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Newcastle terrible away from home, not in good form what could go wrong. 2-2

With Maresca at the CWC, we had worked out that going over the top was better and targeted the right hand side. Liam has done well since taking over but the wrong calls made last night before and during the game.

Back to watching from behind the sofa.

Pre/Post Match Discussion, Live Chat & Analysis Saturday March 14th, 2026 Stamford Bridge Premier League 5:30PM UK

Ten clean sheets this season and should be a lot more but for set piece defending vs Burnley/Wolves etc. Even for his limitations, Sanchez is having a good season

I'm hoping we can sell mass amounts of deadwood that would facilitate his transfer, after all it's mental how much money and wages we are sat on in regards to shit players

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EXCL: Chelsea looking in to ambitious move to sign Arsenal star It's not impossible https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/excl-Chelsea-looking-in-to-ambitious Chelsea are weighing up a potential move to sign an Arsenal player in the summer transfer window, and it’s not as impossible as you might expect it to be. The club are looking into transfer plans now ahead of what is expected to be another busy summer transfer window for many clubs including Chelsea, who are looking to both buy and sell once again at the end of this season. We’ve had some surprising info from our top source this week who says that Chelsea are looking in to an ambitious move to sign Riccardo Calafiori from Arsenal, sensing a potential opportunity to do so. Chelsea have been big admirers of Calafiori for some time and were watching him closely at the 2024 Euros. You will remember strong links to Chelsea around that time and as we also reported on the site, he was a Blues transfer target. However, he ended up going to Arsenal instead, and has been there since. Our sources have heard that Calafiori is a situation that Chelsea are keeping an eye on because he’s not playing as much as he wants to be and also, he would rather play as a centre back than a left back. So there is a chance that Chelsea might see an opportunity to offer him a role as a centre back. The 23-year-old will have three years left on his Arsenal contract come the summer. Nothing advanced of course and just a situation that Chelsea are keeping an eye on. But an interesting one all the same.

agree more or less, but just yesterday you said: who has a quoted (atm) price of €140m (£121m) and crazed salary demands Also Osimhen turns 28yo late this year, so that age is pushing the 'no one over 26yo' BlueCo rule by closing in on 2 years or so I think that Osimehen has around 5, maybe even 6 prime years left, barring injuries, but BlueCo are going to see a huge fee (let's say we get him for £103.5m, ie €120m) at that age as mostly sunk cost.

Keepers having the ability to use their feet (only when truly need to) is a good thing.and against "park the bus" teams it's a worthwhile tactic to use when we struggling to get through after 30 plus minutes ,draw some players out of shape. But this trying one shoe to fit all shit is doing my head in,it should be rarely used tactic not every fookin' game.coaches present and past have good football IQ but their obsession with this tactic is insanity. 73 minutes in we looked like at minimum going back to the bridge to finish them off..now we need a miracle..we can score 3 against them and we have the penalty takers to beat them but even if our defenders and keeper play out of their skins this dumb tactic will cause a goal or two conceded.

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We laughed at Kinsky the night before, no difference with this bloke, threw into a huge CL game and collapsed. I do not feel sorry for him, he is told to play from the back, and like loads of the keepers they are shite with their feet but are brain washed into doing something they cannot do. I have zero sympathy for any keeper trying to play out from the back now a days

A mix of frustration and anger. Was never a 5-2 game. We had many occasions where we could scored a few and then a crazy last 10 minutes completely changed the game. I struggle to see how we overturn it. Not because we need to just make up 3 goals. We have seen it happen in the past, however more to do that we now play a tough game on Saturday whilst PSG have a whole week off, due to Ligue 1 postponing their upcoming fixture. To the game, thought Neto was very good. Caused a lot of problems. Enzo played well too. Team did in general. What annoyed me was the subs. Another game where Rosenior made subs to kind of preserve what we had and it ended up backfiring. I thought Garnacho should have come on earlier, with how stretched the game was. We were causing them issues out wide and on that big pitch, this is the type of game Garnacho could have made a real impact. Really frustrating because the scoreline suggests we got Spurs'd but we never. Just lapses in concentration. Keeper hugely at fault but is it their fault when the manager constantly keeps implying on playing out from the back. Stick with your philosophy, however sometimes respect the opposition.

I have said this for months, we can forget signing top class players for huge fees, it will not happen anymore. The way they operate now is either buying cheap and sending to Strasbourg or more of the same Garnacho type fees where you just simply get middle of the road players. No more 80/90/100M players, it's a loan to Strasbourg after a purchase of around 15M and/or already there and fetch him over.

The project puppet's lack of sub reaction last night was also truly horrific, at 2-2 it should have been Garnacho for Neto....Enrique was pro active with his changes and this is difference between top class managers and work experience dickheads

Said it yesterday and the day before that, nobody in their right mind can tell me either of these two fucking clowns in goal are any good, nobody I said the other day it's like splitting hairs, two championship keepers very fucking lucky they are playing in a top PL side and in CL competition Absolute garbage

Anyway, it is impossible to compete with shit goalkeepers and CBs. Maresca made it clear before the season starts that we need to replace Colwill. These are two signings we absolutely need. But again, the owners are plain idiots.

He only cost £12m, the BlueCo bean counters wont give a fuck where he goes as long as he goes for a tidy profit. Selling him before Lavia is a mistake though. He has shown he can be relied upon, his fitness isn’t an issue plus Rosenoir was meant to be the one to kickstart his career here no? But yes if we sell him to United, it will continue to show the downward trajectory of the club. Cheaping out on a key position. Again. Will they ever learn? I’m sure that was nearly the same briefing for Tosin before we got him. I’m sure the data look good though 🤨🙄 Oshimen deal is never happening. We had the opportunity 2 years running, at smaller fees than he would cost now. Again, wage structure or not, we wouldn’t stump up the fee for him then now that he's older, pricier… yeah not happening. Can’t wait to watch Delap shank shots into the advertising hoarding for another 8 seasons.

Asinine decision, if true. Mistakes made by one keeper, doesn't automatically make the other keeper any better. If anyone has watched Chelsea games over the past two years, you can safely say that if Sanchez occasionally plays like shit, then Jorgensen's game is like a heap of dung. The negligence shown towards the GK and CB positions is infuriating. Ever since Fofana, they've been going for cut-price options and just stocking up on mediocrity instead of going for genuine quality.

Going forward there are signs we could hurt teams but we need a top GK, CB partnership, LW & CF. To have a chance.

A bottle job which has its routes firmly in the Sporting Directors and owners who have repeatedly failed us, and themselves. Out of cash and even if we had it, who would trust this lot to spend it on the areas we need it spending? I suspect that we are not far from some kind of monumental reckoning, the losses (both financial and on field) cannot continue, this is not an oligarch pet project, in the end a cold VC financial decision will get made and we the fans will pay.

People are getting too caught up in this Penders being our number 1 next season/good GK signing blocking Penders pathway bollocks. If he’s good enough he’ll break into the team either way, like Courtois did with Petr here and Petr did with Carlo here. We still have to be competitive until he’s ready and that wont happen without a good reliable GK. And we certainly wont be competing for meaningful trophies without one. Same with CBs & CFs. Maignan was there in the summer, wanted to come and we fucked about be it over price or Penders long term plan. You reap what you sow. It has been a problematic position since Courtois left so those working at the club, they deserve to get the blame for letting it continue to be one. And then Rosenoir gets all he deserves also making & picking Jorgensen as his #1, encouraging him to play out like that, in the same way Maresca did with Sanchez last season. There is a simple solution, limit the GKs touching the ball as often or playing risky passes. But they’d rather live and die by their football philosophy. Its absolute stupidity/stubbornness which will shoot him in the foot again and again. The bigger picture is though that any sort of plans hinging on the chance that a group of say 15-20 young players develop as expected/better than expected, without real quality or leaders around them, is suicidal squad building and planning. If Penders had a bad spell for instance, who do we put in goal, Sanchez? Jorgensen? Some 19 year old kid from Uzbekistan who is apparently the next Manuel Neuer according to Ben Robert’s or Paul Winstanleys stupid data? No thanks. This whole blocking pathways nonsense is ultimately why we missed out on players like Maignan, Semenyo, Guehi, Donnarumma etc. Regardless of closeness or likelihood of securing the deals, the club will never push the boat out and make an exceptional offer for ready made players. Instead they’ll say Sarr or Paez or Penders or whoever else they’ve got on the books at either here or Strasbourg are the long term solution. Its a cop out. And why we will just get rolled over by the big boys every time.

Liam Rosenior on Chelsea XI being leaked: "I'm sure we'll get to the bottom of that if that's the case. These things now happen quite a lot but I'm more worried about the end result rather than before the game." (@BobbyVincentFL)

dogshit typical BlueCo buy fuck it all

30yo and older (so do not long term block Penders) proven GKers who are even remotely available Jan Oblak Emiliano Martínez Ederson Rui Silva Predrag Rajković Marc-André ter Stegen Dominik Livakovic Yann Sommer