Match Thread | Chelsea vs. Man City (18/08/24)

[paulchapo]

Phil on second half? Surely if Palmer and Cucerella can play he can do 45 minutes.

 

[happy]

Nico is some prospect. Zabaleta 2.0

Peaked with the Velvet Underground.

 

[Mr HJ]

Savinho has left him for dead about 4 times.

Yep - he looked ok against Doku because Doku favours one foot more, Savinho able to go either way so he made him look silly.

 

[St.Pauli support]

Bernardo has to up hid game and bring us more control.
Think Pep will have given them the right words now.

 

[Frank the Yank]

I know he had a missile saved but if Doku could ever refine his shooting he can score 20 per season.

Savinho very bright. Hope his knee is ok.

Bernie a bit muted.

Thought Rico was pretty good.

Akanji ok but always has a mistake in him even when he is good.

Fernandez is a horrible cheating ****.

Can see Chelsea’s season going either way/ fight for too 4 or 10th and mid chaos.

 

[Keeper!]

We must buy Bruno G for 100 million. Simply the Croatian lad can't replace Rodri, he can't bring the same stability. Doku has some good moves, but you can see he's not the smartest guy, he makes a lot of mistakes and he's incredibly soft, his reaction time is pretty weak too, unfortunately. Savio, on the other hand, has been bloody good so far, I hope he scores a goal today.

Bruno and Musiala/Rodrygo, game over for all including Madrid

 

[BerkshireBlue]

Let's hope we come out for the second half on time

 

[BlueMonkey79]

???

He is not bang avarege players for the past six month.

Yeah he looks shite when he first join Chelsea but lately he is been improving and become a great for them overtime.

Really shame he is not joining us back then, i'm sure he will become even better player if he join City.

Wasn't aimed at Cucerella. Players in general.

How many games have we seen keepers for example, turn into prime Buffon against us.

 

[ws01]

Gah. Sav injured

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Agree with most of this. I like Doku but few times he got me very angry;) great half from Savinho, wouldnt expect him to do so well

Doku frustrates me too... but so did Mahrez, so did Sterling, so did Jesus... and those three have over 200 goals for us between them.

We're always going to need players who are willing to make mistakes and take risks - if Doku makes it work just once per game it's worthwhile.