Chelsea (A) - Sun 18th Aug, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[murcian blue]

I'm on holiday currently and I feel like every time I am abroad and we play Chelsea we lose.

So I've decided to fly home early to make sure we win...

Or I'm staying on holiday and we will win regardless.

You decide.

Looking forward to it. We will have to manage our squad with a lot lacking fitness. Chelsea will have to manage their squad with a lot not.knowing each others names.

Set up to be a cracking game again.

Chelsea 2-5 City

Get the fuck home

 

[Kamaro011]

Excellent callout on Palmer. That gets 5-10 mentions every thread.

If he makes goal or assist in today match, i guarantee there will be 30-40 post mentioning about him especially in his thread.

 

[Keeper!]

Anyone got a Chelsea ticket I can buy?

Chelsea have about 20 players for sale if your interested give Todd a call, open to offers.

 

[Keeper!]

Could be a car crash. They have pace and we are wide open on the transition.

A lot depends on whether Haaland perceives Chelsea as a big club, because we know he doesn’t show up for big games.

Always love Kenny's positivity.

 

[Keeper!]

Gvardiol isn’t a LB
Walkers lost his pace, should have gone to Saudi
Walker shouldn’t be captain
Worst window in history
Doku needs to learn how to finish
Nunes was a waste
Players lost their drive
Why did we sell Alvarez (or any other player in the last three years)?
Kova is no Gundo

Anything else? Can we just pin these at the top of every match day thread?

Pep, Tixki and the vikings last season, Rodri wants to go to Madrid and Ederson is sulking.

 

[Mr. Shush]

A good morning to all those waking up in Manchester. Let's do this!

 

[Oyster28catcher]

Here we go, here we go, here we go.

The sane become unintelligible and the loony become logical. It's the beginning of the avoid-relegation and keep above the dotted line. The media have already chosen their champions, red or red or red. Let's get ready to boil some...

 

[eversince 76]

The start of disrupting the media favourites for another season. We did so last week by taking the CS from that lot across town.

Let’s see if we can win the league 5 in a row or 7 from 8. It’s the other teams that need to catch up.

No idea who will start today. And surely we need time to get going, so as often it’s about not losing too much terrain.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

Why did you book your holiday now then? Rag

 

[axlgod]

Pochettino was obsessed with us and revolved his whole season around beating us….this Maracas guy I’m not so sure.

0-3 City.

 

[bigstanhibbert]

Here it starts and we go again. This might not be OUR year but we follow, support and encourage. I remember York...

Pep another the year towards the end of his contract...

Players always get older, need to replaced, added to, even sold.

I would rather have our management structure than any other

The season is over next year, many things will happen.

CTID

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Proper game day, thank fuck.

Time to wash that dirty taste from Wembley in May which still lingers in my mouth.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

Here we go then. Could be a season like no other for obvious reasons.

Been told all week by non-Blues and even a Blue that today is completely overshadowed, but I refuse to be ashamed of supporting my team, no matter what the media and great unwashed want us to feel.

CTIFD.

 

[M16 citeh]

Here we go then. Could be a season like no other for obvious reasons.

Been told all week by non-Blues and even a Blue that today is completely overshadowed, but I refuse to be ashamed of supporting my team, no matter what the media and great unwashed want us to feel.

CTIFD.

Overshadowed by what the charges?

 

[herrock]

Here we go again, expecting another steady start, a blip in the middle where arsenal or liverpool are crowned as champions by the media, and hopefully a long unbeaten run to win it after christmas.

 

[mancboy]

Here it starts and we go again. This might not be OUR year but we follow, support and encourage. I remember York...

Pep another the year towards the end of his contract...

Players always get older, need to replaced, added to, even sold.

I would rather have our management structure than any other

The season is over next year, many things will happen.

CTID

See this is where the press narrative and the english disease has got to people. While it may not be our year the fact that we have won it four years in a row and they havent won it in 20 years while choking the last 2 years suggests its way more likely to be our year than not be our year. Just because the press and the red pundits dont want us to win doesnt mean we wont there is far more reasons to think that we will win it than arsenal will most pundits reasoning seems to be that because they have choked the last 2 years means they really really really want to win it this year so they will.

 

[J.A.M]

Personally I think we will smash them today,

The way we forced them in to defensive mistakes in the USA game was not a coincidence or because it was just a friendly game,
I think todays game will follow the same pattern.

Chelsea again this season

A new manager, (again) another Pep wannabe with a bald head and gray stubble and that’s about it.

A new playing style, (again) a lot like the way we play I imagine, some of his player will pick it up quickly, but some of them never will or will take time to learn, it took Pep a full season to start to make it work.

Far too many summer signings,(again) on top of an already over sized squad, they have players who want to leave but can’t, players they want rid of but can’t, and far too many egos.

Sorry but Chelsea are heading for a mid table season again if you ask me,
The only race Chelsea will be involved in this season is with the rags to see which one sacks their bald fraud first and appoints waist coat as the new manager. lol

5:1 City

 

[Mighty men]

Think we will do well to win this. Early days but no Rodri aint good. The alternatives are just no way near the same level.
That worries me.

 

[Trickyblues]

Could be a car crash. They have pace and we are wide open on the transition.

A lot depends on whether Haaland perceives Chelsea as a big club, because we know he doesn’t show up for big games.

And are we good at anything?

 

[Oldham Exile]

anyone travelling by train seen if there are issues on the tubes?

I will be going into Waterloo or Paddington, but the nearest Tube station (Fulham Broadway) is showing as closed online - any suggestions on best Tube Station to go to welcome - thanks