Man City 2-0 Chelsea

[Tomo 21,733]

10 hours ago, LAM09 said:

We need a win in one of those games. One domestic win in seven (going by what you're content with) isn't acceptable.

I don't disagree perse and this maybe just me talking personal preference but I just want to see something that gives me hope this could work going into this break.

Even if we somehow turned the Arsenal game around by Broja's mini run turning into a goal then Gallagher shooting a fluke one in from 30 yards I'd still be pretty worried as those moments wouldn't take away from one of the most clueless performances I've seen from us (I can take bad, but we looked tactically amateur).

If we win 0-1 at Newcastle with no shots to 16 and one goes in on Dan Burns backside, lovely 3 points but it still leaves burning questions on what the hell Potter is trying to do.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

Just want us to turn up. Never mind the poor results, but we just seem completely void of intensity whenever an opponent gives us a tough game. Our lack of interest in the Manure and arse games was just painful to watch. It must not even be intentional. Team is getting used to new footballing ideas, everybody takes that split second longer to make a decision, resulting in us getting outfought and outthought which from the outside looks like a complete lack of effort.

While this is an historically (say wrt to the last 20 years) average Chelsea squad with all the absentees compared to what we look like with everyone fit and I am not convinced by GP yet but we will not be this terrible forever. To me, it feels like the whole club is still looking for its identity. During the Roman years we always had  a swagger about us, a resilience, a never say die attitude. Only in recent years we have shown this mental weakness. I do not think it is just because of the ownership change but it surely is a factor. Marina and other long serving board members gave us some kind of stability but for this current crop of players so much has changed in so little time.

For one, I have honestly hated our football from a pure tactical standpoint since Conte left. Our footballing identity had been defensively resolute, athletic, powerful, always combative, lightning on the counter, threating from set-pieces. We have never really been about fashionable tiki-taka nonsense or boring to death the opponent with posession. Every attempt to give us a new identity from AVB to Sarri has failed. Whenever we won anything we were pragmatic or at least playing to our best players strengths. Ofc, we struck gold with the old guard who could turn on the style but whenever we looked like playing sexy football it was bc of improvisation of brilliant individuals and not some robotic system a manager tried to teach us. Posession-based footy always makes us look lethargic independent of personnel. Sure, it might have worked for other clubs like pool and shitty who gave their visionary managers time to implement their style but they did not really have any sort of identity beforehand, did they?

If we really stick to Potter, I hope he does adapt and evolve some bit. We do not need to reinvent the wheel here but if try this new start it has to work from the ground up. The squad looks like bits and pieces, no real cohesion but we still have the academy, some excellent prospects going through the ranks. Let us hope we can gradually replace all those expensive dregs we signed in the catastrophic transfer windows with homegrown blue-blooded talent. that would be the only way i could endure the years of mediocrity ahead.

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

6 hours ago, Special Juan said:

Only good thing worth watching tonight is Matt Hancock going in the jungle.

Why? Is there snipers ready to shoot him on sight? 

Edited November 9, 2022 by YorkshireBlue

[Fulham Broadway 16,854]

26 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Why? Is there snipers ready to shoot him on sight? 

Hopefully. How is that rodent faced cunt a 'celebrity' ?

Apart from being a criminal under investigation for dodgy procurement of Covid contracts amounting to billions of our cash -including 30m to his mate in the pub, who has now bought a country mansion - he let thousands of old people be killed in care homes. 

Back on track - Come on Chels - and we dont want people turning this thread into 'Moan Chelsea'. Though it probably will. 😏

[Seymop 90]

As has been said, yes we have a long injury list which doesn’t help us .Yes City   have a strong squad, Yes I think we will get beat tonight . A win would be amazing but if we are gonna get beat,let’s go down all guns blazing ,with a bit of flair from somebody, some heart,some attempt to go forward and hopefully that leads to some shots on goal !! Not that dross we produced on Sunday -please !!! 

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[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

Where is all the negativity?

[DDA 9,690]

5 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Where is all the negativity?

No Hurchinson 😡😡😡😄

[Gundalf 804]

6 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Where is all the negativity?

Will come after the game when they start calling Broja a fraud bc he missed a sitter. 

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

26 minutes ago, DDA said:

No Hurchinson 😡😡😡😄

He on the bench?

[lucio 5,418]

Never heard of hall , hope he does well , would be nice to have new Lb option 

[Vesper 28,828]

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[Vesper 28,828]

2022-23 English Carabao Cup, Third Round

Manchester City           

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[Vesper 28,828]

Mendy is a braindead fool

[zinctek 462]

why we still playing RLC i cant see it. ok in a team like palace but not a top 6 team ( i hope we are still a top 6 team this year)

 

[zinctek 462]

This is maybe the 1 cup we should go for as we have no hope for anything else the way we are currently playing