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It's because our only striker isn't fit and our only two good center mids are both hurt. Not that difficult to understand really.

Very few teams could be down this number of players and maintain the level of play. Not to mention, we rotated the squad (as much as possible) today.

Don’t forget Chilly being out too.

This slide started when Chilly got hurt. He and James were tormenting teams from each wing. Really rounding into form when he got hurt and now we can’t put teams away.

Rewatched the Zenit match and it was glaring how bad Christensen played. Don’t forget Chalobah’s injury and how that’s affecting the back line.

Out: Chalobah, Chillwell, Kante, Kovacic

Let's just hope that some combination of
Chalobah, Chillwell, Kante, & Kovacic are ready to roll by February. If that happens and Lukaku returns to form, I like our chances against any of those potential opponents.

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exactly

Tuchel's team selections kind of suck and his slowness to make changes is even more frustrating.

Nah he’s got time. It’s a different team when healthy.

It would be idiotic to even consider firing Tuchel. I hate how managers are under an irrational threat of losing their job in soccer. It’s worse than any sport in the world.

We played like crap. The defense getting exposed is a shock.