Chelsea 2022/2023 | THIS IS LAST YEARS THREAD YOU NUMPTIES

[TheNewEra]

None of this lot make our first 11 and I say that with confidence.

Enzo who Chelsea fans rave about is basically an Argentinian Mctominay. He breaks up play, pings a few passes, makes a few blocks but so does McT.

Funny after spending a billion their best player is still Sterling.

I'd snap your hand off for Enzo, honestly if there's 2 players in world football I'd taken at a young age for a midfield it's Bellingham or Enzo both are top class.

He fecked up pushing for Chelsea he should have waited until the summer for other teams.

 

[dannyrhinos89]

I'd snap your hand off for Enzo, honestly if there's 2 players in world football I'd taken at a young age for a midfield it's Bellingham or Enzo both are top class.

He fecked up pushing for Chelsea he should have waited until the summer for other teams.

oh he did no doubt, I bet he will come to regret committing for 8 years, unless a Saudi club comes along and buys him out of his contract he's stuck there now.

 

[bosskeano]

Chelsea look like United....no threat going forward

 

[Semigoodlookin]

It's stunning that Boehly has spent £1 billion in a year; this is where they are. United got slammed for doing that over 10 years and this guy has taken 12 months. I also love that he turned up, thought English football was easy, played Football Manager, found out it isn't easy, and then proposed restructuring the game to make it easier for himself. Has anyone been so publicly out of their depth in football ownership and has anybody spent the amount Chelsea has in such a short period of time?

 

[Red in STL]

We are United pal, clicks machine.

the CAF isn't a clicks machine and he gets more shite on here than anywhere else

 

[Chief123]

This Boehly project is brilliant.

 

[thisISben]

They've completely lost the culture of winning.

Who have they even beaten in 2023? Luton, Bournemouth, Palace, Leicester...have I missed anyone out? Certainly no top 10 team for a very long time now.

Yeh you fool, coming from behind to scrape passed AFC Wimbledon.

 

[duffer]

This is last years thread you donuts.

 

[Devil_forever]

This is last years thread you donuts.

Nothing’s changed about your form from last year, so it’s only fitting to use the same thread.

 

[Cheesy]

Just an immensely funny football club really.

 

[el3mel]

Chelsea have adopted United's strategy I see. Randomly splashing money on whoever present in the market ending up with a complete mess of a squad with ton of players who don't work well together.

Poch isn't a top coach and I don't think he can do well with this squad but at the same the way they're building the team makes it pretty hard for any manager to succeed anyway.

 

[C'est Moi Cantona]

Surprised they didn't bring Lukaku back, at least until Nkunku is back anyway, He has alot of down sides, but at least he can put the ball in the net.

 

[Cloud7]

Great to see them picking up where last season left off

 

[AltiUn]

Nothing’s changed about your form from last year, so it’s only fitting to use the same thread.

Ouch

 

[marktan]

Not a surprise, they're signing some absolute dross.

Aside from Enzo they've not really signed anyone that was an improvement from what they had. Kante, Kovacic, Mendy, hell even Werner, Havertz and Pulisic offered more than a lot of their current B tier attackers. Lavia and Caceido may turn out good but there's a lot of crap in there too

Of course a lot of the old squad went out of form / got overplayed / got injured, e.g. Reece James, but they really should've adopted a strategy of keeping the squad they had and making expensive marque signings on top, not selling the squad and signing everyone from the french league.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Had Jackson in my FPL he’s fecking dog shite isnt he

What? Last week he was the new Drogba.

 

[Amadaeus]

@Amadaeus

Nothing wrong with the formation. Only thing wrong is the players who Pochettino selecting to play that system. Arsenal and Manchester city deploy a formation similiar to that.

Pochettino needs to bin Gallagher, Silva and chilwell. Keep that formation against tough away team, while at home play the 4 2 3 1 he played in pre season.

 

[Brwned]

Their biggest problem is the same as ours, only even worse, nobody who can finish worth a damn. It’s bizarre that they spent that much money while neglecting the most important position on the pitch.

You look at City today, they weren’t dominant for big stretches of the game but having the 2 best strikers in the league paid dividends.

The keeper too. They’ve got themselves into a ludicrous position there.

 

[Eddy_JukeZ]

There were people on here who said Chelsea have better attackers than us by the way.

Their squad is very bleh considering the amount of money they spent.

 

[justsomebloke]

Chelsea look like United....no threat going forward

What, the United team that scored three against that same Forest team one week ago?

 

[noodlehair]

Shane the transfer window closed on Friday otherwise they could have just signed Elanga while the game was still going on

 

[Winrar]

Boehly has spent 1bil so far, with 12 league wins out of 42 to show for it so far.

 

[mu4c_20le]

Should've given Potter more time.

 

[Dansk]

In fairness, Chelsea have had a considerable handicap compared to all other teams these last couple of seasons in that they don't get to play against Chelsea twice per season. That's hard to compete with.

 

[always_hoping]

Should've given Potter more time.

Potter and current Chelsea manager are similar, will do alright at the likes of Brighton,Southampton,Spurs as that's their level and have and will struggle in management jobs where on eyes are on them and the pressure and expectation is far greater.

 

[Ayush_reddevil]

They have actually done so many transfers that some of them have not been scrutinised at all. Like for example they knew that they needed a goalkeeper and somehow they decided to sign Sanchez who had lost his place at Brighton. Some people thought that it was as competition to Kepa but in the end he has ended up as first choice . What’s crazy is that along with 25 million fee they gave him a 7 year contract too

 

[Ayush_reddevil]

https://x.com/cfcpys/status/1698041647844466894?s=46&t=GNj8QSxKxM_pv7nv4TCn7A

 

[redNATION]

Amazing that despite all the money spent, their team still looks pretty average.

I’m not a football director by any means but surely if you’re going to spend like that you should be targeting the absolute best players around. If I were Boehly, I’d have blown Real out the water for Bellingham, thrown £250m+ at Napoli for Kvara and Osimhen, outbid City for Gvardiol.

 

[InfiniteBoredom]

Amazing that despite all the money spent, their team still looks pretty average.

I’m not a football director by any means but surely if you’re going to spend like that you should be targeting the absolute best players around. If I were Boehly, I’d have blown Real out the water for Bellingham, thrown £250m+ at Napoli for Kvara and Osimhen, outbid City for Gvardiol.

They have to want to go there.

From those names, only the Napoli duo is realistic, and De Laurentiis would probably demand £300m for them this summer after the season they just had.

Should’ve bitten the bullet and let Levy fleece them for Kane. £150-70m would’ve gotten it done, but they are sticking to their under 25s gun.

 

[GoonerBear]

Amazing that despite all the money spent, their team still looks pretty average.

I’m not a football director by any means but surely if you’re going to spend like that you should be targeting the absolute best players around. If I were Boehly, I’d have blown Real out the water for Bellingham, thrown £250m+ at Napoli for Kvara and Osimhen, outbid City for Gvardiol.

Ah, but If they did it that way, then they wouldn't have this nation of youngsters they now have to sell further down the line to help them with FFP then.

Doesn't really matter if it doesn't help them become a better team now it seems. Good news is it at least strengthens Strasbourg though.

 

[tenpoless]

If it's last year thread why does it have 2023 in it's name then?

 

[Mb194dc]

Since we're playing exactly like last year. I guess the same thread?

Somewhere Potter must be counting the pay off and laughing his head off.

 

[Strelok]

Since we're playing exactly like last year. I guess the same thread?

Somewhere Potter must be counting the pay off and laughing his head off.

Tbf Poch started to sound like Potter too.

 

[VARsenal]

Ah, but If they did it that way, then they wouldn't have this nation of youngsters they now have to sell further down the line to help them with FFP then.

Doesn't really matter if it doesn't help them become a better team now it seems. Good news is it at least strengthens Strasbourg though.

I think the problem with the hope of selling their current young players for big fees in future is that, unlike the players before who have always been part of teams who have won trophies and therefore could demand more in their fee, this current lot ain't winning anything for years, if any at all. This time around Chelsea aren't going to be able to flog a bunch of failed young players for a lot more than they signed for, if even that, because none of them will be winners or have shown to be as great as first thought of. They'll end up with a bunch of Pepe's and Sancho's.

 

[WeePat]

I think the problem with the hope of selling their current young players for big fees in future is that, unlike the players before who have always been part of teams who have won trophies and therefore could demand more in their fee, this current lot ain't winning anything for years, if any at all. This time around Chelsea aren't going to be able to flog a bunch of failed young players for a lot more than they signed for, if even that, because none of them will be winners or have shown to be as great as first thought of. They'll end up with a bunch of Pepe's and Sancho's.

I’d bet you Chelsea win another title before Arsenal win one.

 

[VARsenal]

I’d bet you Chelsea win another title before Arsenal win one.

I'll take that bet

 

[WeePat]

I'll take that bet

You laugh but you’ll lose, predictably.

 

[Remember the geese]

Still think Enzo and Caicedo is a brilliant pairing that I'd love at United. They have to make that work.