is now just a poor player. Fekir is too damn slow for a winger/am in our system. Bailey and Kovacic would be great deals but I doubt we can make them happen as when they become available, bigger clubs will sign them.

Well, hamstring injuries are usually not that lengthy are they.. Also Barkley looked like a strange element in our system anyway so he can use the time on the sidelines to study our tactic boards.

well, I told you so. Other than we Dortmund create many chances, throw many bodies up front so a stirker who finishes their simply chances is exactly what they need. Well done Bats, hopefully we can resell him expensively. He is just who he is and it is not his fault Conte thinks we need a striker to create his own chances. But then again it has only been one game against the worst side in Bundesliga. There will be tougher challenges.

Luis Enrique is an absolute wildcard IMO. he won the CL with barca yes, but he had the 3 best players in the world. I am not sure how much credit you can give him for this. He will be available in summer too as might Allegri and Simeone.

Conte should see out th season. That way we can get a better manager in than we could now and settle the deal with him regardless. The only reason to seperate was if he put the top4 in danger.

The 352 i know is ———————-cam———————- lwb———ldm————rdm——-rwb and i think conte meant he wanted him as cam and cam only But who gives a damn what Conte thinks. He is off in summer of maybe even after Barca. The thing is we thought Barkley would be more like a Lamprd who consistently puts defences under pressure with passes, movements and shots but barks is toothless when deployed in an attacking position. He is bot a regular scorer and not a great passer either. His movement in and ound the box is so predictable. He reminds me of young Schweinsteige, a player with goood technical ability but bo pace or venom or creative flair who was trier on the wings of no:10 when ultimately his best position was as an old Fashioned no 8

Yeah to sell Ake for him was another bad decision. But tbf neither are our level. Both Ampadu and Clarke-Salter are superior talents imo. We are fine with regards to centre-backs, we just need to get the selection right. It is not Cahill's fault he is a mediocre player and defo not a ccb. it was Conte who made him captain and who played him.

why would he admit that? even if it is obviously true i doubt he would come out and openly say that in an interview or so. Anyway, our attack was not splendid either today. In defence we have lots of talent so no real need to splash the cash. Play Rüdiger and we are fine.

they had 11 days rest and have cramps. ofc they are playing out of their skins against us and will be back to shite when playing spurs or pool

No. courtois has not been the problem. they have been clinical and cahills inability in ccb has given them 2 clear cut chances.

ref doing his bit too of course

we are 4th now due to goal difference

One of these days for the umpteeth time this season. can just turn it off now. will end like it stands. how was that not offside

Welcome. Looking forward to commentators banging on over 'Olivia' Giroud all the time

Nah it was a lot of luck too. They ousted us (Germany) twice at the narrowest of margins and we did not really have vintage teams, almost lost against an average Dutch side. I think because of that annoying tiki-taka they were greatly overvalued. Lampard and Gerrard did not win anything with the NT because England never gelled as a team. But individually and at club level, esp Lampard will be considered the greater player than Xavi or Iniesta and rightly so. But back to Hazard. We must at any price make him sign this new contract. That will enable us to keep him for another year or two and then he is basically useless for real cos he will already be 28,29

Neither Max Philipp nor Yarmolenko are recognized strikers.. Also both are out injured. The only other central forward they have is 18y.o. talent Isak. In short. Dortmund are putting their season in the hands of Michy. But I can see him succeeding there. Dortmund focus on fast transition and commit many bodies forward early other than we do we only attack with a few players at once. This is why we need a striker with good hold up play and michy is not optimal for us. Dortmund however try to break the defensive lines by committing people forward thus causing havoc in the opposition so the striker gets the space to play on the shoulder. This should fit Michy more and that is why they are gambling on him. It is no coincidence that Michys goals have always either come when the opponent's defense was in disarray because we were going all out to score a goal, or a ball over the top or a fast counter attack caught them out. If he succeeds there I do not see him coming back tho.

No Arsenal played out of their skins to beat us and were sub-par against Swansea. It is the opposite of how they used to be when they were flat track bullies and lost all the big games.

Hazard false nine defo. Pedro and Cesc have not played striker since 2011. So my guess is 3-4-3 and cesc on the right in the front 3. But could also be a good first start for Barkley.