Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2023/24

He did one good thing and that was to prove we need a proper goalscorer. Havertz tries but he himself has said he's not a full on striker and it's not his best position.

We've a midfield bursting with talent and a well stocked defence but it's been abundently clear for a long time (including our 200 million spending spree) where the money was needed to be spent

It needs an experienced head, someone with a bit of backbone is needed, someone that will actually take charge of things and not let Boehly walk all over them.

I have no sympathy for Potter, he was on obscene money and knew the conditions in which he was going to be working under, but no one with a spine would of agreed to work under the conditions he worked under, they were bombarding him with players left right and center, there was no logic to any of it and it was crazy to see and totally unmanageable, for any manager, the cynic in me thinks Potter just saw dollar signs when Chelsea came calling and jumped on it, don't blame him either considering what he was on, but he never stood a chance and I think he knew it, he's not dumb.

I'd bring in Poch - Used to big clubs and strong character.

Same again, chance, chance, chance, disallowed goal, chance, chance, repeat ad nauseam! 😔

Lampard, one of the most unsuccessful, clueless managers of recent times looks set to be appointed as our new manager. What the hell is anyone thinking??? Shocking decision if it happens

How wrong I was!

In fairness to Frank, it's a free hit. He's goes all out for Champions League now as the league is a write off in regards any sort of finishing position.

He wins, he's further established as one of the clubs greatest legends, he loses then he's only an interm and he couldn't rescue an already failing team.

Maybe he sees it as a chance to right the wrong of him being sacked from the Chelsea side who weren't ready to win a champions league with him, who then went in to win the champions league a couple of months later.

At this stage one can only grab the popcorn and buckle up

Exactly. If it was a situation where a permanent person was announced with Lamps holding the fort till then, it would be almost ok

If the Frank appointment was a few days earlier, I'd have laughed it off as an April Fools day joke.

Chilwell the only one recently looking like a creative force and he drops him.

Bizarre

Curcuella should not be seen in a Chelsea shirt for the rest of the season. Unless Dave is absolutely knackered I'd play him against Real ahead of Curcuella.

I can't help but think Frank got the subs wrong. Trev should have been on for KK. Curcuella was a disaster waiting to happen. No idea why Silva was taken off, fair enough if he was injured, but he was playing well.

Mudryk has to start ahead of Sterling.

Ref didn't exactly help either.

I would tend to believe we were let off, Mount could have seen red too

I'd say the Brighton defence are sh1tting themselves!

We managed to score!!!

But f**k it, we won't let that stop us making a balls of things!

Sky just called it a shock result at start of the City Leicester game, eh, have they looked at the table or a Chelsea game recently!

There's no impetus We were 2-1 down with a few minutes to play and the ball was back to Kepa and being played around like the game was only 30 seconds in.

And then repeatedly Kepa was given the ball and had no choice but to limp it forward to a non existent front man.

And even Felix who has been the 1 bright spark was directly responsible for the goal. He lost the ball while being too casual in possession and stood there. James immediately won it back and the ball was soose but Felix was so lax that he wasn't able to respond and the Brighton player nipped in ahead of him and this resulted in the goal.

They all just look like they've only met each other for the first time 30 minutes before the game and have no idea what anyone else will do.

Sometimes football provides a fairytale result but most often you get exactly what you expect 😔