Chelsea Thread - 2023/24

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Pound for pound Mudryk must be up there as one of the worst premier league transfers ever.

Everytime I see him play he looks completely lost and offers absolutely nothing

When Jackson was played through by Palmer for his 3rd goal and Chelsea' 4th Mudryk was running with him but rather than stay onside for the pass - which Jackson was looking to play - he just ran ahead of him and offside. It was madness! He's got bucket loads of pace but not much more than that at this stage. I'm being very careful not too be too critical of any of their players until we've played them at the weekend!
 
Raheem is a good player but his decision making is awful.

He made the wrong decison in the second half that led to Udogie getting his marching orders, what an absolute bonus that was.
He could be a good player in the sense that he has the physical attributes but you need half a brain to go with it. Chelsea with Sterling & Mudryk on the pitch evened it up at 9 v 9 last night.
 
Raheem is a good player but his decision making is awful.

He made the wrong decison in the second half that led to Udogie getting his marching orders, what an absolute bonus that was.
There was two or three seasons when he was dynamite for us (2017-20). But he's regressed since then.
 
How many professional games does it take for a speedy player like Sterling to realise that staying half a yard behind the last defender with half the pitch to run into is the sensible thing to do especially when the other team is playing a ridiculously high line?

He will probably realise staying on side was the way to go 2 years after he retires or never.
 
Yes but we were getting out timings wrong. It's not like they didn't know what to do. The timings was just off. The first 15-20 mins after the second red the attacker would either run offside or he'd time his run right but the ball was overhit. Once we found the sweet spot, as I said, we were getting in on goal every 2 mins and we scored 3 goals.

Credit to Spurs players for still managing to create a chance or two, to be fair.

Congrats on the result, through gritted teeth of course lol

I didn't think Son's goal was offside personally, they showed one level and the second screenshot with a different frame looked offside.

Saying that I didn't think Caceidos goal was offside either. Very unusual, but then I guess that worked against Romero but he was a ticking time bomb anyway so no complaints there

I don't really understand offside anymore, for Jackson's first goal he's 5 yards offside but they concentrate on Sterling. I'm so confused with the rule these days maybe you know better than me

It was just a matter of when you would score not if, Sterling kept trying to time his run, it was always on the cards. Some last ditch challenges form Pierre and wonder saves from Vicario kept us hanging on by a thread.

You're right though, we did try to have a pop back. Bentacur maybe should have scored, Sonny comes close near the end and Dier unlucky to stray offside.

Can't complain too much about the result. The injuries and suspensions are worse than the actual result for us. It ended up being a nightmare on all fronts.

I still think you need that striker and you'll be be right up there. I still think Liverpool and City are miles ahead of everyone, but even City are easily ahead of Liverpool in my opinion
 
Congrats on the result, through gritted teeth of course lol

I didn't think Son's goal was offside personally, they showed one level and the second screenshot with a different frame looked offside.

Saying that I didn't think Caceidos goal was offside either. Very unusual, but then I guess that worked against Romero but he was a ticking time bomb anyway so no complaints there

I don't really understand offside anymore, for Jackson's first goal he's 5 yards offside but they concentrate on Sterling. I'm so confused with the rule these days maybe you know better than me

It was just a matter of when you would score not if, Sterling kept trying to time his run, it was always on the cards. Some last ditch challenges form Pierre and wonder saves from Vicario kept us hanging on by a thread.

You're right though, we did try to have a pop back. Bentacur maybe should have scored, Sonny comes close near the end and Dier unlucky to stray offside.

Can't complain too much about the result. The injuries and suspensions are worse than the actual result for us. It ended up being a nightmare on all fronts.

I still think you need that striker and you'll be be right up there. I still think Liverpool and City are miles ahead of everyone, but even City are easily ahead of Liverpool in my opinion


Thanks mate. It was a bonkers game but to be fair you do have a habit of losing your heads against us :)

I actually do agree with you about the offsides. I was saying to my mate as they were checking Son’s goal that I hate it when they chalk off super duper tight offside goals like that. Son was not gaining any advance by having his toenail in an offside position.


I totally agree with you about the injuries and suspensions being worse than the result itself. Sounds like Van set Ven will miss several weeks now, and not sure about Maddison. Those two will be huge misses as well as Romero for 3 games. We’ll see what Spurs and Ange are made of now with key players missing.
 
Both are clearly very good players in my opinion. 2/3rds of a very effective midfield, if you put Kevin or Bernardo in front of them instead of Conor Gallagher then they would probably be receiving a lot more plaudits!


I actually think Gallagher offers a really nice balance next to Enzo and Caicedo.
 
How many goals did he score for us ? He is clumsy and misses chances but he was a key member of our team, i dont get why he still cops it everytime he plays even for somebody else
He was a key member but we all know that if Raheem has a one on one, he will most likely flub it. If he has time to think, he most likely flubbed it. He scored many goals and was integral to a lot of our success but let’s be honest here and at least understand where I come from
 
Thanks mate. It was a bonkers game but to be fair you do have a habit of losing your heads against us :)

I actually do agree with you about the offsides. I was saying to my mate as they were checking Son’s goal that I hate it when they chalk off super duper tight offside goals like that. Son was not gaining any advance by having his toenail in an offside position.


I totally agree with you about the injuries and suspensions being worse than the result itself. Sounds like Van set Ven will miss several weeks now, and not sure about Maddison. Those two will be huge misses as well as Romero for 3 games. We’ll see what Spurs and Ange are made of now with key players missing.


I think this will be the end of our run now. I'm hoping VDV isn't serious but if it's a grade 3 tear then this is worrying, even for his own game in the future. Fingers crossed it's not serious. We will be having a makeshift defence with Udogie and Romero suspended and VDV injured. We have already lost Solomon and Perisic to long term ligament damage too. No word on Maddisons injury either.

Whats the chances you get a top striker in the window? Who do you fancy to go upfront? I know he got a hat-trick but I would reckon it would be ideal for a better one up top. You haven't had a beast since Diego Costa
 
I think this will be the end of our run now. I'm hoping VDV isn't serious but if it's a grade 3 tear then this is worrying, even for his own game in the future. Fingers crossed it's not serious. We will be having a makeshift defence with Udogie and Romero suspended and VDV injured. We have already lost Solomon and Perisic to long term ligament damage too. No word on Maddisons injury either.

Whats the chances you get a top striker in the window? Who do you fancy to go upfront? I know he got a hat-trick but I would reckon it would be ideal for a better one up top. You haven't had a beast since Diego Costa

Your mob played very well, even with 9 men you shown team spirit.
 
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