6 hours ago, Nibs said:

Good that he's match fit but PL is a step up from the standard in French League and AFCoN.

Aye, it is. He only gets to make that stwp up by playing though. If he can make it.

9 hours ago, Nibs said:

Good that he's match fit but PL is a step up from the standard in French League and AFCoN.

It’s a terrible indictment of the state of world football that from the entire French league and the AFCoN to playing against Wolverhampton Wanderers is a step up.

Is there any player anywhere in the whole wide world who can make the step up to Premier League football? I sometimes wonder where the PL got all these players from to make up twenty 40 player squads. Given most English players are a bit rubbish and massively overpriced and the majority of players are from overseas, it’s a mystery how the PL has become of such an incredible standard.

Match Day!

Come On Chelsea!!

3-1 win after being 1-0 down at half time.

Bah. Overlaps with Italy -v- Scotland in the 6 Nations. Which to record?

No idea what team LR, or the SDs will pick today. Expect rotation, and anticipating a back line of Malo, Trev, Badiashile, Hato.

What we need is our strongest 11, no messing around. Start with intent. Ideally get full backs overlapping as it gives so much space to Neto (left) and Estevao (right), just like second half vs West Ham.

controversial thought - bench Caicedo today, and play santos and Enzo as a pair? I prefer Enzo higher by Caicedo looks shattered. Be like the Burnley away game again!

Edited February 7Feb 7 by PhilH930

Sanchez

James Josh Chalobah Cucurella

Caicedo Santos

Estevao Enzo Neto

Pedro

Edited February 7Feb 7 by Scott Harris

With Reece out, that's probably the strongest line up we could have selected today, so kudos to whoever picked the team for taking Wolves seriously !

45 minutes for Palmer and 45 minutes for Estevao?

Just now, Caps_Lock_King said:

45 minutes for Palmer and 45 minutes for Estevao?

I'm not surprised Estevao is on the bench. A bereavement and two long haul flights in a week would take it out of anyone ...

Box crasher Enzo with two goals today!!

Good to see that he’s ditched the 3 at the back nonsense. Strong starting lineup.

Anybody else not getting any notifications from the club app about line-ups and scores? My settings are still on push notifications, but lately I've received f**k all.

Has Reece passed away or something?

On 06/02/2026 at 07:59, Nibs said:

Good that he's match fit but PL is a step up from the standard in French League and AFCoN.

Even though it's Wolves ??

Reece Injured again?

Edited February 7Feb 7 by El regreso

3 minutes ago, El regreso said:

Reece Injured again?

It was a knock rather than an injury.

Fernández starts his 57th game of the calendar year. At some point he's gonna get injured and someone at some level at the club will go 'oh no how could this possibly have happened?'

Still no Acheampong. Would rather have seen Estêvão than Neto, but obviously it's the law that you have to start players against their former clubs so fair enough.

Come on Chels! Great opportunity this weekend to put some daylight between us and Liverpool.

38 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Anybody else not getting any notifications from the club app about line-ups and scores? My settings are still on push notifications, but lately I've received f**k all.

I noticed that they were slow / late in updating the match centre for the midweek game v Arsenal for team line ups compared to usual.

Edited February 7Feb 7 by OTL

1 hour ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

45 minutes for Palmer and 45 minutes for Estevao?

The italians did this in 1970 world cup - Mazzola and Rivera ?

Edited February 7Feb 7 by OTL
Rivera not Riva

Why are we in our 2nd kit again when there is zero kit clash. It annoys the heck out of me.

You can't be called Angel Gomes and pronounce your first name 'AIN-jull', it's not allowed unless you also pronounce your surname 'GOAMZ'.

Two screens open at the moment: the women's 3 km speedskating event at the Olympics is on, the Dutch may do well (but probably f**k it up 😃).

Neto on right, no one on left