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Things we have learned from this World Cup

  • Actually probably won't mind Rabiot after all on these performances.
  • Absolutely want to sign Amrabat.
  • Sign Gvardiol.
  • Whilst i would be happy for Pulisic to be sold, i shan't question his commitment in future. Any player that loses one of his mister men back up the pipe trying to score a goal is pretty committed.
  • We're never getting Bellingham
  • Kovacic has helped turn Croatia into Chelsea, they just don't shoot.
  • Whilst we are at it i would take Nahuel Molina, Marcus Thuram and Ilian Meslier (not WC specific but hey)

Here we go!

 
  • Chelsea players often perform better for their country than clubs, almost as if the tactical shackles are off and they're kids playing on the park again
  • Makes me thing Chelsea are over-coached and too defensive - want to see a 4-3-3 again
  • Players will never find form with 10 min cameo performances or heavy rotation
  • Chelsea is too comfortable and too easy for too many players
  • Players don't look fit enough compared to their competition at Chelsea
  • Silva can absolutely play in a back four
  • More a reminder than a learning - Argentina are a dirty team
  • Sign players with some character - Rice, Gvardiol
 
coco said:
Do you really trust the officials ? I think the standard of refereeing has been a joke.

Despite seeing the challenge on Mount, the ref had to be dragged to the TV monitor to watch a repeated slow-mo of the most obvious penalty in the entire WC, it's no wonder that some people are questioning his competency and ethics.

Not just that ref but others like the nutter who in one game between Arg and Netherlands, yellow carded 14 players, but only one red in the 128th minute. How the hell can you have 14 yellows in 127 minutes with no red cards without some very selective booking ? That's not random bookings.
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I don’t really have a comment on the reffing except that some has been fantastic and some less so. I thought the Brazilian ref in the France/Morocco game missed a lot. My point was rather, that  reffing was not the reason for France beating England, at least not in my opinion. In general I prefer the more physical approach this season although it probably requires greater penalties for genuine rule breaking. 

 
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dkw said:
Its the same every tournament, a few "unknown" players get bog moves off the back of a few good games and it very rarely works out well. 
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I remember watching Robben (who we’d signed before the tournament) and was very much looking forward to seeing him play for us. All the stupid injuries aside he didn’t often disappoint. 

 
Munkworth said:
I remember watching Robben (who we’d signed before the tournament) and was very much looking forward to seeing him play for us. All the stupid injuries aside he didn’t often disappoint. 
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When he was firing on all cylinders, and switching flanks with Damian Duff, I'd class him the top 5 most talented players I've ever seen wearing a Chelsea shirt. 

 
Charlton away 2005. He absolutely tore them up for lavatory paper. Btw if you google the fastest speed a goal scoring shot has been recorded as, he's right up there   

 
Fruit Bat said:
When he was firing on all cylinders, and switching flanks with Damian Duff, I'd class him the top 5 most talented players I've ever seen wearing a Chelsea shirt. 
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Duff and Robben changed everything for us in 04-05. We were already good, but as soon as we got those two playing together, we really clicked and we were unstoppable from that point. The 04-05 team is still my favourite Chelsea team, it had everything.

 
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Scott Harris said:
Duff and Robben changed everything for us in 04-05. We were already good, but as soon as we got those two playing together, we really clicked and we were unstoppable from that point. The 04-05 team is still my favourite Chelsea team, it had everything.
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I actually think we were better in the first half of 05/06, the complete control we had on games at that point wasn't normal.

It hit me how good we became at Highbury near the Christmas that year, 1-0 up at the hour mark and wasn't remotely fearful we were going to blow it.

 
No chance Liverpool will sign both Bellingham and Enzo Fernandez, that's 200M+ just in transfer, and no even getting into the huge pay rise both will get.  I would be happy with Rice, he's a proven player, and he could play with or without possession.

 
We learned that Brighton signed a pretty good player in Alexis MacAllister. 

 
Scott Harris said:
Duff and Robben changed everything for us in 04-05. We were already good, but as soon as we got those two playing together, we really clicked and we were unstoppable from that point. The 04-05 team is still my favourite Chelsea team, it had everything.
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for once I agree with you Scott lol Ill never forget the Blackburn game when they tried to kick chelsea off the pitch (and in Robbens case succeeded) at the end of the game Mourinho Pt1 made the boys throw their jerseys into the away end, because he knew the significance of that victory. But one of the highlights when I 'knew' we were gonna be champions was the 2-2 draw at highbury. watching the game with majority of gooners in a pub, nearly getting into it with some fool who said we werent gonna win anything (the dangers of alcohol lol). If Duff and Robben were fit There wouldnt have been a miracle in Istanbul!

 
Disagree about Ziyech. IMO this shows that we should sell him since its so easy to choose when he wants to play well or not.

 
That when there's a decent alternative to Mason Mount even Southgate thinks he's a bench player.

 
This WC killed any hope I had for a good 2nd part of the season. Our squad seems to just be way worse than we think. Can't think of any Chelsea player becoming a positive surprise. Ziyech played relatively well, that's about it.

- Mendy in worst line-up of tournament

- Mount, Sterling and Havertz did nothing

- Kante, Reece, Chilwell (our best players) injured - no surprise here as none of thme can stay fit for more than a few matches

 
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