Dan Lee

What gives you this impression? The fact he took a shot instead of passing? Fuck sake I am sorry but that is an absolutely ridiculous take 😂
I have no problem with someone willing to try and take responsibility and take a shot in a position where they perhaps could of passed or whatever. It is actually refreshing as I am sick of watching the likes of Jackson, Mudryk, Broja etc all trying to pass it instead of actually having the balls to shoot. It doesn’t make me think he’s above the rest or anything ridiculous along those lines which again I have seen in here. 
If he isn’t an elite player then what about the other £1bn of players we have signed? Barring Palmer and to a lesser extent Raheem, they’ve all done next to nothing. Even World Cup winner £106m Enzo Fernandez has looked well beyond average this season and his body language for me looks a huge issue also. Just half arsing games. But nobody mentioning that - as if we are lucky to have him despite being anonymous for months.
Also on Sterling, why has Poch asked him to try and play more like he did 10 years ago? Why not continue to utilise him as Pep did at City, getting into the box, scoring goals? He has such a good record in arguably the best offensive teams in modern PL history. But yeah ask him to take the ball 40m and then not get in the box?
Nkunku and Sterling are the closest/only top/elite proven attacking players we have at the moment. Simple as that. Even top or elite players, we don’t have very many. Silva is slowing down so he is maybe not there anymore but he could be there as would Reece & Ben perhaps. The rest the jury is out. 
What blows my mind is people jump on Sterlings back after one little moment in one game but will sit there saying the likes of Mudryk needs time, “will come good” and he is a project when he is about to turn 23 years old and fucking hopeless.
Some of you need your heads checked.

Thinking too much! Analyzing too much! Stop complains and support the team. We have to see how it goes before critising everything.
From when we become a soccer expert compared to Frank? 

Thinking too much! Analyzing too much! Stop complains and support the team. We have to see how it goes before critising everything.
From when we become a soccer expert compared to Frank? 

Whoever recruited this guy should be fired!

Whoever recruited this guy should be fired!

Agree. He should not be treated like that. Up and down are normal for everyone. 
Also, we don't know which stories are correct. A lot of rumors. 

Agree. He should not be treated like that. Up and down are normal for everyone. 
Also, we don't know which stories are correct. A lot of rumors. 

Agree. He should not be treated like that. Up and down are normal for everyone. 
Also, we don't know which stories are correct. A lot of rumors. 

Just hope Mexico don't batter him Thursday. 
Far as I'm concerned, he and Havertz are the undisputed 2 in the three man attack. 

That's my main point. I hate to see people blame only players. 

Ever since Roman stepped in I literally can't believe how childish some of our fans are. In last 15 or so years we had ONE campaign when we actually dominated, sort of, yet still some people expect it to be the norm and get all resentful when it isn't. Objectively we are not even best team in league, player-wise, in fact, we are very far from it and that 30% boost from Tuchel-almighty dosen't change much.
Mendy came out of nowhere to fish us out from neck-deep poop, and performs 10 times better than any sane human could have hoped for. Hell, he went from anonymous gk from mediocore farmers cup club to world's top keeper in a week. Do you really expect him to perform at this level forever now? Unless he's a literal machine, miracles rarely happen. Even if he throws in 10 ridiculous own goals now there's no reason to trash this guy. Footballers over perform, footballers underperform and Mendy is just a solid player.
Football is all about winning when you should lose and losing when you should win. Otherwise there would be no reason to play. No player nor club is forever on top-form winning streak. Look at Barca, look at Real, look at Messi, Neymar or whoever. Sometimes I think what some of our "fans" expect can only happen in their playstation and crying about it on the internet is just pitiful.

Agreed. I don't come here often because of the negativity. I am not sure whether people are real fans. 

Watching this and other Chelsea boards makes thin a move in January would be good for all concerned. No one at Chelsea (manager, fans) rates him at his market value — well, some of his teammates do, but …. Chelsea fans seem unanimous that he will be perpetually injured, he should just be s super sub, and blah blah blah. So if he can’t stay healthy in the PL, why not deal him in January, maybe to a league where hacking the technical players is penalized more heavily?  Win-win, right?
No way he will be satisfied long term as the 4th or 5th winger, so given all the talent in the Chelsea system, selling him to a club that values him more highly will happen eventually. Why not in January. CHO looks good, Mount is a mainstay, Ziyech is in form, Havertz gets a lot of winger minutes, and for some reason TT likes Werner. Fans are talking constantly about acquiring additional attackers. Seems a no brainer.
Yes, I am certain that he will flourish elsewhere, but most of you are not. He’s made of glass, right? So why not get some value for him now before he’s permanently broken?

Club needs him and He needs a good system to be a shining player. It should work both ways. Therefore, if he asks for too much we should let him go.

I don't believe that the club should keep him at all costs. Yes, he fits well to the system. However, don't say that he is irreplaceable.  

I am happy that we extended Giroud's contract. Everybody has his own opinion. I like Giroud and I believe that he is useful in certain situations. 

Explained: Hudson-Odoi’s lack of game time and why he might be better on the left
https://theathletic.com/2577647/2021/05/11/explained-hudson-odois-lack-of-game-time-and-why-he-might-be-better-on-the-left/

With a mischievous push and gentle headlock, Thomas Tuchel was clearly feeling in a playful mood toward Callum Hudson-Odoi following Chelsea’s win at Manchester City.
After Chelsea’s head coach was caught on camera speaking intensely at the youngster on the pitch for a few seconds, the duo headed toward the tunnel with smiles on their faces. Hudson-Odoi had just enjoyed a nice cameo off the bench, playing a key role in the winning goal. No wonder he was sought out for some special treatment.
It was a nice moment between the pair, which was quickly highlighted and celebrated by the club’s fans on social media. But in truth, life for Hudson-Odoi under Tuchel has been no laughing matter of late.
Tuchel has been rightly lauded for getting Chelsea to a Champions League final, an FA Cup final and up to third place in the Premier League. It is hard to find fault with his team selections. However, the way Hudson-Odoi has fallen out of favour during this run is both surprising and alarming.
No one in the Chelsea squad has experienced a greater fall from grace in such a short period. At the last international break in March, Hudson-Odoi had made an encouraging 13 appearances (one more than Mason Mount) since the former Paris Saint-Germain boss replaced Frank Lampard two months earlier. The 20-year-old’s 736 minutes was the eighth highest in the squad.
But it has been a completely different story over the last 11 fixtures. As the table below shows, only three players (not including third-choice keeper Willy Caballero) — Olivier Giroud, Tammy Abraham and Emerson — have had less game time.
 
Fewest minutes since international break There is an important distinction to make here. Giroud, Abraham and Emerson had already become accustomed to not being first-team regulars under Tuchel. What makes Hudson-Odoi’s situation so striking is he has gone from one extreme to the other so quickly.
The inevitable response is to ask why and question whether anything untoward has happened behind the scenes. Regarding the latter, The Athletic understands nothing bad of note has taken place. The pair have a good relationship. Hudson-Odoi enjoys the head coach’s training methods and it is believed Tuchel values the 20-year-old highly.
Speak to some sources around the camp and they will question his work rate in training at times. It is believed to have been a factor in why Lampard didn’t start him too regularly.
Those inside the club suggest his body language can sometimes give the wrong impression and perhaps he needs an occasional “kick up the backside”. But then, he is always going to struggle to match the intensity of someone like Mount, who takes pride in chasing after every ball. They play in different areas of the pitch too so the demands aren’t quite the same.
Still, it wouldn’t be fair to paint him as lacking effort either. Hudson-Odoi has worked hard over the past year to improve his tracking back. It is understood he is doing extra things outside of Chelsea to get in even better physical condition and is spending hours studying video clips of Neymar and Ronaldinho, looking for ways to improve. This is hardly the sign of an individual with a bad attitude or living in a comfort zone.
So what else could it be? Well, it shouldn’t be forgotten that Tuchel has primarily chosen to use Hudson-Odoi in a new position as a right wing-back. To begin with, he just had competition from Reece James for the role. But as the stakes got higher and the opposition tougher, captain Cesar Azpilicueta became increasingly used there instead of as a right-sided centre-back.
Given Hudson-Odoi’s inexperience in that spot, especially defensively, it is understandable why Tuchel turned instead to natural full-backs Azpilicueta and James to face Real Madrid and Manchester City respectively in high-profile fixtures.
Yet one would have thought there were other contests he could have been involved in from the start, such as Brighton and Fulham. Given Hudson-Odoi was in the first XI for Chelsea’s biggest win under Tuchel so far — the 4-1 victory over Crystal Palace, where he provided an assist for Kai Havertz — one might have expected that would carry some favour.
Another problem is there is so much competition for the attacking roles. With Havertz back to full fitness, Tuchel has plenty of options further up the pitch in the 3-4-2-1 system. There is also Timo Werner, Christian Pulisic, Hakim Ziyech, Mount, Giroud and Abraham in contention.
At Manchester City on Saturday, Hudson-Odoi had the rare opportunity to play in attack after replacing Ziyech. When Tuchel was addressing him in front of the TV cameras afterwards, it is understood he was full of praise and suggesting this was the kind of football he wanted to see him play more often. However, is it any surprise he thrived more as a forward rather than when he’s had to worry about the defensive responsibilities as a right wing-back?
Since he progressed through the academy, it is well known his best position is as a left winger. Three of his five goals and two of his five assists this season have come from playing there. That return came under Lampard. He has had only two brief run-outs as a substitute on that flank following Tuchel’s arrival. What could he do if he had five or six games in a row there? At this rate, we will never know. Just look at his average positions for 2020-21 here:

His end product in this campaign compares favourably with the previous two, despite the turmoil caused by playing in a variety of places and with a change in management coming halfway through.

As the table demonstrates, his goal return is better (one goal in every five games) than last season, even though the xG of the quality of his chances is lower (predicts one goal every 10 appearances). He is still taking a similar number of shots and the expected assists (xA) works out as creating chances worthy of an assist once every four to five games. When you bear in mind these statistics have been affected by him playing deeper over the last three months, it is a reason to be positive.
Some will argue it is still not enough and perhaps Tuchel feels this way too. One only has to look at how the German made Hudson-Odoi the fall guy for the 1-1 draw at Southampton, when he substituted him 31 minutes after bringing him on, to see how unsatisfied the Chelsea coach has been.
Expectations have been high on Hudson-Odoi’s shoulders from the moment he rejected a lucrative move to Bayern Munich and signed a five-year deal worth an initial £120,000 a week in 2019. It’s worth remembering Tuchel wanted to sign him that summer for PSG too. Yet few seem to take the serious achilles injury he suffered earlier that year into consideration or that he’s still young — two years younger than Mount, in fact.
Unlike Mount and other academy graduates in the senior squad, he hasn’t had the benefit of going elsewhere on loan to learn his trade. Every appearance has been under the intense pressure of playing for Chelsea. Naturally, he wouldn’t have it any other way, but inconsistency is the norm under all these conditions.
Clearly, regular football is important for someone of this age and he will certainly be hoping to improve on his recent tally of 113 minutes in the final matches. Starts in the FA Cup final and Champions League final are now obviously rather unlikely, but with a top-four finish looking good, outings versus Arsenal, Leicester and Aston Villa should be a possibility.
It would be in Chelsea’s and Tuchel’s best interests to get more playing time into his legs. High-profile clubs across Europe are increasingly monitoring the situation in case Hudson-Odoi gets frustrated with life at Stamford Bridge.
The fun pep talk at Manchester City suggests Chelsea don’t have to worry too much on that score just yet. But Hudson-Odoi surely won’t keep responding to Tuchel with a smile if he continues to be left out of the side.
 

Puli played well today. Give him some credits.

Not only today. It started from Atletico game where he had assist for Emerson goal from the bench. Motm after that against SU, scored for USA, scored last week against WBA and now brace with some great passes as well. Solid cameo against Porto. Just stay fit!

If he can indeed stay fit (which is nigh on impossible) he will undoubtedly become a major factor for us again. When onn form probably our best player. Last season he carried us after the restart now we have quality alongside him. Was unlucky not to score vs Porto with that brilliant shot. In general very unlucky this season with his finishing but today he was spot on. I really like how he does not make fuzz and tries to place it like havertz but just puts his foot through it when he is in a good position. Also one of our few players who can hit a ball at full pace. My MOTM today because of how vital his goals were at the time they came and how he kept their right side pinned back all game.

Totally agree with you. How many games Werner has proved that he could not score and he is still playing. Giround, Puli, etc. should wait in the line. 

Disagree. Who did threat Villa more? 

Good sub but cannot play the whole game. Not effective.

Good sub but cannot play the whole game. Not effective.