The Skipper

Alonso is genuinely the worst player in the squad imo.

People don’t realise that we’re looking incredibly liquid in attack at the moment because Callum is conducting a lot of the play. He’s doing a lot of good things when it comes to creating, dictating the tempo in the final third, making the right decisions in the final third. Just needs to sort out his finishing in general, and be given more game time so he can increase his risk appetite… He’s still not anywhere near his best imo. Still has a lot of room to grow.

Haha… I stand corrected. Our very own Reece James.

What I'd like to see: Mendy; James Silva Azpi; Chilwell Kanté Mount CHO; Havertz Werner Abraham. What we'll probably see: Mendy; Azpi Silva Rüdiger; Alonso Kovacic Jorginho CHO; Giroud Werner Mount.

I think Mount is actually better from deep where he has more time to pick out passes. It doesn't always have to be defensive splitting passes, it can also be about breaking the lines which is actually one of his best and most underrated attributes. We also have Billy Gilmour who knows how to circulate but also has a very keen eye for a final pass. Interesting times ahead. United this Sunday another big, big test

Looks like we've regressed back to looking clueless, no idea in our play anymore, very predictable. I thought we turned a corner, I thought there was more of an idea in our play. It looks like we've been found out. Still naivety in our system, with unwarranted arrogance. We're playing worse than last year at the moment. I think Frank's been unlucky some, but it looks again like he's out of his depth. You can't create a whole system around one single player (Ziyech) and essentially have no plan B. Not in this modern football era. The drop off in our performances, how easy it is to predict and play against us, scoring mostly from set piece goals and crosses... It's all so predictable and boring. Statistically he's the worst manager in the Abramovich era. If he wasn't SFL he would've been gone a long time ago. He's maybe not ready to consistently coach a team with Chelsea's expectations just yet.

Feels like a season defining fixture a little bit.

Sure we win this game if that AC fart didn't happen. In control, growing into the game. Turned the game sour and our players don't know how to seize the opportunity in chaos well enough. Villa deserve respect though. Don't forget they beat Liverpool 7-2.

Sure we win this game if that AC fart didn't happen. In control, growing into the game. Turned the game sour and our players don't know how to seize the opportunity in chaos well enough. Villa deserve respect though. Don't forget they beat Liverpool 7-2.

So unlucky to not score that at the end. He's a good player for sure.

Last thing I'll say regarding today's performance... I'm always going to back the youth at the club, especially ones that have just broken through to the first team, you want to see your guys in the youth realise their potential. He was still our best attacker today, over Giroud, Pulisic, Werner and Havertz who came on later, so I don't understand why this isn't being seen as a positive performance from someone who's not had a lot of chances and game time. First half was a lot more like it from us and our best players were Mount, Chilwell and CHO. Obviously overall it wasn't a world beating performance from most on the team but CHO was definitely amongst the players that had better performances in the game. His performance in my opinion was an encouraging building block. Aston Villa are a top team ATM and it's looking like his game is being translated to the top a lot more now. First PL start since October, 2nd game back after injury after a really good 45 minutes against Arsenal and a solid performance against another top team in Villa so we should stop believing in his potential and he's overrated. Personally, I see progress today. It would take a lot more for me to write off one of the most talented youngsters who has just turned 20 from the academy.

Obviously you've completely given up on him as have others. Agree to disagree. We shall see who's right in a couple of years naturally.

I'm also an Ajax fan, I would swap him for CHO in a heart beat. None of those guys are better imo and certainly wouldn't sell CHO for £50m to replace him with any of those guys. Interestingly, I would love to see where most of those guys were when they just turned 20. Nowhere near CHOs level that's for certain.

So we're writing off a 20 year old academy player who's had his first PL start in months after a serious injury problems because he didn't have a 10/10 performance but a 7.5/10 performance? He hasn't ever played 5 games in a row for Chelsea. He's not even being played in his best position today. He has Grealish on his side so the manager decided to push everything through to the left hand side(Pulisic and Chilwell), which meant he wouldn't have many touches anyway. Puts in a good performance, excellent passing on the ball in possession, some good defensive actions, some chances created, and that's it? He's never even had a run of proper starts under Lampard due to injuries and tactical choices? I don't think it's right to completely write off a player in this sort of situation. We've done this so many times before with guys like KDB and Salah and yet we haven't learn anything?

Name me a better winger we can sign for £50m?