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What the hell is this? No changes, still no number 9... we played the worst side in the League, scored our first chance and decided that tactics with false 9 is something trustable... hell no, it isnt... if we dont score our first chance, if we surround them... we wont win. Especially with Antonio's preference to make his first substitute around 70th minute..

We've got day more to prepare and that was our excuse every time so far we screwed things up, so I guess that makes it must win for Antonio if he doesn't want to look like a hypocrite.

Some players are meant to be subs, and some are not. If we keep Willian on the bench and demand him to go in and deliver a game changer performance - he is not doing it. He needs time, rhythm and lot's of combination to get himself into the game. Once he's done this, he is close to world class player. But if Conte doesn't think to make him a starter again, then we better keep Pedro than him. The spanish is better substitute.

Cahill Luiz(if he stays) Kante Hazard Courtois Azpilicueta Due to character and charisma this should be the list with the captain's options. Dave is not even close IMO.

We know we have player like this.... hahahahahahaa, I'm crying. Eden Hazard must stay in this club! Period. Even as a number 9 he is unstoppable. I really enjoyed him, especially second half.

We played very bad side, guys, calm down. This tactics with false 9 is not good enough. We've got 2 chances and fortunatelly scored all of them. It could easily be 0-0.

Huddersfield looked very bad this half. I'm really strugling to imagine how they beat United and almost stole a draw against City, but maybe the luck played its part. Anyway... we scored our first chance and made the game really easy since.

We are not getting 3 points with this squad.

I agree, mate, but it seems inappropriate to put Crown and Ring however I would love it. :D But this video shows not only his dribbling skills which is something we are very familiar with, but also so many key passes, headers, helping the defense - just anything. The best player in the world. Period.

The last one is so hurtful but so true at the same time. For me, he is the best player in the world right now. He is not that good like Messi and Ronaldo used to be, but their performance degraded a little and tbh I dont see anyone better than him at the moment. If he got some support, someone to share the ball with, he would be recognised as the world's number 1. But he doesn't. Cesc is too slow for. Mata used to be and they had really good partnership but then we sold him and since there - Willian, Pedro, Kante, Salah, Cesc, Costa, Morata - none of them capable of good and intense running, passing, dribbling. He is just the best. Imagine if he had a good summer and time to prep for the season. We should be flattered because Real Madrid's interest is recognition. And at the end - we should reject them as rudest as we can. If you have the best player in the world, you simply don't sell him. At any cost. Simple as that.

Looking forward to face them. I believe it's all up to Messi and Hazard but here is the catch - we've proven we can stop Messi in his best many times while at the same time their defense has never met someone like Hazard. If he shows up, which is exactly what I expect from him, because it's about god damn time, his damage is gonna bring us the victory.

They were mediocre because they were tired. Simple as that. That makes it bad lining up.

This lose is on Conte 100%. First of all you cannot play the same 11 after intense game against Atletico. Not in December at least. Second - not playing Batschuay was a huge mistake. I don't see any sense putting in Willian and Pedro when we were practically playing the same dumb football style, searching for break through middle. We didn't use our flangs and he ingored Michy for Willian and Pedro? Why... why didn't we move the ball to the wings, for god sake? Third - against midiocre teams like wh we can afford to play with Cesc and Kante. Bakayoko just wasted 45 minutes. He left and I didn't see any problem with our middle. Conte lost this match. And of course Torres but no need to say that.

How would you describe the way he always stays behind the ball - no matter which team had the last touch? Cuz this is exactly where he ends - in the middle of nowhere. Stupidity.

It's suicide to play almost the same eleven this period. We've got Pedro, Willian, Batschuay... come on, Antonio, that's good depth. Morata is tired, Zapacosta is dumb, Alonso is still slow and tired, Cesc is tired, Eden is tired. This one is on coach.

It's fair question. No one wants him to go, but its good to discuss if it happens. Because there is no guarantee. We've seen United failing to replace Ronaldo(signing Valencia, b**ch please), Liverpool - Suarez with bunch of scrubs, even we've got experience - we struggled a season until we found Diego to replace The King. I believe the right thing to do is to sign a young, very talented player for the future - singing Bale, or Neymar, or Dybala and the pressure that comes with it is great possibility to ruin their season and turn them into a flop. So if we are that dumb to sell Eden, we must prepare for season or two full with disappointments, we should start looking for a young lad that nobody expects him to bring us trophies and let the manager do his job. That's it. Anyway, pray we don't sell him cuz we'll have to wait few seasons until we are back in race again. Btw this will be a great excuse to finish the stadium just don't see how Conte will deal with it. So if we lose Hazard, we probably lose Conte, we will lose every chance to build a dinasty around him, but we will pass through the whole stadium process easier. It's a huge dilema tho. Still prefer Eden, Antonio to stay and bring us a trophy per season than 2-3 disappointing seasons for something that is happening anyway. The question is what Roman thinks about it. He pushed a lot last few years so maybe he is running out of patience for the stadium.

Good game, well played. We totally depend on Danny and Baka in means whole bunch of problems. We don't win this one.

Speak of the rest... what about Morata? Batman was injured lately and he also played almost every possible minute. I don't deny the possibility to see Pedro or Willian incorporated and Eden false 9... you remember this goal? They are always slow and exposed. I believe speed is the biggest problem of this mediocre team. Don't wanna see Alvaro wasting chances with his feet.

We cannot afford to underestimate another London derby. Stay focused and concentrated and wait for Sunday's blockbuster with 3 points in the sack.

Top 3 in the world, undoubtedly, but he needs a good performance in CL. Hasn't done this before, so I guess it's perfect time. Especially against Barcelona potentially.

Of course he is behind Drinkwater, that is not even a contest. If you ask me, he should go even behind Luiz. He is that bad. Won few battles? Really? How many battles does Luiz win when he plays on this position? How many key passes did Drinkwater make in the limited time he got so far for the club? Won few battles... what about lack of passing, what about being responsible for two goals, that cost us so much in 2 games in a row he went on the pitch, what about lack of positioning, shooting, tackling? This guy is bad. Right here, right now, he is bad, and he doesn't deserve any more chances as a starter. Thank god there is no more Champions League and he is not getting chances in PL. He has to earn them, that's it. Like Batschuay did, Christensen, Fabregas etc.

Prefer hardly Barcelona ahead of PSG. Anyway, both teams are much better right now than Bayern, Juventus and Real but who know what their condition and shape will be in 4 months? So it's not a big deal + we are underdogs against them, the pressure is on french and spanish bar stewards and it's rather disappointment for them to face Chelsea as they finished 1st than for us. So... keep ya heed up. Now seriously. Morata's finishing with his feet is questionable. Only playing Stoke away he showed some class. Every single match out of this one, he disappointed us with poor last touches. Bakayoko is a total flop so far. This guy doesn't play defense, doesn't play offense, but the lack of effort is just scandalous. You discussed the corner, but the way they earned this corner was my issue. They passed around right next to him and he was just observing, letting them shoot free. Glad he changed his haircut but I'm still not satisfied. Doesn't even deserve to be on the bench. We should use Luiz as option number 2 in center, instead of him. The rest of the guys - good performance. Zapacosta was a real threat throughout the entire game, don't see any particular reason to blame him especially he played on the wrong wing. Christensen was MoTM. The only thing he must learn is how to score goals. John Terry would've accomplished hattrick yesterday.

Don't like it. No options on the bench. Would enjoy to see Eden as a sub and finish them when they get tired.

Two things: 1) in the middle he faces CDs and DMs most of the time - that makes the whole dribbling stuff way easier because if he was a huge threat to WBs,now he is impossible to stop from slower opponents. 2) I believe his finishing hasn't improved a lot, he hasn't convinced me that, he just gets more chances. Scoring 2 out of 4 is better than 1/2. PS. I believe Morata deserves credit also. He's not only scorring goals with headers, he is winning many air combats. More than Costa obviosly.