It's truly unbelievable that we were awarded 4 yellow cards and Fulham only one. As for Fulham's booking, it was not even for Vinicius who clearly struck Silva intentionally. These referees are just rotten to the core.

At Craven Cottage, where the river winds,

A football saga of unique kinds.

Mudryk's swift dance, a Ukrainian's glee,

His first for Chelsea, by the Fulham sea.

 

Colwill stood strong, left back in the dance,

A defensive maestro, given a chance.

Gallagher, the captain, midfield's command,

Guiding the Blues, across the Fulham land.

 

In the heart of action, Cole Palmer weaves,

Attacking realms with tricks up his sleeves.

Broja, the striker, from injury's plight,

A triumphant return, scoring with might.

 

Fulham's hopes thwarted, two goals unfold,

In Craven Cottage, tales of victory told.

October winds whisper the Blues' sweet song,

A triumph at Fulham, where heroes belong.

6 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Positives of the match:

Mudryk seems to be gaining confidence over the last three games, kudos to Poch for consistently playing him

Connor really had a good game, he proved me wrong today and I can see why Poch likes him

Broja looks like a far more finished article than Jackson, his ball control, positioning, movement and hold up play is exquisite, I hope he isn't injured

Palmer is so far looking like our best outfield signing this summer, don't think he's ever had a bad game in all the appearances he's made

Sanchez again a huge upgrade over Kepa

Special shoutouts to Enzo, Caicedo, COlwill and Silva

What ? No negatives, surely we can find some ?

Just now, coco said:

What ? No negatives, surely we can find some ?

Turns out Broja is from Slough

Was the performance and victory down to the midfield 3 finally gelling or was it picking the correct front 3? For me it’s all down to the new sponsor.  100% win ratio wearing it.

Just now, coco said:

What ? No negatives, surely we can find some ?

Even I enjoyed the game tonight, but I can always find some negatives.

The goalkeeper seriously concerns me and the televised bounce by the fans was a bit crap.

Important 3 points and solid performance, 2 goals in about a minute won the game, once 2 goals up we were comfortable with the ball and managed the game well. The work is starting to pay off, some nice passing from the back when being pressed, and players started to develop the combinations. Massive goal for both goal scorers, Mudryk is locking down that starting spot, and Brojas will challenge Jackson with that performance. Still not convinced with where Enzo plays, but got trust Poch with that, so see what happens in the next games. No real complains, if we could follow up with a win against Burnley, we'd be looking in good shape with those tough games ahead.

11 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Maybe it's an injury per point system. So we get 3 points, therefore we get 3 injuries. Maybe we should aim for 0.

If that were the case we would've won the league and broken a record. 

2 minutes ago, icecoolguy22 said:

Important 3 points and solid performance, 2 goals in about a minute won the game, once 2 goals up we were comfortable with the ball and managed the game well. The work is starting to pay off, some nice passing from the back when being pressed, and players started to develop the combinations. Massive goal for both goal scorers, Mudryk is locking down that starting spot, and Brojas will challenge Jackson with that performance. Still not convinced with where Enzo plays, but got trust Poch with that, so see what happens in the next games. No real complains, if we could follow up with a win against Burnley, we'd be looking in good shape with those tough games ahead.

There's hope that Poch is coming around on this one. Today Enzo was the 8 and Gallagher the 10🥳

Edited October 2, 20232 yr by True Blue23

 

7 minutes ago, Zero said:

It's truly unbelievable that we were awarded 4 yellow cards and Fulham only one. As for Fulham's booking, it was not even for Vinicius who clearly struck Silva intentionally. These referees are just rotten to the core.

VAR is a joke, can't believe they let the Vinicius assault on Silva slide

1 minute ago, True Blue23 said:

There's hope that Poch is coming around on this one. Today Enzo was the 8 and Gallagher the 10🥳

Now all we need him to do is sort out the back 4 to the shed end formation and Poch will finally have the same set up that we’ve been demanding from day one.

1 minute ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

 

VAR is a joke, can't believe they let the Vinicius assault on Silva slide

The VAR officials are an embarrassment.

Apparently a slight thigh injury for Mudryk and Broja seems fine 

Above Fulham in the table, a most welcome win.

16 minutes ago, True Blue23 said:

There's hope that Poch is coming around on this one. Today Enzo was the 8 and Gallagher the 10🥳

They rotated a fair bit.. I think a Poch said Enzo is not fit enough to be a 6 currently..

Can’t believe they bowed down to pool.. I am sure they will upturn the red too.. good luck getting a decision against them..

 

Noni should have been on for Palmer

Relief. Very good performance too. So many candidates for MOTM. Colwill, Gallagher for me were the pick for me. However Caicedo was brilliant too. Broja was such a bonus. His pace and power added a different dimension. He will be useful to rotate with Jackson. 
 

A long time coming and Mudryk scoring put a smile on every Chelsea fans. Delighted he has that monkey of his back now and hopefully onwards and upwards. Bring on Burnley!

40 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Turns out Broja is from Slough

Sloughvenian I believe?

7 minutes ago, STATS said:

Relief. Very good performance too. So many candidates for MOTM. Colwill, Gallagher for me were the pick for me. However Caicedo was brilliant too. Broja was such a bonus. His pace and power added a different dimension. He will be useful to rotate with Jackson. 
 

A long time coming and Mudryk scoring put a smile on every Chelsea fans. Delighted he has that monkey of his back now and hopefully onwards and upwards. Bring on Burnley!

Yes. Broja looks a real unit now and still seems to have his pace after the injury. He is not fully fit yet but on early evidence he could definitely give us another option up front. That would be a real bonus and take the weight off Jackson's shoulders.

4 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Sloughvenian I believe?

No, I don't think he's from somewhere in the former Yugosloughvia

Just now, forbzy said:

Yes. Broja looks a real unit now and still seems to have his pace after the injury. He is not fully fit yet but on early evidence he could definitely give us another option up front. That would be a real bonus and take the weight off Jackson's shoulders.

Playing Broja and Jackson as a pair up front might be interesting as well ! 

Caicedo was so good. Really held the midfield together. Just hope he’s okay. Thought we let up second half and conceded a lot of possession. Mudryk and Broja going off seemed to put us on the back foot. Thought we defended well though. Cucurella didn’t do much wrong and Colwill played some nice balls out from the back. Another clean sheet from Sanchez and one very good save from close in. Need a win against Burnley then regroup over the international break. Hell of a run of games after that.