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Chelsea (3-4-3) Courtois; Rudiger, David Luiz, Cahill; Azpilicueta, Fabregas, Bakayoko, Alonso; Pedro, Morata, Hazard.
Substitutes: Caballero, Zappacosta, Christensen, Musonda, Willian, Ampadu, Batshuayi.
Watford (3-4-3) Gomes; Mariappa, Kabasele, Britos; Femenia, Cleverley, Doucoure, Holebas; Pereyra, Deeney, Richarlison.
Substitutes: Karnezis, Janmaat, Wague, Capoue, Watson, Gray, Carrillo.
Hello. Meet Chelsea, a debonair playboy from, erm, Chelsea. No matter how hard he tries, or how much money he spends, he just can’t settle down. In the last decade he’s had a string of briefly euphoric yet ultimately poisonous relationships. It doesn’t matter how exciting the relationships are in the beginning. After a while little things just start to grate on Chelsea: the training sessions, the man-management or HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU, THE 2 UNLIMITED CDS SHOULD BE FILED UNDER ‘T’, NOT BEFORE ‘A’. Now, it seems, his tumultuous fling with Antonio Conte is coming towards the end.
How the flip has it come to this? It’s barely five months since Chelsea completed a monstrously impressive title win yet they are in a familiar mess, with stories being leaked to the press about the usual. It would be wrong to accuse modern footballers of stabbing managers in the back; they have somebody else to do that for them.
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