Reece James on for his last game  of 2023 

5 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

This is exactly why Sanchez cocking up against Arsenal was such a blow.

Loss here and it's basically a crisis again with Newcastle, Tottenham and City the next 3. Two of them away from home. Even a draw doesn't help us, we need to find a way to win.

It depends what you mean by crisis.

On paper we have the 13th or so best squad in the league and that's likely were we will finish.

Muppets thinking we're challenging for top 4 if we scrape past Burnley or getting relegated every time we lose are reactionary morons.

The reality is the squad isn't very good and will drop a lot of points due to a lack of attacking quality it's been the same story all season and will continue to be.

Edited October 28, 20232 yr by Whats_The_Mata?

We just need a penalty and a cross that goes in and we’re back in the game.

Even with Nkunku we will need a proper world class finisher to play up top and just instinctively finish because we make plenty of chances we just don't have a clinical edge.

As soon as he's fit Nkunku up top between Palmer and Sterling should be out front 3 or throw Mudyrk in there and have Palmer number 10 with 2 of Enzo, Caicedo and Gallagher.

Still can't understand why we got rid of Werner, Aubameyang and Lukaku without having a proper replacement. We lack a senior number 9 above the age of 25 and its really telling

Very poor showing from Madueke. Still long ways to go for him. 

4 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

We're clearly a lot better than Brentford but nobody can f**king score it's so frustrating.

We're not though. There is more to football than having a lot of the ball. Concentration, scoring from big chances, composure, defensive shape, they are ahead of us in these 4 areas. 

Edited October 28, 20232 yr by Scott Harris

Not sure who thought making Villareals 2nd/3rd choice striker our main man up front was a good idea 

3 minutes ago, dan_cfc said:

2 fullbacks coming on is poch ok ??

Unbelievable - I guess Washington is there to make the tea then...he's about the only player on the bench is capable of scoring goals.    Potch is heading the same direction as Potter and TT....out the door at this rate.

Just take Jackson off. Don’t bother bringing anyone on and we will still be better off 

2 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

We just need a penalty and a cross that goes in and we’re back in the game.

We are not capable of doing either..

Seen this game 100 times. No point watching the rest really.

Jackson may as well not even be on the pitch, completely anonymous.

Just now, Andy2461 said:

Just take Jackson off. Don’t bother bringing anyone on and we will still be better off 

As soon as Broja is fit, I would play him every game over Jackson. Jackson just isn't very good, Broja always makes himself busy.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!!

 

1 minute ago, CFCCAN said:

Unbelievable - I guess Washington is there to make the tea then...he's about the only player on the bench is capable of scoring goals.    Potch is heading the same direction as Potter and TT....out the door at this rate.

Still don’t understand the signing; we paid €20m for him and he hasn’t played 1min.

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

We're not though. There is more to football than having a lot of the ball. Concentration, scoring from big chances, composure, defensive shape, they are ahead of us in these 3 areas. 

This.
 

Look how not once Brentford lost their defensive composure. How anyone can expect this Chelsea team to show any consistency with this reoccurring complacency in defence is beyond me. 

6 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

This is fking sh*t again. This team is fking useless. Just defend deep against this mob and counter once or twice. So easy.

This again is another woeful shambles unravelling here.

Doesn't help have a league 2 level striker up top. But it's not just him. Haven’t seen a sprint in the final third yet.

Actually think league two striker Paul Mullin is better than any of our strikers 

The mindset of the team is shocking. f**k about until we go behind and then decide we have to look for a response.

 

Just now, PhilH930 said:

Actually think league two striker Paul Mullin is better than any of our strikers 

Not even joking I’d take him over Jackson 

1 minute ago, CFCCAN said:

Unbelievable - I guess Washington is there to make the tea then...he's about the only player on the bench is capable of scoring goals.    Potch is heading the same direction as Potter and TT....out the door at this rate.

I've said from the beginning he's only here to get his big payoff when gets sacked...he don't give a f**k about our cub !

3 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Very poor showing from Madueke. Still long ways to go for him. 

Hopefully only until January.

We need proven quality in the window and he's the one who looks most likely to be shipped to make room

Jackson omg react

Sterling going through the motions again. May be our best attacker but the criticism against him is valid. Picks and chooses when to perform. 

If this team don't score in 20 minutes we're finished. Every single game and with no striker and the rest just as sh*t where is a goal ever coming from.

We finally have the midfield sorted this season and yet we kept getting let down by careless defending and poor forward play.

give us a Haaland-like striker and this team will compete.