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Penalty shootout, here we go.

Conte is defensive coach. When he's worried for his job he starts to dig trenches. And Bakayoko, according to him, delivers something for our protection. But the reality is that he doesn't. Hes been absolute scandalous in our part of the pitch. I don't remember any contribution, any good tackle or clearance for the whole season. Plus he's lazy as hell.

This player is limited. He's got no talent. Cannot pass the ball, cannot shoot, cannot dribble. He's got 0 feats to play deep or even as box-to-box. That means the only one position that suits him well is DM, already taken by our best player. But if you think he's good for this one, you better prepare yourself. He's been absolute rubbish in defensive part of the game. Cannot tackle, cannot hustle, cannot win the ball in the air, cannot restore the position when he's been passed by opponent, his positioning is to be always away from the ball. This player is literally one of the worst I've ever seen. Got exactly 0 strengths. I could name at least 3 things that Mikel's been doing well during his years in Chelsea. What exactly does Bakayoko do here? Nobody knows.

Fabregas was by a mile our best player on the pitch. He didn't have yellow card either. Why on earth did Antonio switch him? Truth is he didn't expect the red card. He expect Leicester to be in control until the end of the game. That's pathetic. This red card just showed how afraid Antonio is. He is probably worried for his position and it's not his fault that they never brought him the players he wanted but he needs his balls back. Otherwise he's gone. Roman will not tolerate boring football and this is what we are watching right now.

The games against Norwich, Leicester, Everton and 1-0 to WH are in my top 10 for most boring games, I ever had to watch. That makes them 4 out of 10. I doubt Jose has all the rest.

Antonio should pay back the tickets to these supporters at the Bridge.

Boring, boring Chelsea. Jose never had us three consecutive 0-0. At least not that boring.

Once you make the breakthrough in Conte's selection, you will probably never leave it. Alonso, Moses, Bakayoko, Fabregas, Morata, Costa and Matic from last season.

If I see Antonio wasting one of his subs for Drinkwater or Zappacosta, even if we are lucky enough to score some random goal, then I turn off the bloody tv, I swear.

I'm disgusted with Antonio today.

Oh no, no, no no, hell no. Not again this Bakayoko, come on, Antonio, please, have mercy.

I've been thinking lately about our all time great teams and I just found out that our midfield throughout these great seasons (05/6; 06/7, 09/10; 16/17) almost all the time consisted three men. Jose's 4-3-3, then Carlo's 4-1-2-1-2 and Antonio's 3-4-3 and now 3-5-2. So the best Chelsea team of all time should start with one of these tactics. It's fair. And here's the thing. We've got Lampard deeply in front, no question about this. He's our man behind the forwards, I believe no one questions that. We've got a hard choice between Makelele and Kante, playing on same position, both crucial part of already proven winning teams, but it all comes down to these 2. I personally prefer N'golo, because he is sharper in offense, but choosing Claude makes totally sense as well. And here is the most difficult choice we'are facing. Who should be their partner? Dennis Wise, Gus Poyet, Robbie Di Matteo, Michael Ballack, Cesc Fabregas? In conclusion - we are talking about our best box-to-box midfielder. The guy between Kante/ Claude and Lampard. Someone with good skills, passes, finishing and dribbling but also with defense impact when it's needed. You can add some other names into this list if you want it to. So..?

I hope he's fit and ready and Antonio is willing to integrate him to this team. He could replace Baka perfectly IMO. Physically strong, can offer us some defense and he is absolutely capable of delivering in offense, something Baka isn't because he's just bad. So I hope we'll start seeing him at least on the bench very soon.

Calm down, Mahrez is mediocre, we don't need him.

Easy matchup for us last two years. I'll be devastated if we don't smash them. Hope Antonio finally brings 3-4-3 back. Don't wanna see 3 midfielders again. Cesc-Kante or Kante - Drinkwater and Hazard, Willian/Pedro, Morata in front.

It appears to be exactly the opposite, mate. Just includes coaches as the most switched figure.

It's not working offensively, you mean. We can make clean sheet whenever we want it to. The problem is Bakayoko/Drinkwater. If we play 3-5-2, we need them to go deep at times - it's just the way it is. The rotation needs it. And when that happens, they struggle to find a good pass, then cannot cross or shoot or dribble the opponent. Kante is sort of two side player, I mean, he dribbles well, he's fast, takes the space quickly, Cesc is Cesc, his passing is world class but Baka and Drinkwater - they got nothing. And they are literally stoping anything. Barkley contribution to 3-5-2 we'll be huge, I think.

There is something wrong with Antonio when it comes down to Arsenal. Why, for God's sake, do we need 3 midfielders? It's bloody Arsenal with bloody Welbeck and Iwobi. He totally discredited Kante's position. Why do we need Kante when we can put extra men there and solve the problems. We rely on the numbers, not on the quality. That pretty much makes Ngolo useless. When we are facing a battling opponent with strong midfield, or a really strong side like Atletiko - fine, go with 3-5-2. But Arsenal, Stoke H, Everton Away, Huddersfield away - please man. I thought Jose's desperation is the most boring football I'll see in this club but some halfs recently have been an absolute rubbish. And these bloody substitutions drive me crazy. Last week when Hazard was ripping them apart, he switched him. Yesterday Eden was below 0 and he left him for almost 90 minutes. And at the end? Bakayoko? Really, Bakayoko? We tried to hold the result and turn on the panic mode. There's gotta be something because all this nonsense has been played only against this opponent. For this 3-5-2, we need a good offensive player that can offer something in defense. We don't need guys like Drinkwater and Bakayoko that are defensive players and can offer something in offense in very rare circumstances. It's just painful to watch this formation. And I spoke of it in Christensen's topic - he has to score goals. He couldve done this twice yesterday. Absolutely shocking headers.

Gotta admit it - I was skeptical and didn't believe in this kiddo. But he prove me wrong. Totally deserved extension. The only thing he has to improve and it's obviously missing from his game is lack of goals. He is no threat, must start scoring some goals.

Stick to the Crappayoko. It suits him perfectly. Just like Crappacosta and Crapshuayi.

Write this down. We are going absolute berserk tonight - 5:1 final score.

And what's even the more scandalous about this "policy", this is not the first time we act like this. We bought no one in 2011, then in 2015 the same, 2017 - we just changed few names. It looks like our board prefers to spend his money over new classy managers, to bring their ideas with themselves, to surprise the competetion and then to sack them. It's probably cheaper this way nowadays than spending whole amount of money for players.

Simply not true.

Hope this ref never gets a PL game. If he is so bad in bad game like this I don't wanna even imagine him in an intense game.

Hey, Mitchy, raise your hand and do apologise at least once, you greedy...