Magic Lamps

That is indeed a shame. The list of average players we bought for enormous amounts just to make up the numbers when we have the best academy in the world is mind boggling Boga however always seemed an average player to me. Never really stood out and definitely not better than Pedro or Willian. He might have had bad luck but if he was that good he would have shone through. He might have scored that wonder goal vs sheffield but other than that the Championship looked pretty much his level. I think of that class of graduates musonda, Rlc, abraham, boga etc none is good enough to be starter at a top5 club in the premier league ever. They are ofc good enough to play a bit part role like Drinkwater and I would love them to do so but I doubt they will be satisfied that so it is better to cash in.

not worried. Fred is a poor man's Kante with a bit more goals to him but thats it.

I don't even think it has anything to with arm size or length.. Rory delap was pretty average in terms of size and arm length. It is obviously more about technique. But that also means you can learn it...when you think about it is staggering how not more teams try to make more of throw-in situations. When we have a throw-in on the left, hazard needs to come 3m to the sideline for alosno to reach him with is throw with 3 opposition players around them. as soon as hazard gives it back to alonso the ball is lost. But when a player can throw the ball as precisely and far as Delap it is an absolute weapon esp because it is more precise and as hard as a regular cross but much more dangerous because whilst a cross is curved and drops it needs to be at the perfect height for a player to reach it whilst a long throw in is almost flat and always in a reachable height. I always found that prescribed technique werid too, never could really execute it correctly...i guess the reasoning behind is it to not make throw ins too overpowered. With a regular one-arm handball catapult technique everyone can throw a football 40m and with plenty of power and accuracy

I would rather keep Morata than sign an over the hill higuain

Never really enjoyed him that much as a payer here but always admired him as character. Also I love how despite having played only 4 years for us he still displays the greatest attachement to Chelsea rather than Leverkusen or Bayern. Did nt know whether he is a good director of football but surely there can be worse

they did it with Mikhi so I think they are gonna do it again with Martial. Esp with a moron like Mou at the helm.

IMO Lewandowski does rely on agility and speed a lot. you might not see it but he needs it to get away from his marker. HIs pace deteriorated visibly this season to great effect. Furthermore Lewandowski is a consistent underperformer in big games. Drogba IMO had his best year as he was 29 and then a close on at 31 but he is a completely different player. Drogba indeed never relied on his straight line speed and physically only delclined a few years later. And Lewa is not the type of character I'd want at the club. He would command outrageous wages, which he might be worth but might also disrupt the wage structure. He is a huge sulker. He disrespected Heynckes, one of the greatest coaches of all times and an absolute gent multiple times really badly in public. Always put up with the Bayern hierachy abou this dream move to Real Madrid. The latter is also the reason we will never get him. If he moves then only to real.

they are both completely different types of players tho aren't they? Milinkovc Savic is more like the Lampard type a playmaker who scores lots of goals and always aims for the killer pass or alternatively the player Pogba wants to be^^ whilst Jorginho is more like the passmaster from deep who circulates play and makes the transition from defense to attack like Iniesta.

I heard he suffered from home-sickness which was the reason he failed so badly at Dortmund. I'd say stay clear. Big fish in a very small pond type of player.

If Conte really stays, I hope the board is 100% sensible about this and discretely checks if all key players are on board with this. I don't mind losing willian or even Courtois but we have to make sure Hazard, Kante, Azpi, Rüdiger stay no matter what. I have no problems with a bit of continuity at the bridge but I have a few concerns about Conte staying 1) Even though the board really did not cover itself in glory with the summer signings (esp Drinkwater for 35m wtf) but Conte was extremely childish when not getting his wish. It is not that his rumoured suggestions have always been that great (remember Pelle, Giaccherini, candreva, Morata(!)). We made some fairly decent signings in Emerson and Barkley and have a few absolutely top class youth players coming through the ranks yet he insisted on playing the same out of form players over and over again, then rotated for no reason and completely fucked up the rhythm just to make a point to the board. This should be straightened out at the very first meeting. The board botched the transfer window, fair enough, but the manager still should work with what he got without moaning. You are a professional, behave yourself like one! 2) At some point Conte really looked out of his depth and was unable to provide any new incentives tactically and also motivationally. That really is a worry, because such managers usually turn out to be short-term maanagers like Mourinho, Ancelotti (bar Milan), van Gaal, etc. This 3 at the back must die, at least in matches where we need goals. You can't do shit with 2,3 offensive players with none of them being a true goalscorer and Moses/Zappacosta, Alonso being the one to provide depth, stretch the play, Either upgrade those wingback positions or switch to a system with genuine wingers. 3) Losing the players. We looked so disjointed and made horrendous errors on both ends, that the problem has to be a mental one throughout the squad and it is the managers job to catch that before we are shit for months. I hope he has learned from the experience.

What would be tragically funny is if Salah, mane and Can fuck up their CL final because of this ramadan fasting stuff. I remember how torrid Salah was in pre-season for us when he was fasting, a complete zombie on the pitch when he really needed to impres, maybe he would be still here if he had looked more like giving a shit about playing at Chelsea back then. Not to eat for the majority of the day is no problem, once conditioned, I did intermittent fasting myself for years. But the no drinking bullshit is absolutely horrendous for you body no matter how well you are conditioned. Clubs should genuinely check the scheduling of Ramadan in advance before deciding to sign a practicing Muslim key player.

Credit where its due... great performance

Roll out the youth against them we are shit at CS

What a game by him. Well deserves motm. I watched him give away stupid pens at stuttgart and now he maybe the best defender in the premier league

Hes staying!

Eden hazard stays!

We fucking did it. cant believe it. Jose beaten in a cup final. Contr winning a cup. Us not choking away a lead in a big match. Miracles do happen

Is moses on a sellow tho? Google says no

Zappacosta really?

And wtf was alonso doing just take it first time with your right ffs

How is this fucking not a pen

He should be out and but pedro or willy are not much better

Fabregas having an absolute nightmare and we should be more clinical now in clearing and finishing

Now can we please fucking hold on to a lead once

Typical manu oliver connection