Blue Armour

The ref is a sack of shit. Quick to yellow card Chillwell but ignores a series of fouls earlier on from Villa. How does the PL find these guys.

Very good start to the 2nd half. Chillwell should have cut-back though

No-- this is Harry Potter's bootleg cousin - Garry Potter.

I guess - but is Fofana out for that game too? Edit: And Badiashile not being in the CL is his fault too. Short-sighted move.

Looking like Potter is a passive-aggressive version of Conte. Both of them looking to get the sweet payout

Andy Townsend said it best - this is the result of all the chopping and changing. You have a fit and able CB in Badiashille on the bench, but the genius decides to play 3 fullbacks in our defence, and a makeshift CM in RB

It was too comical.

I laughed.

John McGin is a buffoon

Dont want to speak on behalf of @YorkshireBlue, but I don't think he's exactly defending Potter in the post above. He pretty much said that Potter has probably got to go, as it looks like he has too much to learn on the job. he's just saying the coach probably still has potential and could succeed somewhere else by learning from the mistakes he made here.

Apparently upset with Kai's celebration mocking Pickford. https://talksport.com/football/1366820/graham-potter-criticises-kai-havertz-jordan-pickford-Chelsea-everton/

Madrid lose to Barca. Is this the same team that blitzed Liverpool at Anfield? Honestly think that if out defense doesn't goof up or suffer injuries, we'll be fine against the lot from Madrid.

And 2 of those 9 from Havertz were penalties, lol.

Tbf, the 2 of them acted like absolute morons., and Willian was sent off for handling in front of goal

It was a battle of two T-Rex armed keepers. A fitting draw as a result.

It's weird, because prior to joining Chelsea, he was known as a manager that adapted to tactics and opposition. Ever since he came here., it's been a case of throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. Before the win streak, it was endless games with Ziyech. After the switch to back 3 and his acknowledgment of results being everything - he adopts a formulaic⁶ approach of getting a lead and protecting it with the same defense-minded subs. He needs to be smarter in these situations - especially in our crunch CL fixtures. Really hoped the recent win streak would reveal a new Potter and team - but same ugly heads showing up again, looks like

That's true if you just look at the goals, but the subs are what put us on the back foot. 1st sub. Removes an attacker, brings on a midfielder with poor technical ability. We start ceding possession and give away corners 2nd set of subs. More defense minded. First RLC, then Chukwumeka and then Chalobah. No attackers. We concede anyway, and no longer have an attack to fight back.

1-0 cruising at 60+ mins and he brings Gonner Callagher on. Why?

Useless sub bringing Gallagher on. Put us on the backfoot and now we don't have an attack to fight to put us back in the lead. Sensible thing would be put him back on the bench and bring on another attacker, because he's useless

Yeah the odds are firmly stacked against us. The annoying thing like you said, is that there's no respite even after making the final, because it's likely Napoli emerging from the other half. Again, tough odds

Hopefully Gusto can be an able deputy in the RB., and alleviate our concerns about James. But its just typical that he also got injured right after we signed him,lol.

While I accept Mount has been horrible this season and is pushing himself out the door, I just don't understand the hatred from our fanbase towards the kid. I mean, he's been a huge part of our only meaningful trophy win in the past 5 years, and has had decent stats for an AMF even if it's against shit teams. Now people praise Felix (who has been here only 3 months) and Gallagher as if they are supreme world beaters., when those two have had less than remarkable seasons in the past years. I'm including Gallagher in the comparison because he's only a year younger than Mount. The fickle minded nature of fans these days is just bothersome. Thank goodness social media wasn't as rampant back then. Players like Drogba would have received a lot of hate during the period of 2007-2009, when Mourinho had left. He probably wouldn't have stuck around to become the legend he has been for us.

Also, please look at the date of my post 😅 Fofana was out injured then and there was no telling how he would be upon return. And KK and Cucurella were in terrible form at that time.

Let's hope it stays that way.

It might be ages before we see another player like that.