Well, even the if I conceded that Borglum is unlikeable aside from his American-ness, and that he owns Chelsea (which I’m not, he’s regarded pretty favorably all over the world) …Just to clarify. You’re struggling to work out why a club owned by a not very likeable yank businessman that just spunked over a billion quid on new players in two seasons - during a global economic downturn - isn’t more popular?
How did Palmer look today in his first league start for the club? He’s looked good in his few sub appearances so far
If that doesn't scream give your manager a proper striker, I don't know what else to say. Pochettino is being limited because of the quality of attacking talent. I like Jackson, but he should be an option, not their main striker. Sterling should be in Saudi league.
1st team:
4-2-3-1
Palmer/kubo - nkunku - mudryk
--------------- Oshimen/sesko
4-3-3
Mudryk/Palmer/kubo - oshimen - nkunku
Second team:
Kubo/Maduke - carni - madueke/jackson
------------- Jackson/borja
If that doesn't scream give your manager a proper striker, I don't know what else to say. Pochettino is being limited because of the quality of attacking talent. I like Jackson, but he should be an option, not their main striker. Sterling should be in Saudi league.
1st team:
4-2-3-1
Palmer/kubo - nkunku - mudryk
--------------- Oshimen/sesko
4-3-3
Mudryk/Palmer/kubo - oshimen - nkunku
Second team:
Kubo/Maduke - carni - madueke/jackson
------------- Jackson/borja
If that doesn't scream give your manager a proper striker, I don't know what else to say.
Chelsea have spent over a billion pounds in 12 months!
The fact that they don't have a proper striker is entirely on them!
Well, even the if I conceded that Borglum is unlikeable aside from his American-ness, and that he owns Chelsea (which I’m not, he’s regarded pretty favorably all over the world) …
He is not the owner. He is ONE of the representatives of the ownership group. A diverse group from several different countries, including a poor refugee whose family escaped Iran and worked his way up to where he is in Eghbali.
People cheer Arsenal and they are owned by the wal mart vulture… a truly despicable person.
People are hyped about Newcastle even …. And … c’mon.
When it was announced Barcelona had been bribing refs people talked about the only good thing being it kept Chelsea from winning another CL.
The people in Britain who are opposed to Chelsea openly cheered the fact the people that worked in their cafeterias weren’t even allowed to receive their paychecks during the still unexplainable complete government freeze (lawsuit still pending)
At a certain point you have to ask: are Chelsea the bad ones here?
What people don’t like is that the club survived and continued. The refs even volunteered to step up and openly as
It to fixing at least one match for sure after the takeover…. And we’re still here.
There are a few teams I don’t like. I don’t like Arsenal, but I want to do better than them fairly. I wouldn’t want to find out there had been an organized effort to limit them held at higher levels, or an agreement to largely look the other way that led to players getting hurt. Maybe that makes me weird.
I’m not sure where you are based, but as far as I’m concerned , Chelsea have had a relatively easy ride in the UK as far as i can see on the media considering their form / results in comparison to their spend. I can see Utd getting much more stick just now.
Is that because Utd are a bigger club that generate more interest, that Chelsea’s form has been poor for that long it’s no longer as newsworthy, I’ll let others decide.
Well, even the if I conceded that Borglum is unlikeable aside from his American-ness, and that he owns Chelsea (which I’m not, he’s regarded pretty favorably all over the world) …
He is not the owner. He is ONE of the representatives of the ownership group. A diverse group from several different countries, including a poor refugee whose family escaped Iran and worked his way up to where he is in Eghbali.
People cheer Arsenal and they are owned by the wal mart vulture… a truly despicable person.
People are hyped about Newcastle even …. And … c’mon.
When it was announced Barcelona had been bribing refs people talked about the only good thing being it kept Chelsea from winning another CL.
The people in Britain who are opposed to Chelsea openly cheered the fact the people that worked in their cafeterias weren’t even allowed to receive their paychecks during the still unexplainable complete government freeze (lawsuit still pending)
At a certain point you have to ask: are Chelsea the bad ones here?
What people don’t like is that the club survived and continued. The refs even volunteered to step up and openly as
It to fixing at least one match for sure after the takeover…. And we’re still here.
There are a few teams I don’t like. I don’t like Arsenal, but I want to do better than them fairly. I wouldn’t want to find out there had been an organized effort to limit them held at higher levels, or an agreement to largely look the other way that led to players getting hurt. Maybe that makes me weird.
Broja wasn't injured thabkfully, he said this after the game: "No injury, just a precaution. I’ve been out for a while so it was always hard for me to come back and play the full 90 minutes. I did get a bit leggy just before I came off, so it was just a precaution."This has to be some elaborate wind up now.
Broja, Caideco and Mudryk all went off injured on Monday too.
Brilliant. It would have been devastating for the big guy.Broja wasn't injured thabkfully, he said this after the game: "No injury, just a precaution. I’ve been out for a while so it was always hard for me to come back and play the full 90 minutes. I did get a bit leggy just before I came off, so it was just a precaution."
Well… there are some things we will need to realize before better teams are played. Two in particular for me:
1. Cucurella was not the primary at fault for the first Burnley goal. Desasi struggled, but then he had Silva there to help and close down the attacker … and he was a complete non factor. It was like he misjudged the pace and both players just drifted right past him, leaving Cucurella alone 5 feet from goal 1 v 1. But then Silva was grabbing people all game, and he was lucky not to get carded completely off. He also seemed like the main force behind our obsession with passing in our own half. He looked almost offended when the ball went somewhere other than sideways or back to him. I watched closely and you could see players specifically looking to Thiago for almost … “permission”? To go forward.
Which leads to:
2. We will get caught out if Colwill tries to play LB the way he has against teams like Liverpool, City… Newcastle. He will not be able to recover the way he would against a Burnley… and it will be a waste.
Desasi is playing really well. Colwill needs to be at CB, and we do NOT need to be at 3 at the back … with the possible exception to f playing Maatsen at LWB … which would be a genuine attacking option.
But it would mean throwing out the Gallagher, Enzo, Caicedo midfield which is really starting to mesh, or take away from link up support.
Poch needs to make a decision.
A few years back a BT Sport presenter introduced him as a "Chelsea legend". His only goal for Chelsea came in our 5-0 battering of United in 99.Is this in the right thread?
Chilwell isn't a big loss.Sigh.
This game is basically an apt summation of Chelsea’s season so far. Play well, waste chances, fail to win game.
Not an incredible performance from us but felt we were the better for most of the game and should really have been 3 or 4-0 up before we gifted them a goal.
This game is basically an apt summation of Chelsea’s season so far. Play well, waste chances, fail to win game.
Not an incredible performance from us but felt we were the better for most of the game and should really have been 3 or 4-0 up before we gifted them a goal.
What on earth.Well, even the if I conceded that Borglum is unlikeable aside from his American-ness, and that he owns Chelsea (which I’m not, he’s regarded pretty favorably all over the world) …
He is not the owner. He is ONE of the representatives of the ownership group. A diverse group from several different countries, including a poor refugee whose family escaped Iran and worked his way up to where he is in Eghbali.
People cheer Arsenal and they are owned by the wal mart vulture… a truly despicable person.
People are hyped about Newcastle even …. And … c’mon.
When it was announced Barcelona had been bribing refs people talked about the only good thing being it kept Chelsea from winning another CL.
The people in Britain who are opposed to Chelsea openly cheered the fact the people that worked in their cafeterias weren’t even allowed to receive their paychecks during the still unexplainable complete government freeze (lawsuit still pending)
At a certain point you have to ask: are Chelsea the bad ones here?
What people don’t like is that the club survived and continued. The refs even volunteered to step up and openly as
It to fixing at least one match for sure after the takeover…. And we’re still here.
There are a few teams I don’t like. I don’t like Arsenal, but I want to do better than them fairly. I wouldn’t want to find out there had been an organized effort to limit them held at higher levels, or an agreement to largely look the other way that led to players getting hurt. Maybe that makes me weird.
“Arsenal played their worst game of the season” …. I see that a lot, without any thought given, whatsoever, to the fact that could have had something to do with Chelsea.
Don't even think we played well either. The press was good and were clearly trying to wait for moments to catch Arsenal on counters but any sort of prolonged build up was pretty painful to watch, usually resulting in us just hoofing the ball back to them after few passes from the back.
How did Palmer look today in his first league start for the club? He’s looked good in his few sub appearances so far
Agree with this and before the goal you guys actually started to play with some swagger. Was impressed with how you handled one of the best teams in the league.We had a good game plan and it worked wonders for the majority of the game. We were comfortably the better team. A crazy mistake let them back into the game and at that point I knew we wouldn’t hold on. Momentum is a funny thing in sports and they had the wind in their sails for the next 10 mins or so. We should have honestly have been 4-0 up by the time Arsenal made it 2-1. Incredibly frustrating results.
