Chelsea 1 - 1 RB Salzburg

[Johnnyeye 7,517]

can this team make it out of the group? big question

[Strike 7,527]

3 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

Despite the current state of the team, I agree. If we win at least one of the legs against Milan, and at least draw the other one, I would fancy our chances to finish second.

Results in both games against Milan? I'm not confident.

[Blue Armour 4,461]

5 minutes ago, Strike said:

Results in both games against Milan? I'm not confident.

Based on current form I agree. 

More than the turgid attack I'm concerned about our inability to keep clean sheets. I think today the oddball combination of Silva and Azpi in the center let Potter down.

Just hoping he finds a better solution for the next game.

But hey, Kante's back next month probably. So he might end up masking our deficiencies again.

 

Edited September 15, 2022 by Blue Armour

[Special Juan 28,188]

Havertz is a fucking car crash, how that fucker keeps starting games is laughable.

[DDA 9,984]

Just watched back highlights of Havertz in this game. 

Fuck me... it's pretty obvious now that we were indeed taken to the cleaners with this guy.

Bang average.

[Seymop 90]

Agree with earlier comments re the quality of our summer signings. I guess we will never know the full  reasons why we didn’t get one first choice over the line. It’s too early to judge Potter but a lot going on leaves me baffled.  No place last night for Either of our new centre halves one of which we paid a fortune for , no place for Zakaria but we turn to Loftus Cheek again (!!), Auba is a complete waste of space. Why did we sign these guys —answer PANIC !!

[Vesper 30,291]

5 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

We lost Abramovich?

Face it. 

There are a lot of questions about the current Chelsea. Its no surprise that we failed so miserably to attract first choice targets.

There will be doubts about the clubs ambition, with the new regime taking over. Its absolutely imperative we finish in the top 4 in their first season to show that we still have the same edge.

And this is why I did not want the added doubt of Potter replacing Tuchel, especially so soon.. It just adds to the list uncertainties.

We fucked up MASSIVELY under Roman and Marina (and our pisswig scouting department) by not buying Tchou plus either Vlahovic or Osimhen in summer 2021 and instead buying that piece of shite Lukaku)

and not fucking renewing Rudiger and just giving him his £10m signing bonus or whatever

and that is just the tip of the iceberg

Boehly has not been across the board stellar, but he was tossed into a nightmare situ

we also will start to stabilise when we get a proper DoF and also finish binning the trash on the team

above all else, we are in the mud because MANY of our key and/or biggest players have went to utter shit or are injured or always were shit:

Havertz

Mount

Kante (injured)

Mendy

Jorginho

Azpi (he is well fucking spent, I am enraged he is still here and being relied upon, ZERO reason we did not buy Joakim Mæhle, FFS)

no Rudiger and KK looks a semi bust SO FAR (dog knows he needs to come good)

Ziyech

Pulisic

Gallagher

that is a HUGE amount to all be playing like shit at once

 

the new wild cards who can help sort this IF they integrate in and start to play well are

Wesley Fofana (I am really worried that he is still not at all 100% recovered, and it may take until next season for hm to start to resume his ascent)
Kalidou Koulibaly (so needs to step up, thsi has potential to be the worst Boehly buy so far, unless Fofana utterly shits out long term)
Denis Zakaria (thank fuck he is only on a loan with an option, but also I so hope he turns out to be the monster he used to be, pre injury ... wtf is up with us buying players coming off insane injuries???!!????)
Carney Chukwuemeka (I really want to see what this lad can do, he COULD be a revelation and the (or at least one of) shot we need) 
Armando Broja  (really pissed he missed that sitter tonight, GRRRRRR)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Potter needs to focus on him like a laser and get him up to speed and over his butthirt about Tuchel, plus he needs time to heal physically and mentally, he just was beaten badly and nearly murdered ffs, along with his family)

Gabriel Slonina (in January, but not sure at all if he is ready, it is a HUGE ask for an 18yo GK, who was just 17yo still 4 months and one day ago)

 

 

 

[Vesper 30,291]

1 hour ago, Blue Armour said:

But hey, Kante's back next month probably. So he might end up masking our deficiencies again.

my prediction

season (or at least a long absence) ending injury in the WC

🤬

[Blue Armour 4,461]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

We fucked up MASSIVELY under Roman and Marina (and our pisswig scouting department) by not buying Tchou plus either Vlahovic or Osimhen in summer 2021 and instead buying that piece of shite Lukaku)

and not fucking renewing Rudiger and just giving him his £10m signing bonus or whatever

and that is just the tip of the iceberg

Boehly has not been across the board stellar, but he was tossed into a nightmare situ

we also will start to stabilise when we get a proper DoF and also finish binning the trash on the team

above all else, we are in the mud because MANY of our key and/or biggest players have went to utter shit or are injured or always were shit:

Havertz

Mount

Kante (injured)

Mendy

Jorginho

Azpi (he is well fucking spent, I am enraged he is still here and being relied upon, ZERO reason we did not buy Joakim Mæhle, FFS)

no Rudiger and KK looks a semi bust SO FAR (dog knows he needs to come good)

Ziyech

Pulisic

Gallagher

that is a HUGE amount to all be playing like shit at once

 

the new wild cards who can help sort this IF they integrate in and start to play well are

Wesley Fofana (I am really worried that he is still not at all 100% recovered, and it may take until next season for hm to start to resume his ascent)
Kalidou Koulibaly (so needs to step up, thsi has potential to be the worst Boehly buy so far, unless Fofana utterly shits out long term)
Denis Zakaria (thank fuck he is only on a loan with an option, but also I so hope he turns out to be the monster he used to be, pre injury ... wtf is up with us buying players coming off insane injuries???!!????)
Carney Chukwuemeka (I really want to see what this lad can do, he COULD be a revelation and the (or at least one of) shot we need) 
Armando Broja  (really pissed he missed that sitter tonight, GRRRRRR)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Potter needs to focus on him like a laser and get him up to speed and over his butthirt about Tuchel, plus he needs time to heal physically and mentally, he just was beaten badly and nearly murdered ffs, along with his family)

Gabriel Slonina (in January, but not sure at all if he is ready, it is a HUGE ask for an 18yo GK, who was just 17yo still 4 months and one day ago)

 

 

 

Yes the previous regime has a lot to answer for. Still can't get over how we let both Rudiger's and Christensens contract run down like that.

And I really hope a new DOF and a couple of transfer windows can fix the mess we are in currently, but I fear we'll be in an even bigger mess if we fail to finish top 4 this season. If this window has been any indication, we will find it even harder to attract talent.

If we fail to win the next league game and the next CL game, I'll be almost ready to write this season off. At that point its going to be a massive ask of Potter to steady the ship.

And yes, Koulibaly is looking to be the biggest dud so far. But to be fair, not too many people thought he would be this horrendous.

Ideally, I would have liked to sign Skriniar, and kept Koulibaly for rotation. For Silva. But 37 year old Silva seems far superior, FFS. Instead of solidifying the back line and linking well with Mendy he's gone kamikaze. 

I still hope his nerves settle and he can regain his reputation as a commanding CB., but for now the signs don't look. And agree about your assessment about Fofana.

Physically Chalobah is better than both, but he still has mistakes in him.

[Blue Armour 4,461]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

my prediction

season (or at least a long absence) ending injury in the WC

🤬

Know Didier Deschamps, he'll be licking his lips in anticipation.

 

[Reddish-Blue 2,515]

27 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Yes the previous regime has a lot to answer for. Still can't get over how we let both Rudiger's and Christensens contract run down like that.

And I really hope a new DOF and a couple of transfer windows can fix the mess we are in currently, but I fear we'll be in an even bigger mess if we fail to finish top 4 this season. If this window has been any indication, we will find it even harder to attract talent.

If we fail to win the next league game and the next CL game, I'll be almost ready to write this season off. At that point its going to be a massive ask of Potter to steady the ship.

I still hope his nerves settle and he can regain his reputation as a commanding CB., but for now the signs don't look. And agree about your assessment about Fofana.

Physically Chalobah is better than both, but he still has mistakes in him.

1. We didn't let Rudiger & Christensen's contracts run down, Rudiger wasn't offered what he wanted and decided to go to market to get a nice pay day after some very strong form.  Christensen on the other hand, rejected a 5 year deal from the club due to length, then the club offered a 4 year deal to satisfy his agent and they still rejected it.   You can't force players to stay. 

2. It's going to be a bumpy road in the short term as the players have to adapt to Potter's tactics.

3. I have no idea why the club kept Azpi, he's literally showing the same signs as Ivanovic (when he had that sudden decline and kept on getting cooked at RB).  Fofana will come good but obviously needs some time to settle in and build some chemistry with Silva, James and co. 

4.  Top 4 looks out of reach considering we don't have a single attacker who can consistently bail us out of trouble and score crucial goals (like Hazard or Lamps or Drogba in past years).   City have an alien in Haaland, Liverpool have Salah & Diaz, Spurs have Kane, United have a motivated Rashford this season. 

[Special Juan 28,188]

1 hour ago, DDA said:

Just watched back highlights of Havertz in this game. 

Fuck me... it's pretty obvious now that we were indeed taken to the cleaners with this guy.

Bang average.

People forget we paid 70 odd Million for the bloke- If Potter has anything about him he susses the bloke out very quickly and puts him on the bench.

The team is already stale with lack of fighters in it, this guy is right in that bracket.

[cosmicway 1,333]

After Sterling's goal we made one more attack and James's shot went over the bar.
Then the Austrians stole the ball (!), we slumped and imho it would have been a lucky escape if it stayed 1-0.

[wally green 0]

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

We fucked up MASSIVELY under Roman and Marina (and our pisswig scouting department) by not buying Tchou plus either Vlahovic or Osimhen in summer 2021 and instead buying that piece of shite Lukaku)

and not fucking renewing Rudiger and just giving him his £10m signing bonus or whatever

and that is just the tip of the iceberg

Boehly has not been across the board stellar, but he was tossed into a nightmare situ

we also will start to stabilise when we get a proper DoF and also finish binning the trash on the team

above all else, we are in the mud because MANY of our key and/or biggest players have went to utter shit or are injured or always were shit:

Havertz

Mount

Kante (injured)

Mendy

Jorginho

Azpi (he is well fucking spent, I am enraged he is still here and being relied upon, ZERO reason we did not buy Joakim Mæhle, FFS)

no Rudiger and KK looks a semi bust SO FAR (dog knows he needs to come good)

Ziyech

Pulisic

Gallagher

that is a HUGE amount to all be playing like shit at once

 

the new wild cards who can help sort this IF they integrate in and start to play well are

Wesley Fofana (I am really worried that he is still not at all 100% recovered, and it may take until next season for hm to start to resume his ascent)
Kalidou Koulibaly (so needs to step up, thsi has potential to be the worst Boehly buy so far, unless Fofana utterly shits out long term)
Denis Zakaria (thank fuck he is only on a loan with an option, but also I so hope he turns out to be the monster he used to be, pre injury ... wtf is up with us buying players coming off insane injuries???!!????)
Carney Chukwuemeka (I really want to see what this lad can do, he COULD be a revelation and the (or at least one of) shot we need) 
Armando Broja  (really pissed he missed that sitter tonight, GRRRRRR)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Potter needs to focus on him like a laser and get him up to speed and over his butthirt about Tuchel, plus he needs time to heal physically and mentally, he just was beaten badly and nearly murdered ffs, along with his family)

Gabriel Slonina (in January, but not sure at all if he is ready, it is a HUGE ask for an 18yo GK, who was just 17yo still 4 months and one day ago)

 

 

 

Still can’t believe Azpi is still a Chelsea player is another point to add in my opinion with a contract extension ffs!

[cosmicway 1,333]

8 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

Despite the current state of the team, I agree. If we win at least one of the legs against Milan, and at least draw the other one, I would fancy our chances to finish second.

Mourned by the cod fish of New Rosieclaire (old Greek expression).

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

I was not against Azpi staying, but I am against him being played so often so early in the season. Ideally for me he would be used sparsely like in the early rounds of the carabao, FA cup... not when we need a win in a CL game.

[MoroccanBlue 5,384]

It's at a point where we are now a worse team with Havertz on the pitch. 

Hasn't improved day one. 

[milka 3,395]

Cucurella  is overly and unnecessarily aggressive in most situations in an attempt to prove himself.

I prefer Chilwell at LB/LWB.

Sterling and Silva was  MOTM  as in most games since the start of the season.

The road ahead of Potter will be long,  I hope he has the strength to do it .

 

[bigbluewillie 1,930]

All this from the haters, whingers, moaners, about Potter is beyond me.

He's not even got his feet under the managers desk yet, and ppl are on his back already.

Even to the point their are references to him getting the sack, what it will take etc.

Fucking hell let the bloke get in the door, and give him a chance to succeed, or fail if it comes to it.

Trying being a bit more supportive, whoever you are you are a fucking disgrace.

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 hour ago, milka said:

Cucurella  is overly and unnecessarily aggressive in most situations in an attempt to prove himself.

I prefer Chilwell at LB/LWB.

Sterling and Silva was  MOTM  as in most games since the start of the season.

The road ahead of Potter will be long,  I hope he has the strength to do it .

 

I like Cucurella but he does n't have the goal in him, like Chil and Alonso.
Chil would have scored yesterday. Why was he not in the squad ?