So, we're behind Spurs and the sky has not fallen

[Ash]

And I loved watching Yanwama and Dembele controlling midfield with a very physical style of play. We used to have two midfielders like that.

Wanyama seems to have recovered his ability to bundle opponents off the ball without getting penalised. He lost it for a while at Saints, who got pissed off with him being a card-magnet, I gather.

tbh though I thought Chelsea played the better football overall, if you ignore the Delhi-Al-E shaped hole in their defence.

[SWv2]

Wanyama seems to have recovered his ability to bundle opponents off the ball without getting penalised. He lost it for a while at Saints, who got pissed off with him being a card-magnet, I gather.

tbh though I thought Chelsea played the better football overall, if you ignore the Delhi-Al-E shaped hole in their defence.

Nothing wrong with a physical approach A.

Dembele was superb from what I saw.

They are a decent team, no point in denying it. Every bit as good as us but we have those little elements of stardust which they lack.

[Ash]

They are a decent team, no point in denying it. Every bit as good as us but we have those little elements of stardust which they lack.

I'm not denying it at all. As for stardust - Deli Ali is better than Ozil, as the song goes, and Harry Kane is better than Giroud.

[Monty92]

Nothing wrong with a physical approach A.

Dembele was superb from what I saw.

They are a decent team, no point in denying it. Every bit as good as us but we have those little elements of stardust which they lack.

It's the quality of their delivery from wide areas where they have the edge on us. Pisses me off.

Also, why can't we produce a Harry Kane?

[redgunamo]

It's the quality of their delivery from wide areas where they have the edge on us. Pisses me off.

Also, why can't we produce a Harry Kane?

We did produce him, I thought? Point taken though.

Few big clubs can grow their own world class forwards, not just us.

[Monty92]

We did produce him, I thought? Point taken though.

Few big clubs can grow their own world class forwards, not just us.

Yeah but why can it be them but not us. I guess they might justifiably ask why they can never finish above us, even when we've had a supposedly **** season and they've had a great one

[SWv2]

Yeah but why can it be them but not us. I guess they might justifiably ask why they can never finish above us, even when we've had a supposedly **** season and they've had a great one

Because we are a much, much bigger club than them with the resources and finances to go with it. It is only normal than on most occasions the bigger teams end at the top.

[redgunamo]

Yeah but why can it be them but not us. I guess they might justifiably ask why they can never finish above us, even when we've had a supposedly **** season and they've had a great one

They can keep him, imo. We are a Champions League club, they are not.

[redgunamo]

Wanyama seems to have recovered his ability to bundle opponents off the ball without getting penalised. He lost it for a while at Saints, who got pissed off with him being a card-magnet, I gather.

tbh though I thought Chelsea played the better football overall, if you ignore the Delhi-Al-E shaped hole in their defence.

Chelsea were average, I thought. They always are when I watch them (Us, Liverpool and last night).

Have they actually beaten anyone decent lately?

[World's End Stella]

Chelsea were average, I thought. They always are when I watch them (Us, Liverpool and last night).

Have they actually beaten anyone decent lately?

My experience as well this season. I was amazed at how much space there was in midfield for Spurs to knock it about. Players like Wanyama and Dembele were receiving the ball in the middle of the pitch with no Chelsea player within 5 yards.

As far as I remember Chelsea beat only City that were any good. And for the first 60 minutes of that game City ripped them apart and should have been 2 or 3 nil up. Chelsea were very lucky that day.

So basically Liverpool or Spurs will win the league