Chelsea 0-2 Man City

[Special Juan 27,429]

Neto is fully fit according to EM, but he said he has only been with the group a few days and needs to understand how we play

Just shot the cunt in ahead of Mudryk

[Stats 7,056]

I am actually confident about getting something from this game. Bar James, we have a virtually fully available squad. City looked laboured against United last weekend and we have more players than United do. But the biggest thing, is we need to go at them. No Rodri is a big bonus, but no use if we let them dominate the ball. Hit them at every opportunity. The negative optimism from most people towards us may just give Maresca and players extra motivation to spring a 'surprise'.

[Special Juan 27,429]

Reece James injured, imagine my suprise, sell that broken fucker

[nyikolajevics 2,577]

11 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Reece James injured, imagine my suprise, sell that broken fucker

He is also suspended, he made sure not to play this game.

[Special Juan 27,429]

2 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

He is also suspended, he made sure not to play this game.

I would fully expect him to get injured while suspended anyway

[Pizy 18,368]

49 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

Called Mateo Kovacic, you might have heard his name before. Also they got Mateus Nunes.

LMAO! I legit forgot about Kova! 🤦‍♂️

[MoroccanBlue 5,302]

If we can't beat them now then I really am not looking forward to the season. 

Sanchez

Fofana  Colwill  Veiga

Lavia Caicedo

Gusto Palmer Nkunku Sterling

Jackson

Edited August 16 by MoroccanBlue

[ZAPHOD2319 4,479]

 

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

1 minute ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

I like that, shows he isn't the yes man people make him out to be, he's picked the lads and sent the rest packing.

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

On 13/08/2024 at 22:56, NikkiCFC said:

Rodri, Walker, Stones and Foden going into this with zero pre season minutes. KDB and Silva without a start. I expect us to use this circumstances and get 3 points. 

Add now Bobb and Grealish injured and Alvarez also left. Anything less than a win would be huge disappointment. 

Edited August 16 by NikkiCFC

[Strike 7,217]

4 hours ago, Special Juan said:

Reece James injured, imagine my suprise, sell that broken fucker

He’s out for three games. It’s fine. 

Hes the only one injured too. Been a while since we had everyone available 

[robsblubot 3,504]

40 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Add now Bobb and Grealish injured and Alvarez also left. Anything less than a win would be huge disappointment. 

Had we not changed manager, system/formation and half the team, I'd agree with you.

They are just too much of a well-oiled machine to be taken for granted. Grealish has hardly played given that Doku is twice the player... and who the fuck is Bobb? 😆

With that said, it's still a good time to play them--better if it was an away match too.

Edited August 16 by robsblubot

[Vesper 28,829]

4 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Add now Bobb and Grealish injured and Alvarez also left. Anything less than a win would be huge disappointment. 

come on m8

they are still loaded AF even without those 3

and they have one of the two best managers (along with King Carlo) on the planet (and this is Pep's last year at Citeh so you know he is going to go all out)

Ederson 
Rúben Dias 
Manuel Akanji 
Nathan Aké 
John Stones 
Josko Gvardiol 
Rico Lewis 
João Cancelo 
Kyle Walker  
Rodri
Matheus Nunes
Mateo Kovacic   
Bernardo Silva  
Kevin De Bruyne  
Jérémy Doku 
Phil Foden 
Savinho  
Erling Håland 

plus they will add more before this window ends

[Pizy 18,368]

All I want to see is for us to show some proper balls and play like we belong on the same pitch as them. Don’t take the pitch and be overwhelmed from minute 1. We have more than enough quality to cause them all sorts of problems if we play with confidence.

[bluesman2610 1,341]

In the preseason friendly we gifted them 2 of the 4 goals they scored clean that up and we can maybe do a little damage

[Blue Armour 4,288]

There you have it. Straight from the horse's mouth.

Enzo Maresca admits Chelsea are NOT eyeing Champions League qualification this season - as he reveals what target the club's hierarchy have given him

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13751543/Enzo-Maresca-admits-Chelsea-NOT-targeting-Champions-League-qualification-season-reveals-target-clubs-hierarchy-given-him.html#

I wish him and the club the best of luck, but I'll always question whether a top 4 team like Chelsea had to go backwards for more than 3 seasons back to back, to become a competitive team again.

Also, another season outside the Champions league can't be good for the revenue, especially when the match earnings are constrained. Tougher to attract sponsors and negotiate good deals, if you're not playing in the top competitions for so long.

Edited August 17 by Blue Armour

[OneMoSalah 8,778]

17 hours ago, Pizy said:

My mind is kind of blanking right now. If Rodri is out and Kalvin Phillips is now off to Ipswich, I can’t even remember who is in their CM. What’s his face they bought from Wolves and KdB gonna play in CM against us, then?

Kovacic apparently been adapting his game to playing a more sitting role this pre-season. Mentioned it in an interview, doing a lot of video analysis and stuff with Pep/coaching staff.

Kalvin Phillips is poor at that sort of level anyway, should never have left Leeds.

 

CL qualification not this seasons target? What was all that utter bullshit that apparently the club/directors/owners felt the squad was a CL level squad last season? These guys are unreal. Honestly. Morons to say the least.

Edited August 17 by OneMoSalah

[robsblubot 3,504]

3 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

There you have it. Straight from the horse's mouth.

Enzo Maresca admits Chelsea are NOT eyeing Champions League qualification this season - as he reveals what target the club's hierarchy have given him

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13751543/Enzo-Maresca-admits-Chelsea-NOT-targeting-Champions-League-qualification-season-reveals-target-clubs-hierarchy-given-him.html#

I wish him and the club the best of luck, but I'll always question whether a top 4 team like Chelsea had to go backwards for more than 3 seasons back to back, to become a competitive team again.

Also, another season outside the Champions league can't be good for the revenue, especially when the match earnings are constrained. Tougher to attract sponsors and negotiate good deals, if you're not playing in the top competitions for so long.

Makes sense. It takes time to make all these footballers learn to play Baseball well enough. It is evidently a multi-year project.