I'd bring Barkley on ... he's the only one who hasn't been a part of all our recent defeats ....  plus he'll add a bit more physicality to our midfield, and in theory some goal threat.

Switch to 4-3-3, take off Emerson, switch Dave to left back and have Rudiger at right back.

Jorginho coming on it seems

Did these guys even train for this game.. I don't see a f**king game plan.. just defenders passing to eachother

Our switch of play has been terrible

I guess Emerson off for Jorg and 4 at back.

Frank responds.

Kante is a bit sh*t this season.

Hopefully this is the last of Emerson this season. Sell or loan him back to serie A

2 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Lampard can only do so much. People always blame the manager for everything, but sometimes, the players they have just aren't good enough. A lot of these players haven't looked good enough for a long time now. It's up to the players to play with determination, if they don't want to do that, then they need to leave.

Lampard can make 3 subs without waiting until 85th minute

Really poor again. 

Any other manager and he would be in serious trouble imo. 

Lampard just doesnt seem to be fixing anything. 

Same issues all season.

If another centre kicks the ball out of play, im going to lose my sh*t.

Emerson is dreadful we need a LB 

12 minutes ago, Raven8er said:

 Cash-money

No evidence that we would pay more than he is already getting either.

Lol this game. Not sure if I want to put pain on myself watching this.

Half the teams on yellows 

4 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

People forget that this team was not a top 4 team without Hazard last season, it was in urgent need of fresh faces, but we couldn't do that because of the transfer ban. We had to rush through young players, young players that are too inexperienced to drag us out of trouble, we also had to bring back loan players that aren't good enough for a top 4 team. This squad is probably the weakest we have had in the Roman Abramovich era, that is what Lampard has to work with.

Agree 100%.

Our poor transfer investments from mid-2017 after we won the title with Conte have not been rectified. Due to the transfer ban, some players are lucky to have overstayed their welcome with the club.

In the long-term, I remain optimistic. Easy to panic now because we're in a form slump but Frank has done enough thus far to be given a chance to start shaping the squad in his ideal vision.

 

Edited December 29, 20196 yr by Jezz

We will get a red card 

Horrendous showing from Emerson. If Juventus still want him, they can have him. He's been given a chance this season, and he hasn't taken it. He's been a massive disappointment.

3 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

People forget that this team was not a top 4 team without Hazard last season, it was in urgent need of fresh faces, but we couldn't do that because of the transfer ban. We had to rush through young players, young players that are too inexperienced to drag us out of trouble, we also had to bring back loan players that aren't good enough for a top 4 team. This squad is probably the weakest we have had in the Roman Abramovich era, that is what Lampard has to work with.

To be fair, the one thing I'm annoyed about at the moment is the fight. Arsenal on paper are not better than us for individual quality, barring their strikers. We should be showing my resolve and hunger, especially after a crap defeat the other day.

Emerson needs that kick up the arse, remember the humiliation son

Thank goodness Emerson was taken off.

I'm happy that Frank didn't muck around with making the change.

VAR

Feel for Emerson, he was sh*t but not his fault. Lamps got it wrong 

All of a sudden we have the ball...f**k 3 at the back 

1 minute ago, Jezq8 said:

We will get a red card 

Probably before half time the way we are going

We will get a red card 

Looking more likely