evissy

Never negative towards anyone but he is someone I've never appreciated. We deserve better.

The sadness here is just 5/5.

Jonathan Tah red much?

You can't underestimate UCL in players' perspective. They all want to play these games especially a massive clash like at Allianz. They consider this a massive game where as Brentford is just another League game. And I don't blame them one bit. We'll finally face a team that plays football in the biggest possible stage. Not congested deep sitting side in the Prem. When this young squad has done this year after year for a while they start to understand the season as a whole. Anyway I hope the lads continue like we did in the CWC and Conference League. They should be full of confidence to be able to beat anyone.

Great to have some proper football back! UCL is hands down my favourite comp. 👏

What a time to be alive 👏

Unfortunate end to the match. I feel sorry for Maresca although he is responsible for the first half. I get that everyone is buzzing about UCL but the lineup didn't predict anything good. This is what UCL does to you. Happened before and will happen in the future.

Draw.

To me Buonanotte and Gittens are the questionmarks. Hato will do okay. Fofana too.

Thing is if the reports are true they had no intentions to give him that illegal substance. That stem cell treatment just contained traces of it. They also have probably some leeway on things.

In a sense I agree because in the end the athlete himself is the last line of defense on what to put into ones system. Here MM learned not to trust people blindly, not that drugs are bad/illegal. Far too big punishment to my liking. Anyway I feel 18 months should suffice. He's suffered a good stretch of it so far. I think he got suspended December 2024. If he gets the shelf penalty that is 4 years he's hard done by.

JT on the gaffer.

If this is the truth I think Mudryk has hard time trusting his coaches and doctors from now on. I think at that point he had blind faith to his national team docs...why wouldn't you. I love the fact Shakthar is doing something with it as their deal with us was so heavily relied on bonuses... which naturally is complete non-news to media. In their eyes Mudders is 80m. Anyway these cases should have some lenience on the athlete. He gained absolutely nothing from that treatment over his peers and it was illegally given to him if that is the truth. Sad thing is MM will be sidelined until the hammer has fallen. That could be longer than his eventual ban.

This is some next level sh*t 🤣

Simple question: If you at this very moment had to choose at gunpoint to start in an important game a winger. Your choices are Estevao and George. Which one do you choose? The question answers two things: do you want what is best for Chelsea and which player you prefer from the two. George himself, by reports, really wanted to leave the club as he wants to play. Which to me is the most natural thing in the world. I think in January they'll try the move again if we are not in a massive limbo due to injuries. By buying a ton of youth international level talents tells the level of Cobham youth as well. If we had tons of top level (James, Estevao, Palmer, Madueke) youth at our ranks there would be very little need for it. No club at youth level has that. I understand the pride behind fielding your club youth. No one is denying that or is against it but I personally prefer the best possible squad over forcing club youth to the side.