Blue Armour

Would you rather Arsenal finish in top 4 or Europa? As opposed to United or Spurs.. Personally not sure what would be the better outcome.

Play Chalobah. And Silva. Don't want to see Christensen or Saar in the starting lineup

I'm beginning to dread this post of yours. It feels like a jinx after that Arsenal game. Do a rain dance or something to reverse it.

Fucking hate losing to these lot. Their insufferable fans will keep gloating about it too. Would prefer United over either of the London clubs to make it into top 4.

I give Christensen credit for his CL final performance. But for the most part he has always come across as such as a passive, weak player. Never plays any penetrating passes from defense (when in the central role) and shies away easily from challenges. And made of glass. His mind is no longer at the club.

Mendy has not looked himself since the AFCON. Their 2nd and 3rd goals were something a prime Mendy would have dealt with comfortably. Hope he turns it around against West Ham. He had a stinker against them earlier this season. Would be a good chance at redemption.

True, but the rules are there for a reason. Connor scoring an own goal to knock out Palace wouldn't make for good headlines.

Hope this game puts to bed all those accusations that he fails to step up in big games. Lucky to have him.

Eder Militao out for this fixture. Hopefully we can take advantage of the yellow card he received in the first leg. Would prefer we keep the same front 3 from the Southampton game. Werner seems to be in the best form of his life since joining. Would be mad to not take advantage. But Tuchel knows best.

As good a result as you would want ahead of Tuesday's game. AND a clean sheet. AND Mendy making a crucial save to keep it that way. Let's hope this carries over.

Eh...we lost at Stamford bridge this time. Not the same kind of match. The atmosphere at the Bridge was electric in 2012. This time I'll remember for it being hostile to Courtois. Acting like snowflake Gooners.

Knew this was going to be a lousy game right from the off. Crowd booing Courtois from the start of the game. Arsenal-like mentality of acting bitter. Got treated like Arsenal.

True. I'm now worried about the misinformation that is being circulated around on forums. Don't want to scupper a potentially good bid because of outrage from overblown facts. I hope the majority of local Chelsea fans are being pragmatic about the whole thing.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but has there ever been a consortium of this size and wealth involved in a European football club before? Surely the fact that so many are looking to get a piece of the pie would imply that the investments they put into the club could be proportional, especially if they intend to get any sort of meaningful return

If that's true then good. Anyone else barring these guys and Johnson seem to be a big positive

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2022/03/24/zelensky-urged-biden-not-to-sanction-oligarch-abramovich-report/amp/ Zelensky urged Biden not to sanction Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich: report

Was it a verbal or written agreement? Terms mean nothing until official. I'm sure that Rudiger's agent is shopping around, that is the smart thing to do and so no surprise there. But it would be also very dumb to not even wait to learn who the new owners are and see what they have to offer before he makes a move.

It's just their forward line that we need to be careful about. Benzema and Vinicius can turn it around in minutes, so the defense will have to be in top form and not make any silly mistakes (looking at Chalobah) That, and our false 9s who are likely to play., NEED to be clinical. Other than that, yes. I don't see us having too much trouble controlling the flow of the game itself.

Sigh. This is annoying. I take back what I said. Luck run out.

Wouldn't say completely ran out...... Did manage to avoid Bayern and the other English clubs..

First piece of evidence will be how they handle the mid-week game against Pool. It's a double whammy against a stronger team AND a game with less prep time.

Reminds me of the 2nd half of Hazard's 2013 and 2015 seasons...when he started morphing into Chelsea's main man.

Probably spitting at a person next to him.

Them...Carragher...Rio... Fuck. I hate that whole Pool/United ex player posse that rules football media in England. On the other hand, I'm also glad that none of our big guns became a pundit. Imagine having your ex player and legend talking shit about their former clubs performances.