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That 'culture' is leaving 10 minutes before the end nowadays. Never seen that. Even in the 70s and 80s when we were proper shit. Or, if we did leave early it was to ambush their lot outside.

Fans just want that overall connection back and to see players fighting for the badge It's not even that much to ask https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/fans-just-want-that-overall-connection Anyone involved with Chelsea right now who may want to know what the biggest problems are at our club, might just need to read this Joe Cole quote. It’s literally as simple as this. Fans have lost connection with the club, and it’s down to the culture being gutted, and watching players just not fighting for the badge. Not all the time, granted, but a lot of the time. As fans, all we want to see is players give their all for the club and for the fans. That’s it. Joe Cole: “I was talking to a Chelsea fan the other day who loves the club. It felt more like a therapy session. “He said to me, ‘It was different in your day, we felt connected.’ “I asked him why he felt like that, and what we did differently apart from winning matches? “He said there was a response to the losing games, and more engagement with the fans. “He used Shevchenko as an example; he came in and had a terrible time, but the fans could see he was trying. “He was humble, and every time they sang Shevchenko’s name, he acknowledged them. For a Ballon d’Or winner who’s having a difficult time, they still remembered that more than 15 years later. “It’s the little things that I think the group need to take charge of, but no senior players are leading that at the club. “They don’t realise how important it is, and what he said was that, he says, at Chelsea, success is not judged on how many trophies you won, but on how much money you’re in the red at the end of the season or how much profit you’ve made. “That summed it up. “That seems to be where our Chelsea Football Club is now, not judged on performance on the pitch, but on the finances. “And you can’t tell me anything other than that. It’s the truth.” Perfectly said by Joe and this fan. This is nail on the head stuff. Gut a club of the culture, anyone who was part of the old regime, and then put together a bunch of young players without leadership and an experienced manager, and you lose all of what Chelsea Football Club stands for. This is it, in a nutshell. These words should be put on the walls of the offices in Cobham. If you want the fans FULLY back onside, then you need to bring the Chelsea culture back. You need to get the players playing for the badge again and putting it all in for the fans. I keep saying it, but football can be such a simple game when you look at it like this and stop trying to over complicate it.

normally I do not give a toss, but bare incorrectly used in place of bear for 'bear in mind' is a personal pet peeve of mine sorry it is the same for 'right to bear arms' (carry guns, etc) 'bare arms' are what you have when you wear short-sleeved or sleeveless clothing

IF Mou ends up at Real Madrid (looks fairly likely atm) and IF he gets his number one demand (Olise for his RWer) the Real Madrid will have 5 of the top 8 most valued players on the planet Barca will have 2 Citeh 1 (Håland, who may well want to leave if Pep goes, and would SO be Barca-bound at that point if Barca were not still in such financial fuckery)

Chelsea https://thedailybriefing.io/i/197384172/Chelsea Chelsea have held positive talks with Xabi Alonso over becoming their new manager, with the Spanish tactician open to taking the Blues job. (Give Me Sport) Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo has changed agents, which could lead to some concern over his future from Blues fans. (Ben Jacobs) Barcelona really like Chelsea striker Joao Pedro, but the Blues insist he’s an important part of their project. (Fabrizio Romano) Chelsea are one of the clubs eyeing up Como centre-back Jacobo Ramon, but Real Madrid have the advantage due to a buy-back clause in his contract. (Sports Boom)

22 total goals produced in only 2869 minutes 17 goals 5 assists for a fairly poor team team

The tea lady would be a big jump if she played there

Big jump up on anything we have on the left wing. The price seems crazy though

Hope Newcastle buys a couple from us with that money as well.

That’s a shit load of money for a player who won’t even start for them and also doesn’t score many goals. But I do think he’ll do really well at Bayern like pretty much every attacking wide player they sign does.

We won't be signing anyone for 75M anytime soon.

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🙌👌Luckily, he's not moving to Chelsea for that price! Chelsea was also very interested in him and was desperate to sign Gordon.

Bizarre signing that, and for that price.

Ideally, all 4 of those players are sold this summer lol

✅️📋Broad terms now in place between Anthony Gordon and Bayern Munich. However, there remains a gulf in valuation between Bayern and Newcastle with club-to-club talks ongoing. NUFC seeking £75m+. There is optimism the club’s valuation will be met given the volume of initial interest. (@alex_crook) 👌💪

Alot more time and space for counter attacks in Bundesliga, should take those plays with a grain of salt when it comes to PL style football. Wirtz was unlocked and free over there but look at him at Liverpool, looked like he was chasing the game for months, trying to adapt. The big question is, do we have the profile of players needed for Alonso's system? Do the club actually have the funds to spend without CL revenue next season or is it stick with what we have (Quenda, Emegha, potentially Barco if the deal with Strasbourg has been done) and focus on trying to get a good CB to help out Colwill?

Having alot of posession won't mean anything if Pedro is the only one capable of scoring. Maybe if Estevao comes back next season healthy and with young Quenda coming over, we have some options on the wings but even then....between Garnacho, Neto, Delap, Gittens...I don't see them scoring goals regularly.

Alonso's football is a lot more vertical than Maresca's

We'll have to move quick for our first choice you'd think. Iraola already has plenty of interest + Liverpool looking for a manager is still a possibility

As I’ve seen others say on Twitter, it is a bit amusing/confusing/worrying that two managers who play very different styles are apparently our two top choices. From all the tactical breakdowns I’ve seen Iraola is very much in the Klopp mould of super high pressing, “heavy metal” football with lots of sprinting whilst Xabi Alonso is more from the Pep school of control and possessional dominance like we wanted with Maresca. As much as I’d like us to play like a Klopp side, we would need quite a bit of change for that to be possible. I think the transition with Alonso would be smoother.

🗯🔵There is a feeling inside Chelsea that Xabi Alonso’s style of play would make him suited to their young squad. His standing within the game would help him control the dressing room and could also help with attracting players to the club. Chelsea have also MET with Iraola. Something that has been acknowledged by the recruitment department is the need for the team to become more physical. That heightens the appeal of Iraola. There is a sense he is capable of scaling up to a bigger job. (@guardian_sport)

Perhaps yes but I don’t think you can have 5 or 6 strong candidates. Like what other club do you hear of having 6 strong candidates for their next manager 😂? The fact that names like Marco Silva, Oliver Glasner are also prominent & won’t go away is worrying. These mystery candidates whose name aren’t in public domain is very very worrying too because they’ll be absolutely ridiculous. But they’ll end up closer to the job than some of these bigger names no doubt. I know they are saying they will take time & want to reflect on things bla bla bla but it’s all a smokescreen. They haven’t got a clue as to what they’re doing and just trying to buy themselves time before continuing to do what they were always going to do. They had this long term plan in place for 2030. You don’t start ramping up and basically deciding Alonso is ideal/prime candidate then put noises out that you have 5 other very strong candidates. Its just not done. I reckon these mystery candidates/no known names will who we see more likely than not. Cannot fucking wait to see how retarded the next move is. I’ll be sticking some money on it being Calum.

Exactly, and suddenly theyre saying, 'but we had to make a difficult choice - and we believe Gary O neil/Christain Gross/Pinnochio is the candidate to take Chelsea Franchise Cowboys to the next level'