Agree they didn't set the world alight but Drinkwater for example would have a 6 out of 10 game and promptly get dropped for Bakayoko who had a string of 4 out of 10 games followed by a load of 3 out of 10 games leading up to the Watford game. It was a standing joke inside the ground on the night but it had building up for weeks in advance.

Drinkwater is no world beater by any stretch of the imagination but he'd have a better than average game and get dropped. One game last year Kante run 30 yards to tackle a player that Bakayoko was 5 yards from and that was in one of the games he was playing a bit better.