cosmicway

It's Arteta's year.

I wanted the double Celta Vigo - Brighton. When you don't bet they win !

I liked Joao Felix. He was a victim of the great purge after the Potter season (Kovacic - Kai - Ziyech ...). I believe he's going to do better this time.

There are the unintentional hand balls. The record case was in one Chelsea v. Man. United at the bridge. Terry heads the ball and it's going straight in but it's stopped by the arm of a United player. Only the United player was looking the other way when the ball found him. It was not given - we did not even complain about it. Then they started giving all and sundry as hand balls. Liverpool - Spurs champions league final, the 1-0 was one such - unintentional hand ball given as a pen from which Pool scored. Now it's "we the Vlachs, when it chances". So we have to take Kovacic to the Yard and if he confesses then it's a pen. What about the free kick the citizens stopped with theIr hands last season. That too was n't ?

Are you happy with Nkunku ? I was the first who spotted him -privately that is- when he was playing for Leipzig and I was when happy Chelsea began negotiations. Slight worries because Timo Werner came from the same team and he did n't make it, but I dismissed those. Now he is not proving a new Diego. Jackson is a new Remy or a new Bats but where is Nkunku's scoring

I said I was not going to write anything in this City thread because of the team's alleged unreadiness, or unreadiness. But this is about Taylor. First of all when we were still under Abramovitch the club had requested not to be refereed by Anthony Taylor again. What happened to that ? Now about Sunday: 1st) Jackson goal. Jackson's goal was offside. Where he stands half of his body is beyond the line and the rebound does not cancel the offside. The opposition player has to play the ball intentionally to cancel the offside. 2n) Enzo, Enzo is brought down inside the area from behind. It was a police against demonstrator situation and Taylor waves play on. 3d) Kovacic's hand ball. That was an outstretched arm, same as last year in the Etihad. That should have been given was the verdict and the same applies for Sunday's match. Taylor again waves play on. Evidently this man is not an ... Altrincham fan but a sworn enemy of Chelsea football club.

The Scots want independence as well.

I hope it's the last we saw of Mudryk. Sterling despite his antics proves useful sometimes. Mudryk never.

Well, Everton of a couple of years back.

Much better than Celtic.

So was that what you expected to see ? Last minute equalizer against a team sized as Everton - Bournemouth ? I won't write anything on the topic Man. City - Chelsea next week. Let's have the match against City wiped out from memory unless we win and see what happens next.

Second division next year. With Carlisle and Preston Northend.

what is it ? io parlo italiano

It's Arteta's league. Chelsea if the present situation continues which it will, are going to finish clear of Everton who will escape relegation the last hour.

I liked Servette's back line against Braga yesterday. It was a bad betting miss as I was onto Braga to double with Ajax. But I liked the way they stopped Braga from attacking. The Portuguese had to bleed to take the ball downfield and try something and Braga is the fourth power in Portugal known for their skillfull attackers. Braga was never eliminated by a Greek team whereas the Swiss teams never went through against a Greek team. That was a good verrou system, but at the moment ours looks like a defeated army running for life.

Chelsea in good company

Is it ? They watch them from a fair distance.

We scored 9 goals in five matches. Fair enough. But the defense was turned into sh*t. It looks like Maresca wants the defenders to take positions rather than man to man marking. So they collapse like house of cards.

Real 2 - Headless chicken 1. Obviously there was a mini conference at half time to keep the score down.

What's Debbie doing ?

Deus ex machina.

City are not always pressed when they play out from the back. The way it was done yesterday caused situations Kepa ++, Mendy +++. But it was not only when playing from the back. Everything is out of place, we concede tap ins. Anyway with Thiago gone I 'm not sure this backline can play any system.

Ok, we talk about March-April.