Chelsea vs Morecambe

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should have been a pen

Felix pulled to the ground in the box

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good 2nd half

5 nil FT

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Not much you can take away from that, but it was a fun watch. It would be nice if a team came hard for Joao. He is going to be very lost when the South American kids get here next year.

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4 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Not much you can take away from that, but it was a fun watch. It would be nice if a team came hard for Joao. He is going to be very lost when the South American kids get here next year.

Or maybe if Maresca actually gives him a fair chance.

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4 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Not much you can take away from that, but it was a fun watch. It would be nice if a team came hard for Joao. He is going to be very lost when the South American kids get here next year.

I feel his next stop will be Saudi/USA. No big team for come for him and he will nkt settle with little money.

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Job done no upset

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1 hour ago, TheHulk said:

Or maybe if Maresca actually gives him a fair chance.

If he done anything to warrant a chance in a meaningful game, I am sure he would get a chance. Only performing against Conference League & League 2 teams isn’t good enough for someone of his apparent “generational talent” potential, at this point in his career when he is 25 years old. Flashes and moments isn’t enough.

When does it become a matter of when is this guy going to really prove his worth here as opposed to when is he going to be given a chance? He hasn’t made a meaningful contribution in a PL game this season barring a goal v Wolves early doors & an assist v Southampton in November. Not to mention the talk going round that Maresca didn’t want him either. I reckon in 2 or 3 years people will still be talking about Felix in this light.

100% We should sell at first opportunity before we get lumbered with him for ages as m the market for selling him wouod get worse and worse. And it is not like we had any real competition anyway in the summer…. barring the Aston Villa links…

I knew this would happen when he signed. An absolute waste of time and money. Was clear he wouldn’t of played ahead of Cole when he signed and probably wouldn’t even be first choice if Cole wasn’t available given Nkunku was here also, so why did we actually buy him? Oh thats right, as a favour to Atletico to fund/balance their books for their move to sign Connor so we could get round any PSR difficulties. If it isn’t obvious now it never will be.

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28 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

If he done anything to warrant a chance in a meaningful game, I am sure he would get a chance. Only performing against Conference League & League 2 teams isn’t good enough for someone of his apparent “generational talent” potential, at this point in his career when he is 25 years old. Flashes and moments isn’t enough.

When does it become a matter of when is this guy going to really prove his worth here as opposed to when is he going to be given a chance? He hasn’t made a meaningful contribution in a PL game this season barring a goal v Wolves early doors & an assist v Southampton in November. Not to mention the talk going round that Maresca didn’t want him either. I reckon in 2 or 3 years people will still be talking about Felix in this light.

100% We should sell at first opportunity before we get lumbered with him for ages as m the market for selling him wouod get worse and worse. And it is not like we had any real competition anyway in the summer…. barring the Aston Villa links…

I knew this would happen when he signed. An absolute waste of time and money. Was clear he wouldn’t of played ahead of Cole when he signed and probably wouldn’t even be first choice if Cole wasn’t available given Nkunku was here also, so why did we actually buy him? Oh thats right, as a favour to Atletico to fund/balance their books for their move to sign Connor so we could get round any PSR difficulties. If it isn’t obvious now it never will be.

Funny how every mistake he makes gets immediately called out but guys like Noni who was playing match after match doing fuck all in the Premier league for months, no one was saying anything. He still hasn't started 2 matches in a row in the PL, but people expect him to come in and suddenly make the difference without any rhythm or run of games. 

 

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19 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Funny how every mistake he makes gets immediately called out but losers like Noni who were playing match after match doing fuck all in the Premier league for months, no one was saying anything. He still hasn't started 2 matches in a row in the PL, but people expect him to come in and suddenly make the difference without any rhythm or run of games. 

 

Not sure what you’ve been watching as Noni has pretty much been in and out of the side since the international break in November as well.

He was also publicly criticised by the manager for his attitude, training and needing to do more so I am not sure what you mean nobody was saying anything, given the most important person at the club in terms of squad and team selection was saying things like that in the media. He has been out of a couple of squads since the Arsenal game as well so this notion he’s got away with murder is a bit far fetched. 

Felix is always going to be a player who only plays sporadically here, I really am not sure what else you are expecting? He isn’t consistent or good enough to warrant playing ahead of Cole Palmer as a 10 and doesn’t fit in naturally anywhere else. So what do you want Maresca to do? Drop his best player who has like 40 G & 30 A in 18 months for someone who only shows up against teams in the Conference League 2? Or play him on a wing where he has to help out with the opposition fullback, press high etc when it’s a known fact throughout his career already that his application off the ball is abysmal? I mean I don’t get the hard on for him, he really is a luxury player. Another poor decision from Clearlake, just like his loan signing the previous January. Hasn’t kicked on one bit since and that is so evidently clear.

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3 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Not sure what you’ve been watching as Noni has pretty much been in and out of the side since the international break in November as well.

He was also publicly criticised by the manager for his attitude, training and needing to do more so I am not sure what you mean nobody was saying anything, given the most important person at the club in terms of squad and team selection was saying things like that in the media. He has been out of a couple of squads since the Arsenal game as well so this notion he’s got away with murder is a bit far fetched. 

Felix is always going to be a player who only plays sporadically here, I really am not sure what elee you are expecting? He isn’t consistent or good enough to warrant playing ahead of Cole Palmer as a 10 and doesn’t fit in naturally anywhere else. So what do you want Maresca to do? Drop his best player who has like 40 G & 30 A in 18 months for someone who only shows up against teams in League 2? Or play him on a wing where he has to help out with the opposition fullback, press high etc when it’s a known fact throughout his career already that his application off the ball is abysmal? I mean I don’t get the hard on for him, he really is a luxury player.

 

After his hattrick against Wolves he started 10 straight Premier league matches doing fuck all in most of them, he only started to get dropped and criticised because of his attitude since Tottenham which was in December. 

For some odd reason this guy gets hated on here as if the players around him are great and he sucks when in reality, Nkunku has been wank whole season and Noni not much better, Neto has lost form as well, it's really only Palmer and Sancho who kept some consistency.