I think the reluctance to use Baba is his lack of defence capabilities. A pushover sometimes against PL players.
Getting a fullback would be great, either left or right, so that Zouma can concentrate on CB position and goals conceded will be less

I think our youth academy facilities and training banyak bagus, thats why (due to Abra's heavy investment). So youth players wanna come and be developed no matter they will end up playing for Chelsea first team or not..

Dont forget Tottenham... Even Mu has a few. I think only us and MC got the least youth, if any

So far decent but nothing to shout about. I think he's not been used properly. Pedro is an out & out winger, in Barca/Spain he stays in the opposition half and is very attack minded. Now here he has to track back, cut inside and switch places with Willian/Oscar/Hazard etc throughout the game, so not really his style of play. Either that or his heart still at Barca, not 100% committed, i dont know

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I think in recent games under Hiddink we have more through balls played in to Costa, which has bring us more goals (against CP, Everton, Arsenal). So maybe Hiddink will push the team to make direct passes even more after Pato joins.

This may cause the direct passing regime i mention earlier to be affected though, lol

But if Fab continues his good form, strikers should find it easier.

Maybe no more appetite for competition. Won PL, CC, FA Cup, UCL, Europa, even Community Shield also sudah menang. Nothing else to collect for his medal cabinet.

He knows PL is the best league
Rami seems like a laid-back person (of course i don't know him, just based on his social media and interviews). So far he has always given 100% on the pitch whenever called upon but has never complained nor seem unhappy being on the bench. Maybe he never was such a player who strives to fight to be among the best, just happy all along (like our legend Mikel). He certainly had his highs in Chelsea and achieved everything in fact. Maybe looking for week-in week-out 1st team football guarantee with no stress at all. He should be pwning teams in China, lol.

Should be greater than Drog's imo. JT won us everything for more than 10 years dy. But Lamps will hati masam

We're have Fab for that, supposedly

Asamoah Gyan... What are they thinking paying him so much

He should be fine. Not bad tactically and not bad man-management too (Tevez, Pogba, Balo). Ancelotti also only managed Italian teams before coming to Chelsea. So far out Italian managers (Lotti & Ranieri) not bad too. So keeping optimistic, but as u said, no high expectations

Don't really fancy him too. Hope the board doesn't forget about the amount of CBs we have - Zouma, Cahill, Kalas, Miazga, Hector etc. Rather we have Iva as CB and get a new RB/LB than to get another CB. Even then we already have Azpi and Baba, not forgetting Ake who is starting every game at Watford.
Right now I think midfield is the problem - Oscar Willian and the likes are AMs who run with/without the ball. We need midfield distributors, right now only have Fab. RLC i think he is more of AM/running type. Need a Gerrard/Pirlo type of Midfielder

Baba really tak boleh eh, need to get Ake back from Watford next season if we're not buying anyone.
Don't understand Guus's obsession with Matic-Mikel combo. So far never worked once.
Oscar needs to be benched please.
Rlc looked clueless when he came on. Defend abit attack abit. I think he was supposed to play no10, but oscar and willian like to cut in to the middle, so he was pushed back, but there were Mikel/Matic/fab there. Should've brought off oscar instead, or bring on Pato, something to worry stoke

All foreign players? some homegrown talents please

Biggest difference last night IMO was in the attacking department.
Defense for both sides were shaky, but PSG were decisive in final third passing while our players seem to start thinking of what to do only after we reached their final third.
This is down to coaching i think, but not Hiddink's fault. Hiddink is interim, while in PSG's case Blanc has been training the players with his attacking strategy for a few seasons and they can execute their attack more confidently. Unlike us always seem clueless in attack - managerial stability very important, not only on player's emotion, but on team tactics and performance also. Change tactics every season with new manager susah la to build a cohesive team

Which is why i'm always unhappy when seeing all foreign players in our lineup. We need homegrown players who have heart for the club. Not to say that all foreign players have no heart (Drog, Cech, Ballack, Essien etc), but we need new Mr Chelsea's (and they can be foreign not necessarily HG) in our team. So far players who look like they would really fight for the club are only Courtouis, Kenedy, Willian & Costa.
Back then even tho ppl always only talk bout Cech Terry Lamps and Drog, we should not forget the other fighters like Cole, Luiz, Iva (back then), Essien, Ballack, Mata or even Torres who always play like Chelsea is their home, now all gone sudah..

Used to see Iva's image in Kalas, but long time din see him dy, tak tau sudah apa macam
Right now for CB (include loan) we have Cahill, Zouma, JT, Iva, Miazga, Hector, Kalas, Christensen, Papy.. 9 of them. Who would you guys like to see us use next season?
I like Cahill, Zouma, Kalas, Miazga, maybe Papy for backup

Lol on Oscar :'D
Matic anyone? I personally dont really fancy him :/ but if he n mikel both leave we dont have anchorman..

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