4 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Actually we were not good vs wolves. Could have lost 4/5-0 in the 1st half but we were super clinical. 

Our best performance so far was probably vs palace but palace had only two player who can attack. 

Point/Result wise we have been ok but performance wise we have been poor. 

i agree. I think our points/results against the teams we have played haven't been great though. We should have 9 points with the games we've had. 

22 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

 

Defensively is another question but it goes much deeper than simply missing Conor Gallagher. 

Not sure how anyone can be saying that unironically given we had our worst goals allowed for years last year....

2 hours ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

i agree. I think our points/results against the teams we have played haven't been great though. We should have 9 points with the games we've had. 

Imo 7 points is fine, we just need to play better. 

2 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Imo 7 points is fine, we just need to play better. 

Billion pound team dropping points against the likes of Palace isn't acceptable imo. We should be be on par with Liverpool at the bare minimum. 

1 hour ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Billion pound team dropping points against the likes of Palace isn't acceptable imo. We should be be on par with Liverpool at the bare minimum. 

I think we are a billion pound team on paper but no billion pound team has Jackson as their nailed down st, have Sanchez as their no 1 gk, heck we even have few player who I am not sure they belong in PL. 

1 hour ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Billion pound team dropping points against the likes of Palace isn't acceptable imo. We should be be on par with Liverpool at the bare minimum. 

I disagree with this or anything where the cost of the team dictates where they should be now in their development.

Even a 3bn pound team needs time to become a team, to learn tactics and what the manager wants, etc.

The cost of the team doesn't negate all that these kids need to learn or dictate how fast. The money/cost was for "potential" but they still need to learn to play the game together and that will take time.

Edited September 17, 20241 yr by Simplymo

On 16/09/2024 at 07:15, H2SO4aq said:

He was immensely important in athleticos game yesterday. Named MOTM too… if his name was cónor galgáron and from Spain we would’ve paid £125m for him this past summer…

Or if his name was Kirnan Dewsbury-Hall.

Carney Chukwuemeka is the next mistake we are going to make. It is akin to re-loading the shotgun and shooting the other foot!!!

Buena suerte en España Conor.

16 minutes ago, Simplymo said:

I disagree with this or anything where the cost of the team dictates where they should be now in their development.

Even a 3bn pound team needs time to become a team, to learn tactics and what the manager wants, etc.

The cost of the team doesn't negate all that these kids need to learn or dictate how fast. The money/cost was for "potential" but they still need to learn to play the game together and that will take time.

8 players signed in 04 and we went on to win back to back titles.

8 players signed this summer and they need time. 

Give over, bored of hearing that excuse. Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella, Enzo, Caicedo, Palmer, Madueke and Jackson have all played together for at least a year now, that's 10 players that are in our starting 11 that don't need time to 'gel'. 

16 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

8 players signed in 04 and we went on to win back to back titles.

8 players signed this summer and they need time. 

Give over, bored of hearing that excuse. Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella, Enzo, Caicedo, Palmer, Madueke and Jackson have all played together for at least a year now, that's 10 players that are in our starting 11 that don't need time to 'gel'. 

When you're bored, could you break down the ages and top-level experience of 2004 and 2024? I'm genuinely curious how this would compare, and I'm too lazy to research that myself 😁

29 minutes ago, Simplymo said:

I disagree with this or anything where the cost of the team dictates where they should be now in their development.

Even a 3bn pound team needs time to become a team, to learn tactics and what the manager wants, etc.

The cost of the team doesn't negate all that these kids need to learn or dictate how fast. The money/cost was for "potential" but they still need to learn to play the game together and that will take time.

We used to spend tons of money and achieve almost instant success.

Now we spend even more money than ever and actually plunge down the table ,  with a new manager every season , new players, different tactics, playing in the Europa Conference League, and have to believe that our  record spending shouldn't be a factor when we judge how we are doing.

But we've finally put to bed the idea that Chelsea are able to " buy" success by simply spending record amounts !

f**king hell, if we have another pony season I don't know where would we go .

Come on you BLUES!

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

When you're bored, could you break down the ages and top-level experience of 2004 and 2024? I'm genuinely curious how this would compare, and I'm too lazy to research that myself 😁

Lounging on the sofa again?

🤣

1 minute ago, The Rising Sun said:

We used to spend tons of money and achieve almost instant success.

Now we spend even more money than ever and actually plunge down the table ,  with a new manager every season , new players, different tactics, playing in the Europa Conference League, and have to believe that our  record spending shouldn't be a factor when we judge how we are doing.

But we've finally put to bed the idea that Chelsea are able to " buy" success by simply spending record amounts !

f**king hell, if we have another pony season I don't know where would we go .

Come on you BLUES!

You know how this works: spend and win = "they bought success"; spend and not win = "see, you can't buy success".

2 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Lounging on the sofa again?

🤣

Lounging on a cafe terrace in Rome 😜

 

7 hours ago, Valerie said:

When you're bored, could you break down the ages and top-level experience of 2004 and 2024? I'm genuinely curious how this would compare, and I'm too lazy to research that myself 😁

Might be onto something there...but I'm unfortunately too lazy too. Lol

 

 

7 hours ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

8 players signed in 04 and we went on to win back to back titles.

8 players signed this summer and they need time. 

Give over, bored of hearing that excuse. Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella, Enzo, Caicedo, Palmer, Madueke and Jackson have all played together for at least a year now, that's 10 players that are in our starting 11 that don't need time to 'gel'. 

Apart from what Valerie kindly pointed out. Wasn't the plan also that it would take a season or 2 for these kids to settle. Yes, I agree they should definitely have progressed on a "social" level, especially the ones you mention, but it's a new manager and system they are also learning.

So adding the fact they bought kids to grow together over a few seasons and added more this summer!

And add new manager and tactics...realistically if we are going to be reasonable, are we really far from where we should be atm, after 4 games? 

I haven't even added the chaos going on around the squad with no mature experienced players in the changing room telling them to ignore the outside noise and focus on the game/session/etc instead. 

 

19 hours ago, Valerie said:

Lounging on a cafe terrace in Rome 😜

That will be 20 euros just to sit on the terrace then. Another 20 if you have a coffee!

On 17/09/2024 at 08:12, Argo said:

Not sure how anyone can be saying that unironically given we had our worst goals allowed for years last year....

Just read a stat that Maresca has already won more away games with clean sheets in the Prem than Pochettino has all of last season…
 

 

2 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Just read a stat that Maresca has already won more away games with clean sheets in the Prem than Pochettino has all of last season…

A nice sound bite indeed ... such a shame about the home form though LOL

8 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Just read a stat that Maresca has already won more away games with clean sheets in the Prem than Pochettino has all of last season…
 

 

That can't be right, can it!

Wow, we are only 5 games in. Crazy stat.

Another goal for Conor this evening, and what a cracker it was. Great hit from outside the box through a crowded defence.

Oh, and another MOTM according to Whoscored as well.

 

 

Edited September 22, 20241 yr by Sexyfootball

10 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Another goal for Conor this evening, and what a cracker it was. Great hit from outside the box through a crowded defence.

Oh, and another MOTM according to Whoscored as well.

 

 

On the bright side, Kova's shooting for goal continues to plumb his Chelsea depths.

It does seem like everyone bar Mount is thriving at their new clubs. Gallagher was always going to be a Simeone love child. 

Hopefully we sell Disasi and Chalobah has a role. 

And .... another one ! Back to back MOTMs ... 

 

Thought he'd do well at Atletico, but didn't expect him to establish himself so quickly as their best player ! (and top scorer LOL)

 

1 hour ago, Sexyfootball said:

And .... another one ! Back to back MOTMs ... 

 

Thought he'd do well at Atletico, but didn't expect him to establish himself so quickly as their best player ! (and top scorer LOL)

 

I'm really happy for him. He deserves the attention and plaudits purely on effort alone.

We'll end up buying him back for £100m or more....

1 hour ago, RMH said:

We'll end up buying him back for £100m or more....

Probably offer £100m plus Enzo LOL