The post match statement from T T should not be taken lightly. He’s talking about the hierarchy and the players.

The pre match conference talked about needing one more defender. Assuming the club were in control of the Kounde signing.

Post match he talks about not wanting to be right about his negativity but “Has been proved right” The Club will have to back him otherwise the players could possibly react to the comments leaving pre season in an even worse state.

I think we will see his strongest 11 next Friday and will know what is happening to those criticised from this weekend.

Beating Chelsea 4:0 in the State will end up in Arsenal's season highlight for sure. I expected us to lose, the America trip has been a mess. We are wasting valuable time on players who have proven they aren't worth the time, and new signings aren't ready to play. We are going to have a slow start this season, but the season will have 50+ games over an extended WC cup, so panicking is the last thing we need right now.

14 hours ago, Dubair said:

harsh on pulisic I think , he was excellent in his first season here I thought. Honestly don’t think there’s much between him and havertz who’s a bit of a golden goose. Can’t really see how you could rate him below CHO, Ziyech or Werner who have barely strung 2 good back to back performances in a Chelsea shirt.

I've never got the few people who say Pulisic was good in his 1st season here.  I feel those people are focusing solely on his very un Pulisic like post lockdown purple patch and the buzz that generated and not the season on the whole.

We played 29 league games prior to lockdown. Over 75% of the season and Pulisic had been absolutely dreadful.  He'd scored in 3 different games,  all 3 coming in a 2 week period.  Had 2 assists and had spent most of the season looking so bad we offered Willian a 2 year contract because he was clearly a level above Pulisic all season.

I don't rate most of our forward options but Pulisic has just as much trouble stringing 2 decent performances together as CHO, Ziyech and Werner.

18 minutes ago, HazardousChoice said:

I've never got the few people who say Pulisic was good in his 1st season here.  I feel those people are focusing solely on his very un Pulisic like post lockdown purple patch and the buzz that generated and not the season on the whole.

We played 29 league games prior to lockdown. Over 75% of the season and Pulisic had been absolutely dreadful.  He'd scored in 3 different games,  all 3 coming in a 2 week period.  Had 2 assists and had spent most of the season looking so bad we offered Willian a 2 year contract because he was clearly a level above Pulisic all season.

I don't rate most of our forward options but Pulisic has just as much trouble stringing 2 decent performances together as CHO, Ziyech and Werner.

I’d have to disagree , just off the top of my head I remember him looking very sharp in the super cup vs Liverpool , causing Ajax loads of issues in both games with them and then a hattrick vs Burnley, and then obviously post lockdown where he effectively carried the team.

2 hours ago, Dubair said:

I’d have to disagree , just off the top of my head I remember him looking very sharp in the super cup vs Liverpool , causing Ajax loads of issues in both games with them and then a hattrick vs Burnley, and then obviously post lockdown where he effectively carried the team.

Good post. As opposed to the hater, you don't ignore facts. What a sad sack of hate that one is. 

Pre season is not an indication of how well we will do in the league.

And a good start in the league is no indication either !

8 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Pre season is not an indication of how well we will do in the league.

And a good start in the league is no indication either !

Neither is a bad start, as per the last time we won the league. That being said lets hope we get off to a decent start.

Sadly, I went to this disaster of a game. It was my very first Chelsea game of any sort that I've been able to attend as I live in Orlando. Arsenal beat my home town team 3-1 that Wednesday and to be perfectly blunt, Orlando City played better against Arsenal than Chelsea did. To make matters worse, I didn't realize there were sides to the stadium when I bought my tickets as the south side were all Chelsea and the north side were all Gunners. Hopefully they will return again soon. At least I can say that I saw my Blues in person at least one time!

I was at the match too. While it was fun to see them it was so disappointing having driven 8 hours but oh well. It was my daughters first Chelsea match. It probably didn’t help that we showed up to the stadium 45 minutes before kick off. The one positive I saw was koulibaly. He was a beast in the back line. 

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Arsenal have a bloody 15 minute all access video on their victory against us. 😄

On 24/07/2022 at 15:41, Dubair said:

harsh on pulisic I think , he was excellent in his first season here I thought. Honestly don’t think there’s much between him and havertz who’s a bit of a golden goose. Can’t really see how you could rate him below CHO, Ziyech or Werner who have barely strung 2 good back to back performances in a Chelsea shirt.

But yet Werner gets to stay but CHO & Ziyech can be sold?