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Maresca needs to stop giving Palmer 'untouchable' status. If he isn't playing great then take him off. In some of the biggest games this season such as Liverpool and United, he played him whole game and he did not do anything to change the game of note. So today, he was quite quiet, especially in second half and if he was indeed struggling, then he should have came off. Why are we buying likes of Felix and Nkunku who are really good bench options if we are afraid to use them. Happy with the point but frustrated with the subs. Neto was MOTM for me. He was brilliant all game. Fofana I thought was brilliant today too.

💬Chelsea have sealed the deal to loan Kendry Paez to their sister club (Strasbourg) to help him gain experience in European football, according to a source close to the deal.🗯✅️

Absolutely gutless performance from us as this fuckign shit can of a lot where there for the taking. We just sat in and were scared to actually play with balls, we cost ourselves 3 points here and the fact we nearly lost makes me sick

and a GKer! the very things I have been going bonkers over for years 🤬 the most galling thing is that most every player (CuCu being the only main exception) I went cray cray angry over when we shit away hundreds of millions on (collectively) them has absolutely, as I predicted and feared, BEEN UTTER SHITE (fucking Sterling included) tonight was sheer torture for me so many players I never ever wanted, do not like, all playing together in an stew of shit shambolic maddening

Need to get 2-3 central backs and bin Badiashile, Disasi, Tosin and Fofana.

As much as a second CF would be nice, we need to seriously sort out CB and GK. Disaster and Badi need to get shipped on loan (not selling them, unless someone owes us a favour), Tosin should be sold for profit. As for GK at some point Jorg needs a run in the PL as Sanchez is at best a GK2 owing to his HG status. As for the rest of the squad, I am happy with where we are at. Although I suspect a couple of the AM's will get moved when the Estevao and Paez turn up.

if Maresca keeps on insisting he is a great keeper, he needs his head examined

Become number one GK for our NT for the first time and put two top performances!

Hall and Livramento both starts against ROC, well done for academy boys.

all the biggest clubs are scouting Sverre Nypan hard the Real Madrid fans think he has partial Kroos potential

He hasn't been misused he was a wrong buy that doesn't fit at this level. Ideal for an Ipswich/championship side that's it, we wrongly bought him for the Enzo reason, silly, very silly

Get rid of him.

He'll be on 4 years this summer. In no world do we accept only £52m in this market. He's still one of the best players on the planet. No we are likely going to demand maybe £70-80m here. PSG I reckon will pay it.

CuCu MOTM for me Neto 2nd

Decent result, even better when you come from behind and get something, means the mentality has improved a lot compared to last season.

100 per cent agree with most all of that I do want to add that as a a biological female (and a lesbian as well) that I am fucking sick and tired of the ultra extreme male to female trans activists attacking us females, and dragging us LBG (no T) folk into an area where we are being attacked for their extreme, unfair absolutist stances. I think I have brought this up before, but I am not some 'gay PLUS trans warrior', 'all or bust, inclusive af ANY stance' type in terms of real life poltical involvement with hyper feminist and /or LGBTQ activism. My wife and I used to belong to a women's group here in Stockholm. Some lesbians but mostly cis-het, straight women, and it was pretty young demographically, 90 per cent or so were 15 to 45 years old. We had a special event to do with womens reproductive health, women's general health, and general women's rights. Several fairly new male to female trans folk joined the group a few months before it. They were hugely disruptive, super agressive (typical bad stereotypical male behaviours) and try have the event shut down (they filed legal papers) because they said we were discriminating against them, as they did not have female reproductive organs and it was 'hurtful and hateful' to focus on those things as it was exclusionary to them. Ludicrous, as they were free to come, as were cis gendered men (straight or gay, whatever gender or no gender, we welcomed all people to our special events). They lost the legal battle, but they did rip the group apart eventually at our regular meetings, and left a profoundly bitter taste in many of our mouths. Multiple friends of ours in other groups have reported the same things have happened to them, in many other countries, including the UK and the US. I detest that shit, not going to lie. I am very bitter about it from every angle.

Personally think selling Enzo Fernandez wont be the end of the world. Particularly if we get a £75-85m deal for him, which is being reported. Technically could be a very good player but haven’t seen anywhere near enough, physically he looks miles off it and couldn’t care less if Madrid or Barcelona want him.

only the third ever black woman elected to the US Senate in American history (after Kamala Harris in CA in 2016 and then 30 plus years ago... Carol Mosley-Braun from IL in 1992)

Disaster needs to be sold to Strasborg. Our only other hope is Saudi.

Can we not play Felix in the middle and put Cole in at RW? I am not a massive fan of having Cole drop so deep. I do understand he has the skills to help progress the ball as our CM's aren't great at this. However, Felix can also do that and Cole is very dangerous in and around the box.

I am not really sold on this guy. Should be sold if someone comes knocking. In general our defense needs big improvement.

Still not my type of player in the possession side of the game. However, with his finish to last season and his start to this season I can admit I was wrong about my judgement of this guy.

Draw against this shitty ManUtd. FUCK OFF!!!!

Neto been great. Not much of a scorer but so combative and stronger Than he looks

absolutely agree with this

If they're marriage is unhappy/ran it's course than whatever the reason they are making the right call. An unhappy/toxic marriage is the worst environment for children. Aslong as Enzo's still stepping up as a Dad it's a non issue and frankly none of our business.

If only….

Oh and another thing, what the actual fuck does Dewsbury Hall fetch to this side, his is the biggest stand out championship player I have ever seen. He literally ran round chasing shadows last night and has not put in one decent showing since his signing

Madness. Sanchez is utter shite. Not really a fangirl of Jørgensen either.

This was mentioned somewhere this week. Cole is playing like a young KDB in attack - he can do everything. Assists, goals, game-breaking passes like the one for the first goal on Sunday. Losing KDB and Salah did hurt but it's good to get one back on City by signing their boy - who's already looking like a generational signing

Honestly, I mean this when I say this, no biased aside. I wouldn't have another DM over him right now. He has everything you want as a CDM. He wins his tackles and also bosses the game and is a very good passer too. I remember someone on here before saying to me that Gallagher was a better passer and they simply used the stats as their evidence when Gallagher played further advanced than Caicedo. Caicedo's passing is underrated. He has twice this season now played superb through balls to Jackson. For his age and current ability combined with he is getting better, yes I would not take another DM over him right now. Exactly. Agreed.

We need goalkeeper! Sanchez is garbage..

I think I can gleefully state I am right on this now. People wrote him off way too quickly and was not willing to give him time. I wish fans did give patience. In fact who remembers when Modric first joined Real and was voted worst signing of the season... and then look how tables turned. Caicedo is becoming a dominant force for us. Controlling games, winning tackles and has a real eye for a pass too. Not calling you out but just interested to see now, nearly a year on if you think he has proved you wrong? I think a majority of people were unconvinced by him tbh but I think he has been consistently good for a while noe.

This team will be scary once we're settled and revamp the defense. The quality in midfield and attack is amazing.

Every game I watch the commentators mention what a liability Sanchez is. What is Maresca missing that everyone else sees?

all are right footed all except Thomas Araujo (his name is mispelled above) and maybe Silva will be either impossible or extremely hard to pull, plus all will be crazy expensive except Thomas (unless Benfica renew him with a typical insanely high release clause) PLEASE MAKE IT SO!!!!!!

Run of the mill win, and some performances on show. We are moving along nicely, slow and steady you can see things getting there

Hundreds of millions of dollars in key swing state RW attack adverts pushing pure lies, scare tactics, fear of 'the other', racial grievances, raw open racism and misogyny, xenophobia, and also focusing on economic anxiety (a huge one, and often employing flat-out false statements about Trump's actual record, such as saying even before Covid tanked the economy he has the lowest inflation rates ever, which is laughable, as they were lower under Obama for years). Plus the firehoses of falsehoods and hate spewing from social media and other RW media outlets, aided this time around by AI and millions of bots, plus malign foreign actors joining in on the shitbaggery. I am a very critical (by nature) person, and yet I really cannot find fault to any sort of significant degree with how Harris has run her campaign. I think she has been superb (shocked me overall TBH). If she loses there really is not much more of major import and impact she could have done.

Chelsea do not want to lose players as free agents anymore, and I completely get that and understand it. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be acting on this and trying to stop it from happening. I completely understand putting pressure on players to sign new contracts on their terms. The club should […]View the full article

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s mistold tale of Obama and Iran https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-tehran-barack-obama-john-kerry-f53aeebcb0f64b76a2e2a54b2b002dad WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday assailed the Obama administration for being hoodwinked by Iran, making his case with a frequently told and false story about the U.S. giving billions of dollars to Tehran. In an extended news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron and other remarks at the G-7 summit, Trump also asserted inaccurately that the U.S. has the cleanest air, as well as energy riches that only he brought to life. Many countries outperform the U.S. on measures of air quality. Energy production surged under President Barack Obama. Here’s a look at some of Trump’s statements and how they compare with the facts: IRAN TRUMP on Iran: “We gave them $150 billion and $1.8 billion and we got nothing. ... Look at what they did to John Kerry and to President Obama. Look what happened, where they’re bringing planeloads of cash, planeloads, big planes, 757s, Boeing 757s coming in loaded up with cash. What kind of a deal is that?” — news conference with Macron. THE FACTS: It’s the kind of deal that did not actually take place. When Iran signed the multinational deal to restrain its nuclear development in return for being freed from sanctions, it regained access to its own assets, which had been frozen abroad. There was no $150 billion gift from the U.S. treasury or other countries. Iran was allowed to get its money back. The $1.8 billion refers to a separate matter, also misstated by the president going back to before the 2016 election. A payout of roughly that amount did come from the U.S. treasury. It was to pay an old IOU. In the 1970s, Iran paid the U.S. $400 million for military equipment that was never delivered because the government was overthrown and diplomatic relations ruptured. After the nuclear deal, the U.S. and Iran announced they had settled the matter, with the U.S. agreeing to pay the $400 million principal along with about $1.3 billion in interest. The $400 million was paid in cash and flown to Tehran on a cargo plane. The arrangement provided for the interest to be paid later. In Trump’s telling, one cargo plane with $400 million that was owed to Iran has become “big planes, 757s, Boeing 757s,” loaded with a $1.8 billion giveaway. snip I will add: Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement in May 2018. Following the death of General Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian military commander, in a U.S. drone strike in January 2020 that was authorized by Trump, Iran said that it would no longer abide by the terms of the agreement, which they were adhering to up until that point in time. Trump's own actions have caused Iran to re-start their nuclear programme.

I think Tosin has been better than popular opinion that he's been bad, I think a few players got done by the Anfield crowd, they literally shout for everything and anything, the ref gets influenced, unnecessary bookings, same for Levi after the pen, beforehand I was happy with all considering Reece's first game, LB out etc. I certainly prefer seeing Tosin and Levi together than Fofana and the rest.

Sign worldclass GK and CB it is an outright mockery to replace Thiago Silva with Tosin who is Championship level .

💬Today according to Simon Phillips Chelsea have the central defenders -Ruben Dias -Thomas Aurajo -Antonio Silva -Ronald Araujo (injured for a long time) Selected for the shortlist. Chelsea are also keen to sell Axel Disasi and Benoit Badiashile in January or the summer💙✍️✅️

I'd like to know where this rumour generated from? Why has there even been a response from Cool> There's no chance we're going to sell him, even if we did I would never support Chelsea again....i'd fuck off and support Millwall.

Enzo Maresca states Chelsea ‘not happy’ after Liverpool defeat: ‘We don’t like losing games’ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5857420/2024/10/20/enzo-maresca-Chelsea-liverpool/ Enzo Maresca says Chelsea “are not happy” with their 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield, emphasising that his side “don’t like losing games” and felt they controlled much of the match. Despite having more possession and goal attempts (12), Curtis Jones’ second-half winner kept Arne Slot’s side top of the Premier League on Sunday, as Chelsea’s efforts went unrewarded. Maresca’s side dominated for long spells but were undone by Jones’ decisive goal after Mohamed Salah had opened the scoring from the penalty spot. Chelsea responded with a well-taken equaliser from Nicolas Jackson, but Jones’ strike proved the difference. Despite the defeat, Maresca remained upbeat about his team’s display, praising their control of the game while admitting frustration at the result. GO DEEPER The Briefing: Liverpool 2 Chelsea 1 - Slot passes first Big-Six test, Jones' influence and Palmer nullified “I think the performance was very good,” Maresca said. “I just said, we don’t like losing games, dropping points but if you have to decide the way, then this is probably the way. I’ve been in the stadium many times and have seen Liverpool for a long time, it’s not easy. “I think overall, we controlled the game and for most parts of the game we dominated the game, but we lost. We are not happy. We don’t like (it) but as I said, the performance on and off the ball was very good.” Despite a strong finish from Chelsea, Liverpool held firm to maintain their position at the summit of the table with 21 points from eight games, one more than Manchester City, who also won earlier in the day against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Chelsea, meanwhile, are in sixth place on 14 points.

To me the glaring exposure from this game was Palmer and his positioning by constantly playing through the middle. Screw the goalkeeper. This isn't a title challenging season anyway. Other teams are going to watch what happened today, and could adopt similar tactics to what Liverpool did and man mark him out of the game. Maresca can hopefully come up with a better solution for this. Bringing on players like Nkunku and shoving him out wide for sake of the Cole Palmer show isn't helping.