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King of the crash tackle - Nice name for Caicedo. He's performing at an insanely high level

Yes, he bossed every corner and his counter attack setups were on the money.

No red card - #MarescaOut

Fair to say Joao Pedro, Garnacho, Neto & Gittens aren’t going to get enough goals and assists between them to make a huge difference. Who’d of thought 👀😂? Some proper clinical finishers today and we would of won 3 or 4-0. At least. Maresca needs to stop playing Reece in MF & benching Estevao…. Reece does the dirty stuff well but reluctance to pass forwards & too many touches slows the play down. Give Caicedo a new deal immediately also.

Inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame, thoroughly deserved♥️

Once again, full credit to James and Maresca for managing his fitness carefully. Along with Caicedo, one of the big MVPs in this team.

Hopefully Essugo covers from his injury and he can finally start learning from Caicedo! We need Caicedo, Cucu and Reece fit for the business end of the season

Needs to be rested some. Wrap him up in wool for fixtures that we should win comfortably.

The biggest and major problem I have with this fella is the fucking team sheet roulette we see every game, it's like guess the line up every single game. I know and understand that rotation needs to happen, but not to the point of dropping to the bench our second biggest flair player in Estavao and using phrases like 'he's a young boy and needs to be protected' absolute bollocks, he's proven already he can do it, but it's bench every other game, 20 minute cameos and yet he comes on and offers more than the likes of Neto and Garnacho each week, take the fucking shackles off him you gutless bastard. And by the his subs are laughable, not to mention the starting 11's he picks

Come on Juventus get this loser.

I'm not sure I agree with that assessment of the game. We never parked the bus and the match wasn't "an unwatchable shitfest". We're a lot better than you're giving us credit for, we'll surprise a lot of teams this season.

That's why he replaced our best player in Acheampong for Tosin, the owners may be shit but this fucking clown is useless as well.

I've always found this pep style of football extremely boring. May it die quick and the old school premier league expansive quick physical game return. This is just tiring to watch and be a part of.

Guiu up front with JP behind him surely. Good place to test this out

Credit to Maresca for the changes but we had no business being so dire against this Forest side in the first half. I am not convinced we have turned a corner until we start to control games with regularity

Well the plan is for him to be back for both: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13463768/cole-palmer-injury-enzo-maresca-hopes-Chelsea-forward-will-be-fit-to-face-barcelona-and-arsenal-in-november

I mean yeah you're right it's good for us but it's so fucking boring every time international matches start.

Wrap Caicedo up in cotton wool - Man needs a rest at some point

Garnacho has been solid. Getting more and more settled. He and Estevão should be our first choice wingers for a run of games.

This is just another way of trying to get exposure to as many players as possible so we can find buyers, in other words they don't give a fuck about results just fixing the mess they created.

How anyone expects us to be seriously competitive in the long run with that lanky streak of pish Tosin as one of our starting CBs every week, I don’t know. And last season he was a good signing for some because he was free… muppets. How are players like Colwill, Hato &, Josh even Fofana meant to learn & kick on if he is the starting CB their looking up to 🤣? On a wider note, Maresca has to go we are fucking terrible. We might not even make the next round of the CL at this rate.

Maresca always talks a big game about not taking any opponent lightly and did so again before this one. Then he goes and picks this XI with Hato at CB and Tyrique up top who VERY CLEARLY is not a striker when we’ve got Guiu and Delap available. He really thought we could just show up here with anybody and stroll to victory.

EXCLUSIVE - When Cole Palmer is expected back - return plans revealed https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/exclusive-when-cole-palmer-is-expected As reported at the time, Cole Palmer’s injury was more serious than what Enzo Maresca was saying and what was being reported. His injury was made worse by him being played again too soon and he went on and hindered the groin injury. At this moment in time, there is still no talk of any surgery, and Palmer is on his way back. Good News As per SPTC Sources, Chelsea have a return plan set out for Cole Palmer to get back into the squad. We can reveal that Palmer will be back on the grass doing individual training very soon and the plan at the moment is to give him 30 minutes against Burnley on November the 22nd, in a view for him getting his first start for the Barcelona game on November the 25th. Obviously I have to say that this is the plan, and sometimes plans don’t always come off. But right now, he is on schedule to make this and this is what they are planning to do with him. As long as there are no setbacks between now and then, or unless if his recovery goes even faster, this is when we can all expect to see Palmer back out on the pitch with Chelsea. Let’s hope things continue to go well so we can soon add Palmer back into the mix again. Let’s also hope that this groin injury does not reoccur again. It’s good to see that this time at least, they are letting it fully heal.

Sanchez very good today

CuCu absolutely pocketed Kudus all game

Fucking hell, Caiceodo willed that goal into existence

New GK ship has sailed. Penders will probably start from next season. I think he's ready. Gonna be 21 next summer. Courtois was 22 when he arrived after 3 years in Atletico. And back then standard was higher plus we had Cech. United have less talented Belgian keeper who is starting for them and they seem happy.

Whats crazy is that Arsenal already had Gabriel - Saliba and then they go out and add two more starting quality defenders in Mosquera (bargain price) and Hincapie. Where as we are supposed to rely on free transfer Tosin, Chalobah and young Josh as our CB's for the whole season with Fofana and Badi playing 5 games and becoming best mates with the medical staff.

Joaquín Panichelli is a scoring machine atm

Tbf we wouldn’t be so open in midfield if Enzo Fernandez would actually run back and tackle also. World Cup Winning midfielder yet an absolute passenger when teams take the ball of us. But yes experience would help everyone for sure. But when Kante and Jorginho were here folk were desperate to get rid of them, apparently Kante wasn’t ever going to be fit enough to play to justify a wage & Jorginho wasn’t good enough (yet went to a title competitor and ended up playing as a #6 instead of £100m Declan Rice, who was initially signed and used by Arteta as a 6). If we go into January/next summer and don’t prioritise some experience in key positions, will be same again and again. And the usuals will keep buying what these charlatans are selling because they’ll buy 3 or 4 up and coming attackers instead of hitting the nail on the head and solving problems that have been ongoing for 3 plus seasons now. I mean if people are thinking these owners and sporting directors have real ambition to win the biggest titles, after the past 4 windows, they are delusional. It has been noted that we have needed a top GK, a top CB, a top CF/attacker for fuck knows how long. Even the manager said about a CB in the summer… the manager. Yet what did they do, £100m on 2 wide players…. Donnarumma & Guehi would of cost less than that.

Lol we are behind Man United, incredible. A new low.

Delap trained yesterday

Classy captaincy from Enzo to give the wonder boy the ball, absolute class and never a doubt This kid is classy as fuck

JP is suspended. He got sent off against Benfica. Got that second yellow just before the game. I think Estevao maybe at no.10 with Gittens and Neto out wide.

different positions, different style of players

I found this on Delap Liam Delap is expected to return after the November international break, with a target of December for his full return to the Chelsea squad. Initially, he was expected to be out for 10-12 weeks after suffering a hamstring injury in late August, but his recovery is reportedly going well.

Ha! I have been so disconnected through the international break I forgot we had this match. Thank you Vesper

Set to be rewarded with a new contract to ward off interest from Real Madrid. (AP)

Chelsea Legends vs Liverpool Legends | FULL MATCH | Legends Charity Match 2025/26 Chelsea Football Club

I've never been a believer.

Rogers is more of an balling carrying AMF/No 10 type than a true winger like Sememyo or Yıldız That is why my maximal wish list for summer 2026 includes either Sememyo or Yıldız plus Rogers

What a guy. Turned 41 last month. Scored a stunning winner in 98th minute!

Chelsea make Kenan Yildiz and Morgan Rogers priority targets for 2026 https://football-talk.co.uk/223114/Chelsea-make-kenan-yildiz-and-morgan-rogers-priority-targets-for-2026/ Chelsea spent a significant amount of money in the recently concluded summer transfer window in rebuilding their offence, and with enough quality and depth across positions in the final third, they are expected to strengthen their midfield soon too. Mark Brus has reported that the Blues have already identified their priority targets for 2026 in Juventus star Kenan Yildiz and Aston Villa mainstay Morgan Rogers, while Olympique Lyon’s Malick Fofana does not sit high on their wish-list for now. Neither Rogers, nor Yildiz will come for cheap and Chelsea will need to spend significant sums on landing both players, given that the Englishman is valued at £80 million by Villa, whereas Juve value their number 10 at £87 million. Chelsea unlikely to sign both players Kenan Yildiz and Morgan Rogers play largely similar roles on the pitch, and it is arguable that the latter offers more versatility due to his ability to play on both flanks in offence, as well as in a slightly deeper lying roles. Owing to fairly identical profiles, it would come as a surprise if Chelsea end up signing both their targets for next summer, more so considering that a significant portion of their transfer budget would be channeled towards landing the attacking midfielders. Rogers would arguably be the better signing due to his experience in the Premier League, but Yildiz, who is three years younger, and has a better potential than the Aston Villa star arguably aligns better with the Londoners’ sporting project. In addition to acquiring a new number 10, Enzo Maresca is likely to push for defensive additions as well next year after he was forced to start this season with several absentees, whereas a number of defenders have also not lived up to expectations of late.

Remember this ? Hazard with the icing on the cake v Citeh at their gaff

If it goes through they will be up there again. Those arabs wont just use it to syphon money out

The fact he wrote 'Fervently believe' smells like BS

He ran his little heart out today!