The English Football Thread

[Laylabelle 9,754]

4 point gap. And between them and City etc its 6..they were always going to eventually go all the way 

Ive seen predictions about them beating our record and obs long long long way to go but 3 against having played Liverpool,City and Man U. 

 

Edited October 26, 2025 by Laylabelle

[DDA 10,285]

They are going to beat our goals conceded record arent they! Fuck off Arsenal.

[Mário César 1,525]

its the difference between a club that really want challange for titles and the club that want to buy young players with the hope that one day they can fight for the league

[Laylabelle 9,754]

15 minutes ago, DDA said:

They are going to beat our goals conceded record arent they! Fuck off Arsenal.

"To start with, they need to keep clean sheets in their next three games against Crystal Palace, Burnley and Sunderland simply to match the three goals Chelsea had conceded after 11 games"

So they've done one of those already...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce3xqv0k6xgo

[MoroccanBlue 5,408]

Only thing that saves Arsenal winning the league is by us winning the champions league. 

And sure as shit the latter won’t happen. 

[NikkiCFC 8,529]

1 hour ago, Mário César said:

its the difference between a club that really want challange for titles and the club that want to buy young players with the hope that one day they can fight for the league

We are at completely different stages. Arteta is 6 years at Arsenal and is possibly about to win first title. Klopp also waited around 5 years. So there are a lot of similarities actually but our fans want it all and want it now. Think about Chelsea in 3 years. 

Penders 23

Sarr 23

Acheampong 22

Colwill 25

Hato 22

Fofana 27

Cucurella 30

James 28

Gusto 25

Enzo 27

Caicedo 26

Lavia 24

Santos 24

Palmer 26

Estevao 21

Pedro 27

Neto 28

Garnacho 24

Gittens 24

So that team will have perfect mix of experience and majority players being at their prime. Plus add a couple of great players we could add there just like Arsenal did when they reached that level. Or later in 5 or 7 years? We have great base that can dominate English football for years. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,408]

Man says dominate English football for years and lists Enzo, Garnacho, Gittens, Neto m, Gusto and Fofana

[NikkiCFC 8,529]

It's 19 players listed. There are many others like Essugo. Remove those 6 doesn't change anything. Literally just Penders, Acheampong, Hato, Santos and Estevao reaching expected world class level we are in tremendous position.

[Vesper 31,181]

basically a quarter of the way through the season and who would have ever had this as the top 4!!?????!

also, our insane EPL goals conceded record (only 15 all season, in 2004/05) is in danger from Arse

[Mário César 1,525]

44 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

We are at completely different stages. Arteta is 6 years at Arsenal and is possibly about to win first title. Klopp also waited around 5 years. So there are a lot of similarities actually but our fans want it all and want it now. Think about Chelsea in 3 years. 

Penders 23

Sarr 23

Acheampong 22

Colwill 25

Hato 22

Fofana 27

Cucurella 30

James 28

Gusto 25

Enzo 27

Caicedo 26

Lavia 24

Santos 24

Palmer 26

Estevao 21

Pedro 27

Neto 28

Garnacho 24

Gittens 24

So that team will have perfect mix of experience and majority players being at their prime. Plus add a couple of great players we could add there just like Arsenal did when they reached that level. Or later in 5 or 7 years? We have great base that can dominate English football for years. 

That’s all nonsense. Chelsea had already finished 3rd when the new owner took over. It’s completely different from the situations Klopp and Arteta found at Liverpool and Arsenal. This is just throwing sand in the fans’ eyes. This is going to be the owner’s fourth season, and we’ll most likely miss out on the top four again. So far we’ve had 12th place, 6th place, 4th place, and now probably another failed top-four finish. How can anyone believe this is going to be a success?

We didn’t need to wait this long after already finishing 3rd under Tuchel and spending that much money. The mediocrity of the board is obvious: Madueke was sold and replaced by Gittens, who cost about the same but is clearly a worse player! How does that make any sense?

[Laylabelle 9,754]

4 minutes ago, Vesper said:

basically a quarter of the way through the season and who would have ever had this as the top 4!!?????!

also, our insane EPL goals conceded record (only 15 all season, in 2004/05) is in danger from Arse

Arsenal winning league fine it will happen eventually...but to beat our record no thank you! When saw the article the other day bit ooo thats a bit early to say theyre on track to do so but...who knows maybe it isnt 😭

[Vesper 31,181]

absolutely buzzing that West Sham and Wolves are likely the clear favourites atm to be 2 of the 3 relegated teams

here's hoping dirty Leeds joins them

 

and look at number 1 (Lamps is CRUSHING it) and number 3 (PLEASE let Milwall make it back here into the EPL so we get to have a go at them twice at least) in the Championship

[Fulham Broadway 17,810]

We have to be realistic and differentiate between the current custodians, people who administer Chelsea FC as just another asset that they can make personal profit from, and the previous custodian who made winning silverware and titles as the No 1 priority.

Thats the reality and we need to accept it

[MoroccanBlue 5,408]

58 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

It's 19 players listed. There are many others like Essugo. Remove those 6 doesn't change anything. Literally just Penders, Acheampong, Hato, Santos and Estevao reaching expected world class level we are in tremendous position.

Cool. 

And in your fairy tale, do our rivals stand still? 

[Mário César 1,525]

13 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

We have to be realistic and differentiate between the current custodians, people who administer Chelsea FC as just another asset that they can make personal profit from, and the previous custodian who made winning silverware and titles as the No 1 priority.

Thats the reality and we need to accept it

yes I already accept our faith. We will become a top8 team and no one will care about us.

I think we will need to wait several years to challenge again for the title and Idk if in our time lives we will see Chelsea champion again

[Vesper 31,181]

Peter Schmeichel "massive regrets" on leaving Man Utd after 1999 season 🔴 | Kickin' It | CBS Sports

a really good interview

well worth the time

[NikkiCFC 8,529]

51 minutes ago, Mário César said:

That’s all nonsense. Chelsea had already finished 3rd when the new owner took over. It’s completely different from the situations Klopp and Arteta found at Liverpool and Arsenal. This is just throwing sand in the fans’ eyes. This is going to be the owner’s fourth season, and we’ll most likely miss out on the top four again. So far we’ve had 12th place, 6th place, 4th place, and now probably another failed top-four finish. How can anyone believe this is going to be a success?

We didn’t need to wait this long after already finishing 3rd under Tuchel and spending that much money. The mediocrity of the board is obvious: Madueke was sold and replaced by Gittens, who cost about the same but is clearly a worse player! How does that make any sense?

Where is this we're not gonna qualify for CL coming from? Not worried about that. Do you see 5 teams in the league better than us? We also changed team completely so we did start from zero. Whatever happened before it's irrelevant. And that also needed to be done either way. How many players from 2021 or 2022 squad would you like still to be here? Maybe Rudiger and Pulisic at best. In first season we tried with experienced players like Koulibaly, Auba, Sterling and how that ended? At that point they didn't know what they were doing but now there's is a plan and excitement for the future. Also, do people need to be reminded that we were nowhere near fighting for PL title last 5 seasons under Roman? Madueke has nothing to do with Gittens who is a replacement for Sancho. And lastly, we are fucking World Champions!

Edited October 26, 2025 by NikkiCFC

[Vesper 31,181]

13 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Madueke has nothing to do with Gittens who is a replacement for Sancho

correct

so many here, for ages, seem to not undertstand the difference between right wingers and left wingers

 

[Blue Armour 4,759]

7 hours ago, DDA said:

They are going to beat our goals conceded record arent they! Fuck off Arsenal.

Painful to say it, but their recruitment team prioritized heavily on upping the quality of their defensive resources, while ours sat back and brought in injury prone CBs as well as freebies like Tosin.

Oh and wasted a 100m on average wingers.

Edited October 27, 2025 by Blue Armour

[Vesper 31,181]

42 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Oh and wasted a 100m on average wingers.

around £210-230m (fees only ffs, and depending on how much in add-ons we have to pay for Muddy) or so on 4 likely shit (or proven shit) LWers

Mudryk

Sterling

Gittens

Garnacho

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 🤬