closed Chelsea 1-3 Man City

[Blue Armour 4,165]

1 hour ago, Mana said:

Have you forgotten Lampard said "Yes" to this job? He knew this job is extremely tough. He took a massive risk, jumping from Derby to Chelsea after ONE season of experience.

No one put a gun to his head. Using the excuse of "it was a tough job for Lampy" doesn't fly with me. Because he knew. It's not like he came in and said "wow, this job is tough, playing CL and playing Bayern".

Well tbf...despite how horrible his team is now and everything gone to shit, he still deserves credit for securing CL for another year in a season when lot of people wrote us off, after Hazard's departure, especially with no transfer window.

Don't think we should complain too much about him coming in when he did., even if he ultimately wasn't the right choice.

[BXL70 395]

We have largely overpaid players like Werner or Kai Havertz. 80 or 90 millions £ for the latter, while he is worth 30$ at best, what a waste of money. Germans keep laughing at the top-off. Same for Werner. Bang average player for mid-table Bundesliga team. Overall, Pathetic performance again today. But Lampard is not a manager for the PL right? Maybe French league 2.
 

 

[Strike 6,964]

1 hour ago, Laylabelle said:

 

Maybe he thought if didnt take it wouldn't get the chance to again? Who knows. Wasnt the wisest decision giving the circumstances at the time. At all.

Hopefully now he'll take a step back. Rebuild somewhere else and have more then one club under his belt. Needs way way way more experience more jumping in. It might have paid off but so far..it hasn't. 

 

Yes. Many pieces on Lampard mention this detail that he thought that getting the Chelsea job was something he couldn't pass up. 

[Special Juan 27,103]

The best news tomorrow is he's been sacked.

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Special Juan said:

The best news tomorrow is he's been sacked.

It won't happen...

[Special Juan 27,103]

Just now, Jason said:

It won't happen...

It will, mark my words.

[Magic Lamps 11,452]

Poor game but expected loss.

The quick goals after promising first few minutes broke us. Then with our low confidene completely collapsed. Fail to get full points from the next 4 league games and top4 is gone. Already looking forward to Guus Hiddink as caretaker lol

[Jase 43,479]

28 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

It will, mark my words.

If nothing happens tomorrow, then what?

[Jase 43,479]

Arsenal could be level on points with us by the time we kick off at Fulham on January 15. 

[Laylabelle 9,298]

10 minutes ago, Jason said:

Arsenal could be level on points with us by the time we kick off at Fulham on January 15. 

That's shite...they crept up quick! Theyve only played 2 games since they beat us..

..we can also find ourselves 10 behind Man U if they win their game in hand. Not that they were miles behind but even so. How its turned

[Magic Lamps 11,452]

Rewatched the penalty incident and it definitely was a penalty. A clear foul and clearly right on the line of the box. might well have changed the game completely. Another corruped ref classic. Not an excuse for the performance tho

[NikkiCFC 7,587]

Foden is great final 3rd midfielder. 

Already 6 goals and 5 assists this season. Compere that to our midfielders. 

[Blue Armour 4,165]

16 minutes ago, Mana said:

Ask yourself this. If Sarri was still our coach, would we still have gotten top 4?

Lampard hasn’t done anything extraordinary. The reason why it looked extraordinary because he was a rookie coach with no experience. That’s why most people didn’t give us a prayer.

But he only managed to get us over the line on the final day of the season. That’s really nothing special on a grand scheme of things. It’s not like Chelsea is West Ham or Palace in a different name.

If Sarri was still in charge, we would have expected Sarri to get top 4 - even with the ban.

Well Sarri didn't stay. That's why we were left with a problem.

Sarri staying would have been a far safer bet than anyone else coming in at that point. At least he would know where to pick up, and possibly even got us closer to playing the kind of football he envisioned.

If Sarri had stayed, then the club wouldn't have approached Lampard. Lampard instead would have been coaching Derby for another year in the championship., with Tomori and possibly Mount.

What I'm saying is Lampard didn't push for the job. He was given a high risk, high reward offer from the club, and he made the most of what he could. He should take credit for whatever he achieved last season.

Anyway, all that is irrelevant now. Just like that quote from the blade runner movie, 'tears in the rain' at this point. He's in a position that even experienced managers would struggle to worm their way out of. A slump. The end is almost here

[kellzfresh 7,226]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Arsenal could be level on points with us by the time we kick off at Fulham on January 15. 

Damn.... After laughing at them for so long this season. This would hurt 

[killer1257 3,282]

Rewatched the penalty incident and it definitely was a penalty. A clear foul and clearly right on the line of the box. might well have changed the game completely. Another corruped ref classic. Not an excuse for the performance tho

Yes, but sadly we do not get even 100% penalties, while Man United receive penalties for just diving.

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[Magic Lamps 11,452]

3 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

Yes, but sadly we do not get even 100% penalties, while Man United receive penalties for just diving.

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Yeah. this is really why i am considering to quit football altogether. i can not stand this injustice any longer really.... esp given how i hate ManUre. I can deal with other teams winning if they win fair and square, even ManUre but this is just oo much. 11 fkin pens gifted.... add to that all the other pens that have been recalled by VAR despite obvious fouls.At the sametime we have been denied 5 stonewall pens this season and had multiple other bad var decisions that cost us goals. this has just made it all worse

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3 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Foden is great final 3rd midfielder. 

Already 6 goals and 5 assists this season. Compere that to our midfielders. 

Foden doesn't play midfield. 

It is absolutely bizzare how people compare player, you want to compare number compare our midfield to gundogan. 

[NikkiCFC 7,587]

11 minutes ago, communicate said:

Foden doesn't play midfield. 

It is absolutely bizzare how people compare player, you want to compare number compare our midfield to gundogan. 

Yes he does, very often. Sometimes winger but Mount also played many games as winger. What about Maddison, is he not a midfielder as well? 

And btw Gundogan 5 goals this season, Mount and Kovacic our starting number 8s have 1 together. 

Truth being told, our midfield is not in top10 in the league and offers zero attacking threat. And is our biggest problem in terms of squad imo.