evissy

Why are people on a warpath with all our directors, owners and coaches? They know absolutely nothing and we know everything. They get zero credit on anything they do.

Whose time? Yours? You don't work for the club

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. 👏

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

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

Draw.

This is the big problem in European football. We know where heavy and most of all badly designed regualtion leads to. Clubs are not having a say here on how they'd want things to work. One club finds a loophole and then they plug it, another appears and another plug. This goes on until the horrible big picture reveals itself. I have zero complaints on the clubs that try to find a hole or an edge. It is competition.

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 the big problem in European football. We know where heavy and most of all badly designed regualtion leads to. Clubs are not having a say here on how they'd want things to work. One club finds a loophole and then they plug it, another appears and another plug. This goes on until the horrible big picture reveals itself. I have zero complaints on the clubs that try to find a hole or an edge. It is competition.

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.

Purely on percentages I'd say a player like Estevao is a safe bet. He's been head and shoulders above his peers on any given age group he's been a part of. On top of that he seems to preference his football above his free time. He is destined to be a great player.
Usually the stories where a top prospect fails is made story of and it is something that resonates with people but seldom the story is this boy is as good as he's been most of his youth career. Not really a story.
Many of top 10 age group youths end up playing at a good level where as the group from 30-100 is probably a ton of hit and miss. So many professional people are evaluating these young players all the time.
You also need the opportunity in a right club. To me George is not in the right club. He should be at Championship or somewhere in Europe. Even Fulham to me seems the wrong place.

Purely on percentages I'd say a player like Estevao is a safe bet. He's been head and shoulders above his peers on any given age group he's been a part of. On top of that he seems to preference his football above his free time. He is destined to be a great player.
Usually the stories where a top prospect fails is made story of and it is something that resonates with people but seldom the story is this boy is as good as he's been most of his youth career. Not really a story.
Many of top 10 age group youths end up playing at a good level where as the group from 30-100 is probably a ton of hit and miss. So many professional people are evaluating these young players all the time.
You also need the opportunity in a right club. To me George is not in the right club. He should be at Championship or somewhere in Europe. Even Fulham to me seems the wrong place.

Usually players that are their youth national teams carrying forces have a good future and are the level we aspire. George is not that. Just looked at his national youth records and he is not that impressive.
Palmer, Noni, Paez, Estevao, Santos and Casadei were all that. We need this level more than George's. However I think he will play a good career. Probably not for us though.

He’s Batman!

Evissy is not Clownlake!

Such a comedian. At this point I would say The Rising Sun > Ricky Gervais > Bill Burr. My thighs are red as Ferrari.

This is the big problem in European football. We know where heavy and most of all badly designed regualtion leads to. Clubs are not having a say here on how they'd want things to work. One club finds a loophole and then they plug it, another appears and another plug. This goes on until the horrible big picture reveals itself. I have zero complaints on the clubs that try to find a hole or an edge. It is competition.

My queue was spot on. Another reason to celebrate 🥳

Another example of their total incompetence. What a horrible bunch.
Queue: they shouldn't have done those mistakes in the first place!!!!

Although far from optimal Guiu gets his chance hopefully to get a run of games.

I agree. He is not that adventurous with players in that sense. But I think Marc will get his chances coming from bench and lower level cup games.

I agree. He is not that adventurous with players in that sense. But I think Marc will get his chances coming from bench and lower level cup games.