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I'm not sure the red card would have changed much, Fulham were way too full of fuck before that and once again a team wanted it more which if the project puppet is going to change things it has to be this and the desire to control games from the off

We can do this!

7 red cards so far..its only january!

He scored a great goal in the first half tonight for Côte d'Ivoire v Burkino Faso in a knockout game.

This guy is unbelievable.. 
Grew up in the US, played for noname Florida teams, only came to Europe last January for Leganes B, not even one year later he is a wanted man.
I saw him a few times after hearing a lot about him in various podcasts, he is AMAZING. Most surprisingly, he is not a raw talent but seems to be very mature and understands the game like Garnacho never will. Pretty surprising from a guy who got his football training in Daytona Beach.

Pip stands for personal independence payment. It's a payment for people with longterm illness or disabilities.

My first ever game at the Bridge was Chelsea-Fulham 2-2, in 2006 December. Gaffer scored an own goal, proper Chels!
From 2:30
 
 
 

Remember it well as it was the year my son was born

My first ever game at the Bridge was Chelsea-Fulham 2-2, in 2006 December. Gaffer scored an own goal, proper Chels!
From 2:30
 
 
 

My first ever game at the Bridge was Chelsea-Fulham 2-2, in 2006 December. Gaffer scored an own goal, proper Chels!
From 2:30
 
 
 

When a new manager comes, it's always a vital question who is his favourite player from previous club he wants to bring.
Chillwell? Amogou? Diego Moreira?
Sarr and Emegha are scheduled to join in the summer, let's see if Liam will be still here.

This is harsh on Liam. I see lot of people have already passed judgment based on the viral videos where he apparently looks like a PE teacher.
But honestly, such videos have been shared of Arteta, Kompany, Pep and they all turned out decent managers. Give the guy a chance if he's the one to take charge.

Mourinho... Geez.. This board have already got rid of three managers(Tuchel, Poch, Maresca) because of personal issues, I am sure appointing Mourinho would work out fine.

It actually happened with Bayern last year.. They got turned down by Glasner, Klopp, Ragnick, Xabi Alonso.. Kompany was like 5-6th name on the list, and it goes fine..
Not saying our situation is the same but trying to find the silver lining. 

People going to slate Maresca for taking Palmer off but I understand it. He is not really at it again tonight and they are beating the press easily. Pedro may do well paying off an actual target man in Delap.

Gusto and Acheampong switch position. Not very ordinary to see fullbacks switch flanks, but I guess thaz's what you get when two LB and one RB is missing.

yes
yes he did
Cole is lucky

Uh, Petro almost got that.

Also kudos to Semenyo, well done man! 
 

Josh often plays at RB it is not 'out of posotion'
and Hato is out
so Gusto is it in terms of LB (and yes, he is a right-footer so he is out of position)

Mate, that is such a 2026 problem.. First worry about Bournemouth 😄

I thought Mamadou Sarr was the 20 years old CB "all the top clubs want"

Yes, these were great, but there were/are things not to be so happy about:
- long term injuries of key/aspiring players like Colvill, Fofana, Lavia or Palmer makes it hard to build the project. It's January and Palmer/Estevao shared like 10 minutes on the pitch.
- team is unpredictable and two sided, still. We smashed Barca and had a terrific game against Arsenal, then what happened? We complete lost our shit with no real reason. Or just look at our last two games.. Against both Aston Villa and Newcastle, we had two completely different halves. The team has high ceiling, but the floor is pretty low too. 
 
- new signings didn't really made us stronger. Essugo, Delap, Gittens, Garnacho, Hato, Andrey Santos, Buonanotte, Joao Pedro, Estevao. Expect the latter, which one would one safe to say he made the team better? 
 
- shocking player management
I mean, not like I feel very sorry about Sterling or Disasi, but it displays amateurism that players bought for huge money 2-3 years ago got banned from visiting training and such.. Guiu/Jackson/Emegha situation is also incredibly stupid, we managed to own 3 strikers who are now 2nd-3rd choice and communications with their club went horsecrap. Mudryk situation also dissatisfies me, we just decided to pretend he doesn't exist, not good communication.

Joao Pedro touched, didn't he?