different level

I don't think "big club" is a title you earn for a lifetime. If a club is being successful for a while, win a lot of trophies and being able to attract world class players, well at some point people surely would start recognising it as a big club, right? And vice versa, if you spend almost 2 decades barely winning anything (and the stuff you've won recently is only a couple of national cups), but still banging your drum for your successful spell in the 60s or 70s, you'll get laughed at by everyone. In that line of thinking Arsenal aren't a big club anymore, in fact they've lost that privilege a while ago. It was probably around the time they almost went a full decade without winning "any" trophy at all, started wildly celebrating top 4 finishes and their top players wisely left them to join their EPL rivals. And what about Spurs? Were they ever anything more than a B-rated team? 2 League cups in the last 30 years... don't make me laugh.

Leeds are always so entertaining to watch. No matter what happens there are goals involved.

Yeah, all the best to Tammy, but man... I really don't want to see us bringing back another player for double or triple the amount we got when we sold him.

I find it a bit extraordinary seeing the excuses some people are willing to make up in order to defend him. It's the Torres/Morata story all over again until it finally comes the time when everybody concedes Timo is a flop just like his Spanish counterparts.

I've always seen these super cup type of matches as extensions of the trophies that lead to them (Champions League, League title, etc) rather than their own standalone achievements. For that reason they aren't considered major trophies and winning only those and nothing else would be a failure.

Worst player in the team yesterday. It's so depressing to watch Werner especially when all the other players do a solid job.

I honestly can't wait for Lukaku to get up to speed so Werner is finally benched.

It's funny how Palace never tried to look forward. It's like their goal was not to get hammered as they've accepted defeat ever since Alonso's fantastic free kick.

Such a solid performance. Apart from Werner everyone has done well.

Werner is just as frustrating as he was for the most part of last season.

Pulisic looks like he is wearing ice skates tho.

They keep fouling us in dangerous areas. Okay then.

We're in control but no clear chances yet. Lacking the killer instinct like usual.

Is this kind of result really a surprise anymore? Just your typical newcomer beating a mid table team.

Is it just me or that visual mess of a kit is starting to look decent?

Nice. Don't get carried away though. This is not an important cup. At least that's what I told myself when we kept losing these, lol.

Yup. Mount just missed a good chance. So far so good.

I can already tell what's going to happen. We're going to miss at least one good chance in that 2nd half of extra time and then go on to lose on penalties. Yup, might as well just go to bed now.

Still trying to figure out why are we so shite in these super cup matches. We've lost our last 5 community shields and last 3 uefa super cups. If we count the Club World Cup in 2012 that's 9 (!) super cup finals in a row lost. I understand they are no major trophies but come on!

Damn, we're probably going to lose another super cup match. Our record on these is horrendous.

Still have a feeling that if there was a right time to bring Rom back it was after we won the Premier League in 2017. Just imagine how different it would've been with him instead of Morata back then. Now I'm a bit unsure but hopefully he does what we expect from him.

Am I the only one who doesn't want this dirty cunt Messi anywhere near my club?

I'm usually not a fan of using the next season's kit prematurely. This year it was worse than usual for me because that meant more matches played using the ugliest Chelsea kit I've ever seen.

He really deserves Ballon d'Or this year. I usually don't care much about individual awards, but it's about time a Chelsea player wins this. Lately Eden was the closest we got, but during his spell in London Messi and Ronaldo were still at the top of their game and we never really had a great Champions League campaign in that period which definitely didn't help his chances.

As long as Giroud keeps doing what he does I'll be happy to keep him as a wildcard attacking option. He has played that part in every season since he joined and I'd to say he's exceeded my expectations.