King Kante 1,643 Posted August 5, 2024 Share Posted August 5, 2024 (edited) Braga or Sevette in the play-offs. https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/Chelsea-learn-possible-uefa-conference-league-play-off-opponents Edited August 5, 2024 by King Kante Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted August 7, 2024 Share Posted August 7, 2024 (edited) Surely get through either one of them? Well I suppose you never know. But still, surely to fuck… Edited August 7, 2024 by OneMoSalah Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted August 9, 2024 Author Share Posted August 9, 2024 (edited) On 07/08/2024 at 16:48, OneMoSalah said: Surely get through either one of them? Well I suppose you never know. But still, surely to fuck… I dunno, Braga are actually a half decent when they turn up and have experience in Europe. If we turn up looking as confused at the back as we have done in pre-season, they could shock us imo. Edited August 9, 2024 by King Kante Vesper and OneMoSalah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,334 Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 Braga it is. In a week first leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,478 Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 8 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: Braga it is. In a week first leg. You mean Servette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,334 Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 4 minutes ago, TheHulk said: You mean Servette. 2nd time I'm making this mistake 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,216 Posted August 15, 2024 Share Posted August 15, 2024 (edited) https://www.transfermarkt.com/servette-fc/startseite/verein/61 Squad Servette FC # Player Date of birth/Age Nat. Height Foot Joined Signed from Contract Market value 1 Joël Mall Goalkeeper Apr 5, 1991 (33) 1,97m right Jul 1, 2023 Jun 30, 2027 €500k 32 Jérémy Frick Goalkeeper Mar 8, 1993 (31) 1,92m left Jul 1, 2016 Jun 30, 2027 €500k 44 Léo Besson Goalkeeper Oct 27, 2002 (21) 1,87m right Apr 8, 2023 Jun 30, 2026 €100k 19 Yoan Severin Centre-Back Jan 24, 1997 (27) 1,86m left Jul 17, 2018 Jun 30, 2028 €1.50m 23 Sofyane Bouzamoucha Centre-Back May 10, 2000 (24) 1,84m right Jul 1, 2024 Jun 30, 2027 €600k 6 Anthony Baron Centre-Back Dec 29, 1992 (31) 1,80m left Jul 20, 2022 Jun 30, 2025 €300k 4 Steve Rouiller Centre-Back Jul 10, 1990 (34) 1,83m right Jul 1, 2018 Jun 30, 2027 €200k 18 Bradley Mazikou Left-Back Jun 2, 1996 (28) 1,72m right Jul 1, 2023 Jun 30, 2025 €1.50m 24 Malik Sawadogo Left-Back Jul 12, 2003 (21) 1,75m left Jul 1, 2021 Jun 30, 2026 €300k - Valton Behrami Left-Back Mar 16, 2004 (20) 1,82m left Oct 31, 2022 Jun 30, 2025 €100k 3 Keigo Tsunemoto Right-Back Oct 21, 1998 (25) 1,73m right Jul 15, 2023 Jun 30, 2026 €2.50m 20 Théo Magnin Right-Back Aug 9, 2003 (21) 1,71m right Feb 23, 2021 Jun 30, 2028 €800k - Moussa Diallo Right-Back Jan 27, 1997 (27) 1,87m right Aug 5, 2020 Jun 30, 2025 €250k 34 Loun Srdanovic Right-Back Aug 4, 2006 (18) 1,80m right Jul 12, 2024 - €125k 5 Gaël Ondoua Defensive Midfield Nov 4, 1995 (28) 1,87m left Jul 20, 2023 Jun 30, 2025 €900k 28 David Douline Defensive Midfield May 28, 1993 (31) 1,81m right Jul 1, 2021 Jun 30, 2025 €700k 8 Timothé Cognat Central Midfield Jan 25, 1998 (26) 1,73m right Jul 1, 2019 Jun 30, 2026 €3.50m 14 Sidiki Camara Central Midfield Aug 23, 2002 (21) 1,79m right Jul 6, 2022 Jun 30, 2025 €250k 26 Patrick Weber Central Midfield Apr 7, 2004 (20) 1,83m right Jul 12, 2024 - €50k 9 Miroslav Stevanovic Right Midfield Jul 29, 1990 (34) 1,80m right Jul 24, 2017 Jun 30, 2025 €400k 17 Dereck Kutesa Left Midfield Dec 6, 1997 (26) 1,77m right Aug 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2025 €2.00m 10 Alexis Antunes Attacking Midfield Jul 31, 2000 (24) 1,81m right Jul 1, 2017 Jun 30, 2026 €2.20m 11 Julian Von Moos Centre-Forward Apr 1, 2001 (23) 1,81m left Jul 1, 2024 Jun 30, 2027 €1.50m 21 Jérémy Guillemenot Centre-Forward Jan 6, 1998 (26) 1,84m right Jul 1, 2023 Jun 30, 2026 €1.00m 27 Enzo Crivelli Centre-Forward Feb 6, 1995 (29) 1,84m right Aug 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2025 €900k 7 Victory Beniangba Centre-Forward Jun 15, 2003 (21) 1,86m right Jul 17, 2024 Jun 30, 2025 €500k 31 Tiemoko Ouattara Centre-Forward May 25, 2005 (19) 1,78m right Jul 1, 2023 Jun 30, 2027 €400k 22 Usman Simbakoli Centre-Forward Dec 12, 2001 (22) 1,89m left Jul 17, 2024 Jun 30, 2026 €300k - Alexandre Patrício Centre-Forward Feb 17, 2004 (20) 1,79m right Aug 26, 2022 Jun 30, 2025 €100k Edited August 15, 2024 by Vesper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,334 Posted September 5, 2024 Share Posted September 5, 2024 I like that Fofana, Lavia and Palmer are not registered for Conference League. Not needed. Focus on PL. Also others starters we should not use that much. ZAPHOD2319 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LAM09 7,062 Posted September 5, 2024 Share Posted September 5, 2024 (edited) I feel like Carney not getting a move away could be a blessing for us. His inclusion in our selection should result in some playing time, which is nearly guaranteed. I'm not sure I can say the same about Casadei. Lavia's exclusion must be due to his injury problems & the fact we're stacked in MF. James being captain, along with us not being blessed with FB's, obviously meant he wasn't afforded the same treatment (for better or worse). Edited September 5, 2024 by LAM09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,216 Posted October 25, 2024 Share Posted October 25, 2024 Chelsea in a UEFA Conference League class of their own – only complacency can stop them https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5869840/2024/10/25/panathinaikos-Chelsea-conference-league/ Two minutes into the second half at Athens Olympic Stadium, a chasm suddenly opened in the middle of Chelsea’s defence and Panathinaikos winger Facundo Pellistri, a Uruguayan international on the books at Manchester United until last summer, charged purposefully into an ocean of space and directly towards Filip Jorgensen’s goal. In a truly competitive football match, this scenario would constitute real jeopardy — particularly with Chelsea only 1-0 up at the time — but the mood of the moment was something closer to mild intrigue and it was gone in seconds. The recovering Benoit Badiashile and Renato Veiga forced Pellistri to check his run before he reached the Chelsea penalty area and he sloppily gave the ball away as he tried to offload it to a team-mate. Within two minutes, Chelsea worked the ball forward unimpeded to the right flank, where Pedro Neto easily beat his man and floated a cross to the back post. Mykhailo Mudryk arrived and headed it into an empty net, doubling the visitors’ lead and ending any pretence of this Europa Conference League game as a contest with more than 40 minutes left to play. To say Chelsea cruised to victory against Panathinaikos would be a severe understatement. Joao Felix did whatever he wanted, Mudryk had his best game for the club and Christopher Nkunku maintained his impressive goals-per-minute ratio with a nerveless penalty despite rarely having to break into a sprint. The hardest working person in Athens Olympic Stadium might have been the Gate 13 ultra, who dutifully harassed the away side with a green laser pointer all night despite numerous stern warnings to stop from the stadium announcer. The most charitable explanation for Panathinaikos’ limp display is that they were without several key players on the night and understandably affected by the tragic death of George Baldock, who was the subject of numerous heartfelt tributes from both sets of players and supporters ahead of kick-off. That is undoubtedly part of the picture, but there was something else, too. According to Transfermarkt, Panathinaikos have the fourth-highest squad market value (€107.5m; £89.7m; $116.3m) of the 36 teams in UEFA’s third-tier competition. Gent, Chelsea’s first Europa Conference League opponents earlier this month, rank sixth in the same table (€68million). There are no prizes for guessing which club is first by a galactic distance and it should be no real surprise that neither match felt remotely competitive. Enzo Maresca made 11 changes to the Chelsea team that lost to Liverpool at Anfield last weekend. Reece James, Moises Caicedo, Nicolas Jackson, Levi Colwill and Malo Gusto did not even travel to Athens, while Cole Palmer, Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana are not registered in Chelsea’s squad for the Europa Conference League, yet their starting XI against Panathinaikos still cost more than £500million in transfer fees to assemble. With every outing, it feels more and more absurd that Chelsea are in this tournament — even as Maresca made a point of pushing back on that particular narrative in his post-match press conference. “If we play Conference, then it’s because in this moment we belong to the Conference,” he insisted. “If next year or two years we play Champions League, then it is because we deserve to play Champions League. I think football always puts you where you deserve to be.” But it is worth remembering that Chelsea are only here as a quirky consequence of Manchester United postponing their perennial crisis under Erik ten Hag for just long enough to upset Manchester City in the FA Cup final in May. The gulf in financial resources and footballing firepower between Maresca’s squad and the rest of the Europa Conference League field is bigger than anything seen in the modern history of UEFA competitions. Fiorentina and Real Betis are at least solid teams from top-five European leagues, but it would still be a major surprise if either of them knocked Chelsea out of the Europa Conference League. The big takeaway from the consolation goals conceded in the Gent and Panathinaikos wins, and the embarrassing near-collapse in the play-off against Servette, is that by far the most significant threat to Chelsea’s chances of winning the only European competition missing from their trophy collection is creeping complacency. Being such heavy favourites brings its own pressure, but it also offers rare opportunities. For the next few months, Maresca will be able to keep his expensive reserves in a good rhythm of match action without overloading his Premier League starters, a luxury not available to most of Chelsea’s top-four rivals. He will also get more opportunities to see what he has in talented Cobham products like Tyrique George, Shumaira Mheuka and Sam Rak-Sakyi, even if Josh Acheampong continues to be frozen out. Conference League action can also provide a platform for some towards the fringes of Chelsea’s squad to begin to push their way into Maresca’s plans for the Premier League. Look no further than Renato Veiga, whose versatility is making an impression on his head coach after a relatively assured performance at centre-back against Panathinaikos. “I just said to Renato, he has played already as a centre-back, a full-back, holding midfielder, attacking midfielder,” Maresca said of Veiga. “He has already played four or five positions. One of my first press conferences, I said that the reason why I really like and love Chelsea is because many players can be versatile. “In my idea, if they can play different positions, then it is better for the team and especially for the players. Today, if you just play one position, I don’t think it’s enough. You need to learn more positions. Renato, Malo (Gusto), they are playing in different positions and they are doing well.” Difficult personnel decisions will confront Maresca if he wants Palmer, Lavia and Fofana at his disposal for the Europa Conference League knockout rounds, but he should not need any of them to win the trophy. Chelsea are the class of this competition and it is not close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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