i'm not a fan of him as a person, but has definitely done a fine job with them and probably would have got them straight back up at the first attempt. his stock will remain relatively high leaving now so win for him, he gets a boat load of cash and winds up at another Prem club like a Newcastle or Palace in the summer.

The rumour is that he wasn't happy about an impending appointment of a director of football, so he walked. After some his abysmal work in the transfer market and the money he's waisted, it's no surprise they wanted a DOF. The days of the manager being solely responsible for transfers are long gone, so Wilder needs to get with the times.

Brilliant point, and even though we didn't have much possession, we still carved out some decent chances. Defensively, we were superb, and didn't give them anything.

Roberts much better today.
Was It my imagination or did he play Rodrigo in midfield Roberts upfront?
And if Rodrigo wasn`t injured that has got to be one of the dumbest substitutions he has made. Bringing on an out of form Klich for a an international forward especially as Roberts had a decent game in midfield.
Rudiger mom for me.

I think they changed to 442 as Chelsea were playing a back 3? It was hard to tell at times, both teams were fluid in their formations. Bielsa probably wanted to sure up the midfield late in the game, but there were a couple of times Rodrigo was literally walking around the centre of the pitch when Chelsea were advancing up the pitch, and that's a big no no for Bielsa.

If Bamford is out for a bit, he's going to get more of a run there anyway, so it's the chance he's been waiting for.

Great point. Struijk Llorente very good. Robert’s solid but needs to get a bit more clinical. Fulham and Sheff U next up. 4 points from that and job done.

The pitch was way less slippy than previous weeks, to be fair

Agree. Though Bielsa saying Rodrigo well short of fitness that’s why he took him off

10 games left. Fulham Sheff U Brighton West Brom to play could win all of those. Others are v v tough. City Liverpool Man U Spurs etc

I think we can get at least 2 wins from that . How many new players would you like to see come in for next season to hopefully push on

i reckon we will beat either Liverpool or Man united, likely Liverpool for me as they are still a bit shaky defensively and have their eyes mostly on the CL and we play them right in the thick of that.

somewhere around 50 points and mid table would represent a fantastic first season back and should be easily achievable with those fixtures.