Chelsea thread 2019/20

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Chelsea are a bit strange at the best of times - can win the league or finish 10th (as Bosnian Blue pointed out). Given those kinds of swings, it's hard to know where to even start thinking about what they'll do next season. The manager and player bans are the big ones, and at least they should know about those before long. As Vialli98 says above, there's so much up in the air we'll need to wait for some of it to come down before even guessing (but where's the fun in that?).
 
Vialli98 said:
Ofc they do but I'm not the one making big predictions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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What do you predict? Top 6? Top 4?

If, after just 1 seasons managerial experience in the Championship, Lampard is an instant succedd at Chelsea. And, if academy players can make the step up and hit the ground running, what's your prediction?
If this, best case scenario, doesn't happen, what's your prediction?
Personally, I hope you finish above united but I do believe this season will be a used transitional season. Top 6 might be a struggle.
 
Genuinely looking forward to seeing Pulisic. He’s a tremendous talent. Just fear that the shoes he has to fill are quite large and that the weight of expectation may be too much. Chelsea fans need to show patience and allow him time to adapt.
 
Actually think Chelsea will be fine. They'll hardly come close to winning the league but I think they're in a better place than United. If Arsenal can get a couple of good deals through United might be in big trouble.
Kepa
Azpilicueta, Luiz, Rudiger, Emerson
Kante, Jorginho, Barkley
Pulisic, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi

Caballero
Zappacosta, Christensen, Zouma, Alonso
Kovacic, Drinkwater, Loftus-Cheek (Mount)
Willian, Abraham, Pedro (Batshuayi)
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jayfx said:
What do you predict? Top 6? Top 4?

If, after just 1 seasons managerial experience in the Championship, Lampard is an instant succedd at Chelsea. And, if academy players can make the step up and hit the ground running, what's your prediction?
If this, best case scenario, doesn't happen, what's your prediction?
Personally, I hope you finish above united but I do believe this season will be a used transitional season. Top 6 might be a struggle.
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Best case scenario, 4th.
If that doesn't happen, then 6th.

There is one player that feels like a hidden gem at the minute, but I think he's genuinely a class player - Reece James. He hasn't received anywhere near the level of attention Hudson-Odoi, even someone like Mason Mount, has received but he's arguably the biggest talent we have on our hands - James won the Chelsea YPOTY ahead of the likes of Hudson-Odoi the season before last. Mount is also a super talented kid who has now had 2 years of great loan experience in the bag - and that is before we get to the injured players returning (Hudson-Odoi, Loftus-Cheek) and other experienced loanees returning (Zouma, Batshuayi) plus new signing Pulisic.

We could witness new and improved performances from Kovacic, Barkley and Jorginho in these new positions and systems Lampard has been testing them in, so far with great results.

I'm obviously viewing things with a hint of Chelsea bias, but I genuinely feel there are lots of reasons to be optimistic about the season ahead.

But if things go belly up, and we find ourselves with no CL football the following season, we still have a huge pile of cash saved up that we can add to next summer's budget to sign someone like Mbappe and/or Sancho :)
 
Vialli98 said:
Best case scenario, 4th.
If that doesn't happen, then 6th.

There is one player that feels like a hidden gem at the minute, but I think he's genuinely a class player - Reece James. He hasn't received anywhere near the level of attention Hudson-Odoi, even someone like Mason Mount, has received but he's arguably the biggest talent we have on our hands - James won the Chelsea YPOTY ahead of the likes of Hudson-Odoi the season before last. Mount is also a super talented kid who has now had 2 years of great loan experience in the bag - and that is before we get to the injured players returning (Hudson-Odoi, Loftus-Cheek) and other experienced loanees returning (Zouma, Batshuayi) plus new signing Pulisic.

We could witness new and improved performances from Kovacic, Barkley and Jorginho in these new positions and systems Lampard has been testing them in, so far with great results.

I'm obviously viewing things with a hint of Chelsea bias, but I genuinely feel there are lots of reasons to be optimistic about the season ahead.

But if things go belly up, and we find ourselves with no CL football the following season, we still have a huge pile of cash saved up that we can add to next summer's budget to sign someone like Mbappe and/or Sancho :)
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Has Frank been playing Kanté in his best position?
 
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Has Frank been playing Kanté in his best position?
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Kante hasn't featured at all in the preseason games due to injury.

Lampard has experimented with 4231 with Jorginho/Kovacic in the pivot and 442 diamond, both with mixed but mostly good results.
 
jimharri said:
If that same Chelsea turn up in Istanbul on wednesday night for that Super Cup malarkey, the dippers will rip them a new one.
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Is there any point in that going ahead? If I was Chelsea I wouldn't waste my time, it could be embarrassing.
 
For some unknown reason, I find it hard to hold Chelsea to the same level of contempt as the other 4. Perhaps it is I see them as the lesser of all evils. Except for when they play us, I find myself pulling for them to get a favorable result. Am I wrong? Should I seek psycho analysis? Maybe I'm just partial to the color blue? Thoughts, suggestions?
 
Going off that yesterday they are in trouble. They looked like a league cup/reserve side. They are like Swansea, looked nice enough but absolutely nothing going forward and as for that keeper, the least said the better

They've got Zouma and one end and Abraham at the other, its not a good combination
 
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