Just now, Dubair said:

Not good at all, also strange timing considering he’s done well the last few matches.  First sign of disharmony among the squad. It will be interesting to see how Tuchel and the others handle this, it seems a little bit like the Diego Costa situation. 

Rom has been credited as a leader, this could be the beginning of players turning on TT, with trusted members like Dave and Toni off.

I've been hearing this is from an interview with Lukaku from a few weeks ago and supposedly being posted all over now to stir sh*t up

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Ridiculous, even more so when you take into the account he harped on about being a Chelsea fan as a kid when others were not and about being ‘home’ finally. Now this, don’t footballers get constant media training these days?, he’s gone off the rails and destroyed his whole reputation with this one for me. What is wrong with this guy seriously. 

1 minute ago, Dubair said:

Not good at all, also strange timing considering he’s done well the last few matches.  First sign of disharmony among the squad. It will be interesting to see how Tuchel and the others handle this, it seems a little bit like the Diego Costa situation. 

Diego Costa still helped deliever titles despite wanting to go, Hazard wanted out but gave us his best season yet in the meantime. Even Courtois gave his all while he was still here. 

If he knuckles down and delivers while he's still here he'll leave when he does with my best wishes, history suggests he won't.

1 minute ago, Term_X said:

Ridiculous, even more so when you take into the account he harped on about being a Chelsea fan as a kid when others were not and about being ‘home’ finally. Now this, don’t footballers get constant media training these days?, he’s gone off the rails and destroyed his whole reputation with this one for me. What is wrong with this guy seriously. 

He left us as a 20 year old because he thought competiting with prime Diego Costa was beneath him.

If anything this is mild.

1 minute ago, Amputechture said:

I've been hearing this is from an interview with Lukaku from a few weeks ago and supposedly being posted all over now to stir sh*t.

It’s different quotes this time, you’re probably right but ‘if’ the new wording is correct and not mis translated or whatever, it is truly abysmal stuff from him. 

Just now, Argo said:

He left us as a 20 year old because he thought competiting with prime Diego Costa was beneath him.

If anything this is mild.

His attitude stank from day one. His recent goals spoke enough.. there is literally no need for this. 

Can you actually imagine if this had come out in a parallel universe and he was playing under Sir Alex… he’d never wear the shirt again and would be off in the summer. In my opinion; let him go back. He’s been a disaster. He gives it the big lick that he’s a multi dimensional striker but in all honesty, he’s exposed in this league just as he was at United. You have to be relentlessly consistent to be a top player in England; he isn’t that person.

5 minutes ago, Term_X said:

It’s different quotes this time, you’re probably right but ‘if’ the new wording is correct and not mis translated or whatever, it is truly abysmal stuff from him. 

Absolutely, if this has just come out now and isn't just a rehash of his interview from weeks ago then something big is about to go down.

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1 minute ago, thebluekid said:

Can you actually imagine if this had come out in a parallel universe and he was playing under Sir Alex… he’d never wear the shirt again and would be off in the summer. In my opinion; let him go back. He’s been a disaster. He gives it the big lick that he’s a multi dimensional striker but in all honesty, he’s exposed in this league just as he was at United. You have to be relentlessly consistent to be a top player in England; he isn’t that person.

This is maybe why he openly says that he loves Inter fans and not Chelsea fans lmao

Notice how the media like to pile the misery on after a draw defeat, notice the BBC front page this morning about our £145 annual losses too.

2 minutes ago, Amputechture said:

Absolutely, if this has just come out now and isn't just a rehash of his interview from weeks ago then something big is about to go down.

If this was weeks ago it would be around the time we were doing really well without him which if anything makes it worse.

10 minutes ago, Amputechture said:

I've been hearing this is from an interview with Lukaku from a few weeks ago and supposedly being posted all over now to stir sh*t up

Then he needs to come out and speak about the clearly, in person, with Chelsea tv, and set the matter straight.

3 minutes ago, Amputechture said:

Absolutely, if this has just come out now and isn't just a rehash of his interview from weeks ago then something big is about to go down.

Indeed, and is impossible to see how we shift him. Who could afford him that would want him? Newcastle but he would not go there, City would not want him. Inter could not afford him.

So it has to be TT who goes.

Just now, Argo said:

If this was weeks ago it would be around the time we were doing really well without him which if anything makes it worse.

Not about better or worse, it's about the timing of when this was said. If it was weeks ago then this is being posted all over now as a means to try and destabilize the club.

Just now, Term_X said:

Notice how the media like to pile the misery on after a draw defeat, notice the BBC front page this morning about our £145 annual losses too.

The mass media love towards Liverpool is obvious, I don't buy into any narrative against Chelsea, it's all scripted. They are afraid that Lukaku scored 2 goals in playing 1.5 games ahead of facing Liverpool, no doubt in my mind that they want to do whatever they can outside of the pitch to stop us from winning that game.

2 minutes ago, Argo said:

If this was weeks ago it would be around the time we were doing really well without him which if anything makes it worse.

Be fair here we have not been doing well since the Burnley game.

1 minute ago, Gol15 said:

The mass media love towards Liverpool is obvious, I don't buy into any narrative against Chelsea, it's all scripted. They are afraid that Lukaku scored 2 goals in playing 1.5 games ahead of facing Liverpool, no doubt in my mind that they want to do whatever they can outside of the pitch to stop us from winning that game.

We have no wingbacks and Taylor is the ref. They don't need to do anything.

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

We have no wingbacks and Taylor is the ref. They don't need to do anything.

We don't have to play with wingback though do we? Lets at least force Taylor to give the match to Liverpool

15 minutes ago, Amputechture said:

I've been hearing this is from an interview with Lukaku from a few weeks ago and supposedly being posted all over now to stir sh*t up

It doesn't really matter. We still play the same damn system.

That interview is a real shocker. A real shocker and many managers would punt your out of the club for that one.

Actually shocked at that. Really shocked and clearly we need to look to sell him on now.

Just now, axman2526 said:

We have no wingbacks and Taylor is the ref. They don't need to do anything.

They do everything they can, always. Thus Taylor + negative narrative against Chelsea. We get the full package with no exception. But like I said in the match thread, if Liverpool doesn't win Klopp will downplay it and he'll get away with it because when he's upset everyone is on his side.

7 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

This is maybe why he openly says that he loves Inter fans and not Chelsea fans lmao

He wouldn’t get the same stick in Italy because over there he bullies players, has an easier demand on him and in general, is a lot more of a threat against the quality of player he comes up against.

The craziest thing about the quotes is the part about him returning to Inter in his ‘peak’, the guy is 29 in May and has signed a 5 year deal, as our highest earner above Kante. 😅

The irony of a man that speaks 69 different languages but fails to communicate accordingly. 

1 minute ago, forbzy said:

We don't have to play with wingback though do we? Lets at least force Taylor to give the match to Liverpool

Given CP and CHO have been played there TT may feel we do. Though I do feel we have to change the system, how can you play a wingback domainte system with no wingbacks and expect to succeed.

2 minutes ago, Sindre said:

It doesn't really matter. We still play the same damn system.

That interview is a real shocker. A real shocker and many managers would punt your out of the club for that one.

Actually shocked at that. Really shocked and clearly we need to look to sell him on now.

Is how I felt reading that interview. Shocked and appalled. Actually makes me sick to my stomach.

Come on Lukaku. Come on....

That's the stupidest things i've ever heard from a Chelsea player. We've just spent 100 million on you and given you a monster wage and you do that? 

Sell him back to Inter. Take what we can get. I don't want someone like this at the club.