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Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2023/24

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  • #92
    Killinator
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    'sake!!!

    Big opportunity missed, defence shocking!


  • #93
    Carpentry
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    Shambolic accros the board, fuming 😡


  • #94
    Tom Mann Centuria
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    Beat City, beat Leicester, lose to West Ham. All very Chelsea.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • #95
    Okon
    Registered Users Posts: 351 ✭✭Okon


    The '3' logo on the new jersey tonight has turned out to be very apt: 3 goals conceded ... and no 3 points!

    Not a magic number for us tonight. :(


  • #96
    peteeeed
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    well what a kick in the balls that was , the 2 cb's stood off a single centre forward all night , no leader between them , one had to get tight to him all night and west ham have nothing , antonio bullied them both


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  • #97
    hots
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    peteeeed wrote: »
    well what a kick in the balls that was , the 2 cb's stood off a single centre forward all night , no leader between them , one had to get tight to him all night and west ham have nothing , antonio bullied them both

    Made him look like Drogba. That last goal, Christensen does nothing to hassle antonio, then gets caught in two minds, then rudiger is in no mans land and doesn't commit either to the man or the offside trap. He then gets back and waaay overruns it and more or less concedes the goal.

    The corner was a joke again and it's costing us points regularly at this stage, that's got to be priority number one now. We're playing decent ball, we've got attacking improvements coming but I can't see any improvements at all in the set piece defending. Last night Rudiger is sitting doing nothing, Azpi is marking their tallest guy and completely lets him get the run on him. Kante is at some fault too, should be clearing out the guy in front of Kepa to at least give him a chance to come and do something.


  • #98
    peteeeed
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    hots wrote: »
    Made him look like Drogba. That last goal, Christensen does nothing to hassle antonio, then gets caught in two minds, then rudiger is in no mans land and doesn't commit either to the man or the offside trap. He then gets back and waaay overruns it and more or less concedes the goal.

    The corner was a joke again and it's costing us points regularly at this stage, that's got to be priority number one now. We're playing decent ball, we've got attacking improvements coming but I can't see any improvements at all in the set piece defending. Last night Rudiger is sitting doing nothing, Azpi is marking their tallest guy and completely lets him get the run on him. Kante is at some fault too, should be clearing out the guy in front of Kepa to at least give him a chance to come and do something.

    a john terry , ricardo carvallo would have kicked him on the half way line and given away a foul that didn't matter , these 2 let him do what he wanted


  • #99
    hots
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    peteeeed wrote: »
    a john terry , ricardo carvallo would have kicked him on the half way line and given away a foul that didn't matter , these 2 let him do what he wanted

    I can't remember who I said it to but you could have had terry playing on a broken leg last night and we wouldn't have conceded at least 2 of their goals. Just organisation and telling christensen exactly what to do would make a difference, unfortunately, all 4 of our CBs kind of fit that role of "he'd be good beside a leader"


  • #100
    peteeeed
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    https://twitter.com/SiPhillipsSport/status/1279017695284006912?s=20


  • #101
    Killinator
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    Although I actually don't mind the shirts this year, if the ones shown are the real deal that is,

    BUT if they are genuine it means we have a royal blue home shirt, a light blue away shirt and a red and blue third shirt. I think whoever is designing the shirts is kind of missing the point of alternative kits!


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  • #102
    Tom Mann Centuria
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    Home shirt looks like a pyjama top my lad would have had, away shirt is a fabric option in an Peugeot 106 Man City Special Edition swatch and the 3rd shirt, if it's the red and blue thing, is Palace cosplay. Nike are fcukin hopeless.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • #103
    peteeeed
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    https://twitter.com/chelseafc/status/1279475059774586881?s=21


  • #104
    SureYWouldntYa
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    Alonso and Rudiger dropped with mistakes cause of the winner helping with that you'd imagine

    Barkley still playing despite doing fcuk all against West Ham, I'd much rather see a dynamic RLC or Jorginho who can control the game from deep at least and pass a ball, he's fallen out of favour altogether


  • #105
    Johner
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    Comfortable 2-0 at half time. I think Willian really needs to be kept, still a class player and really need his experience next season. I know many don’t agree.


  • #106
    AidoEirE
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    Johner wrote: »
    Comfortable 2-0 at half time. I think Willian really needs to be kept, still a class player and really need his experience next season. I know many don’t agree.

    I always thought willian was decent enough. Why is there a dislike to him by ye?


  • #107
    Johner
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    AidoEirE wrote: »
    I always thought willian was decent enough. Why is there a dislike to him by ye?

    Personally I’ve always loved Willian but I guess people will point to his stats not being that great. I think he brings more though. With the squad and team being so young I think it would be vital to have someone like him for the next few years but it looks like he will leave. I think he’d still add to any squad in the world.


  • #108
    SureYWouldntYa
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    AidoEirE wrote: »
    I always thought willian was decent enough. Why is there a dislike to him by ye?

    A fan from outside will see the good half a dozen appearances on Match of the Day and think he's top class

    Not near consistent enough. On his day top class, trouble is it's only on his day. There's two dozen players in the PL like him

    He's been very good since the return, that's undeniable. I can see the calls for him to be kept next season.

    32 in August, however his days are numbered in any case, and I don't think he'd be a good rotation or squad player next season should he really go off the boil. He's rarely been a good sub to bring on, always has a pout and doesn't try half as much as when starting


  • #109
    AidoEirE
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    Johner wrote: »
    Personally I’ve always loved Willian but I guess people will point to his stats not being that great. I think he brings more though. With the squad and team being so young I think it would be vital to have someone like him for the next few years but it looks like he will leave. I think he’d still add to any squad in the world.

    I could see inter going in for him or has there been any rumours where he would end up? but yeah i'd agree with you Johner, with Zyiech coming in next season it wouldnt hurt to have that expierence with willian as a bit part player.

    Ye've done some brilliant buisness in Zyiech and Werner.

    Edit: Pulisic looks very good as well. Could be a dangerous front 3 for ye next season


  • #110
    Killinator
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    Good result and more importantly a good response to the last game.


  • #111
    peteeeed
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    Good result and a really good performance, not a bad performance out there


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  • #112
    peteeeed
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    https://twitter.com/chelseafc/status/1280532314397736961?s=21


  • #113
    SureYWouldntYa
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    Jorginho surely has to be a goner. Gilmour starting over him in a crunch game isnt a good sign for him


  • #114
    Johner
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    Jammy win. Nearly need a whole new back 4 you’d think. Christensen is absolutely awful, don’t know how anyone rates him. Soft as ****e.


  • #115
    Killinator
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    Made that way way tougher than it needed to be. Very shaky once teams get at us


  • #116
    kev1.3s
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    SureYWouldntYa wrote: »
    Jorginho surely has to be a goner. Gilmour starting over him in a crunch game isnt a good sign for him

    Was going to reply good riddance before the game but I cant believe we would have come away with 3 points without him.


  • #117
    SureYWouldntYa
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    kev1.3s wrote: »
    Was going to reply good riddance before the game but I cant believe we would have come away with 3 points without him.

    Yep he came in good in the end

    It just looks like we're now going a direction that means he doesn't fit in, the 3 man midfield looks to be more along the lines of 1 holding and 2 more attacking guys, as opposed to the Sarri esque built around Jorginho of 1 deep lying playmaker and 2 box to box mids

    Next season could look something like
    Holding - Kante/Gilmour
    2 Attacking - Mount/Barkley/Kovacic/RLC

    And that's before a potential Havertz

    Gives us many different options depending on the opponent


  • #118
    Killinator
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    Leicester are really bottling this run in!


  • #119
    SureYWouldntYa
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    Killinator wrote: »
    Leicester are really bottling this run in!

    Real pity we didnt get the 3 points against West Ham and we'd have some daylight now

    Most of our remaining games are all tough in their own way

    Sheffield United away - Need a strong finish to get Europa
    Norwich home - Hopefully relegated but if not they'll be fighting for their lives
    Liverpool away - Who knows, if the points record is still in reach then they;ll be tough
    Wolves - Could still be in the top 4 fight, maybe top 5 fight if City's ban is held up


  • #120
    hots
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    SureYWouldntYa wrote: »
    Real pity we didnt get the 3 points against West Ham and we'd have some daylight now

    Most of our remaining games are all tough in their own way

    Sheffield United away - Need a strong finish to get Europa
    Norwich home - Hopefully relegated but if not they'll be fighting for their lives
    Liverpool away - Who knows, if the points record is still in reach then they;ll be tough
    Wolves - Could still be in the top 4 fight, maybe top 5 fight if City's ban is held up

    We're so jekyll and hyde at the moment we could take 3 points or 10 from those and I wouldn't be shocked.


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  • #121
    Johner
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    This is how I see the remaining fixtures going,

    Sheffield United - draw
    Norwich - win
    Liverpool - loss
    Wolves - win

    67pts

    United’s

    Aston Villa - win
    Southampton - win
    Palace - draw
    West Ham - win
    Leicester - draw

    66pts

    Leicester’s

    Bournemouth - win
    Sheffield United - win
    Tottenham - loss
    Man United - draw

    66pts

    I think with United playing Leicester on the last day we should be in the top 4 but as pointed out nothing would surprise me with our defence. Going down to the wire anyway.


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