Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Chelsea

[ZAPHOD2319 3,873]

PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS

Saturday 1st October 2022
Premier League
Selhurst Park

[MoroccanBlue 5,197]

Kepa

James Fofana Koulibaly Chilwell

Kovacic Zakaria 

Mount                  Sterling

Broja  Aubameyang

[Blue Armour 4,164]

4 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Kepa

James Fofana Koulibaly Chilwell

Kovacic Zakaria 

Mount                  Sterling

Broja  Aubameyang

No to Koulibaly, but yes to everything else. 

[milka 3,308]

lol half a month without a game 

sometimes it's better to have  game after game so you can build some confidence instead of sitting for 2 weeks without a game

 

[SAtech 0]

If Reece, one of our top strikers, is out, the game will certainly have to be another painful grind.

Sterling is not the only one of our assailants; we sorely need one or more of them to finally step it up.

[We Hate Scouse 10,260]

Train strikes announced for 1st October. This could also be postponed 🤣

[Mário César 811]

8 hours ago, SAtech said:

If Reece, one of our top strikers, is out, the game will certainly have to be another painful grind.

Sterling is not the only one of our assailants; we sorely need one or more of them to finally step it up.

he will be out? where you read that?

btw when kante is fit? 

[lucio 5,391]

On 16/09/2022 at 00:32, MoroccanBlue said:

Kepa

James Fofana Koulibaly Chilwell

Kovacic Zakaria 

Mount                  Sterling

Broja  Aubameyang

Yeh I want to see kova and zakaria. Seems solid 

[bigbluewillie 1,805]

Can someone tell me about Zakaria?

All I think I know about him is that he was pretty good quality and a DMF, but has had a shocking injury.

 

[Reddish-Blue 2,223]

20 hours ago, milka said:

lol half a month without a game 

sometimes it's better to have  game after game so you can build some confidence instead of sitting for 2 weeks without a game

 

Sometimes it is better but in this case, with the squad running low on confidence, you just know Klopp would have given us a beating.  

Maybe not playing will be a blessing as we'll have a bit more time to get Kante fit.

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[Milan 17,835]

Well we won't be in the Champions League or EL anymore so free midweeks to play all these League games lol

[DDA 9,570]

1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

It's a joke right??

[Blue Armour 4,164]

38 minutes ago, DDA said:

It's a joke right??

Apparently FA will take a decision after the international break.

If the FA have sense, and Oct 1 is a no go, they'll move it to Oct 2nd. They'll probably bend to the will of the broadcasting companies though.

[Blue Armour 4,164]

Also, was it not possible to have Chelsea v Fulham this weekend instead, with the Pool game not happening?

[Laylabelle 9,296]

7 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

Also, was it not possible to have Chelsea v Fulham this weekend instead, with the Pool game not happening?

Still policing issues though...less chance of trouble but still two london clubs police needed and not enough available.

And Fulham played Friday also so would've had to change that game to accommodate it all. Makes more sense this way

Edited September 17, 2022 by Laylabelle

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4 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

Carney Chukwuemeka scores twice as Chelsea down Brighton in behind-closed-doors friendly

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/Chelsea-fc-brighton-friendly-chukwuemeka-b1026372.html

Chelsea defeated Brighton in a behind-closed-doors friendly match on Saturday with Carney Chukwuemeka getting both goals.

The match was played at the Amex Stadium in Brighton as Graham Potter led his side against his old club just over a week after leaving in a £20million compensation deal.

Both sides played a mix of senior and youth players as they coped with the cancellation of their Premier League fixtures due to a lack of policing after the Queen’s passing last week.

Those players who faced RB Salzburg in midweek and are due to join up with their national team squads were allowed time off for the semi-competitive training match.

It meant runouts for the likes of Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Trevoh Chalobah, Armando Broja, Denis Zakaria and Conor Gallagher.

Chukwuemeka, who has yet to make his first-team debut since joining in a £20m deal from Aston Villa, proved the match winner in the 2-1 victory as he took his chances in front of Potter.

Chelsea do not play until October 2 when they face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

They were due to face Liverpool this weekend and the postponed match is yet to be rescheduled.

Similarly, Brighton were due to face Palace in the Premier League, a game originally called off due to a now-delayed train workers strike that was also not spared ahead of Monday’s funeral in London.