Extremely happy to see Harry Kane win the Ballon D'or. Has a very real shout of being the greatest English player ever and gets taken for granted so much. He was (by far) the best player IMO, well deserved winner.

I'm aware that several other managers needed long periods of sustained training to get their ideas to translate to the PL, which is why I'm not too harsh on Xabi. But he needs to show signs of change soon. As for Quenda/Estevao - not ideal that they're our first back ups.

A successful Chelsea team will not look like the current version tactically. This isn't to say I want Xabi out, but we're tactically a very primitive team. This won't cut it in the best league in the world.

This is an interesting POV. I know for a fact that Brighton are very particular about the clubs they're selling to. Only if players perform well at their new clubs can BHA continue demanding big fees, so they take efforts to ensure they're sending players to the right spots.

I could be way off the mark, but it's concerning how poorly ex-Chelsea players are performing. From a purely tribalistic lens, it's good to sell lemons to rivals, but as a club reliant on selling players, we need a reputation as a place where you can buy reliable players from.

Getting Scott in January would be a no-brainer move. It was remarkable to see the difference Henderson - old, nothing special but capable of doing the basics correctly - made next to Caicedo. I thought Reece and Lavia would suffice, but I had overestimated them.

What I'm going to say is going to piss people off, but we may need to start having difficult conversations about Reece soon. I sympathize with his injuries, but he's no longer at his past levels even when fit. I'm not saying we need to sell him, but maybe we start thinking.

Just thinking out loud, I wonder if this version of the PL is arguably the most competitive league in football history. The depth of teams is just ridiculous. Brentford A (today's fixture) is tough enough to be a CL QF, and it's just another PL match-day.