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It seems to me that the bottom line is that Willian is past his prime and it doesn't help Chelsea to resign him for what he wants to resign for. That's it and that's all. Especially since Chelsea is obviously going to go with youth at this point. Neither party is to "blame" for what is happening. It doesn't make Willian a bad person or disloyal for wanting to get the best deal he can. It's just a shame he will go to a rival in that process. If it is a mistake to sign him for 3 years, well, it will be Arsenal making that mistake.

I have really noticed that too. I think Alonso just isn't that good. And he's overly cautious because he knows it. He's fine at crossing the ball but making a quick, pinpoint pass in traffic isn't his thing. I think he is unwilling to take what he perceives to be chances with the ball. He does love to slow sh*t down (because he is slow) and pass the ball back instead of feeding it to Pulisic though. And it is frustrating because it's been apparent for while now that the more touches Pulisic gets, the better Chelsea's chances.

What I love about Pulisic is his drive. He still forced himself on after his hamstring went and ran another 10 yards before getting a shot off. You can see him screaming as he's running, think it scared the Arsenal players away!
If he had scored that, it would go down in history as one of the greatest FA cup final goals for me, for sheer determination.

I’ll say something potentially controversial, if you offered hazard back as a swap for Pulasic, considering the ages and styles of play I’d keep Pulasic. 
 
More direct, more of a goal threat and I think he can be better than hazard, as brilliant as hazard is at times he stopped the attack years of passing round the box and not penetrating I think was lending to his start stop style, wasnt good for us in the big picture, wasn’t nearly direct enough.
Pukasic always wants in the box, via the shortest route possible, no hesitation, and he really steps up to the task  for a 21 year old, defiantly has world class ability. 
 

120M for a goalie is not good business IMO.
An average/decent goalie would look great behind an excellent defense. Spend the money on the back four.

New guy here. This is what I can't figure about about Chelsea right now - Havertz would be a great get, sure, no question, but Chelsea haven't had a problem attacking or scoring. They've had an obvious problem defending and conceding too many goals. And yet they keep chasing these attacking mids/wingers.
Can someone explain to the stupid American that knows that "defense wins championships" just why the hell I am not reading about Chelsea pursuing top defenders? Are there just none out there to be had really? All I read about is Havertz. And before that it was Ziyech and Werner. All the while Chelsea was giving up 54 goals. I mean, if the club can do both - sign all these attackers and still sign top price defenders - then great but the focus sure seems off to me.

New guy here. This is what I can't figure about about Chelsea right now - Havertz would be a great get, sure, no question, but Chelsea haven't had a problem attacking or scoring. They've had an obvious problem defending and conceding too many goals. And yet they keep chasing these attacking mids/wingers.
Can someone explain to the stupid American that knows that "defense wins championships" just why the hell I am not reading about Chelsea pursuing top defenders? Are there just none out there to be had really? All I read about is Havertz. And before that it was Ziyech and Werner. All the while Chelsea was giving up 54 goals. I mean, if the club can do both - sign all these attackers and still sign top price defenders - then great but the focus sure seems off to me.