DannyLB

Or this fine specimen before…

Mendy is lucky we've got so many issues elsewhere in the team because he is sh*te 

I don't hate Pulisic or any of our players
I do however think Pulisic is by far the worst of our attackers and importantly the only one that has never looked good at any point in his career.
I can understand persisting with Havertz because he showed such a high level at Leverkusen or hoping Ziyech and Werner could translate the quality they showed in their previous leagues to the Premier league even if I don't expect them to come good.
Pulisic has literally never had a good season in his career.   He's played 7 seasons.
Expecting a player that has been poor for his entire 7 season career to be an asset in his 8th season is an absurd level of delusion way beyond optimism.
As Tuchel said the players haven't changed why would the problems be gone? 
Not one manager or system in 2 different leagues has managed to get more than 4/5 good performances a season out of Pulisic.   
Blaming Tuchel when he inherited such dross is madness.

Whilst I agree totally with your sentiments on wages being far too much and broadly with the clubs desire to reduce the wage bill. Unfortunately the genie is well and truly out of the bottle, at this point we have to decide were our aspirations lie. The club has grown beyond all recognition in the past 20 years via massive investment in the team that in turn fuels the commercial side. If we want to remain at the top table,player investment is imperative, top players demand top wages or will move elsewhere. The clubs who have the biggest pockets have a tendency to be at the top of the food chain. 
It’s interesting that reports are surfacing of there being doubts from prospective new owners in how they can make a profit from their shiny new investment. Maybe we will have to lower the wage bill and our aspirations to be at the top, given the  ground restrictions. We clearly won’t be able to continue running at a loss, investment companies don’t do vanity projects.

Big jump going from the championship to champions league matches. I agree he’s one to watch but we’re not replacing Rudiger with a 19 year old with 30 professional matches. 

Big jump going from the championship to champions league matches. I agree he’s one to watch but we’re not replacing Rudiger with a 19 year old with 30 professional matches. 

Big jump going from the championship to champions league matches. I agree he’s one to watch but we’re not replacing Rudiger with a 19 year old with 30 professional matches. 

Big jump going from the championship to champions league matches. I agree he’s one to watch but we’re not replacing Rudiger with a 19 year old with 30 professional matches. 

What would such a team look like?
FC Chelsea E. Mendy - Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Rüdiger - James, Kanté, Jorginho, Chilwell, Havertz, Mount - Werner
 What would it achieve?

 
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I think he has a totally different season, probably similar to Havertz, if management simply left his position alone, instead of buying the big oaf.  That hurt Werner´s confidence even more, although he just started every knockout game for the CL winners.

I totally disagree with your assessment. Conor Gallagher went on loan to a losing team In westbrom but has clearly grown from the experience.
The most important thing regarding Gilmours loan was to send him to a team where he would be guaranteed to start and also a possession team not a long ball team . Norwich ticks both boxes and I can guarantee he will come back to Chelsea a man after his experience

Still not the most popular opinion but, as the days go by I'm caring less and less about signing anyone. I've come to the conclusion that the transfer market is volatile just like all other markets at the moment (here's looking at you stocks). 
We have such a good squad and I truly believe in Tuchel as a coach. At least previously when we failed to capitalise on winning a major title the board could be blamed. This time I think they've tried and it just really isn't a buying market right now. It is a market for sellers but not of premium players. 
I refuse to believe between Timo, Kai, Pulisic & Tammy we don't have a regular goalscorer there. I've seen all of them score elite goals, yes even Tammy some of his goals look easy and simple but, he has good technique. 
We have good playmakers Mount, Callum, Pulisic, Werner, Kai and Ziyech. I refuse to believe our season rests on us spending £100m+ to sign a striker. 
Man City made it to the UCL finals and won the prem without a recognised striker, Liverpool won the UCL and the prem with a false 9 using inside fwds as their primary goal scorers and Firmino chipped in also. 
Haaland, Kane and Lukaku are great players as is Lewandowski. I just don't think our season is a disaster if we go in without any of these 4 men. I'm still rather disappointed we haven't been able to unearth a hidden gem. The Daka to Leicester signing seems underrated to me. I can't remember the last time we signed a practical nobody (not saying Daka is) and they turned into a superstar with us.

5 minutes later
*Googles Haaland to Chelsea*

Another huge assist from timo - he certainly doesn't score enough, but assists like that simply don't happen if we have Tammy or giroud in the team.
 

Nine. 

Kante coming on is a negative. 

Kante coming on is a negative. 

So frustrating watching us in attack. 

So frustrating watching us in attack. 

Awful signing. Such a poor player. 

Sure is. Say this result holds, that’s another clean sheet and another match we were in control of. Still much to work on and improve but it won’t happen overnight. This is progress. 

Sure is. Say this result holds, that’s another clean sheet and another match we were in control of. Still much to work on and improve but it won’t happen overnight. This is progress. 

Really?! Correct decision. 

I didn't see this much negativity after getting spanked by Arsenal reserves in what was a far worst performance than this. All the people being negative were singing a different tune after that match.
No amount of crying moaning getting triggered is going to unsack Lampard so suck it up and move on.

I feel its about time to get over Frank,and start getting behind Tuchel,he is now our boss and I'm 100% excited.