General Chelsea Stuff

[Blue Armour 4,436]

5 hours ago, Jas said:

We start at HOME to Crystal Palace.

AND we also face Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs and City in the first 6 games! LMAO

Lmao,. Club's Twitter account got it right.

'Agenda' is the word I would choose myself. The FA's agenda., that is.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

38 minutes ago, Tomo said:

I'm not too worried about the first set of big games being played in the first two months but I'm very worried about the second set being played when Mendy goes to the ACON.

f**k how it will look having a record signing as 3rd choice, we need an adequate back up urgently.

Crap..I forgot about that.

When Drogba left in 2010 for ACON, we had Malouda and Anelka on fire,..team never suffered in pushing for the title.

GK position is far more crucial.

[Superblue 6,372]

49 minutes ago, Tomo said:

I'm not too worried about the first set of big games being played in the first two months but I'm very worried about the second set being played when Mendy goes to the ACON.

f**k how it will look having a record signing as 3rd choice, we need an adequate back up urgently.

What are the dates for the AFCON?

I don't understand why Europe doesn't take the opportunity for, say a 3 week international window around the same time, rather than a couple of 1-2 week windows heading into the business end of the season.

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Superblue_1986 said:

What are the dates for the AFCON?

I don't understand why Europe doesn't take the opportunity for, say a 3 week international window around the same time, rather than a couple of 1-2 week windows heading into the business end of the season.

January 9 - February 6, 2022.

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

AFCON is from January 9th to February 6th. Don't know how well Morocco and Senegal will do but maybe we miss those players just for 2 games. Ziyech barely plays anyway and people are over the top with Kepa as usual who may leave for Lazio anyway. 

[Tomo 21,751]

3 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

people are over the top with Kepa as usual

Why did we never see this type of energy for Ross Turnbull?

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Tomo said:

Why did we never see this type of energy for Ross Turnbull?

Nikki was too young to be on TC back then.

[Superblue 6,372]

2 minutes ago, Jas said:

January 9 - February 6, 2022.

Ok, so he's pretty much certain to miss the City and Spurs games, but looks like being only those 2 for the league. Obviously 2 tough games but I was expecting it to be worse than 2 league games (I guess a couple of rounds of FA Cup too which he may not have even been likely to play).

The other consideration I guess will be that our fixture list doesn't take into account the World Club Cup yet I assume and therefore there may be a game or two in that to re-schedule.

[Tomo 21,751]

Just now, Jas said:

Nikki was too young to be on TC back then.

I was talking a general sense. There seems to be many seemingly ready to defend/make excuses for Kepa so why didn't Turnbull have a similar fan club?

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Tomo said:

I was talking a general sense. There seems to be many seemingly ready to defend/make excuses for Kepa so why didn't Turnbull have a similar fan club?

You spoiled the fun!

Think it's because Kepa is still the most expensive keeper on earth and he was our #1 for 1-2 seasons. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

Just need to hope the rumors of Lazio wanting Kepa on loan are true. 

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

It's because Kepa played 7 games under Tuchel and had 5 clean sheets. In last 2 games he conceded 2 goals but he is not at fault for those. If our attackers delivered we would have won. 

Everything that happened under Lampard is forgotten and irrelevant. 

I berely missed Chelsea game in the last 20 years so ofc I know Turnbull but didn't used forums back then. 

I remember even Hilario delivered against Barca when Boulahrouz had Ronaldinho in pocket.