Reddish-Blue

I hope we win...but this game has a 2-1 loss written all over it.

As if Pogba would go on a 'televised' interview for MUTV and say anything negative about one of his team-mates. Every man and his dog knows Martial's attacking qualities, we saw that Monaco, we saw him being touted as the next Henry for a reason...but right now with Mourinho as his boss, he needs to put in a shift on the defensive end or bide his time and play the super-sub role. This whole situation is similar to Real Madrid and Benzema. In more than one press conference after Higuain got injured, Mourinho said: " If I can't hunt with a dog, I will hunt with a cat"....then later on Benzema said: "Mourinho called me a cat to motivate me to fight for the team, to make me more aggressive, to let out the anger inside of me"

Martial is perfect in his current role. In Mourinho's tactics, he wants that burst of energy from the bench, he doesn't want to see Martial jogging around the pitch, letting his opposite number off the hook in the defensive aspect of the game.

Hopefully dropping Luiz acts like a catalyst for the rest of the team...as our next 3 fixtures are gonna be tough. West Brom (A) - they always play better against us...just like Palace Qarabag (A) - must win if we want to progress in UCL Liverpool (A) - hopefully our wingbacks can keep up with Salah and Mane

How did Van Gaal damage his reputation beyond repair? He's never been known to play exciting football, he went to United, steadied the ship, helped push Rooney out of the club and he gave a chance to Rashford (who will be playing for United/England for the next decade).

It doesn't even matter if they get sacked because they will find another club sooner or later... Managers at Chelsea don't want to play the youth because they don't care. They know it's a short term gig, so why bother 'helping' the club in the long run? You either trust a manager for a longer period of time (United, Arsenal, Everton with Moyes, Liverpool with Rafa) or you go for the win-now mentality (Chelsea with Mourinho and Conte).

Traore wanted to be a starting XI player....as for Michy, he doesn't seem to care if he's second choice, he's more interested in twitter

Whilst I like Conte's passion on the touchline...if he doesn't have a plan B in terms of tactics, he won't be at Chelsea for much longer

If I see a Fabregas - Bakayoko midfield

The question should be: How are experienced professionals allowed to down tools during the season? I get the feeling that the players who ditched Mourinho in his 2nd spell may be doing the same thing to Conte this season... it could be anyone out of Courtois, Cahill, Fabregas, Hazard, Pedro, Willian

There is one "BIG" name out there. Proven Premier League Manager, former national team manager, available on a free. Let's get Big Sam in charge.

I'm still surprised that the club had no alternative targets for the LWB role apart from Sandro at Juventus. Exactly, we may as well shift to a back 4. Something like Rudiger - AC - Luiz/Cahill - Azpi until we find reinforcements.

I wouldn't be surprised if he did go for the jugular. Mourinho likes a bit of payback and I bet there would be nothing more satisfying than reversing that 4-0 result from last season. I hope for Chelsea's sake that Conte has a plan B...otherwise it'll be crisis-mode and the media will have a field day.

At this point, either play the trio in midfield (Fab - Kante - Baka) or give Drinkwater a chance. Fabregas - Bakayoko was always going to be weak midfield as neither player covers for the others weakness.

Why are we being linked to a goalkeeper? That should be the last of our concerns.

To be fair, Morata is the better player, that's why he starts...but honestly speaking, he's not what we need up front after seeing the likes of Drogba, Costa lead the line, physically bully the opposition.

Doesn't matter if he brings it or not, there is NO ALTERNATIVE in the squad. With Kante injured, our midfield was always going to be f*cked....but I didn't think it would be this bad. You say you expect players to use initiative and improve...but I would say most of the players from last year have regressed (apart from Kante). Courtois looks cocky, Azpi needs a breather, Luiz is back to the old Luiz (sometimes brilliant, other times headless chicken), Alonso has been found out defensively, Willian hasn't done much this season.

The scary thing is...Mourinho won't even need to set up defensively for the match against us. If I was Martial/Rashford/Miki, I'd be licking my lips for Sunday...Alonso/Zappa/Azpi are in for a long day at the office

I honestly don't know what people are expecting from him. He clearly wasn't the finished product at Monaco (if we wanted that, Fabinho was the obvious choice) and one of his former coaches (Makelele) said before the season that you won't see much from him for 1-2 seasons as he needs time to improve/adapt to a new team.

Incoming 1-0 to United at the Bridge....can't wait to read the papers on Monday!

Fekir would be a dream signing. Just like how we should have splashed the cash on Tolisso instead of Drinkwater... He'll probably end up at Bayern as well

It's honestly funny how Poch always dismisses the cup competitions. Winning any trophy (apart from the community shield/friendly cup) helps grow a mentality in the first team squad. It won't be long before certain players take the Danny Rose line of thinking about wages...

They finished third in a 2 horse race with Leicester. Spurs won't be winning the league anytime soon. It'll be interesting to see whether their players start leaving due to lack of trophies. Aldeweireld, Vertonghen, Eriksen and Kane could all be playing at a higher level..

They signed three guys who play the same position. Klassen, Rooney and Sigurdsson are all No.10's. Now the team has no width and they have no center forward.

But...he's the captain! You can't leave the Captain out of the side!