Good win with the players that were missing. Nothing new learned today.

Frank made the correct substitutions at the right time.

Dont be surprised if VAR appears on Spurs shirt next season. Joke.

Great result and up to 3rd as we stand.

Second half performance was very good after a slow first half. Lots to work on, but we're building nicely under Frank.

Really optimistic with the direction we're heading in as a club.

Today was CHO's best performance of the season thus far. His crosses were perfection.

Lots of good signs with Pulisic. Just can't afford to be too selfless though.

A real slog of a game against a side that was very committed in defence and stifled our ability to create chances for much of the game, but good sides come out on top in these encounters and that's exactly what we did. 

RE the goal, Pulisic acts as a 'dummy runner', just like he did against Southampton - he draws several opposition defenders onto him, which allows him to use his vision to release the ball to another unmarked player. Not only that, but yet again Alonso was free in the box. The goal he scored had a distinct similarity to the 'own goal' he drew from Newcastle at their place last season - not only was it struck from a similar angle, but he also acted as a spare attacker in the box. That made him very dangerous early on in 2018-19, because opposition defences were so fixated on marking our attackers that they left him free to slip in and potentially score (he did the same thing against Arsenal). The same thing happened here today.  

We were deserved winners, a very tough first half but second half we were excellent and controlled the game. 

That was a great adjustment, not an easy fixture by any means when you put it into context. International break, so many injuries, Newcastle having more time to rest with less international players and coming off a win against United. 

I thought we did really well. Also Pulisic actually helped the game immensely I thought even though he missed an absolute sitter. 

And Callum Hudson-Odoi, who was that moron who was calling him overrated again? He was amazing today. 

It's a good sign when not be at our best but could easily have won by 3 or 4. Can't recall Kepa making a save.

CHO my man of the match and easily his best performance in the league.

Jorginho played well, as did Kova when he came on.

Tammy and Mount below par. Timori very sloppy and again our worst player. No question now his confidence has gone since the mistakes against Lille. 

 

Tough game which should have been put out sight a lot earlier. I thought CHO was superb today, he has great vision and great range of passing. 
Well done Pulisic when he came on although I thought he lacked a bit of confidence in front of goal, hopefully he gets a bit more game time. 
Good second half’s for Willian and Jorginho.

Alonso was poor but got us the winner.

Disappointed with Tomori today, give away a couple of really short passes which could have cost us another day. He really has to cut that out, it’s happening every match now.

Well played Frank.

I would actually say Alonso was our worst player on the pitch, yet he's the only one who scored, amusing that. 

It's a funny old game. ?

Second half much better, especially that 10-15minutes around the goal.  Not the best game but 3 points after an international break against dogged opponents is nothing to sneeze at!

Azpi quiet today.

The pleasing thing about recently is we've not only conceded two goals in four games but given very little in terms of clear chances also. We're starting to control games a lot better now compared to the basketball type matches we saw early on.

Odoi gets MOTM but mentions have to go to Kovacic and Pulisic, completely changed the dynamic of the game after coming on. The fact we can have an injury crisis yet still bring on two players of that calibre speaks volumes as to how strong our squad is now. I think Christian should be starting at Ajax on Tuesday as the type of open game we will likely see will suit his ability's.

Full value for the win, would have been a catastrophy if Newcastle got a result, they did absolutely nothing going forward and despite playing defensively they still allowed about 5 clear chances, absolutely hopeless side.

2 hours ago, Scott said:

Oh deary Tony Gale talking positive about Chelsea. That's a first. 

Come on you BLUES!

Did he talk positively about us ?!

That is a first !

1 minute ago, erskblue said:

Did he talk positively about us ?!

That is a first !

He was god awful for the full 90 minutes. 

Said the goal was due to a keeper error, passive aggressive towards Chelsea when having to give them credit, always has to be due to Newcastle making a mistake. 

And how on earth he thought that was a foul on their player around the 20th minute mark was ridiculous, the bloke hates Chelsea. 

Just realised we are now above Man City in the table, albeit they have a game in hand.

11 minutes ago, Slojo said:

He was god awful for the full 90 minutes. 

Said the goal was due to a keeper error, passive aggressive towards Chelsea when having to give them credit, always has to be due to Newcastle making a mistake. 

And how on earth he thought that was a foul on their player around the 20th minute mark was ridiculous, the bloke hates Chelsea. 

Ah, that's more like him then.

Anyway, we won 1-0.

Blue is the colour.

watch Tammy goes bananas ?

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Definitely headed in the right direction! Super Frankkkkkkkkkkk!

Now to just part with some more deadwood and hit the transfer market when we can again

xG :2,30 Chelsea 0,20 Newcastle

Picking up three points with a clean sheet, whilst still breaking in the youngest team we ever had, do me all day long. Cant wait to add a few top world class players into this team next season.

 

Great second half, much more chances, much more crosses, headers, danger.

Franky as a manger showing an improvement also. Great substition with Pulisic on Mount, it changed the game for us. 

CHO's is the MOTM for me, he was incredible. Abraham missed two headers and one big chance, but his work rate is just fantastic. 

Clean sheet, 3 points, let's just keep going !

COME ON CHELS!!!!

21 minutes ago, coco said:

Picking up three points with a clean sheet, whilst still breaking in the youngest team we ever had, do me all day long. Cant wait to add a few top world class players into this team next season.

 

We'll probably need a CB and a new LB, and that's about it I think, I'm very happy with the current squad so far. 
 

3 minutes ago, Slojo said:

We'll probably need a CB and a new LB, and that's about it I think, I'm very happy with the current squad so far. 
 

I actually like our CB options, even Zouma's growing on me a bit, and we still have Ampadu to come in the fold at some point. If there's a chance at a VVD level signing (for example Jose Giminez) then by all means go for it but other than that i think we're ok.

LB and a winger should be our priority's as far as marquee signing's go, the former especially.

23 minutes ago, Argo said:

I actually like our CB options, even Zouma's growing on me a bit, and we still have Ampadu to come in the fold at some point. If there's a chance at a VVD level signing (for example Jose Giminez) then by all means go for it but other than that i think we're ok.

LB and a winger should be our priority's as far as marquee signing's go, the former especially.

Zouma was the best in defence today, Tomori is starting to scare me with these passes, two blunders he had today and Zouma got him out of one before the goal. 

I'm still not sold on Kurt Zouma though, he's just not Chelsea material in my book. I know he's still actually young and has a lot of experience but since that serious injury he had under Mourinho he's never been the same player, not even on his loans. I still rate Christensen and I think Tomori looks promising, but I'm not banking on it just yet, Rudigers set of injuries have also concerned me.