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United and Everton must be delighted, knowing full well that our weakness is set pieces. Wonder what the rate is for Maguire to score the winner against us

The problem for Kai was always going to be how he transitioned to a more physical/intense league as his profile seemed like he would struggle (i.e. he's not really the dribbling type that can fit in on the wings and I wouldn't classify him as a #10 that is capable of linking play, he's more of a workhorse that can slot in as required). The Kai I saw at Leverkusen was benefitting from counter attacking football where he played off the striker/target man, got into space through the middle and used his attributes to his advantage...but in the Premier League, you don't get that much space through the middle unless you have that dribbling/trickery to beat your man.

It's only fair to balance out all the biased decisions they've had in the Premier League.

Think it was Peter Crouch who basically said Jackson isn't the guy to get you 20 goals a season and even Sturridge said Jackson doesn't look like a clinical finisher and that's something Chelsea will need to look at moving forward.

Lol we are a team of kids, other than Sterling/Silva/Reece/Sanchez. Imagine having Hazard/Fabregas with a decent finisher up front against their high line...

Well they did sign the best striker from England for like 100 million...not to mention De Ligt, Kim at the back. The funniest thing is, both Mourinho and Ancelotti were far better managers for Chelsea than Tuchel could ever hope to be. There is a reason why we won the league under them, it was a team fighting for something. Tuchel effectively built a cup team that was running on emotion.

Agree here, I don't expect them to challenge for the title once it gets to the serious end of the season (let's say gameweek 30) but they have enough going for them to get top 4 this season. I don't usually praise Spurs but you gotta give them credit for getting their transfer targets sorted. Vicario was a solid Serie A keeper, that CB from the Bundesliga looks to be a good addition, young Udogie & Sarr provide energy, Bissouma looks motivated and Maddison (mind the spelling) could be signing of the summer if he keeps up that sort of form for the next 10-15 games.

To think we sold Hudson Odoi for peanuts and bought this kid for 30 million, PSV must be laughing all the way to the bank. Madueke needs 2 seasons on loan in a competitive league before he's "ready" to play for Chelsea week in week out, that's the problem....same can be said about Jackson, Broja, Ugo and various other players that we've signed. Think it was Sir Alex who said something along the lines of: if you don't give the kids the chance to make mistakes on loan, you're just ruining their development and not giving them a fair chance.

A fit KDB & Haaland would be nice, wouldn't have to worry about watching Madueke/Sterling/Jackson do f*ck all in attack.

I still don't get the Lavia signing. Like we got Caicedo and then we also got a talented young midfielder in Ugo, not sure why we needed to sign 3 DM's in the same transfer window. The saddest part is, we sign all this talent but when it comes to attackers and creativity we decide to sign only Nkunku and hope for the best. Surely the plan wasn't to rely on Jackson/Broja for a whole season up front with some brazilian kid being their back-up. The only positives so far this season: Colwill, Enzo, Palmer and Mudryk scoring a goal. I don't mind losses but you have to score at home in front of your own fans.

If we win this game, all credit to Pochettino but without Enzo, not really sure what chance we have. Brentford will be all over Sanchez trying to play out of the back and we'll concede an easy goal....

Agree with this but Jackson needs at least 2+ seasons of development to be the main man in attack. I get the experiment and Jackson has the raw skills you want to see in a young striker but to expect him & Broja to lead the line and potentially score 15+ goals between them was always going to be a step too far.

Brentford, Spurs, City, Newcastle, then Brighton and United. Will be interesting to see how Poch sets up for these games, particularly Spurs as they are flying at the moment.

West Ham are also bang average....still can't believe we dropped points to them 🤬

@Vesper if we were to get someone like Simakan into the club, would Colwill, Simakan, Badiashile be good enough as the starting CB's?

The saddest part is, in terms of raw talent I would say Fofana is the best of the 3 French CB's that we brought to the club.

I feel it's a bit of a shame that we didn't get to see some of the more attack minded players given a chance with Poch. I get that guys like RLC, Pulisic wanted the fresh start elsewhere but they would have been useful this season (especially with Enzo having a proper partner in midfield now).

Yea well you can't really predict anything about Nottingham when they are able to sign 15-20 players every single window. They also have a very simple setup, sit back, stay compact and get on the counter.

To think we spent all that money and we couldn't bring in a single reliable attacker to be the focal point up front. I'm more concerned about how Sterling/Mudryk/Madueke and co are going to justify their price tags as I don't think any of them get anywhere near 10 league goals this season.

I don't think people mind mistakes but you have to be consistent. If the call is for offside by the sideline ref then VAR has to follow the same process every single game (i.e. draw the offside lines, check the player for offside and make the call). I actually liked the VAR software they used at the world cup and they're also using a similar one in Serie A. Feels like the current VAR setup in the Premier League is just to give a job to the referee's mates.

Even if you compare him to Simons who was at PSV and now he's lighting it up for Leipzig in Germany....they are worlds apart. PSV robbed us blind for Madueke, would prefer to see Maatsen in the first team than Madueke as he just looks too raw.

Forget about winning, let's worry about scoring 1 goal in front of our home crowd. 😆

De Zerbi already dreaming about how he can spend another 100 million on the next unknown wonderkid when the bid for Mitoma goes in at the end of the season!

Tammy got 15 goals for us in the league and many people here said he wasn't good enough. He goes to Roma and gets 17 goals in his first season of Serie A, then 8 goals last year and somehow he's "improved" since leaving Chelsea?

Because it was full of the young players looking to impress and take the chance offered to them. Casadei, Santos, Angelo, Carney, Bashir among others. Funny how most were not kept around (other than Carney and that nasty injury) and as soon as we got these high priced signings very late in the window things started going from bad to worse. I mentioned this before but getting Caicedo & Lavia was overkill and I feel it sends a bad message to the rest of the talented young midfielders as their pathway to first team football at Chelsea is effectively blocked for the near future.