One of our best ever
I think If we lose Kante, Kova, probably Gallagher n RLC... we should hold on to Mount to see if Pochs can knock a tune of out him.
He had a purple patch where he was unreal, so we know there's a good player there.
We lost a legend today lads.
John Hollins has passed away aged 76.
I'm old enough to remember him playing, and he seemed to be a permanent member of the Chelsea Family.
RIP JOHN
Great player and servant to the club.
RIP
Looks likely we will lose Havertz too. Brilliant player when he wanted to be (Against Dortumund this year) but terrible lazy attitude most of the time.
Thats a lot of players to lose. I see us bidding for Caceido which would be nice but we need a bloody striker
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64013875
I can't have any faith in a Bundesliga player coming and having the same success after Werner and Havertz
I really really hope he does, burned once twice shy though
Looks like our team is gonna look VERY different next season with all these outgoings.
Kante would be a massive loss IF he had been able to stay fit, unfortunately that seemed less and less likely given his work rate would naturally increase the odds of injury.
Interesting that City see something in Kovacic, hopefully doesn't turn.into another De Bruyne situation where he becomes world class after we let him go. Same with Havertz if Arsenal do take him
Havertz couldn't finish a mars bar, as highlighted by the difference between his xG and actual goals for his time with us.
Kova is a loss in my opinion
I like kova but not many goals in him and he seemed more concerned playing for his country
He's definitely not a goal scorer, that's a given
What's people's opinion/ideas on Mount situation. Does Poch want to use him so reluctant to sell or is it just price gouging?
Not sure, but we have sold a lot of players already! Might be nice for him to have someone left
Well we have our answer and another player down
I'm coming round to idea that letting these players go might be for best in long term. They've been through a very **** time with the club and morale going foward might be impacted. Best to wipe the slate clean for Poch maybe.
Cesc has officially retired from football. Great player for the Blues.
Well Poch talks the talk at least, good introduction to the club and a big effort to get the fans on board (which after Potter & Lamps wouldn't be too hard anyway). Don't quite know why but I am reasonably confident about next season, not having any European football whilst very disappointing does give him a lot of time to work with the players.
A lot of deadwood is being shifted on, most of it for decent sums of money. Sad to see RLC go in such a fashion but for a meaningless friendly fixture on a terrible pitch he really could have been a great. Never moaned and always tried, such a shame really. Our dressing room has been pitiful for a long time now this rebuild is required, lets hope some of the players actually have character.
I'm actually feeling positive too. I think poch can change the culture back to winning ways.
said all he needs to say
César Azpilicueta is officially leaving us after 11 years.
Bought for 7 million, what an absolute bargain. 508 appearances and 17 goals later our captain is moving on.
Terrific player for the club, always a great attitude on and off the pitch.
Thank you for all the memories Dave, and very best of luck in the future.
The video he did was very emotional, quite clear he loves the club and fans.
We should have won.
But on the upside that was a much better performance compared to last seasons dross.
Decent result today given how it started.
Most played well, except Sterling, I cannot fathom.how he is getting into the team as all.he did was play the ball consistently against the shins of the Liverpool players 🙄
There's a good team in there but not great seeing Reece James going off in the first game, hopefully not a sign of things to come
I thought Sterling had a decent game, by his recent standards. Jackson looks a character. I'm happy overall with that start - We look like a team again.
Given his turnaround in his performance during the game, I would say Gallagher was told about the Moises deal being done during half time
Not quite sure how we managed to bin that match!
Should have been out of reach by half time but I did think to myself if we didn't go in at the break ahead that they would raise their game.
I'm not a fan of Sterling but he was very good, Caicedo didn't impress but have to give benefit of no training time with team.
And another injury.....
We didnt have enough variety to our game, espeically after they went ahead. We kept pumping balls high into their box even though they were dealing with it comfortably.
Hopefully Luton on Friday gives us a chance to reset and grab three points and some confidence.
Yeah we need the variety.
It worked against Liverpool because they pressed and left gaps, it was never going to be the same with a team that was much happier to sit back and have the ball.
We still seem to need 10 clear chances to bag a goal.
At this stage, I'd give Lukaku a run. Literally cant be worse than nothing. Can he?!
Yes
