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Earls Court holds the key. We can build a new Stamford Bridge that is twice the stadium we have in our current cramped conditions. We've outgrown the current plot that we have, even with an expansion.

Potter baffles me with some things such as: who are our two most natural finishers? Aubameyang and Sterling. Yet Broja gets the nod? What logic is this? Because I'm not seeing it. And playing Sterling and Pulisic recently at wing-back raises concerns for obvious reasons. I think that in Tuchel, we had very strict. In Potter, we have very relaxed. A manager with a good blend of both may be what we need. I want Potter to do well, but I'm not gonna lie, I'm starting to look at Mourinho and wonder 'what if'. I dont want to be that guy one who calls for a managerial change so quickly, I'm not a knee-jerk guy when it comes to football management. I always point to Ferguson, who took years to put a killer team out on the pitch. But Potter...I dunno. Theres a doubt as to whether he will stop these odd decisions in my mind.

Yeah I’ve been saying that a long time. I despise the way international games criss-cross with club matches. Far preferable to do them in one lump.

I must have blinked and missed Henrique Hilario’s stint at spurs!😄

What's Silva's language adaptibilty like? Did he speak French or Italian when he played there?

Regarding selling Willian to Barcelona, until this transfer ban is over, we're in no position to trim our squad further, especially of experienced players. Forget the money, just for this season. Keeping hold of personnel has to be the priority for now.

Well I'm concerned. The league kicks off on the 12th and our only strikers are Batshuayi and Remy. We've just lost Costa on top of Solanke, Traore, and Abraham, on loan. oh, and our most important player JT. Chelsea really need to pull their fingers out because we're in danger of going into this seriously undercooked. Our pre-season schedule is absolute barebones too.

I really fancy Rosella Ayane. Best looking footballer ever

Ooh..a loss? I'm not sure I can do a loss, especially not a 6-0 one. I prefer the North Korean method in these situations: Get rid of it, delete it from history, deny it ever happened. In that order. Thanks for the link though

It's to do with Peter Selery, a goalkeeper from the 60's I think, fans would try and distract him by singing 'celery, celery' and throwing it around, and it just stuck.

Look at this bbc article from 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2298897.stm The giant was still sleeping back in those days, so why exactly were some people obsessed about us? Even back then, when trophies and cash were in short supply? Makes you wonder doesn't it?

This is why I like Ancelotti so much. He won the double while blooding young Josh. Wasn't afraid to pick one or two youngsters out and integrate them properly. If only he had been around a year or two more, he was trying to look ahead but not given opportunity to carry it on. Top manager.

Good articles. I agree that signings recently have had a more observant eye cast over them, and he's got a degree of credit for that. How much exactly, I don't know. I think that he can co-exist with Jose there. It appears they do too lol

Our pace is picking up a bit now, and Newcastle's too, by the sound of it. Demba Ba, you gotta score dude!

Between Man City II and Singha All-Star XI it's 7 weeks. Scary stuff.