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Chelsea: Bold predictions for all things Blue in the 2019/20 season

By The Pride of London Staff

READING, ENGLAND - JULY 28: Head Coach Frank Lampard Jnr talsk to Tammy Abraham of Chelsea during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Reading and Chelsea at Madejski Stadium on July 28, 2019 in Reading, England. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images)
READING, ENGLAND - JULY 28: Head Coach Frank Lampard Jnr talsk to Tammy Abraham of Chelsea during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Reading and Chelsea at Madejski Stadium on July 28, 2019 in Reading, England. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images) /
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DUBLIN, IRELAND – JULY 10: Michy Batshuayi of Chelsea celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Bohemians FC and Chelsea FC at Dalymount Park on July 10, 2019 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) /

8. Who will be Chelsea’s most potent goal + assist combo?

Scott: Christian Pulisic to Michy Batshuayi. I was tempted by Ross Barkley to Batshuayi, but I think Barkley will be doing more scoring than assisting.

Abhishek: “Pulisic to Abraham, and it’s a goal!” Or, for the remaining cultists, “Jorginho to Kovacic to Barkley to Pulisic to Abraham, and it’s a goal! Jorginho rules, ya hear that, yer das?”

Karan: Christian Pulisic to Tammy Abraham will be the exciting combination.

Kevin: When he’s fit again, Ruben Loftus-Cheek will be the supplier of many, many goals for Tambraham.

Gabe: Ross Barkley to Mason Mount and vice versa. When those two are on the pitch together, it’s magical.

Travis: Ross Barkley will keep seeing Christian Pulisic’s runs in behind and he will keep picking them out as they connect at least five times this season.

Sourav: Ross Barkley to Christian Pulisic has looked like a partnership where both could flourish.

Barrett: Pulisic to Abraham or Mount to Abraham.

Olaoluwa: Tempted to say Mason Mount to anybody, but Barkley to Pulisic.

9. Who will be the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong this season?

Olaoluwa: Seeing as Marcos Alonso may not be starting, Willian. Willian will be the scapegoat, unless Alonso starts.

George: The transfer ban.

Scott:  Maurizio Sarri. Undoing everything he did will take forever.

Sourav: The strikers, because I don’t see too many goals coming this season.

Barrett: David Luiz, because he will be the reason everything goes wrong this season.

Nate: Preseason G.O.A.T. Ross Barkley becomes regular season (scape)goat Ross Barkley.

Kevin: Maurizio Sarri, just because it will be, but I won’t be mentioning it.

Karan: Jorginho will be blamed for not living up to expectations even though Maurizio Sarri is gone.

Travis: The SarriIn’s will blame everything on the “impatient yer da’s.” The SarriOuts will blame Marina Granovskaia or Jorginho somehow. The normal people will know there is not anyone to blame and this season is what it is because of the ban.

Abhishek: Marcos Alonso. Who else?

10. What will be the most overused buzzword of 2019/20?

Abhishek: I suggest the phrase “Sarri laid the foundation” to be muted proactively on Twitter before the season begins.

Travis: “High line.” Chelsea’s defense is playing less of an active role in pressing this season, but without N’Golo Kante that has left a gap between midfield and defense where blame slides in quite nicely.

Karan: As Chelsea under Frank Lampard find their stride, “Lampsball” will be the unfortunate new thing.

Kevin: “Tambraham,” because he’s going to have such a good season. Although, in reality, the soon-to-be most overused word probably hasn’t been created yet. It could be “hyfcovsoxv.”

Sourav: “GTFOH David,” as David Luiz repeatedly blindly misses a simple cross from the opposition full-back.

Barrett: Work rate.

Gabe: Pressing high, triangular-passes or exploited defense.

Scott: “Legend.” It will precede every headline, introduction, etc… “Legend Frank Lampard off to flying start” or “Legend Lampard struggles through first month.”

Nate: “Club Legend.”

11. Who will be the most surprising ex-player hired onto the staff?

Scott: Didier Drogba, to turn Michy Batshuyai and Tammy Abraham into beasts like himself. Olivier Giroud can’t be counted on due to the amount of time he spends on his hair and practicing the impossible during training.

Travis: Roberto Di Matteo to come out from the wilderness, still perfectly hairless somehow, to become Chelsea’s in-house motivational speaker.

George: Hernan Crespo, because I think is name is just fun to say.

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Kevin: Andriy Schevchenko to come in as Head of Player Recruitment.

Abhishek: Ashley Cole, conducting running drills for the youth, air rifle in one hand, whistle in the other.

Barrett: Eidur Gudjohnsen.

Nate: Fernando Torres as strikers’ coach.

12. Where will Chelsea finish in all competitions?

Scott: Premier League – 4th, Champions League – Round of 16, FA Cup – 5th round, EFL Cup – Final.

Sourav: Premier League – 4th, Champions League – Round of 16, FA Cup and EFL Cup – Semifinals.

Kevin: Premier League – 2nd, Champions League – Round of 16, FA Cup – Quarterfinals, League Cup – Final.

Travis: Premier League – 3rd, Champions League – Round of 16, FA Cup – 5th round, EFL Cup- Quarterfinals.

George: Premier League – 4th (realistically, despite what you saw above), Champions League – Quarterfinals, FA Cup or EFL Cup – Win one of them

Abhishek: Premier League – 3rd, Champions League – Quarterfinals, FA Cup – Winners, EFL Cup – Semifinals

Karan: Premier League – 4th, Champions League – Quarterfinals, FA Cup – Winners, EFL Cup: Semifinals.

Olaoluwa: Premier League – 2nd, Champions League – Quarterfinals, FA Cup – Final, EFL Cup: Winners.

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