Smal

Chelsea’s shape is basically non-existent when they don’t have the ball.

f*** the poor, we're alright and that's all that matters. This is England 2020

I like Shelvey, but he needs to come off. Awful today.

This is more or less identical to the worst days of Pardew. 4-4-2, boot it up to the big guy and then blame the defeat on your best player/French winger for not being very good as a second full back.

Carroll is having a good game and looks in surprisingly good condition.

Assist!

We can’t seriously be going into the season planning on playing 4-4-2 with Hendrick as the first choice right mid

See, I can’t really understand why more people aren’t angry at Ashley. He’s finally decided to accept a bid, and the bid is from a state who, let’s face it, should never be allowed to own a football club. I expect this to go down like a lead balloon, but whether you think the PL are corrupt or not, it’s hardly a surprise that a bid from the chief rival of one of the PL’s biggest commercial partners had gone bad. I do think the PL should give fans answers, but I also think they’ve been put in a pretty difficult position. They’re stuck in the middle of a geopolitical war that potentially has pretty serious ramifications that, unfortunately for us, are bigger than nufc. Edit: I’ll add - I do think the PL have to take some blame for the position they’re in because their ownership test is clearly insufficient. It shouldn’t be difficult for them to add something saying states/heads of state cannot own clubs.

Really? Boris Johnson's actions have led to 46,000 (Lowest estimate) UK citizens dying in the last 4 months as he prioritised the economy over their safety. Can you compare that to MBS's record over the same period for me please? (For it to be a thousand times worse, I'm looking for you to catalogue 46 million deaths) wow.

Seems surreal that we’re in a situation where people are happy to call Boris Johnson a cunt (I agree) but are desperate for the club to be taken over by the state of Saudi Arabia who are about a thousand times worse .

Haven’t been for 10 years thanks to Ashley, so it’ll be no different for me.

Only one game, but doesn’t seem suited to playing centrally. Excels in 1v1 situations and basically never gets that in the centre.

Disgusting from Gross

He really is finished

Agreed for the most part, although I think he could be more influential. We are a much better team when he decides to play further forward with some positivity.

Need to get higher up the field. Defence seems to want to line up on the 18 yard line all the time.

We're sat really deep for no apparent reason.

Dubravka tbh. Most saves in the league.

Change of shape is better for him too, like. I know it was against Man City but he was having to do way too much defending when we were playing 5-4-1 the other day and he was struggling for it.

Cancel this.

That was an example of why Bentaleb + Shelvey isn’t a long term solution. Just ran straight through them

Would like Miggy to play higher up the field. He’s looked good when he’s had the ball, but he’s kind of screwed the shape up a bit. Bournemouth don’t even look like a professional team.

Saving ASM for our Europa League push

Not even worth £5m.

Wonder what Burcey’s plan is when City inevitably score