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Pulisic out for weeks

Sterling status unknown

Omo

Osimhen goal, Napoli win. Need Roma to do the needful against Leao and co.

Poor Datro Fofana has already had a taste of what we've been complaining about. Made a few good runs and got into some nice positions but alas, the pass never came through.

Hope Barca and Atleti can give me a cracker tonight


Chelsea footie just don't hit the same without James. He won't change everything, but it just ain't the same without him.

Zakaria is a fantastic athlete, those long limbs of his are an asset. As it is, he should a guaranteed starter in midfield moving forward.

DDF may not be elite but his hold up play looks top notch and he's also got pace to burst in behind, plus he can take on players occasionally.

The good news is that things surely couldn't possibly get worse. Hopefully the squad gets better once the likes of Wes, James and Kante get back plus our injured wingers.

It won't take long for Badiashile to displace Mr. CSO. You know who won't say a word on him but if it were Silva, you know how many project seminars he would've written by now.

A loss we all saw coming once the team sheet came out, but unfortunately we cannot fast-forward time and as such have to live through it.

We move.

olabode89:
CSO is one clumsy MF

Very very clumsy.

This is why I can never blame Potter fully

Even the simplest of passes are a problem for us

Look at Azpilicueta. Just look at. The same rubbish we complained of from the last game.

drisham:
Chai no vex boss

Me I've lowered my expectations with potter as coach ..you should do same

Me just waiting for James to be back

Me I don check out mentally too.

The way we declined in the space of one year is historic. From Champions of Europe and top of the table going into December last year, to this dross.

But fear not, our suffering must end this season. The clear out will be massive.

2023/24, fear my return

Is this how you honor Vialli?!

We were literally set up to fail!

Ah. I have been made a laughing stock to my enemies

Ahhh

My chest. My heart. My soul

I am in severe pains

Is this my club?

Chai

Every single player is playing rubbish. This is genuinely painful to watch.

Just look at that goal. Look at how they toyed with us and carved us apart

As if we didn't give an even stronger City side a good go few days ago

Bleep this team, and Bleep Potter

Is Dion Rankine not a right back? Has he not been training with the team? If you must deploy an academy youngsters at the back, why not play Rankine at RB let Chalobah play CB, instead of shifting him to RB?

And what kind of useless set up I'd this that is making Gallagher do a ton of defending so close to his own goal?

I will give him time, but something dey worry this man. No way this is the best team he could roll out, even putting rotation into context.

Modified: So Rankine isn't an RB, but we no get for Academy?

Skimpledawg:
This is an eye sore

As in

This team just irks me

We better see Badiashile and Fofana cameos today else thunder go fire this man

Potter probably doesn't take this game seriously at all, cos why aren't Zakaria and Carney, two of our best players from the next game, not starting?

Mehn

Sidon look mode activated. Chai

Potter, surely this isn't the best you can come up with

Potter come on now

We've got quite a lot of height...at least 11 outfield players 6ft or taller, and three midfielders at least 6'2 tall.

Just seen highlights of the Liverpool game, and that Trent assist was just magnificent. He's been a different gravy post WC.

Thanks to those who offered their birthday wishes, I appreciate

My chiefs, It's my birthday today

RIP Vialli

drisham:
Zakaria balled in midfield

The way he beat the press from 3 city players

I swear

His footwork was tidier than I anticipated.

GTOkowa:
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But cheek too is a youth na. Abi na ancestor e be?

Pesin wey go turn 27 this year

Chukwuemeka was money well spent.

Hall once again with a letdown in a promising attacking position, but - once again - he showed a lot of promise. Kudos to the youth who came in and injected energy into our game, but we never really stood a chance, especially when you juxtapose our subs with those of City.

Really hope Sterling and Pulisic aren't out for long.

It's not looking good at all on the table, but we have more than enough time to turn our fortunes around.

This display was much better than I anticipated.

Itsrm:
Is Hutchinson playing his preferred position? He looks so out of place

That's his preferred position. I too was disappointed, he's normally more electric than this

Unlimited22:
Ziyech is uninterested in life in England in general.

Hutchinson cannot be worse

The lack of quality in attack has been our greatest undoing.

E don dey come sha

I commented on Cucurella's solid defending in the first half, but perhaps I jinxed him cause he's been getting cooked.

Looked more like it from Kovacic, though he had one or two moments when he gave the ball away cheaply. Same applies to Cucurella, who has once again been solid defensively for the most part.

Our biggest problem is obviously lack of quality in the final third. Several times we have failed to pick out a killer pass that was open. Havertz has been very good, but he has been guilty of this on a couple of occasions.