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Unlucky. Great shot by Jackson!

Shameless self-reply given that I forgot to mention the most important trait in single-elimination matches: mentality (esp concentration). I’d describe Mudryk as a player with low mentality. Timo would be the opposite. Was reminded of that watching man city today.. for some reason.

Can clearly see Brentford is an exceptionally well-trained team. they will lack quality everywhere, so we should still beat them. Hope it does not take much grinding and we can find the net early.

Kinda are indeed saying that, like below. PL is not more difficult... it's different. The biggest club in the world does not play the PL, and is usually the one to beat for any team aiming to win CL. City dominated the PL for years until they were able to win a CL, and it was very very close against a limited Inter side. It's hard to argue when people choose, for some strange reason to disregard numbers and facts. If Drinkwater had scored and helped win against Real Madrid in the knockout stage of a CL, then played well and assisted against a Man City in the final, then I'd agree to call him a great winner. He did not though. Mount did. Yes, Timo was less important in that CL run as he contributed less in terms of attacking output, but it's hard to imagine many other players able to, or willing to, do the work he did. It's very important to know why you win, so some of what you did before can be replicated. Yes, the competitions are VERY different and demand different things from players and teams. I was one of the suckers who watched Eden play CL hoping that he would replicate what he did in the league, but he disappeared over and over again. He really was poor in CL. Agreed that Kai is indeed the same player he was for us. I wasn't his biggest fan, but thought he was an interesting player to have as rotation/option--if the club only has him as a #9 that's a mistake by the club. Werner the same... still getting Mudryk to replace him was a big downgrade. Mount is a different story as he has hardly played for United; he may very well be physically broken at this point, but once again, I saw what I saw back then: excellent performances in the league and great performances in the CL. 🤷‍♂️ As I write, Mount once again is subbed off injured against Man City--lasted for about 15min.

I was responding to others who were indeed calling nothing players and whatnot. You hijacked the discussion and started making shit up. Sport is NOT about consistency! A league format may be about consistency, and even then not player consistency given that players' form fluctuate over a long season. That's the reason you need a quality roster to win a league--something we did not have last season. Tourneys demand very different things especially in terms of energy and physicality. Different types thrive in different type of competitions. Eden CL record speaks for itself, as does Mount's. Fight with the numbers all you like. I wrote over and over again that the attack last season wasn’t good enough and did not have enough options. The club simply singed 3 quality and expensive wingers/AM ffs. They spent £220m mostly strengthen the attack plus Veiga for LB/MID backup. Last season's LW starter does not play PL matches and last season's RW starter rotates... for now. The most expensive players in the world are wingers, in case you don't know that.

Yes, and are you fucking kidding me? Do you really think we'd be 2nd with Muddy and Noni on the wings this season? Really? Considering the number of acquisitions in attack, would you say that the club agreed with me or you? Would be very nice if you did not make shit up, but that might be asking too much. Always liked Jackson and was unsure about Cucu, just like everybody else including the manager at the time. Caicedo isn't and never will be my favorite type, but he's playing well even lately as a RB. And who gives a fuck? They will earn my respect once they win something, not before. I know what Timo was for that team, and he did what was needed. I respect that, so I'm not one to come here and call him a "nothing player." And he's twice the player Mudryk--one of the worst wingers I've seen in a while. I'd suggest taking a look at Mount's numbers in 20/21/22 (not only CL just overall). Hint: Eden Hazard never came close to influencing games like that in CL. I don't really care tbh. I know what I saw in that CL run, so I have my own opinion about what was important to win. Shit on winners all you like, but as a fan of Chelsea, not specific individuals, I always respect winner even the players I personally dislike.

Unbreakable wall... No defender, or defensive midfielder can handle the simplest thing in football: one-twos. Rudiger, or Maldini, would look like Tal Ben Haim if he had to deal with one-twos without protection. You sound like we played with 11 players behind the ball parking the bus a la Mourinho, and it wasn't like that at all. All players in that Tuchel team contributed a lot in defense especially Mount and Timo (Kai less so), with very high and relentless pressing. This demands very specific qualities in the attacking players, which we happened to have back then. No manager can accomplish anything without the right players; suffice to take a look at Tuchel's career.

It was a suggestion that you are looking at things that *you* like in a team, which are *entertaining* to you, and have little to do with actually making a *TEAM* tick, which is what takes to win. You talk about players as if they were playing Tennis. Chelsea is a very rich club. We are tested when we actually face teams who are at least as good, and have similar investment in football. Only then we see players who rise above and give you a competitive edge. Mount and Werner (more Mount with key performances), have given us a competitive edge against the toughest opposition, and have helped the club to win the most important silverware there is. No, I'm not going to waste my time showing numbers and MotM accolades given the target audience here. It was a very tough run against the best competition in the world at that moment, and they delivered the goods. Perhaps Mount's fitness struggles of late have something to do with what he did then? similar happened with Oscar after he ran himself into the ground to get us a PL. I have far more respect for these players, winners, than players who have won jack shit.

He's just another "garbage player" who has won the biggest silverware there is. Opinions like that that just showcase one's knowledge of the game: like what is really important vs what one likes seeing on their tv.

What always amazes me is the incredible ability that conspiracy theorists have to live in a state of suspended disbelief. It's like when a major (made up) prediction such as, "the internet is breaking" does not come true, they shrug and move to the next one. Wait! the last one was *proven* to be a lie, so why believe the same set of sources again?! BTW, I work in internet networking and there is nothing breaking... we'd know.

Just tell the youngsters they are going to play Atalanta in Italy. 😈

Agreed. Jorgensen being a glorified question mark at this level and being 22, does not make Sanchez remotely good enough. He does not look a whole lot better than Onana tbh.

Way too different players as well. Estevao is a frail super skilled winger, while Noni is a pace & power type. I think the club would want to keep Estevao around to have more control over his development. He's not loan material. If he's even on loan, that means he's not going to fulfill his potential.

Sancho signing made sense at the time. Felix’s not so much.

It takes over 100 million years to convert carbon into fossil fuels. We drill the fossil fuels and burn them releasing all that was collected over millions of years in a moment. it’s really interesting to me why people would ever think that this practice wouldn’t have any consequence.

Players and teams have different characteristics. Don’t be so hasty with comparisons at this level. Rice is very different from both Caicedo and Enzo. Better depends on team setup… it’s a team sport: making the team better is the only goal here. i do agree they are lacking in attack esp around options. Same as we do in D.

We are definitely better than Tottenham. They just created problems with that high press early on, but it’s difficult to keep that up for 90min. we are just behind arsenal and Liverpool atm, and likely city once they get their shit together again. we will need tweaks to get to that level though esp in D and goalie. Just can’t beat those guys with Sanchez. unnecessarily nervy final Minutes there.

That run before showcases my issue with Felix: lack of physicality he was easily outmuscled out of the play.

Ffs badi slipped almost conceded

Quality squad needs options with diff characteristics. So, up front and middle we are well served.

Neto is the perfect player for these matches imo. He will do the dirty work and also have quality for the linkup.

Goal! Palmer.

Penalty on palmer Looked soft to me.

I honestly don’t have a problem with Nico today — ran his socks off. Neto had a strong game. Enzo is having a monster game.

Enzo!