Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa

[LAM09 7,056]

The perfect way to start the busiest month of the football calendar. We made a very good PL side look average at best & kept our first PL cleanseet at home this season.

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

No way for me

Chilwell is the one who needs to go

these are the LBs valued more than CuCu

Gvardiol and Calafiori (who take either in a flash) are still in my mind CBs first but are not available

the only one on this list I would go for (many are not available) would be Rayan Aït-Nouri IF Maresca is convinced he can play the inverted role

after these

the ones I rate to buy perhaps would be

    
Jorrel Hato  
Miguel Gutiérrez
Milos Kerkez 

then

Quilindschy Hartman (IF he recovers 100 per cent from his knee injury)
Patrick Dorgu 
Antonee Robinson (age is an issue, he turns 28 in August) 
Jayden Oosterwolde  (IF he recovers 100 per cent from his knee injury)

I've seen multiple articles over the last few months linking us with a move to Dorgu, so I'd imagine that could become a real possibility should Chilwell finally move on.

[Vesper 30,186]

25 minutes ago, calculatingInfinity said:

Good match.

Could have scored more, but Villa should also have scored.

Even Cucurella with a good performance, but still wish Chelsea would get a proper class left back.

who?

none of the big names are available and/or will come here (or, in Grimaldo's case, are too old)

Josko Gvardiol 
Theo Hernández   (turns 28yo in 10 months)
Nuno Mendes 
Alphonso Davies (will only go to Real IF he leaves Bayern)
Federico Dimarco 
Riccardo Calafiori 
Alejandro Grimaldo   (turns 30 in 9 months) 
Destiny Udogie (if you include him as elite level)
 

Edited December 1, 2024 by Vesper

[MoroccanBlue 5,382]

Bet those weird Chelsea fans will still critique Caicedo in some agenda driven way. 

[DH1988 1,348]

3 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Bet those weird Chelsea fans will still critique Caicedo in some agenda driven way. 

He was so good today, if not for the ref pulling him up on fouls that weren't actually fouls just proper ball winning tackles, I'm sure he'd of taken motm. 

[Laylabelle 9,535]

Villa can be a dodgy side for us..and bring at home can be dodgy so nice to get a win and perform well! Onto the next 

[nyikolajevics 2,700]

17 minutes ago, Vesper said:

No way for me

Chilwell is the one who needs to go

these are the LBs valued more than CuCu

Gvardiol and Calafiori (who take either in a flash) are still in my mind CBs first but are not available

the only one on this list I would go for (many are not available) would be Rayan Aït-Nouri IF Maresca is convinced he can play the inverted role

after these

the ones I rate to buy perhaps would be

    
Jorrel Hato  
Miguel Gutiérrez
Milos Kerkez 

then

Quilindschy Hartman (IF he recovers 100 per cent from his knee injury)
Patrick Dorgu 
Antonee Robinson (age is an issue, he turns 28 in August) 
Jayden Oosterwolde  (IF he recovers 100 per cent from his knee injury)

Nuno Mendes I like a lot. Kerkez is super good, both defensively and in offense. Fonzie and Theo definetly not as heroic in defending as Cucu.

[Fernando 6,585]

By the way I remember we always used to start doing bad November-December time frame. 

This time is different. 

[calculatingInfinity 1,472]

17 minutes ago, Vesper said:

who?

none of the big names are available and/or will come here (or, in Grimaldo's case, are too old)

Josko Gvardiol 
Theo Hernández   (turns 28yo in 10 months)
Nuno Mendes 
Alphonso Davies (will only go to Real IF he leaves Bayern)
Federico Dimarco 
Riccardo Calafiori 
Alejandro Grimaldo   (turns 30 in 9 months) 
Destiny Udogie (if you include him as elite level)
 

Yeah that is the problem. Maybe Miguel Gutierrez but I am not a scout.... None of us are.

 

  

22 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Even Cucurella?

He is top player full 2024. 

 

Hard disagree. But he is a fine backup and has been doing fairly well most of this season, after a rough start.

Either way clearly Chilwell is not a player Maresca fancies and he is injured all the time. So I dream of them adding a new LB to the team.

But then, it is much the same case on RB with Reece James sadly being injured all the time.

Edited December 1, 2024 by calculatingInfinity

[Vesper 30,186]

21 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

Nuno Mendes I like a lot.

we all do, but he is not leaving PSG

even if he did, they will want closing in on 90m to 100m euros or so

[Vesper 30,186]

19 minutes ago, calculatingInfinity said:

Yeah that is the problem. Maybe Miguel Gutierrez but I am not a scout.... None of us are.

Rayan Aït-Nouri IF Maresca is convinced he can play the inverted role
Jorrel Hato  
Miguel Gutiérrez
Milos Kerkez 

my top 4 targets (realistic ones who are remotely available)

no real order

[Vytis33 1,272]

 

[Vesper 30,186]

1 minute ago, Vytis33 said:

 

fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

this  why we need to buy 2 fucking solid AF class CBs

and ship the dregs Badi and Disasi OUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

plus but a fucking class GKer

we do that I am good

 

[NikkiCFC 8,324]

So full decembar without Fofana. We need someone to step up now. Schedule is good but in January we should do something. 

[Vesper 30,186]

2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

So full decembar without Fofana. We need someone to step up now. Schedule is good but in January we should do something. 

has to be Tosin

I will loose my mind if Maresca trots out Disasi or Badi

tbh, I would rather play Veiga as a CB than thsoe two clowns

insane that we have dropped £1.3 billion and are so shit/lack depth at CB and GKer

[Strike 7,490]

Tosin needs to be the CB replacement - not Disasi or Badi for the league games

[NikkiCFC 8,324]

35 minutes ago, Vesper said:

has to be Tosin

6 minutes ago, Strike said:

Tosin needs to be the CB replacement - not Disasi or Badi for the league games

 

Well considering Badiashile played 90 mins last week against Leicester and was first sub today I think decision is already made. 

[Blue Armour 4,442]

4 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Well considering Badiashile played 90 mins last week against Leicester and was first sub today I think decision is already made. 

Tbf, that happened after Chelsea was in the lead and needed to hold on to it at 2-0.

It's possible that Tosin can also start games if Maresca wants two ball playing CBs., especially against teams that sit back.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

Benoit has been more in form than Tosin in the last three times he has started. 

[King Kante 1,643]

12 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Benoit has been more in form than Tosin in the last three times he has started. 

Badi has quietly been building some form imo. Is he great, no, but in the past few games he has played he has done the basics and been solid. Of the three - Disaster, Badi and Tosin - I would most likely also choose Badi currently, although I wouldn't go mad if Tosin starts. So long as it isn't Disaster I am good. 

As for how this plays out, if it is Badi he needs to play well and take his chance. If he drops the ball, then that should really be the end of him and Disaster here. 

[lluubbeenn 173]

Great win. Can’t remember the last time we controlled the game that well against a CL opponent. We need to go all out against Soton and continue the winning run as long as possible. Maresca comments remind me of Mourinho’s little horse in 2014. 

Liverpool are running away with it, but it is unlikely we manage to push for the league. Top 4 would be solid. I really enjoy watching Pep struggle. Hope it isn’t a blip and he goes mad and straight down as did Mou 6-7 years ago.