Chelsea Thread - 2023/24

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Chelsea’s last win against a top half side in the Premier League was on April 24th, 2022.

seems a crazy stat.

 

[SamBlue]

I bet Sterling is so happy he moved - still at least he is back "home" bless

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I am 100% sure he didn't want to move after watching a few interviews with him. It was more he had lost guaranteed place in the first eleven and somehow lost appetite for fighting to get it back. Whether he panicked or his PR advised him, he made the move.
I still consider him a City legend, he never moaned, never been a drama queen, smashed 100+ goals, the last thing he needs is mocking.

 

[Vialli98]

I am 100% sure he didn't want to move after watching a few interviews with him. It was more he had lost guaranteed place in the first eleven and somehow lost appetite for fighting to get it back. Whether he panicked or his PR advised him, he made the move.
I still consider him a City legend, he never moaned, never been a drama queen, smashed 100+ goals, the last thing he needs is mocking.

Well it was Tuchel who signed him and we've had 4 managers since then, so I doubt any guarantees about starting minutes are long gone. He's at the mercy of his own performances. He's started the season well enough but he has to keep it up because there young guns waiting to take his place if he isn't up to it.

 

[SamBlue]

Well it was Tuchel who signed him and we've had 4 managers since then, so I doubt any guarantees about starting minutes are long gone. He's at the mercy of his own performances. He's started the season well enough but he has to keep it up because there young guns waiting to take his place if he isn't up to it.

I watched the second half yesterday,he looked positively distressed with some of his players and insane balls being hurled towards him.

 

[aguero93:20]

Yeah City miss a lot of chances too but the key difference is you create enough chances for your forwards and midfielders that a couple of missed chances is just par for the course. Haaland could have had a hatrick again but he only got one. With us, Jackson just gets the one chance, if he misses it, it's gone. The same for Sterling, Mudryk and any other potential scorer, so there's a lot more pressure to take the one chance than it is for Haaland or Alvarez who know more chances are coming if they just keeping making the same runs. It is no surprise then that when Sterling and Jackson get a chance, they more likely to snatch at it than be calm and composed in the moment.

Sterling snatches at chances regardless.

 

[Vialli98]

Sterling snatches at chances regardless.

That's true, but he is still the best finisher at the club, as sad as that might sound.

 

[JamesMCFC]

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That's true, but he is still the best finisher at the club, as sad as that might sound.

Jesus you have problems if that is the case

 

[jimharri]

I am 100% sure he didn't want to move after watching a few interviews with him. It was more he had lost guaranteed place in the first eleven and somehow lost appetite for fighting to get it back. Whether he panicked or his PR advised him, he made the move.
I still consider him a City legend, he never moaned, never been a drama queen, smashed 100+ goals, the last thing he needs is mocking.

At his best, he was brilliant for us. Absolutely no argument about that. Not sure I'd go as far as saying he's a legend for us, mind.

 

[Ribble73]

Basket case of a club and if it was us we’d be truly slated by everyone from the cleaner at Luton to the media, including the Metro, to the CEO of the Premier League. Chavs are getting a free ride, being praised in certain quarters as ambitious and building for the future. It’s absolute bollocks, they played Bournemouth who could get relegated and were poor, for all their spending they have a 38 year old in defence and two ex City players who finished the game wouldn’t get anywhere near our starting eleven.

The media say there’s mitigating circumstances as they have bought young players, try praising 21 year olds in Gvardiol and Doku, they’re here and now doing the business, if you’re good enough you’re old enough, Chavs are an absolute disaster.

Wait until they have to try to ship out a few of these Flops on mega Bucks and 8 year contracts -an absolute shit show of the highest order. On the other hand they could all Pan out but I know where I would put my money.

 

[dublinblue12]