Chelsea 2 - 4 Arsenal

[Strike 7,265]

48 minutes ago, Duppy Conqueror said:

Sarr gotta be the worst defender we’ve had this century .When him and Lukaku start we are essentially starting games with 9 players,one of which was AC.we need to upgrade the squad anyway and if we lose Rudi then it needs to be alot more.brings the whole team down a few levels without him.

I remember Boulahrouz just had shockers for us, even Del Horno was bad. 

[Vesper 29,059]

2 minutes ago, Strike said:

I remember Boulahrouz just had shockers for us, even Del Horno was bad. 

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, Duppy Conqueror said:

Sarr gotta be the worst defender we’ve had this century .When him and Lukaku start we are essentially starting games with 9 players,one of which was AC.we need to upgrade the squad anyway and if we lose Rudi then it needs to be alot more.brings the whole team down a few levels without him.

Were Bernard Lambourde and Jes Hogh this century or am I going back a little too far?

I'm not sure Sarr is necessarily the worst, but he's possibly the illest fit for the manager we've got in place and style we're looking to implement. Technically he's not at the level we need to be playing out from the back and that creates a massive issue and area of weakness for teams to press and exploit.

[Superblue 6,372]

2 hours ago, Stats said:

They will play their best team against us then in their games against Arsenal the following week, they will rest players as it is only 3 days after they play Frankfurt. Arsenal, I still don't think will catch us but cannot rule it out. I expect them to beat United and they play West Ham at a good time as West Ham will rest some players and generally will not be as fresh. For me Sunday is a must win game just to ensure we don't get in a panicky top 4 race.

I just dreaded this kind of result tbh. Arsenal have this knack for beating us every season now, it is really starting to do my head in.

They will probably play as close to their main team against both us and Arsenal because that's what they seem to do, but the focus will be on the cup games for them. 

It'll be completely normal for them to have one eye on that and try to refrain from injuries, etc.

Hopefully Tuchel gets them in over the next couple of days and really ruffles some feathers because I think a professional, focussed performance will be enough to beat them.

[Special Juan 27,440]

4 hours ago, Johnnyeye said:

i had a bad feeling going in to this game after Arsenal were on a losing streak, i just knew these cunts would play out of their skins against us, so fucking typical. They have won their cup final 🤣

They didn't even have to play out of their skins though.

The starting line up was a complete shambles, all on Tuchel this one.

[Special Juan 27,440]

I predicted 2-0 yesterday afternoon, the line up came out and I changed to a loss....it was that predictable

[Fulham Broadway 16,936]

Our crowd decimated by sanctions plays a big part -will on Sunday as well

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

What a waste of time that game was... 🙄

I have a feeling that as more arsenal's line-up is shit, that more chances they win us (for example FA cup final and some previous games).

[ZAPHOD2319 4,530]

TT wants that FA Cup trophy and he is definitely trying to make sure we have a healthy team going into it. If we get the FA Cup and finish top 3....I will be able to stomach this soul crushing loss. One of my best friends and I are planning on going to the Chelsea vs Arsenal friendly game in Orlando.....I have not heard from him much in the last month....until last night. sigh

[milka 3,356]

Even when you're not playing for anything, you still expect to see some passion 

 

[chelsea_4_eva 1,161]

7 hours ago, milka said:

Even when you're not playing for anything, you still expect to see some passion 

 

Oh we were definitely playing for something that day..

[coolhead23 1,146]

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[bigbluewillie 1,861]

totally totally unacceptable.

the whole scenario.

players and management.

it seems to me that Tuchel has lost his mojo and can't find it.

and for the squad totally inept, as i've said many times most of them need to be kicked out.

this whole season can turn out to be a disaster, lose to liverpool which is likely, then we have nothing other than 3rd or 4th in the league, this is just not good enough for Chelsea Football Club.

and as for challenging City and the Scousers we are light years away from them, and i'm not talking about just this season.

and for the last 3 home defeats 1-4 Brentford 1-3 RM 2-4 the Arse we are a mess, fucking eleven goals concede in them 3 games🥵

[Laylabelle 9,392]

3 hours ago, bigbluewillie said:

totally totally unacceptable.

the whole scenario.

players and management.

it seems to me that Tuchel has lost his mojo and can't find it.

and for the squad totally inept, as i've said many times most of them need to be kicked out.

this whole season can turn out to be a disaster, lose to liverpool which is likely, then we have nothing other than 3rd or 4th in the league, this is just not good enough for Chelsea Football Club.

and as for challenging City and the Scousers we are light years away from them, and i'm not talking about just this season.

and for the last 3 home defeats 1-4 Brentford 1-3 RM 2-4 the Arse we are a mess, fucking eleven goals concede in them 3 games🥵

It's not losing the final itself that just be bad it's that alongside it would be the 3rd Fa cup final loss and another loss in a Cup in the same season and to the same lot!

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

17 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

It's not losing the final itself that just be bad it's that alongside it would be the 3rd Fa cup final loss and another loss in a Cup in the same season and to the same lot!

4th domestic cup final loss in a row (5 if you count CS). Damn I hate 2nd places. Back in the Old Guard days we won 4 FA Cups in 6 years and only lost one out of 7 domestic finals between 2005 and 2012 IIRC

The circumstances have been extremely unlucky tho.

We have not scored in a Wembley final since Pulisic's goal vs Arsenal... In the roughly 5 hours of domestic final football since that goal, we scored 6(!) ruled out by VAR. 2 of which I think were perfectly legit and would have changed everything.

[Laylabelle 9,392]

16 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

4th domestic cup final loss in a row (5 if you count CS). Damn I hate 2nd places. Back in the Old Guard days we won 4 FA Cups in 6 years and only lost one out of 7 domestic finals between 2005 and 2012 IIRC

The circumstances have been extremely unlucky tho.

We have not scored in a Wembley final since Pulisic's goal vs Arsenal... In the roughly 5 hours of domestic final football since that goal, we scored 6(!) ruled out by VAR. 2 of which I think were perfectly legit and would have changed everything.

That makes it even worse. Least for Liverpool we'll be the surprise team if do win! Think against Araenal and Leicester we were more favourites soooo..maybe..just maybe...

Edited April 22, 2022 by Laylabelle

[bigbluewillie 1,861]

Aside from the cup final our season is a disaster.

Once upon a time we used to buy players to strengthen our team/squad, now we buy players to weaken our squad.

We don't have any world class players or even good quality come to it, apart from Mendy, Thiago, Mount, Havertz, Rudiger ( if he wants to stay} and usually James but he's been crap, mind you he's being played out of position and coming back from a bad injury, and maybe Chilly, I think we're missing him.

But look at the rubbish we brought in and the rubbish we've already got.

Brought in:

Lukaku

Sarr

Already here:

Alonso

Dross Barkley

Christensen

Ziyech

Pulisic

even brought back Emerson ffs

And the remaining midfield needs to be replaced let's bring in some quality players, players that can create, players than can run with the ball.

Jorginho

Kovacic

Kante

RLC

Just don't cut it anymore.

 

Edited April 23, 2022 by bigbluewillie

[Blue Armour 4,317]

13 hours ago, bigbluewillie said:

 

it seems to me that Tuchel has lost his mojo and can't find it.

To be fair, he is going through a divorce and the clubs future is in the air.

These aren't normal circumstances.

So I would cut Tuchel some slack. A lot,  actually.