12 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

If you can get paid for uncritically regurgitating BlueCo's moronic and flaccid propaganda then I'm starting a Twitter account called 'shyte'.

Afraid Garnacho already has that copyrighted.

On 14/06/2026 at 03:38, C3blue said:

Enzo!

Nah, in 343 the one that is usually responsible for opp dm is the 3 attacker as in 343 the front 3 tend to be narrow defensively

Edited Tuesday at 23:563 days by Bob stark

Watching the CL and World Cup this year, I can't help but think @acaeus is right. Old Man Modric had a quiet game vs England but required Declan Rice's full attention.

Our midfield is technically limited. Everyone has a flaw that makes them unlikely to move the ball quickly, creatively or in combination:

• Caicedo - great running on the ball, can beat the press, not great at passing or combining in midfield

• Lavia - best at keeping the ball under pressure, can pass and combine, but can't run with any speed and never actually plays.

• Fernandez - best long passer, bad short passer & can't run with the ball. Plays in role that requires little of the former and most of the latter.

• Santos & Essugo - too young and unknown, but neither are particularly technically gifted

I think the temptation is to try and go for physically dominant midfielders but I just don't see any top side other than Arsenal doing that, and Arsenal are a terrible example because they are a poor side from open play. I'd rather have athletic and skilful midfielders than can burst past the press, or reliably pick a pass to start the counter-attack.

I wouldn't say there's any hugely difficult periods here. Couple of difficult games back to back but a pretty nice fixture list overall.

15 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

I wouldn't say there's any hugely difficult periods here. Couple of difficult games back to back but a pretty nice fixture list overall.

Most difficult stretch is early to mid-December with Liverpool, Manchester City and Aston Villa.

5 minutes ago, Jezz said:

Most difficult stretch is early to mid-December with Liverpool, Manchester City and Aston Villa.

They could drop us down to League 2 and we'd still find a way to f**k up December

5 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

Watching the CL and World Cup this year, I can't help but think @acaeus is right. Old Man Modric had a quiet game vs England but required Declan Rice's full attention.

Our midfield is technically limited. Everyone has a flaw that makes them unlikely to move the ball quickly, creatively or in combination:

• Caicedo - great running on the ball, can beat the press, not great at passing or combining in midfield

• Lavia - best at keeping the ball under pressure, can pass and combine, but can't run with any speed and never actually plays.

• Fernandez - best long passer, bad short passer & can't run with the ball. Plays in role that requires little of the former and most of the latter.

• Santos & Essugo - too young and unknown, but neither are particularly technically gifted

I think the temptation is to try and go for physically dominant midfielders but I just don't see any top side other than Arsenal doing that, and Arsenal are a terrible example because they are a poor side from open play. I'd rather have athletic and skilful midfielders than can burst past the press, or reliably pick a pass to start the counter-attack.

To be fair, Barco can carry the ball very well.

Those traits aren't mutually exclusive either. Hjulmand at Sporting is a very strong DM with a very good passing range. Almost Alonso esq which begs why we aren't scouting him.

So over the past few years,

Moisés Caicedo had his car impounded for driving without a license.

Ex bomb squad player Stirling is up on dangerous driving

Fofana banned for being a total dick and potential murderer. Should be in prison not doing community service...

The russian drug mule was a potential car killer losing his license and then his car driving without a license.

Fernandez couldnt remember who was driving his car through south Wales, or the 9 previous points for being a bell end

DD forfana only a chelsea player in spirit, collected 8 points.

Now, this is from our "top" players off the pitch and this season we saw 11 red cards. The worst of any club in the PL..

1. 8 were in the Premier League (players).

2. 1 was in the UEFA Champions League (João Pedro).

3. 1 was in the EFL Cup (Liam Delap).

4. 1 was shown to then-head coach Enzo Maresca, bringing the club's total to 11 dismissals.

   
   Only players I want to remain on this list are Caciedo and Chalobah. The rest I want to see out the door, bottlers and over paid and over hyped dogsh*t. Neto is a particularly viralent floater both for Protugal and us, no wonder Ronaldo cant score.

1. Robert Sánchez

2. Trevoh Chalobah

3. Malo Gusto

4. Moisés Caicedo

5. Marc Cucurella

6. Wesley Fofana

7. Pedro Neto

8. João Pedro

9. Liam Delap

This is predominantly the senior team acting like dicks.
The fist thing I want from Alonso is him to literally flog or beat the sh*t out of Chelsea players and bring their discipline into line. Anyone not bothered dont deserve to wear the shirt.

What all this suggests is just how out of control our senior players actually are and as such bring the club into disrepute.

Im sick of it. Alonso, see it, say it, sort it and use a cattle prod to bring these manchildren into the real world.

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by bluelightening

Looks like we need an in house driving school.

58 minutes ago, Scott said:

Looks like we need an in house driving school.

3 hours ago, Scott said:

Looks like we need an in house driving school.

Blue Recruitment policy of late gets around these problems - Recruiting players who are not old enough to drove a car.