lucio

you shouldnt be dropping 40m on players who dont even have average passing technique. When have technically poor players become gppd passers previously? oscar didnt, ramires didnt. He's been practising passing fpr probably 17 years, theres only so much a manager can do in this regard, conte can help him apply himself better, and improve tactically - but those passes are still going to skid out of play

good player - i'd start him with cesc and kante. Put in luiz if we need size (not bakoyoko)

I loved ramires, he just couldnt pass - and wouldn't have been good without speed

he's 23 and cost 40m, he's not suddenly going to become a good passer, if he isnt already

mikel is actually a quality passer - just got moulded into a really unamibitious player. Bakoyoko is just a tall ramires with no top end speed. So pretty poor for this level

yes its surprising that he was so well thought of as our assistant - every time he opens his mouth about chelsea, he just sounds like an ignorant fan with little knowledge about football

stinks of a 1-1 with conte bringing willian off the bench to "turn it around". hopefully i'm very wrong though

bailly was a £30m mourinho signing. KDB was motm in our fist match, he would have had a better immediate impact than oscar and willian

anyone got footage of his goal, with sky sports commentary???

kdb and filipe luis - feeding crosses to morata

wtf no, play christensen and luiz

terrible manager , shame their defence is sturdy, or they might miss top 4 again

he got attacked by two rottweilers , he can no longer walk

he'll be back, when we have kante and drinkwater fit, we will be able to deploy a proper midfield, and rotate according to need

he was only ever a pretty good player in our title wins, and in 15/16 he was not at a top class level, just better than our over players - thanks in part to set pieces. He does deserve another chance though- hopefully after a spell on the bench

was meant for the conte thread

he'll be ok as long as he stops selecting willian and cahill. When morata and drinkwater are back, we should look a lot better, especially if zapp proves to be good. I think we could get 3rd and maybe a cup, not a disaster yet

should never have been signed, we had de bruyne, and we signed willian instead of a deeper midfielder

daily reminder- christensen and rudiger are being benched for this

what do you expect, when you bench class players for sacks of shite like willian and hill - just because they are "senior"

maybe he was expecting to get time ahead of a player performing horribly (willian), but poor senior players will always get the nod over talented players without a pricetag

missed the game, looks like we need to buy attacking midfielders/wingers, willian is not good enough, pedro is hit and miss. Look at citys options in that department, no wonder we struggle to create

any particular reason he keeps dribbling towards our goal? and then loses the ball

I think that is true tbh, same with fabregas

Brought on as captain to "calm things down", within a few minutes, he's lucky not to have given away a pen, and he's knocked out courtois, he's such a donkey lmao