Night-T

Or Bayern's.

I am going to be so disinterested next season if he's still the manager, he bores me to f**king sleep. I'm hardly coming on here much Chelsea are that boring.

His G+A seems like more of the same level of "productivity" that we already get from Sancho and Neto ... and probably worse when you factor in that he is playing for the best team in Portugal, that scores the most goals, and doesn't have Maresca coaching all the life of the attack.

The “next Jackson” would never get 70 goals for club & country in the past 15 months nor be the Champions League top scorer for as long as his club was in the competition. People like to mention Nunez but Gyorkeres literally dwarfs Nunez’s numbers.
He’ll honestly be the difference in Arsenal winning the league next season.

His influence on the young group plus his undoubted talent might be worth a look if he was willing to take a pay drop. Still a quality player.

Managers and players speak of him really highly, I've added his assist against Man City from earlier this season as well. He looks looks very direct with good vision and has very good crossing/passing, but don't worry, Maresca will do his best to train that out of him.

Last season he was playing with the u21.
This season he started as the second goalkeeper. As Genk sold him to Chelsea and putting him in goal would have their other goalkeeper unhappy plus decrease in value.
Throughout the season it became very clear to the new genk manager (and way before that tonthe fans) that penders was a class above the other goalkeeper and since new year he has become the number 1 goalkeeper and make several crucial interventions. He did get a red card once at the end. But on return instantly got put back into the goal.
And he will be the goalkeeper for the rest of the season if he doesn't get injured.

Last season he was playing with the u21.
This season he started as the second goalkeeper. As Genk sold him to Chelsea and putting him in goal would have their other goalkeeper unhappy plus decrease in value.
Throughout the season it became very clear to the new genk manager (and way before that tonthe fans) that penders was a class above the other goalkeeper and since new year he has become the number 1 goalkeeper and make several crucial interventions. He did get a red card once at the end. But on return instantly got put back into the goal.
And he will be the goalkeeper for the rest of the season if he doesn't get injured.

The mere words "...from Brighton..." make me break out in hives.

Last season he was playing with the u21.
This season he started as the second goalkeeper. As Genk sold him to Chelsea and putting him in goal would have their other goalkeeper unhappy plus decrease in value.
Throughout the season it became very clear to the new genk manager (and way before that tonthe fans) that penders was a class above the other goalkeeper and since new year he has become the number 1 goalkeeper and make several crucial interventions. He did get a red card once at the end. But on return instantly got put back into the goal.
And he will be the goalkeeper for the rest of the season if he doesn't get injured.

For those interested.
Penders was MOM in his last game.
His current team Genk is currently on top of the league.
Here is a good reflex from last game.
Tbf, he didn't have much to do. But what he had to do. He did great. It's an important traits to remain focused 90 min in games you are dominant.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGvxA7RuZeu/?igsh=MXF4OGVlaHRjeWlzOA==

Last season he was playing with the u21.
This season he started as the second goalkeeper. As Genk sold him to Chelsea and putting him in goal would have their other goalkeeper unhappy plus decrease in value.
Throughout the season it became very clear to the new genk manager (and way before that tonthe fans) that penders was a class above the other goalkeeper and since new year he has become the number 1 goalkeeper and make several crucial interventions. He did get a red card once at the end. But on return instantly got put back into the goal.
And he will be the goalkeeper for the rest of the season if he doesn't get injured.

Last season he was playing with the u21.
This season he started as the second goalkeeper. As Genk sold him to Chelsea and putting him in goal would have their other goalkeeper unhappy plus decrease in value.
Throughout the season it became very clear to the new genk manager (and way before that tonthe fans) that penders was a class above the other goalkeeper and since new year he has become the number 1 goalkeeper and make several crucial interventions. He did get a red card once at the end. But on return instantly got put back into the goal.
And he will be the goalkeeper for the rest of the season if he doesn't get injured.

For those interested.
Penders was MOM in his last game.
His current team Genk is currently on top of the league.
Here is a good reflex from last game.
Tbf, he didn't have much to do. But what he had to do. He did great. It's an important traits to remain focused 90 min in games you are dominant.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGvxA7RuZeu/?igsh=MXF4OGVlaHRjeWlzOA==

This is a big problem we have throughout the squad. Lots and lots of talented players who need game time to develop but at the same time isnt ready to be a starter for Chelsea. The limit on foreign loans really screwed us I think, which should have led to us shifting the strategy slightly - which of course we haven’t
I worry now that we’ll throw Penders straight in there, long before he’s ready, which is very unlikely to go well and is more likely to ruin his Chelsea career for good. Because if you believe Penders is THE guy in a season or two, what do you do now? Spend a large chunk of our increasingly limited transfer kitty on yet another temp goalie? Or stay with Sanchez/Jørgensen/Petrovic/Slonina/Kepa(!) in the hope that one of them can be on CL level all of a sudden?
Or go big on a world class goalie, if we can get one, which renders the whole Penders project meaningless and means that we cant address all the other problems we have in the squad like centre half and striker? 
 
The SD’s (and Ben Roberts) have put us in such an awful situation, littering the squad with expensive mediocre players financed by Cobhams finest

We are run by classless and clueless idiots - the only saving grace is that I cant see a way they’re making money on this so eventually they’ll be gone and we can start a proper rebuild
Wow that was negative and eventually went off topic, sorry about that guys 🙂

For those that want to know how Penders is doing. 
He is currently playing for the first team of Genk. 
They are first in the Belgian competition and still in the Belgian Cup. 
Here are a couple of highlights from Genk in 2025. Obviously because these are match highlights you can't really see how his footwork is. But it is one of his better traits. Together with staying focus 90 min. As Genk is a dominant team like Chelsea. 
Sometimes he barely has anything to do all game. But when we call on him. Here is there. 
 
 
 
 

For those that want to know how Penders is doing. 
He is currently playing for the first team of Genk. 
They are first in the Belgian competition and still in the Belgian Cup. 
Here are a couple of highlights from Genk in 2025. Obviously because these are match highlights you can't really see how his footwork is. But it is one of his better traits. Together with staying focus 90 min. As Genk is a dominant team like Chelsea. 
Sometimes he barely has anything to do all game. But when we call on him. Here is there. 
 
 
 
 

I understand that from the outside.  It looks a bit of a strange transfer. 20 mil for a youngster that only played 1 game for the first team. 
But he did play already 2 seasons against professional adults. 
And last season he had a bunch of similar saves on crucial moments in the game that were result decisive.  
He has some amazing reflexes and despite being a double meter. He can go very fast to the ground. This and the fact that he is not easily phased by circumstances are probably the biggest similarities that he has with Courtois. 
Well that and the fact that we bought Courtois also from Genk. 😁
As for his character. The total opposite from Thibaut. He is loved by everyone in the club and not just by their wags. 

For those that want to know how Penders is doing. 
He is currently playing for the first team of Genk. 
They are first in the Belgian competition and still in the Belgian Cup. 
Here are a couple of highlights from Genk in 2025. Obviously because these are match highlights you can't really see how his footwork is. But it is one of his better traits. Together with staying focus 90 min. As Genk is a dominant team like Chelsea. 
Sometimes he barely has anything to do all game. But when we call on him. Here is there. 
 
 
 
 

How about a proper goalie and number 9 before spunking millions more on another promising young wideman which is puzzling as CHO left to Forest for 3 mill and is just as good as as this boy imo

I understand that from the outside.  It looks a bit of a strange transfer. 20 mil for a youngster that only played 1 game for the first team. 
But he did play already 2 seasons against professional adults. 
And last season he had a bunch of similar saves on crucial moments in the game that were result decisive.  
He has some amazing reflexes and despite being a double meter. He can go very fast to the ground. This and the fact that he is not easily phased by circumstances are probably the biggest similarities that he has with Courtois. 
Well that and the fact that we bought Courtois also from Genk. 😁
As for his character. The total opposite from Thibaut. He is loved by everyone in the club and not just by their wags. 

I understand that from the outside.  It looks a bit of a strange transfer. 20 mil for a youngster that only played 1 game for the first team. 
But he did play already 2 seasons against professional adults. 
And last season he had a bunch of similar saves on crucial moments in the game that were result decisive.  
He has some amazing reflexes and despite being a double meter. He can go very fast to the ground. This and the fact that he is not easily phased by circumstances are probably the biggest similarities that he has with Courtois. 
Well that and the fact that we bought Courtois also from Genk. 😁
As for his character. The total opposite from Thibaut. He is loved by everyone in the club and not just by their wags. 

It was though.. Any striker would have scored 3.. Any decent striker would have scored 7. We had so many chances! 

To be polite, he did the old World Cup Harry Kane trick and statpadded his arse off.
Hattrick against that lot with 9 men?
There’s an argument that if Jackson was even a semi decent footballer he’d have easily tripled his total from last season with some of the howlers he had.
 
I think his goal return is more commendable to the supply than to him.
 
Like I said Toney with that supply outscores Jackson every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Which is exactly what a striker needs to do, score.

I understand that from the outside.  It looks a bit of a strange transfer. 20 mil for a youngster that only played 1 game for the first team. 
But he did play already 2 seasons against professional adults. 
And last season he had a bunch of similar saves on crucial moments in the game that were result decisive.  
He has some amazing reflexes and despite being a double meter. He can go very fast to the ground. This and the fact that he is not easily phased by circumstances are probably the biggest similarities that he has with Courtois. 
Well that and the fact that we bought Courtois also from Genk. 😁
As for his character. The total opposite from Thibaut. He is loved by everyone in the club and not just by their wags.