Blue Armour

Emery's high line being exposed by United today

Say what you will about United. But they have lethal attackers. 2-2 United.

Hallmarks of a young side, albeit with talent. Great when it clicks. But very poor at game management, and easily out-witted by experienced PL teams. Clearly the owners felt that the club had to go backwards before going forward again. Whether this will pay off, time will tell. Just hoping that the club doesn't lose any of the developed talent in the next summer window.

Nice to see a team in perfect harmony. Players that are off the ball moving into all the right positions, players on the ball being decisive.

That's who the club are at the moment. Clownlake FC. Not Chelsea FC.

Instead we signed Lesley Ugochukwu for a higher fee. Why? Younger, and commands less wages. Pointless signing. Given that we have both Lavia and Caicedo, none of whom are yet the finished product.

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About spending money - don't let the transfer fees fool you. The overall objective is bring down the wage bill. It's also why all the incoming signings are made to sign long term contracts to keep them locked down on those wages for as long as possible.

Poch's over conservative approach in the past few weeks has become an annoyance. I'm still annoyed at the fact that he didn't give Nkunku his first few minutes this season by bringing him on against Sheffield United. It would have been an easy, done and dusted game for him to really advance his match fitness. But at least he is off the mark, so that's a start. Instead he's trying to be 'fair' with Broja, and is shoe-horning him into playing upfront with Jackson. That., and the 4 CB formation is really grating to watch. I don't understand his hesitancy in playing Maatsen. Is it because the kid is on his way out? Not sure. The lack of depth in central midfield is not down to him though. We have absolute novices (talented as some of them maybe) controlling the most important part of the pitch. Even if he were to bring on Lavia, that would be another match-fitness lacking teenager. The CM situation is down to our recruitment policy. We were too quick to get rid of experienced CMs and turn to next gen talent. I bet if if we even had one of Kovacic or Kante playing in midfield today, under Poch, we would be a lot further up the table. The novice midfield is why our game management is poor. And why easy wins turn into draws/defeats.

I don't want Poch out. Not because I'm a Poch fan. It's that I don't trust the people above him to make the right appointment. For all you know, they would bring in someone like Bob Bradley to come in and take over Chelsea.

Make no mistake about it. The Gallagher sale if it happens, is a Wyss- driven, pure profit move. Profit from the investment made by Roman in the Cobham academy. Sell Cobham youth for profit, and buy dregs to fill up the squad.

Potter was the guy who definitely was shit. Because he had a top 3 squad that he ended up dragging towards relegation. Then Boehly and co., came and did all the rest. Completed the demolition.

"This player is really good, you can SELL him" Typo, or joke? I know Wyss is on a mission to bring down Chelsea’s wage bill and make it a cheap side. But is he actually aiming to move out any quality player the club has, to make a profit? Turning it into a feeder club like Brighton? Looks like Clearlake's master plan is just to take advantage of the club's huge fanbase, who think that the club will return to winning ways in the future, and therefore spend money on it. All the while, Clearlake is constructing a cheap side that never has a hope in hell for truly challenging the elite sides.

Nkunku, nice.

8th is the upper target I set for Chelsea after the first 5 games this season. Nothing changed so far. Just hope we don't lose any talent (whatever we have) next summer, besides the obvious departure of Silva.

I would argue Arsenal are more boring to watch in comparison to last year. But that means they are also a bit more ruthless.

Tottenham getting away with it again. Basically saved by the width of the goal line Everton more than deserved a draw.

Wish players would stay off social media, or at least ignored it. Apparently James is upset with all the hate coming from his latest sidelining injury. But that's what you have with flippant internet fans who find fault with every little thing. Should just ignore mouth pieces that slag off a player who can't do much about his condition.

A bit unfortunate, but it is what it is. These short term recoveries and re injuries weren't doing him any favous. Hopefully surgery can grant him the full recovery

Drogba, Ronaldinho and Pochettino: Drogba & Poch even get into a tiny scuffle, lol

You have got to be trolling. Sanchez with excellent distribution skills? It was barely 2 weeks ago (forget which match) that he kicked two successive goal kicks out into the stands.

In all seriousness, it's because Clearlake want everyone to sign those ridiculous long term contracts, and Gallagher (rightly so) has second thoughts about it. These long term contracts remind me of how NBA player Scottie Pippen re-signed a long term contract with the Bulls, when he came on as a rookie, and then stayed stuck with a lower than deserved salary for a long period of time. Clearly that's why Clearlake want our players to do the same.

There's no such thing as Chelsea youth player, unless it's a Boehly-Clearlake certified Chelsea youth player. Posers probably want to replace all of the previous regime's players with their own signings, and also make a profit on the way.

If surgery improves chance of recurring injuries, he should take it. Even if it means sitting out the rest of this season. This constant start-stop routine is not good for him, either physically or mentally. Also, I wonder whether changing his full back role to become more defense focused will help his fitness moving forward. More Ashley Cole, less Trent Alexander Arnold. I know everyone loves the bombing full back role, but I'd prefer the goals and assists to come from the attacking players, rather than the defenders.

4 full backs in the team, and almost always, 3 of them are out. You can't make this up.