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Jaoa Pedroooooooo! What a baller he looks like

I know this thread is more on the negative side, but to put a different perspective on here, I think this will be a good window. Not saying it is the best, or that they have nailed it so far, but they have brought in some quality players. Delap, Gittens, Estevao, and Joao Pedro undoubtedly improve the attack. Essugo and Santos improve midfield depth. This team is better than last year's. I know we all want them to go out and bring in world-class players at winger, GK, and CB, but it just isn't the way the team works anymore. Also, as dreadful as the defending seemed last season, Chelsea still allowed among the fewest goals in the prem, but many times struggled to score. The attack is better, so they did fix a glaring issue in the team. I would love to see a top CB brought in still, and there is still a desperate need for a LB, and I hope it is Hato. I think that would be a great transfer. But overall, I think this window deserves more credit than it is being given on here, and they are a couple of players away from having a great transfer window.

Leak of away kit as well.

New leaks of the potential home kit for next year

I know I'm in the minority here, but I like the home kit this year. It's grown on me quite a bit since I first saw it.

away kit leaked today

Yes, it is a shame that the only story after that game is Kepa and Sarri. They played that game really well and were so close to pulling off a huge upset. To everyone saying, all they did was sit back and it wasn't impressive, almost every team tries that against City and still gets blown out 5-0. Lots of players played great, including Kante and Rudi, and we finally got to see Emerson, CHO, and RLC play in a real game. Just too bad the penalties didn't go our way. For me one of the most disappointing parts was Azpi's lack of leadership. As a captain and leader he looked lost in the Kepa situation, and then had no clue what to do when they were doing the coin flips for penalties. He had to ask everyone else on the team what to do. I'm a big fan of his on field, but he didn't look like a captain at all.

That was heartbreaking. So close

anyone have stream links?

Why wouldn't he. There wasn't one call that didn't go his teams way the entire match

A great effort by every player! Even with every call against us and giving them a free goal we were the better team. I hope the justice is served in the home fixture with a 6-0 smashing. Even though I am happy with the effort this game still has my blood boiling, hate QPR so much.

Tough draw for us. With our recent track record against them I am not expecting a win, but it would certainly be nice :eyebrows: We seem to be pretty unlucky in our draws in this cup. Back to back Premier League teams while United has a free pass, what else is new.

Ya, I would love to have him on Chelsea. He will be a massive star soon, but I haven't seen us linked with him in any serious reports.

Well theres one back!

Who cares how they lose? It doesn't matter to me. I would rather see them go down swinging and try everything to get the win than try to hold a 2-0 loss.

do people realize we are only 15 minutes into this game? You need to calm down, they have had a bad start but just need to settle down. They will be fine

I don't even know what to say.......

This is the type of performance we have been waiting for. Looking like we did in the first few games of the season! Drogba doesnt just score goals, he prevents them! What a game from him

Finally, Lampard puts one in thats not a penalty!!!

I think the addition of Mikel has a lot to do with why we are attacking so well so far. The players know with Mikel and Essien hanging back they can get forward more and create chances and not worry about defending. Also West Brom poor defending and bad plays by Carson help

wtf is up with that sub?

wow.... that hurt

He looked like someone who didn't want to come on. It was pretty pathetic.

Drogba for Torres......... ugh

People need to stop blaming the refs every time something doesn't go our way. It's because of Chelsea's own inability to finish their chances that we are behind in this matchup.