1st the transfer ban........

13 July 2019

Then Bakayoko comes back.....................

And when you think things can't get any worse...........

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2017/09/19/chelsea-and-singha-extend-relationship

comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)

posted on 14/7/19

All joking apart, I do feel sorry for him, it must be embarrassing to play as bad as he did against an Irish league team.

I wish he could come good and it’s in the best interest of the club that he does, it’s what to do with him next.

Assuming there is a player in there somewhere, I think Frank needs to put his arm around him, tell him to forget yesterday, encourage him to relax and that he’ll get another chance to prove himself before the season starts.

The Twitter army need to lay off him as well, unless he lives in a cave he must be aware of all the mocking Tweets aimed at him, which will do his confidence no good at all.

comment by Devil (U6522)

posted on 14/7/19

This'll go down like a lead balloon, for which I blame no-one for when it does, but he's honestly not that bad.

His ball play is atrocious, not even gunna try to devil's advocate that s**t . He's had moments, especially in France & Italy, where he's demonstrated both good B2B and holding midfielder qualities. Minus the odd nightmare match where he loses his cool, e.g. Watford away in Jan 18, everything he does away from the ball is OK. There's better for sure, but he's decent quality standard in that aspect. It just begs the question what to do with a player whose so god awfully bad as he is with the ball?

I agree via the Twitter abuse. Never agreed with it, totally counter productive.

comment by Mr. Unsubscribe (U1110)

posted on 14/7/19

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comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)

posted on 14/7/19

comment by Sideshow (U11809)
posted 42 minutes ago
Even at his best I don’t think he’s good enough. You can’t get away with strolling around the pitch when you are clearly a limited player on the ball. He’s like Sissoko before he realised he’s just in the team for brawn.
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I tend to agree with you Sidey, has to be worth giving him some time in pre season to try and get his act together though.

If he can't rise to the challenge, at least the transfer window on the continent stays open after our season starts and it might be kinder to move him on.