Bold predictions for Chelsea’s and the Premier League’s 2018/19 season
Which Chelsea loanee will everyone complain the most about loaning?
Brant: If Michy Batshuayi goes on loan, it will once again be sad for Batshuayi who should be given a chance to at least beat out Alvaro Morata who has not set Stamford Bridge on fire with his play.
Hofmann: Missing Mason Mount’s maturation makes me mad.
McClue: Michy Batshuayi will go to Valencia and score 30 goals and I will cry. Others will complain because in England, Chelsea’s strikers struggle to score 15.
McDonnell: The legend BABA! Actually, I think Clarke-Salter will be one we wish stayed.
Pancholi: Ruben Loftus-Cheek when he is loaned out to a struggling Premier League side in January.
Peacock: Mason Mount. Inevitably, under Super Frank and Jody Morris, he is almost bound to be a success at Derby. Of course, because it is those two in charge, there may be less clamor for a return, with supporters seeing the bigger picture.
Rouen: Kurt Zouma is going to show how good of a player he is while away and it is possible that Tammy Abraham does as well.
Tyler: Michy Batshuayi if he goes. He should stay and fight for the starting role, but if he opts not to, he will go elsewhere and do well before making the move permanent at the end of the year.
How many packs of cigarettes will Maurizio Sarri go through a day while at Chelsea?
Brant: He will need a carton a day to deal with the Chelsea media constantly asking him about his job security and if he is having fun yet.
Hofmann: Enough to increase Tesco’s share prices.
McClue: Five packs a day for the first three months, then he cuts down to two a day as the team clicks.
McDonnell: I would prefer the question be “How many while on the bench” but he seems like a two and a half kind of guy.
Pancholi: Five packs on a regular day, ten on match days, and fifteen on match days where Alvaro Morata cannot hit a cow’s backside with a banjo.
Peacock: Zero. Sarri discovers he does not need to smoke, as the pleasure and joy that managing a great club like Chelsea brings gives him more than enough highs.
Rouen: Three to five. 10, as is rumored, seems almost impossible to do daily. He has never had a job this stressful though.
Tyler: A ratio of two packs per most recently dropped point. Or five a day after a cup elimination. Whichever is most.