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Poor subs by Lampard

Frank trying to force Mount in the starting 11 when he shouldn't be, our midfield of Kante, Kovacic and Jorginho is a strength to play.

Can't play today's game with a center that doesn't want the ball.

Zouma is a championship level center

I think our 4-2-3-1 is poor against bottom half team, we just seem to compact. I'd like to see Jorginho for Mount, the more I see Mount the more I wonder if he'll ever be technical enough for a top side (top 10 in Europe or better). I love watching Reece James, I think he will grow into the best right back in the world. Funny - ESPN's squad page has Andreas Christensen 6'2 172 lbs, and Ross Barkley 6'2 168 lbs

What about Haaland? If true his release is 20 Mil. As to Frank with a 2nd striker, I don't see why is 4-2-3-1 couldn't become a 4-1-3-2 at times. I mean even Sarri has played a 4-3-1-2 this season to open up two strikers. As well he's left footed and young, I could see him playing a role on the right in a 4-3-3

Think we play 4-2-3-1 to find a way to make Mount useful. We look better in a 4-3-3, I don't think Mount's worth the adjustment.

Not sure Giroud has the pace for this game.

You can see Valencia have no respect for Bats

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/10376870/mbappe-real-madrid-transfer-on/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunfootballfacebook191119&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1574169289 I know it's the sun. and I know it's not likely... but I go back to if Mbappe is worth 340 in this market... then it's worth triggering Felix's release clause, and Chelsea should be in.

First Chelsea Hero: Charlie Cooke Club Signing That Excited You The Most: 1) Makelele 2) Pulisic Opposition Player You Wish Chelsea Signed: For players in England Van Persie Favourite Chelsea Goal: Fabregas to Schurrle, https://youtu.be/UOI5sDZbvsI Fav XI: Cech R James Terry Cole Makelele Kante Cooke Fabregas Lamps Hazard Drogba

It's Tammy 1 and Pulisic 2 for me. Tammy just seems to be a 9 that is not only doing well, but I gather is fun to play with for the rest of the team. There just seems to be so many good 9's that are just odd or black holes for the ball. Tammy has taken a lot of shots, produced, but also looks to play with teammates. He's not a headcase so far as I can tell or a black hole for the ball, and seems to be a guy that can stay and produce with one team a while. Pulisic adds that dimension of being able to run through players with the ball and produce an end product. No other player on the team do I see with that skill set.

Haaland will be an interesting target... I wonder how well he'd fit on the right hand side in Lampard's 4-2-3-1, if we went in on him, could he co-exist with TA. I'd love to have a guy with a strong left footed strike on the right side of that 4-2-3-1.

"He just signed for athletic Madrid? Why would he leave/they sell??" Numbers for his salary seem all over the place, but most reports I see have him making less than CHO, so it seems the board value him like I do, they maybe be able to double his salary, his endorsement side would probably go up in London over Atletico. Likewise, AM may not want to sell at all... but a profit of 70 M in 6 months to a year may be hard to turn down... Obviously FFP comes in to place, but we have some pieces to sell due to the transfer ban. This could be one of the few years it really makes sense for us to go after a huge target, due to both youth movement and transfer ban. Saving up a war chest while also having a much better crop of new players than we typically do, even when we have spent big.

I'd love to see us target Joao Felix (and would go up to the $200+ mil mark), to be honest I think if we could do it under FFP the release clause wouldn't be a definite no, for our roster... I'd rather have Felix than 6 Ben Chilwell type signings myself. The youth has produced so well, that to me Felix would be worth it, if there was no player this year due to ban, and he's the only next year. I think he'll be the best player in the world in the 2020's.