quickpassnmove

wake me up when Chelsea start passing quicker.

Let's see if Oscar can do something. I know Bertrand can.

If we win today, we're officially the in-form side of the PL, correct? FFS, I don't wanna see Oscar starting right now. Let's see the other Brazilian or Traore. Shaqiri v. Rahman... interesting. Imbula in MF. I want a 3-0 or 3-1 win, but I don't know about our attack with an Oscar starting.

Ted Cruz? see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism#Existential_nihilism

Regardless of La Liga's quality of defending, I am excited to see Musonda play for CFC 1st team.

personally, I think it was foolish to let Cech go in order to make Courtois the number 1 permanently, but we'll see next season.

We ought not see more of the Hazard show next time out. Could Kenedy be starting at FB? Is Ola Aina out of the question? Yea, like others said: thank you, Branislav (and TY to Forster).

Time for Bertrand... Hazard off.

facepalm

rather that Chelsea bought B2B CMs plural in the last 4 or 5 windows.

God, MIkel you are shit.

If Hazard continues like this, I can't make a good argument about keeping him this summer. The guy was never a great finisher, so now he dribbles and does nothing.

I was thinking Koeman and vanDijk, maybe steal Blind, grab Kouyate from Hammers... but I'm excited now about Conte. decisive.

...a player worth buying, I think.

start getting the ball into the box early and often. stop dribbling and waiting.

That is beautiful, xPetrCechx. I was hoping for something like a Koeman or Klopp (but not actually Klopp, I think, because it seems he was meant to go elsewhere) myself, but it's honestly hard for me to make a decision as I've watched less and less football in the past 5 years. I am sucking up the Conte hype to give my football a good feeling again for the future. Selling Luiz and finally dumping Torres were excellent moments in recent years, but the return of sour Mourinho was always going to feel like a mix of positive and negative emotions for me. Conte seems as good a choice as any out there! I certainly wanted a less-aged manager and this one has very good experience so far!

Conte is from the south of Italy. This is the most encouraging article I've seen written on a potential Chelsea manager ever. I typically ignore Juventus, so I cannot comment on its content. http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/features/2016/2/25/11116880/antonio-conte-chelsea-profile Except that this, I know, rings true: " If Andrea Pirlo is marked and an out ball to a wingback or a centre forward is not on, then Conte will ask his centre back to gallop forward with the ball. This is something Leonardo Bonucci did wonderfully while at Juventus. It is one of the easiest ways to disrupt an opponent's defensive structure - as they do not anticipate the centre back stepping beyond both the lone forward and the number ten. " Even if you don't want to read this entire article, take a look at the section called "Profile of Player."

that's stupid. not every damn logo on the planet needs to be reduced or minimalised as such. The current full lion body is perfect, as is. Contrary to what seems to be the prevailing view among designers, minimalism retaining uniqueness does not equal "refinement."

I hope that someone at this club has noticed that Mikel and Oscar aren't worth keeping.

At the moment, it looks pretty good given the lack of quality in centre midfield. But it would be nice if Chelsea could keep up this play for the rest of this calendar year while adding better CMs and some depth at fullback during the summer. Now that we have SOME momentum, it will be nice to see us not shrink against real opposition in the Prem. If the PSG match is any indication though, I think our midfield will prevent us from dominating matches in the Premier League against strong opponents.

I hope we continue to use these two fullbacks for the rest of the season. When there's no space in the EPL, those FB areas are often the only place to find an edge. Excellent match from Pedro and Fabregas. so happy for Traore --again-- we can be criticized for not taking more advantage in the 1st half, but when you have Mikel and this Hazard playing, you're basically playing like 10 men. (-0.5 + -0.5 = -1)

Yes. Traore on for Hazard pls.

With Kenedy, Musonda, Traore, etc. waiting, it's good to know that Chelsea simply need to start building from the back and through CM for the future (IF Chelsea really WANT to be a top tier contender again). Hopefully the logic in the January window was simply wait until the new manager to sign the players for the spine and additional fullbacks.

Exactly. Djilobodji. Chelsea's idiocy in transfers and lack of youth development on display again. Big Club.

Can't wait to see how crap Mikel was again. Total Passenger, can't run a midfield. Why was he picked?