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You're right, guess that's exactly why Matic was their outstanding Player yesterday ...

They would if they had class which they have not.

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would take him with open arms. He is a like a deluxe version of matic, faster, stronger, better passer and tackler. I'd genuinely see him challenge for a spot in the starting XI if he returns to his Sevilla form which he still is in the best age to do. Would be an immense signing thus won't happen given the incompetence of our board.

See him score more than Morata, Bats and Loic combined and then get sold to a rival.

Christensen's dad has confirmed that Conte told him andreas is in his plans. Rüdiger and Azpi can both cover the wings and are decent options but i am pretty sure Conte knows that their best position is CB.

I still do not believe we are gonna spend that much on a CB when we are set in that position already. I bet he will go to City.

Our defending was alright. Geigen the lack of protection from Alonso and Fabregas we limited them to a handful of chances.also i one defender more does not mean our defending will improve. Defending is all about team movement and mechanisms.

Tbf the exact same thing was said about Torres. "He has not been training with the team enough", "he is not used to the new environment", "he is low on confidence becasue he has not played so much recently " and all this shit. It fits the notion spread in the media that Morata, similar to Torres, is kind of a nice guy, a sensible palyer who needs the backing and confidence of the maanger in short a sissy who can not cope when things are nog oing his way. The penalty miss also adds to this. I do not bealieve the case is as grave as with Torres. Morata is younger, bigger, in better physical condition bought as the manager's not the owner's darling, had at least half a pre-season with the team. Also better players have missed more important penalties. Finally, the msot important reason why I think MOrata will succeed other than Torres is this: For him to play it is not Drogba we need to renounce - but Michy Batshuayi.

But you have to look at the bigge rpicutre. We lost to one of our biggest rivals in a derby that kicks off the season in embarrassing fashion. we have lost in the shield 2010,2012,2015 and 2017. We lost the FA Cup final, the Super cup in 2012 and 2013 as well as the Worlc club in 2012. We hae been horrednous at these kind of mini trophies. Yeah they are unimportant but it would still be better to win them. A great way to kick off the season. It might only be a shield but it is handed by the FA and it is in wembley. It is a glorified freindly, but every trophy is just a piece of medal handed out after a number of glorified games. Also with very few exceptions a lost CS is a sign of a bad season to follow. The writing is on the wall and ahs been for months now.

But it still gets you a trophy so our aspiration should be to win it.

maybe you are right. But the tackle was reckless with open studs nowhere near the ball. There was no need to foul the player we were in full control of the match they did not get a sniff of our goal. If he does not make that tackle we win the match. And it was not that Pedro was any useful in the match. He was going to be subbed off anyway.

Really disappointed with him in the CS. Paassenger in the game and an absolutely needless tackle that gave that con-ref a choice. I think it is safe to say he lost us that "trophy" and more importantly that we lost to one of our biggest rivals in a really embarrassing fashion. After the season he has had he should have done better.

You are right. I cannot believe we have become so bad in winning these one-off mini trophies .Football is about winning trophies, even it is just those shitty mini pseudo-trophies. The same goes for the ok-ish trophies like FA cup. have not won that since 2012. in fact since the CL win in 2012 we only won the Carlingn Cup and the EL. This is 2/9. Horrible record. A club like ours should have the objective to win all those mini-trophies in a stroll especially as most were against inferior sides.

Smells like torres 2.0. though far superior player. Lets hope he has the mental strengths to wear that off.

Wie always lose on penalties and the tiebreak mode made it even more embarrassing

Dafuq

No i meant conceding late

Got a big psychological disadvantage here tho

We tend to lose on pens. So better let the tiebreak mode have a positive effect

No yellow for Bellerin here too. Corrupted ref

It was dumb. But still never a red. The ref has to be consistent woth his lenient line.

First we have to make it there

That being said we need to defend the fk better

Ref is so biased. Never a red