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Yesss you love to see Spuds falling apart

This CP team is no longer staying back and waiting for the counter opportunity. This attacking style is really going to help Conor advance his game.

It has been over ten years since I read a lengthy study published in Sports Illustrated. Researchers followed the careers of promising NFL players to look at what would predict a player going from a good player, to developing into a great player. The one constant was a player's ability to heal quickly from small injuries and staying injury free. If you look at both Pulisic and Mount, Puli is the same player that came to Chelsea, a really good player with flashes of great play. Mount came a really good player and is on a steady climb to being a consistently great player.

He rolled the ankle trying to go between two CB. Then he wouldnt let them stretcher him off the pitch. Tried to straight leg limp run up the pitch, then the other way and collapsed. Probably did more damage ignoring the medical staff.

As up to date I have seen. We may know more at Tuchel's presser.

Japan withdraws as host of 2021 Club World Cup due to COVID-19 Japan has withdrawn as the host for the 2021 Club World Cup due to COVID-19 concerns.The tournament, which will feature Champions League winners Chelsea, is scheduled to take place in December. The decision comes after the Japanese government extended emergency COVID-19 restrictions in Tokyo and other regions until the end of this month. In a statement, world governing body FIFA said: “FIFA can confirm that it has been informed today by the JFA that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and hosting situation in the country, they are no longer in a position to host the FIFA Club World Cup 2021.” The tournament is also due to feature Egyptian side Al Ahly and Auckland City of New Zealand. Four more teams are yet to qualify, including the 2021 Copa Libertadores winners. Bayern Munich won the 2020 Club World Cup, beating Tigres UANL 1-0 in the final in Qatar. https://theathletic.com/news/japan-withdraws-as-host-of-2021-club-world-cup-due-to-covid-19/myRLd2G580cP

If he doesn't sort it out this season, Bayern wanting him might be a good thing. If he does come good, he is not going to want to leave.

Puli throwing himself into danger and gets hurt. Stays on the field limping through his stride and goes down. Had to be substituted off. Hope it is nothing major.

Why? What is Brazil about here?

Silva out. Thankfully not injured, but we always lose someone because of international games. Luckily France let Kante heal, even if he is not ready to play now.

Hopefully it proves to be nothing.

You think we are back for him in January?

500M over 5 years.... yeah no

That is good for us.

Mendy is playing for Senegal. Are there restrictions for people coming from Senegal to the UK? https://supersport.com/football/wc-qualification-africa-2022/news/210831_Togo_geared_for_tough_Senegal_test

We are a rather tight bunch of regular contributors to this forum. I was wondering if people would like to have a weekly Chelsea predictor thread. Simple 1 point for correctly picking a W L D 3 points for prediction the correct score 5 points for naming the first Chelsea player to score 5 points for picking the minute of the game the first score happens for Chelsea. predictions due 30 minutes before kickoff I was thinking of it just being a weekly win, instead of accruing points for the entire year. This way people can play whatever weeks they want. Thoughts on interest or if the scoring could be better?

If he regains his form or anywhere near it, this deal is gold. If he doesn't, it was nice getting to know him.

I am pretty sure our incomings are done. It was a great window for selling players, which we needed to do. Other teams needed to and didn't.

If Saul really is around 300k Euros a week....that is insanity for a player out of form and a 4th option.

Lukaku is a pretty big addition considering the lack of strikers available. We also finally cut down our bloated squad. Trevor's emergance is like getting another player.

I wonder how much our line up will be effected by the international break. I know Ziyech had a falling out with is national manager. Is Mendy traveling home? That could put him in quarantine.