That's not his worst prediction, check out his comments in the "will the PL be voided" thread although in fairness he's one of many on this occasion.he is like clockwork that particular user. A bad Utd result he is nowhere to be seen, Chelsea lose or draw? Logs in and enters this thread immediately. Suspect a lot is tongue in cheek and trolling, but its a bit silly. I think it is the same user who claimed I was living in fantasy football land thinking we'd sign all the positions i predicted.... guess what? We did sign them all
Chelsea 2020/21 - General discussion
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Criminally underrating Mane & KDB.
It seems the Chelsea pensioners have been bitching behind my back at their socially distanced tier 2 Bridge Club.
You love to see it!
You love to see it!
If we were going to chat behind your back we wouldn't choose the thread you live in would we?
What the hell is this ? So when R9,Shevchenko, Raul, RVN and Henry were in their prime only one/two them could be deemed world class?
World class status is dependant on you deciding to pick 433? Messi and Ronaldo barely play on the wings anymore and Bruno is a world class 10 not 8.
Only 1 goalkeeper can be world class at a time? Such a bizzare way to judge players.
Yes. It’s all about different definitions.
I live inside your heads it seems.
Yet it's you on here going on furious rants about our club and players.
Never change though, the bitters like yourself only serve to make the success even sweeter.
Yes I'm bitter about a club that is less successful than my own. Sounds legit.
Only 11 world class players Funny definition
Funny definitionThe fact you don't have much cause to be bitter makes it all the more bizzare.
I don't know whichever hole of a fan forum you've found yourself in, but the ones I'm in certainly don't ban anyone from critisizing Lampard.
“littered with happy-clapping armchair fans"....yeah I'd probably ban you from my forum too. You can make a constructive criticism without belittling the views of those who disagree with you. I apologize on behalf of all those fans who absolutely feel no need to pick up pitchforks with you. Your day will surely come, but its nowhere close to now with the season we are having sofar.
I’m not sure any reasonable United fans called him World Class after a month, in fact I still wouldn’t.
I said this Chelsea side was a bit of smoke and mirrors
And just look at the split between their performance against top and bottom-half opposition. Chelsea have played seven league games against clubs currently in the bottom half, winning six and drawing one while scoring at a rate of over three goals per game.
Against top-half teams, they have drawn three and lost two of their five games and scored only three times. All of them were in the 3-3 home draw against Southampton when again the balance was wrong – they conceded three times. Against Tottenham, Everton, Manchester United and Liverpool, Chelsea have failed to score and had just ten shots on target in total
Theres so much going on in this league that would be big stories from previous seasons are used in throwaway articles today.
And just look at the split between their performance against top and bottom-half opposition. Chelsea have played seven league games against clubs currently in the bottom half, winning six and drawing one while scoring at a rate of over three goals per game.
Against top-half teams, they have drawn three and lost two of their five games and scored only three times. All of them were in the 3-3 home draw against Southampton when again the balance was wrong – they conceded three times. Against Tottenham, Everton, Manchester United and Liverpool, Chelsea have failed to score and had just ten shots on target in total
Theres so much going on in this league that would be big stories from previous seasons are used in throwaway articles today.
Well, yes they did. Critiquing Lampard after the West Brom game and the horrendous decision to start Tammy against Spurs.
But this is a different forum away from the happy-clapping clique and you can put a point across on here without the armchair brigade having their moan. Actually, one time a moderator defended Lampard’s tactics then admitted to not even watching the game. Utterly horrific.
Lampard has made a lot of silly mistakes this season and gets off with it because he’s a) a legend and b) English.
His decision making in the game against Everton was utterly horrendous. He is a young manager with a lot of potential but he needs to seriously improve his game management in more difficult games. We have still yet to score against difficult teams in the league.
United weren't a top half team when we played them. They don't count.
Seriously though, I'm not concerned about this. I'm confident about where we are and how the season is going so far. We have West Ham in our next home game, so I suppose we'll get a good chance to get a top 10 win soon.
I edited my response. Felt it was to snarkyCouldn;t get a shot on target against a bottom half team
We were never more than our game in hand from being a top half side! Otherwise the first few games when everybody has played a handful of games messes this type of stat up.
Todays table shows us who has been the best sides thus fsr and you seem to struggle against teams who have a sustained semblance of quality.
Liverpool - Kepa in goal.
United - Lampard went with a cautious approach, we had just conceded 3 goals vs Southampton in the preceding game.
Spurs - Both teams were cautious. Could have won this, but both teams seemed too afraid to lose. Spurs had just destroyed City on the counter.
Everton - Disappointing loss, but we were unlucky, in my opinion. We played well enough, hit the the post twice, conceded a penalty. Missed a lot of creativity through injury.
Those games may suggest a pattern to some, but for me they can be individually explained with context. I hear what you're saying, but I'm not concerned about this. We regularly beat top 7 teams last season with a worse team.
Im not saying its terminal or anything but its hard to explain away the 10 shots on target stat.
Every club has this sort of run this season. Utd home run (difficult games tbf) liverpool away games, your top half record, whatever record City has laying mid table.
Its why its so mind numbing watching Utd fans use our home form stat as a reason why we cant challenge. Everybody is suffering in one way or another
Also it has to be noted we're not the only team struggling to score in big games, for some reason the managers have suddenly become shit scared of losing them they're effectively shaking hands on 0-0's before kick off, even Pep has started doing it. Maybe the fact that the title appears to be quite open this year combined with what happened to United against Spurs are scaring the managers into submission on the 6 pointers?
This is the first time since the Chelsea/Rafa/CR7 era that the big one's are feeling like chess matches on such a regular basis.
Quite like this Chelsea line up. If I’m being honest though, Kovacic is better as an 8 than Havertz.
Pulisic, Werner and Giroud up top is dangerous.
Pulisic, Werner and Giroud up top is dangerous.
The loss was disappointing, but Goodison park happens, take your lump and move on.
Looking forward to today.
Looking forward to today.
Chelsea has all the stuff needed to dominate PL imo. Best academy and loads of money, thankfully they've a substandard manager. Long it may go.
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"Guaranteed top 4" and "in the title race" Chelsea are now 2 points above "in-crisis" Manchester United having played two more games. Still haven't beaten a top 10 team this season. You love to see it.
Werner and Havertz were shocking today. Fair enough, Havertz is going to take a while to get used to the pace of the league with his style of play, but I'm really struggling to see what Werner brings to the side other than pace. Was tripping over his feet today and can't beat a man to save his life. Once Ziyech is back, him and Pulisic should start on the wings.
Werner and Havertz were shocking today. Fair enough, Havertz is going to take a while to get used to the pace of the league with his style of play, but I'm really struggling to see what Werner brings to the side other than pace. Was tripping over his feet today and can't beat a man to save his life. Once Ziyech is back, him and Pulisic should start on the wings.
Yet to beat anyone in the top half of the table?
Chelsea starting XI is nothing special, they have very good depth though. Talent yes but current level are not there yet. I have said it before that they spent those money just to level their XI to ours. I never understand why people in here were scared of Chelsea at the start of season. You can't name a world class player in their current squad.
there has been such a big effect of always being a game behind in respect of pundits and fans who look at the table for United.
clearly games in hand aren’t a guarantee of points - but it’s amusing to see our fans and most pundits not being able to comprehend the actual situation.
So fecking annoying. That game in hand was against Burnley as well, who we would've smashed at the start of the season even with our complete lack of fitness
They'll be in peak shithousery form when we play themWorld class??
Lewandowski, Neymar, Mbappe, KDB, Kane, Salah, VVD must be universe class then.Oh you're one of them "they can only be world class if they make a world Xl".World class??
Never mind.
Not much changed eh
World class is pushing it a bit.
Ouch, it’s been a rough few days for Chelsea.
None of them will even make a PL XI
Kante and Pulisic may make a PL 23 squad but if so, only just
Nope. Allison, Neuer, Stegen, KDB, Mane, Salah, Sterling, Ronaldo, Messi, Ramos, VVD, Lewandowski, Kane, Kimmich, Muller, Mbappe, Neymar.
That's more than 11 players. What are you gonna say? You are not going to tell me that your players are comparable to those.