Really enjoying this tournament and I also love the bitterness coming from rival fans. Especially the Arsenal fans who seem to always take the piss when others are involved in any competition not called Premier League or Champions League. Like the FA Cup is a major trophy when they win it, but a Mickey Mouse one when others do. These fools will soon be watching irrelevant friendlies and make deluded predictions towards next season based on pre-season... But, yes, the Club World Cup is a nothing trophy. They are better than that.

59 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

I think last night showed that regardless of what Maresca might think about Santos being the back up to Enzo, he is, in fact, good competition for Lavia. Did the job really well last night and will really help us to manage Lavia's minutes.

I'd start him alongside Caicedo and I wouldn't even think twice about it. Enzo and Lavia can be the back ups ...

Edited July 5, 20251 yr by Sexyfootball

1 hour ago, petre ispirescu said:

Really enjoying this tournament and I also love the bitterness coming from rival fans. Especially the Arsenal fans who seem to always take the piss when others are involved in any competition not called Premier League or Champions League. Like the FA Cup is a major trophy when they win it, but a Mickey Mouse one when others do. These fools will soon be watching irrelevant friendlies and make deluded predictions towards next season based on pre-season... But, yes, the Club World Cup is a nothing trophy. They are better than that.

They’ve come twice in 3 years and won a FA cup in the last 6 years with emerys team LOL artetas in phase what now? What phase is slot in?

5 hours ago, mojo said:

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Managed to watch the first half so not too bad plus we won.

4 hours ago, Valerie said:

Wait, what? This f**king around with 23 has got to stop. Only one 23.

f**k sake I'm an old man give me a break.

Great win for the boys. We have a decent path to the final, with Thiago Silva standing on our way. First we have to beat our new wonderkid, then we have to beat one of our heroes (not quite legend imo) to get to the final. Sometime stories are written and this storyline fills me with confidence we will make it to the final. I think we can win the whole tournament if we make that final. Chelsea vs PSG would be a cracking final. Hoping this happens!

Joao Pedro looked fantastic. He just came off the plane from vacation to a brand new team and dominated!

Edited July 5, 20251 yr by Clown Lake

I was not very impressed by Delap's performance at all. I hope he has more to offer. The rest of the new players:

Estaveo - In 12 months, I can see him becoming a superstar. He will need time to adapt

Joao Pedro - Looks amazing, what a player we have got

Santos - Has all the signs of becoming a great midfielder. I can see him becoming a regular starter very soon

Really hope James and Lavia are not sidelined for too long

A bit late to the party, but I thought we played well with that usual inconsistency, which may always be a factor with such a young squad.

Individual performances have been all over the place. This is the most erratic I’ve seen from Cuccu, and Gusto needs to find some way to regain some form.

Abel Ferreira, palmeiras coach, said to ignore the fb and focus on the n 10. Dunno if talking about gusto or cuccu—maybe both heh?

Cole had a strong game, finally! Nkunku looked a bit better early on then turned into sh*t as usual.

I’m very concerned with delap in terms of immediate value—I suspect he will struggle for some time. Joao Pedro showed that it has little to do with system and more with quality. JP looked excellent and I was impressed by him. Looks like the starting #9 no brainer.

I’m not a fan as a sure starter, but madueke can be super important when coming off the bench/rotating with his power and directness.

I was not impressed with Santos like some here were. Caicedo was missed big time and I’m glad he will be avail against fluminense.

While that’s the best cb pairing for me—tosin needs a low block and we won’t play like that—still think Colwill is the only with WC potential.

Sanchez is just too erratic for me… don’t understand why he’s still here.

Ah one note on Estevao: he’s still very young obviously, so we will need to be patient w/ him. On the other hand, I’m very excited with him both for Chelsea fc as well as Brazil! I fully expect him to become better than Vini jr.

Delap.. was more interested in fighting the opposition players than playing football.. entire game his first touch under pressure was atrocious.. very raw for a possession based football.. even Jackson holds it up better.. Pedro to be starting 9.

On Santos .. you can see the quality, speed of thought and technical ability.. he is not a destroyer.. not a 6 so probably was playing a non natural position. He did a job and was really good in the first half.. but wore off in the second half..

loved the impact from Pedro.. great game for Cole and Enzo too..

Can’t have gusto as an inverted fullback.. frustration was clear even on his team mates with every attack he ruined.