MikelBlue

Hazard needs to be wrapped up in cotton wool for us to succeed this season. His influence simplified the game in only 15 mins of work.

No midfield shield.

Top work by Willy!

No surprise there. That midfield has been unbalanced each time I’ve watched them this preseason. I reckon fabregas will give way for drinkwater. Also, I’d swap Tammy in for Morata.

Actually walker respects his speed and has been backing off which forces CHO to cut in field.

RLC: has all the attributes but is missing that ‘Chelsea attitude’ and fire to unleash his potential. Barkley looks like he’s mentally clued in and fully accepting of the task on hand. Both are relatively unpolished so I give the edge to Barkley CHO: Definitely the real deal. Once he perfects his shooting (after cutting to his right) he’ll be almost unstoppable. The ceiling is too high and we’ve only seen a sliver of his capability. Midfield gaps: as well as they performed yesterday it’s clear that Kanté is a massive key (in place of fabregas) to balance the midfield. Also once Hazard slots in, I expect his productivity to increase tangibly. Striker: massive gap. Morata is not it if the club hopes to at a minimum finish top 4 this season. Otherwise, so far so good.

Haha. The old Emenalo narrative that won’t go away. I reckon he’s still pulling the strings from Monaco and preventing us sign Sarri and other summer transfer targets!

Commendable effort by the boys today. We still need some help but it’s better to have some hope than no hope.

You’re right. I forgot that’s where he played last game at Burnley

Well done Morata. Should get us over the finish line.

Now back to 343 with Pedro on for fabregas. Conte is confused.

Do you blame them? Conte has lost his mind.

Get rid of Cortouis now. He's single handedly killed us today

Cortouis can't be relied on to make any saves. Gives us no chance today

Morata sadly was a wasted sub today and very lucky not to earn a red (2nd yellow) due to boneheaded behavior. Giroud better start at the nou if we’re to have any chance of success on Wednesday.