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Chelsea thump Wolves
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14:00
'Caicedo and Fernandez need to be better'
Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez need to do so much better as midfield pairing. Wolves have been cutting through them ridiculously easily, while Matheus Cunha has had the freedom of Molineux. Plus, Chelseaās defending has been calamitous, with Wolves men left all on their own.
13:33
13:24
'Sa fakes injury'
Interesting there with Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa dropping down injured to force a break in play. Seems he is absolutely fine and suspicion could be that Wolves did it purposefully so that Gary O'Neil could have a tactical chat as his entire team came over to the touchline. Happened last season with a few Premier League clubs, but tough for referees to police.
13:23
'Newcastle not convincing'
Newcastle have started a lot better than a week ago, but still they needed Nick Pope just now to save from Evanilson.
The visitors aren't particularly convincing when trying to play out from the back at times. But Isak is having a lot of joy running Bournemouth's defenders at the other end. His final product has been short so far, however.
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12:56
'Another week of news for Newcastle'
It's been another week in which Newcastle have been in the news for off-field reasons, namely Kieran Trippier's desire to leave the club and a changing of the captaincy.
What has been lost a little is that they need to perform a lot better than they did against Southampton to beat Bournemouth here. Before Fabian Schar's red on the half hour, the Saints outplayed Newcastle, who looked some way short of their very best. Anyway, here come the teams!
12:27
'Evanilson will help us'
I had very difficult decisions to make during the week. I think the demands of the game will be different to against Nottingham Forest. We have depth in the squad and if we change a lot then those on the bench will contribute too. I hope we can keep the intensity for 90 minutes.
When you start a Premier League game for the first time it is a question mark. He has been training well and we will see. We trust him, I think he will help us and the sooner he can start helping us, the better.
12:19
'Trippier a massive part of our future'
I think Lloyd [Kelly] has done really well in pre-season and I think he adds pace and height to our backline and they are traits we need today.
Kieran [Trippier] is just freshly back from the Euros and has had limited training. Tino Livramento had pre-season and we defended well last week. Kieran is a massive part of our future.
12:15
'Lavia problem unfortunate'
Romeo Lavia's hamstring irritation is unfortunate for the midfielder after his injury-plagued last campaign. Lavia was Chelsea's best performer in pre-season, starting all six of their friendlies.
Still a strong Chelsea side, nonetheless. Will be interesting to see how Mykahilo Mudryk gets on. So much potential to that player, but Maresca now the latest manager to try to unlock it.
12:07
11:53
Maresca: 'It's not brutal'
They (Sterling and Chilwell) are training apart. We have a big squad and it is impossible to give them all minutes. If they are looking for minutes, then it is better if they leave. If they do not leave, then they have a contract here and they are Chelsea players.
Brutal? I don't think so. I try to be honest. I can repeat again if it's not clear: I spoke with Raheem before the (Manchester) City game. I said he is going to struggle to get minutes with us. With Chilly, I said he is a lovely guy, but he is going to struggle because of his position.
If you define this as ābrutalā, it is up to you to decide. For me, it's not brutal, it's just honest. I'm not saying Raheem is not a good player but I prefer different kinds of wingers. This is the reason why.
If it's six-year contract, or a 20-year contract, I don't care. I'm just here to make the right decisions for the team. About the contract situation, it's not my job.
You like to say we have 42 or 43 players. Today's session is with 20 players. Yesterday's session was with 21. But the other 15 or 20, they are training apart. Chelsea players, yes, 42 or 43, sure, but they are not working with me every day. I don't see them so it's not a mess like it looks from outside. Absolutely not.
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