USATim

Can we just transfer Tim to Newcastle whether Puli stays or goes? 

Can he take Haz with him? Give the Gordies the pleasure of their tandem.

Agreed. This is what I wanted from the start, with Mount at attacking mid. Good call.

I enjoy reading @Scott Harrisplayer scores after after match. For what it is worth here is my take:
 
Kepa - 8. No way near as hard worked as at Villa. Still made a few standard and one very good save. His ball control and distribution was very good, and he is a vocal leader.
 
Dave - 6. He was solid, had a decent strike on goal. Steady eddy performance.
Chalobah - 8. If only we had a RWB version of him. Has stepped up superbly since Wes got injured. He is a leader and 100% committed. Dealt well with a very good Brentford attack.
Koulibaly - 7.5. I liked his performance. This is not an easy place to go or easy side to face. He played well showing his personality, as he did at Villa. Good to see.
 
RLC - 4. Has had a really good season so far, but this was not a good display. Was beaten a few times in defence and was slow, ponderous and showed no attacking quality. It should be said he is not a wingback and shoehorning players in to positions to maintain a system does not seem smart to me.
Jorginho - 4. Brentford bypassed him easily, and he had ample time to help the attack build only to misplace his pass time and again.
Gallagher - NA
Cucurella - 5. A point better than RLC as he defended well this time. No better than a 5 as he was equally useless as Ruben going forward.
 
Mount - 4. The endeavor is always there and can be counted upon. However in a more advanced role we needed him to unlock the way forward for Broja and/or work well enough with him to make something happen. He had no quality in his performance this time.
Havertz - 2. Once again the endeavor was not there and cannot be counted upon. The rest see Mount.
Broja - 6. Fed on scraps, worked his socks off but lacked quality to finish what little he could create for himself. 
 
Kovacic - 6. Standard Kovacic display. Neat and tidy on the ball, excellent work ethic. Poor quality in the final third.
Carney C - 6. Looked a live wire, his and CPs introduction made the game more enjoyable. Down a point for not taking our best chance at the death.
Pulisic - 7. He worried Brentford and showed intent to go at them. Like Carney he made the last 30 minutes at least interesting.
Sterling - 3. He is not a wingback, but he is not much of a forward either. Ponderous on the ball, even more so for his chance that he allowed far to much time to be blocked. It should be repeated he is not a wingback and shoehorning players in to positions to maintain a system does not seem smart to me....
Auba - 5. Not much time to do anything, think he is the one who made that lovely pass to Sterling to blow his chance.

If he had the squitz, he might not have known at the start.
I'd of probably had the same looking around at the team I was starting the game with!

Agreed. I thought Chucky looked salty. Want to see more of him. Still would love to see an attack with RS on one side, CP on the other. Maybe Broha or Auba up front. Salty attack.

After a few outstanding performances he was sadly well off his game today. 

Much better effort from both him and Carney than Havertz. Not that it is hard to do so...

He did well. Would be interesting to see him with Sterling on the other wing and Broja in the middle.

Very promising tonight, would be nice if he can keep it up.

Was definately our best player when he came on. Looked to try and make things happen and caused them a few issues. Its a shame he only had havertz to pass to half the time.

Needs more game time. Looked like 2020 Pulisic in his cameo tonight. 

He's been good everytime he got a chance under Potter. Deserves more playtime, especially with how Havertz is performing.

Apologies to Gol on his inability to read or understand a thread he is not involved in. Good call, Munkworth.

Again, Sherlock, reading is fundamental. I suggest you go back and read the start of these posts to get context. Your interpretation of said events is as bad as a Patrick Bamford penalty kick. 

Apologies to Gol on his inability to read or understand a thread he is not involved in. Good call, Munkworth.

See the game thread, moron. Unlike you, I give credit where credit is due. Mount and Kepa were excellent today in a match that everyone else stunk in. Just waiting for your vitriol to be unleashed on Raheem.

Wow... I am the second most hated American on this site. Interesting.

Again, Sherlock, reading is fundamental. I suggest you go back and read the start of these posts to get context. Your interpretation of said events is as bad as a Patrick Bamford penalty kick. 

Gee...

Since the start of the 19/20 Premier League season: Mason Mount has scored 24 goals in 8671 minutes Christian Pulisic has scored 20 goals in 4989 minutes . 
 

No. Hazardous hates the American. Never seen a Chelsea fan actually root against one of its own as ardently as this tool does. Rather pathetic -  because CP scored a great one today in a start at his natural position. Dude again has to tear him apart. If it wasn't so sad it would be laughable.

I agree with USA Tim on this and also with Argo, probably. Pulisic was played in his natural position, one he's been played in lots of times before mind you, and did ok at least in terms of the goal. He is a useful squad player. Chelsea has a big squad of talented players. Stirling is clearly a long way in front at this point but also older.
I'd like to think Pulisic can improve his stats and he obviously needs to because based on his track record he ain't going to be first choice in a team competing for trophies.
Regarding Tuchel and Potter. Tuchel was brought in and fixed the defensive problems that were so obvious under Lampard and put lots of organisation, perhaps too much, into the team. The goals did dry up as time went on although there were plenty in the first season. As much as the injuries to Chilwell and James it looks like Lukaku never really wanted to be here and is in fact injured himself. 
Potter's team is scoring goals and its fun to watch. That's fantastic. Potter has the benefit of Stirling and Auba and Gallagher and so more goals should result. 
Potter is in his honeymoon period, good results, team trying hard, fans wanting to believe. His true test will be later when just as with every manager things start going wrong, key players get injured. That's when you find out about your manager. All we can say right now is he is off to a good start and I for one am really looking forward to watching Chelsea right now.
 
Like nearly every fan I know its the new young players, the thrill of the new, that are most exciting and seeing the team play with style and verve and ability. Right now the prospects of that, at leas for a while, are good. 

Pulisic averaging 1 goal every 6 shots on goal this season. Mount - 15 shots on goal this season, zero (0) goals. I will be more than happy to come out and say Mount has proven all the doubters wrong if he is able to bury the futebol in the Ole onion bag on his 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th or 20th shot attempts against Aston Villa next Sunday. Tune in!

Nahhhh...I will say the same thing about Mount when he actually puts one in the onion bag this season to get off his donut. We are on game 9 now, so hope it will be soon.