Lloyd Jr.

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I think they'll both stay, surely there cannot be any greater motivation for players of their levels to want to prove they deserve to play ucl. Rather than leave for a club that has it, they'll lead us to it next season. If the manager be it Conte or whoever can get the best out of them like José last season and Guus currently then we should be fine.

I feel like he stutters because he doesn't want to fall like last time

Throw on the kids in a bit see what they can do

Wow

Does anyone know who we've got on the bench?

All i want is them to keep their foot on the pedal, let's not get carried away still 40 odd mins left.

One more goal and they fall apart

Well played

Tbf i think he's having a decent game, the movement is there

Surely pedro shoyld be heading that either way

Kante or Matudi!!!

Going back on topic aha. Essentially i feel like the club has two options with Eden come the end of the season. If he asks to leave, (A) convince him to stay and help us get back into ucl for the following season or (B) cash in on him. With him publicly stating he wants to play for RMA at some point its inevitable that one day he will leave us to puruse the 'top brass' of European football. The main issue is why keep a player who clearly doesn't want to be here. Problem is though if we do cash in on him, will we be able to find a proper replacement. Its all well and good rebuilding the squad with the money (which is a must given the state of things this season) but without champions league football can we really attract the game changers, the players that will turn up for the big games? Because lets face it love him or hate him Hazard was our big game player last season. I feel like the ideal scenario would be the new manager comes in convinces eden to stay at least for the season and helps him find his form. Then in the following summer he goes for big money and b/c god willing we're back in the ucl we can actually attract the big players again. A lot of ifs and buts..... Also just something else, not bashing the guy but for a player that said he always wanted to win the ucl for the three seasons he's been in it with us he hasn't exactly done anything in the big games. Domestically yes but in Europe

Really hope this guy gets fit soon, could do with more attack minded players

I'm just wondering if he's saving himself for the Euros, now that he may feel that this season there is 'nothing' to play for. All this talk about wanting to play champions league football, but we're still in the competition. So how about we see something from him that actually shows he deserves to be in the competition. How can you say its hard to turn down a team that has ucl football next season when you as an individual are in the tournament and are providong nothing for your team? I don't know just some of my thoughts

I'm more depressed about our unbeaten streak ending, but if this game is any indication I'd say we have a decent chance against city.

Couldn't agree more, I'd much rather him take responsibility for being absent and at least try and get us back into it next season rather than walk away. At the end of the day its very rare for a club outside of barca or rma to hold on to a player of his class for more than four seasons anyway

This is why dave should play rb

Hazard needs to start this game, he needs game time to hit his peak form again. After all him and Costa are our best shots at beating PSG.

Spend big? No i think our scouts need to just do their jobs and find us some good footballers. Vardy and Mahrez are great examples of how there are talented players out there without big price tags

If it is Allegri at least we're looking at a manager who's not afraid to experiment. Especially with regards to formations.

All i want is for matic to not start! Ideally I'd like to see ruben given a start but sadly that seems unlikely. Standard 4231 no imagination i reckon either mikel and matic play in the pivot. Or he brings oscar in and drops fabergas behind the attacking mid

At this point we've played half the season without him, we might as well wait to see him at full fitness

Well played

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