6 minutes ago, WeatherMan said:

Goodness knows why at my age but I'm going to try and pull an 'all nighter' to watch this live. Taking one for the team 😂

I am getting a sleep for sure first. Got a double header. Gold Cup at 12am then our game for 2am 😀

Esperances indicative squad value would not look out of place in the upper end of League 1 or at best the bottom half of the championship.

The biggest danger might be the heat. 38-40 degrees looks possible.

I expect Enzo will be very cautious given we might only need a draw.

Id like him to use some of the midfielders/wingers for 45 minutes each. - I remember the Italians doing that in the 1970 World Cup to good effect.

That said im staying up for this one

Cmon you Chels!

Edited June 24, 20251 yr by OneTommyLangley

Kdh instead of santos ?? Can see this being another boring game

Honestly this prick is infuriating with his line ups

5 minutes ago, dan_cfc said:

Honestly this prick is infuriating with his line ups

Ffs! He doesn't want us to win

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2 minutes ago, guddy69 said:

Ffs! He doesn't want us to win

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Mate we should be able to pick any team out of our squad and beat this lot, if we can't then the players need to take a look at themselves.

That line up looks risky - if these jokers get an early goal against us things could get very tricky.

The guys a joke for not giving Santos a chance. Infuriates me

Resting the A team and hoping the B's can get the job done.

I'm at my office for work. It's morning here.

Have to do a George Constanza to watch the game 🤣

Why not give Santos a start? What’s he trying to prove?

And what the hell is he starting Nkunku for?

I want a manager I can respect. Not this exasperating prick.

17 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

The guys a joke for not giving Santos a chance. Infuriates me

Why is he also giving Nkunku who doesn’t want to be here and is on the transfer list minutes ahead of George?

You can bet your top dollar his excuse after the game for this selection will be that these players played well during The Conference League.

I thought Nkunku was being sold ?

Don't understand why Santos hasn't been given any minutes yet . Oh well, I've managed to stay up till now, no doubt I'll fall asleep soon after ko

Come on you BLUES

Btw , are the opposition any good ??

49 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Club doesn’t need the 27 million pound knock out round bonus ……obviously!

Should beat them on paper but it’s in the heart that counts in this match and our chaps I can’t see them being up for this - Temp in Philly currently is 91F feels like 94F (34C), that defo favours opposition and not CFC hard pressing and running back etc

The heat comment sounds like an early excuse why is acheampong playing LB and no santos again… nkunku on the pitch too

Maresca has officially lost my support.

It's really baffling how the football decisions took a nosedive after december

Come on the Chels, not many on the Shed End tonight for this one,

Jorgensen in goal and the human ironing board in front of him 👀

So when Gusto struggles at right back we move him to left back and inverting to midfield. i guess the system is the system at this point - just not a fan.

Feels like a Europa conference league game

5 minutes ago, General said:

Come on the Chels, not many on the Shed End tonight for this one,

It is quiet. We’ll hold down the fort!

1 minute ago, PhilH930 said:

So when Gusto struggles at right back we move him to left back and inverting to midfield. i guess the system is the system at this point - just not a fan.

Feels like a Europa conference league game

Such a weak player. They will come through that area. His pace has already got himself out of trouble twice and it's 8 minutes in

Malo Gusto is so bad it hurts

No real rhythm or patterns yet. Another game we start slow and play to the opposition rather than the assertive start we’d like to see.