20 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

The curse of Sarri-ball still haunts us.

All the players have changed since sarri..... 

1 hour ago, Conte said:

All the players have changed since sarri..... 

Thanks . I suppose you're going to tell me next that Sarri isn't around anymore…🤣🤣🤣

4 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Thanks . I suppose you're going to tell me next that Sarri isn't around anymore…🤣🤣🤣

I'd take sarriball over the crap am seeing every week atleast I knew what I was going to get

30 minutes ago, Conte said:

I'd take sarriball over the crap am seeing every week atleast I knew what I was going to get

And we tended to win games

18 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

All his best moves come when he's 1 on 1 with a full back and getting to the byline. How Poch hasn't taught him to stand on the last man and have Enzo firing balls in behind i don't understand.

If it is easy to fire ball behind against any team then timo is a 100m player 

 

I thought yesterday would of been the perfect time to bring him on, 3-0 up and playing on the counter with all that space. 

But Sterling came on instead. 

37 minutes ago, jack_super_class said:

I thought yesterday would of been the perfect time to bring him on, 3-0 up and playing on the counter with all that space. 

But Sterling came on instead. 

Theory being Sterling, as an experienced player, would help us be more solid.

Theories are wonderful when they are right...

16 hours ago, jack_super_class said:

I thought yesterday would of been the perfect time to bring him on, 3-0 up and playing on the counter with all that space. 

But Sterling came on instead. 

No sane manager will bring Mudryk to close out game. 

Your player will think that you are stupid

 

Edited February 9, 20242 yr by Bob stark

34 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

No sane manager will bring Mudryk to close out game. 

Your player will think that you are stupid

 

C’mon game was already won at the 55th min. If you can’t bring him on & give him a sold 30mins at 3-0 when can you? When he made the subs at 75mins sorry but Sterling was the wrong sub IMO. 

1 hour ago, ducavis said:

C’mon game was already won at the 55th min. If you can’t bring him on & give him a sold 30mins at 3-0 when can you? When he made the subs at 75mins sorry but Sterling was the wrong sub IMO. 

You can but your player will think that you are stupid. 

Extra time when you are 3-0,up or if you are losing and want to be very offensive

Edited February 9, 20242 yr by Bob stark

On 07/02/2024 at 17:39, ducavis said:

Enzo would have to be disciplined and stay deep for that to happen. Instead you have him trying to get into the box and score.

Tactical issue, hopefully Poch has realised how to utilise his countryman now

On 07/02/2024 at 19:10, Conte said:

I'd take sarriball over the crap am seeing every week atleast I knew what I was going to get

Rather burn my eyes out my head 

28 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Rather burn my eyes out my head 

I dont know how anyone would want to go back to that tedious muck.

On 08/02/2024 at 09:01, Bob stark said:

If it is easy to fire ball behind against any team then timo is a 100m player 

 

Timo should be a £100m player. He is a lovely boy

On 07/02/2024 at 23:10, Conte said:

I'd take sarriball over the crap am seeing every week atleast I knew what I was going to get

Sarriball was some of the worst football from a Chelsea team that I have ever had the misfortune to watch. Possibly beaten only by that seen towards the end of the respective reigns of Tuchel and Jose mk2. 
 

The stuff we saw under Potter and are seeing under Poch is a far cry from the unprogressive, risk averse stuff we were seeing then. I mean - we are creating chances now for a start. Sure - we still can regularly score, win or control games - but in terms of a spectacle and way of playing , it is better.

That said….it of course still needs to improve leaps and bounds. Our game against Villa was a snapshot of how we need to play. Oddly, the game from potter against Villa last year was also good - albeit we lost that, and he was sacked shortly after.

11 hours ago, nonotnowjim said:

Sarriball was some of the worst football from a Chelsea team that I have ever had the misfortune to watch. Possibly beaten only by that seen towards the end of the respective reigns of Tuchel and Jose mk2. 
 

The stuff we saw under Potter and are seeing under Poch is a far cry from the unprogressive, risk averse stuff we were seeing then. I mean - we are creating chances now for a start. Sure - we still can regularly score, win or control games - but in terms of a spectacle and way of playing , it is better.

That said….it of course still needs to improve leaps and bounds. Our game against Villa was a snapshot of how we need to play. Oddly, the game from potter against Villa last year was also good - albeit we lost that, and he was sacked shortly after.

There was nothing progressive from Potter. I still don't see how we were good against Villa last season, it was a defensive disaster class. Villa looked like scoring every time they went forward and our sh*t finishing was on full display. We played 1 good game in that period, and that was against Dortmund. Drawing 2-2 with Everton and beating Leicester and Leeds (two sides that got relegated) is hardly impressive, especially when just before that we lost to Tottenham and Southampton and drew against West Ham and Fulham.

I’ll judge him at end of the 24/25 season. Cannot deal with another Salah, De Bruyne situation. Should be enough time 

4 hours ago, SimonH said:

I’ll judge him at end of the 24/25 season. Cannot deal with another Salah, De Bruyne situation. Should be enough time 

I think realistically he needs to be loaned out. With no sell clause. Allow him to learn his game and to come back. Ideally to a German club who will play him. 

3 hours ago, bisright1 said:

I think realistically he needs to be loaned out. With no sell clause. Allow him to learn his game and to come back. Ideally to a German club who will play him. 

Finding team who is willing to pay his salary is the problem. A lot of team will take him to be their squad player but they probably won't pay his full salary and they probably don't want to pay any loan fee. 

 

Edited February 11, 20242 yr by Bob stark

20 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Finding team who is willing to pay his salary is the problem. A lot of team will take him to be their squad player but they probably won't pay his full salary and they probably don't want to pay any loan fee. 

 

Our priority shouldn't be the fee, it should be getting him regular first team football at a good level. 

36 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Our priority shouldn't be the fee, it should be getting him regular first team football at a good level. 

I don't think Chelsea will be willing to let him go on loan for nothing and still cover his salary. 

If we can send him to team like Dortmund/Leipzig this wont be a problem but he won't play for those team. The midtable bundesliga team is the sweet spot but his salary will be complicated.

 

 

Edited February 12, 20242 yr by Bob stark

2 hours ago, Bob stark said:

I don't think Chelsea will be willing to let him go on loan for nothing and still cover his salary. 

If we can send him to team like Dortmund/Leipzig this wont be a problem but he won't play for those team. The midtable bundesliga team is the sweet spot but his salary will be complicated.

I think he can get game time at Leipzig or Dortmund, I think he could get game time at similar clubs in La Liga too. And we would get a fee. 

And if he doesn't, then he's never going to make it here. So it doesn't really matter. 

In today's BBC Football Gossip

"Bayern Munich enquired about signing Mykhailo Mudryk on loan in January but Chelsea had no interest in letting the 23-year-old Ukraine winger leave. (Fabrizio Romano)"

Adam and Eve it or not ?

 

15 hours ago, General said:

In today's BBC Football Gossip

"Bayern Munich enquired about signing Mykhailo Mudryk on loan in January but Chelsea had no interest in letting the 23-year-old Ukraine winger leave. (Fabrizio Romano)"

Adam and Eve it or not ?

 

TT's poor talent ID or Boehly prepping the media and pretending big clubs are interested in him?

If you want to understand Mudryk problem just watch from around 2 min mark. 

The scary part with mudryk is that he is already 23.