Magic Lamps

I have to disagree. Bailey is much younger than either and plays in a better league. He is faster than both and probably physically more robust. Even when he has an unlucky game like yesterday he will still try and impose himself upon the game, whilst the other two usually disappear from games when they have an off-day (I admit i have not seen that much of fekir so i could be wrong in his case). Sure fekir and maybe even lemar are the more accomplished players but I see way higher potential in Bailey. He reminds me of young Salah but stronger and more composed than Salah was at this age. I told you it was a mistake to sell Salah, now by buying Bailey we have the chance to make it undone.

But he gave his best years to us didn't he? I think he is not getting any better. He is in his 28th year. Real will get a declining players it is a miracle how we kept him for so long. They bought Ronaldo at 24 and Bale at 25. He played tons and tons of games already and with all his injuries I doubt he has the longevity of Ronaldo, both physically and mentally. He does not have the same hunger nor the discipline to stay in shape at all times, is injured more often. It already appears to me that he has lost a bit of pace compared to a few years ago. Keep him one more year and I am not even sure Real will still be interested.

Other than most wingers he can cross but he still lacks a lot. ONly marginal contributions today. Not quite the level Hazard hat before he joined us. was lucky not to get sent off but unlucky not to score with a freekick.

what is that story with his kids in Madrid? Is his ex-gf the only legal custodian or why can't he have the kids in London from time to time. Maybe he enjoys being a part-time dad, only being missed and embraced when back whilst his ex has to put on with all the trouble little kids make...anyway, he revealed he will sign so that is best news. Maybe we can keep him a year or too and then sell him for 100m+ to Real, that would be a good deal. We would get a decent replacement. Tibo is probably top 10 gk in the world but nothing more, nowhere near as good as peak Cech and we can with some ambition find a better long term replacement.

The problem was Matic was not really giving a shit anymore and his attitude made him even worse. At Utd he is no world beater but he at least gives a damn. I don't know why, Conte really trusted him but Matic's attitude cost us. His performance in the fA Cup final was absolutely Bakayoko-worthy. Still, Drinkwater and Bakayoko were both horrible replacements for him. Either would have been fine as additional options at that time provided a world class cm would have been signed but both and no one else for 75m was typical board, signing average players for too much money.

That is exactly correct. He is average, mid-table level player which is still 10times better than Bakayoko on current form. We do not need to improve players right now but get the head out of the gutter. We don't need someone to look brilliant we need someone to be average but reliable. Look at all the chances Bakayoko has got whilst Drinkwater has not really got a shot compared to that.

i think that is actually the best time to implement it. 4-2-4 usually requires the wide attackers to stay wide. Hazard is not really perfectly utilised in that system. but i could imagine leon bailey in that role

I would be all for that, that is actually a great lineup even though we can not realize it just now because of all the injuries. The decision to introduce the back 3 was right last seaso and now it is the right time to reverse it, as people know how to deal with it: peck the wingbacks back to and get behind the midfield in numbers than there will be loads of space due to cahill's backing off and lack of pace as well as Bakayokos lack of positional intelligence, late tackling, defensive workroate or simply not being fit to play football at any level. We got way too many defenders on the field and still our centre is weak. Conte showed balls introdocing the back 3 as first manager in England, now he needs to have the balls to introduce a new system. Watford and Bournemouth dominated us because they found us out. They stopped the supply to hazard or stopped him controlling the ball, pressurized the wingbacks attacking with two players on one side, gave Bakayoko no time to breath and played balls behind cahill. Even the shittiest teams can mimic that and unless we drastically change formation and at least get bakayoko and cahill out of the team there is nothing we can do about it.

I first thought we we talking about Dortmund's Max Philipp who actually would be a sensible signing but then I realized Philipp Max is a different person^^ Anyway stay clear from the rip-off shop Augsburg^^

If we keep him after watford at least we honour the tradition to sack managers after games vs West brom

mike dean is such a turd

60 mins too late

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