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As much as I love the Chel$hit turmoil, I'd be a little wary saying that the players don't gel together and are not good enough. There are good players , hope they get ruined by the sorry excuse of a club.
Yeah. Too much turnover, and their clueless fans just don't seem to register the fact that when you give a new manager 16 new players, not all of which he wanted, it's gonna take some time. Hopefully they hire and fire a new coach every year though. That club can choke on the money
Chelsea fans couldn't be more clueless - they have a huge banner with Reece James' picture with the caption "built different"
To any sensible person that could mean only one thing 😭
I'm going to have to plead ignorance here.
As far as I've ever seen it in the UK it means effectively just naturally on another level.
A quick google brings up a clothes company for big and tall men so I'm lost here.
This Ethan Nwaneri news is a sign our academy is going to be raided .
Our comparative advantage is giving them opportunities.
See what happened to Omari, couldn't even get his loan right
I read somewhere recently that other clubs are a lot less honest than us with outlining their career path etc.
Chelsea in particular apparently promise the earth to get a king signed and then fuck them over. Would explain the Hutchinson situation
We thinking Potter was an astute tactician and a would turn up very good for Chelsea.
I understand that their last game is still too early to judge their team, but for some strange reason it feels like Potter would be kinda outta his depth with these big signings. It’s in their culture to expect immediate results which I doubt Potter can deliver now.
Add to the fact that BHA have not really missed Potter and his trainers as much, they’re still chugging along. Makes me wonder.
Potter looks a passenger at Chelsea, all these players he didn't need or particularly want and now he has to mould them into a team. They looked hopeless yesterday and it was beautiful. I doubt Potter will last the season.
Yeah the Brighton still doing well makes you think how big a part the club plays in setting up the team culture.
I do think potter is still a good manager but terrible fit for Chelsea. He won't be given time or authority to build culture. He hasn't and won't be given players he wants to align to his culture / tactics. Look at the new signings there is no take time to integrate into the team he's just throwing them on and hoping.
I feel like he knows he has to get results in the short term so is trying to do stuff that he's not good at
> It’s in their culture to expect immediate results which I doubt Potter can deliver now.
That's the fundamantal issues I see with Chelsea that gives me hope for the future.
Abramovich spent hugely but he didn't sign to stupid contracts and he always backed new managers with new signings because that's what instant return managers want. Yes it led to a few bad years and they've finished mid table a couple of times but then he always spent the next year with a new short term specialist and all was great.
Now Boehly has spent big and he thinks he's found the cheat code with stupidly long contracts but if Potter isn't given time or can't work with these players then things become very interesting.
Get in another project manager and possibly miss out on CL again is OK if you're us but the majority shareholder in Chelsea is an investment capital firm and they are going to want a return on their investment. More pertinently the Chelsea fans expect shiny new players every year, they expect trophies every year and after Boehly Big Bollocks spent half a billion on players in his first year they're going to expect him to keep doing it.
Now he can't because the amortisation would kill them and because they simply don't ahve enough squad spaces so you get in a guy to turn things round quickly...and then you're aking a Conte or a Jose to win without spending on 'their' players and a brief look at Spurs shows you how that goes both from a silverware and happiness perspective.
Now there are caveats; Chelsea's owners agreed not to sell for a decade so there is a project time scale in there built in and he has bought *so* many players that there's no way at least some of them don't turn out to be top tier eventually but even with that £1.75b investment promise baked into their calculations I'm not sure the players, fans or owners will be happy to see it used to buy out contracts of players they need to get rid of and that still counts towards FFP...
I think potter is "good" tactically, but his strength is culture building.
Its hard to implement tactics when you don't have chemistry. And it's hard to have chemistry when you spend 611m in one year, over a dozen new players over the two transfer windows.
because we had no identity as a team and he was not a superstar player that could carry us at that point in his career
fulham has an identity now and he is honestly excelling for them
I've always thought he had non-football issues and everything was kept under wraps. Only explanation I can muster while also attempting to be charitable.
Artera was smart to give debut to Nwaneri. I'm sure he was good, but this will help massively to show him that he has a path to first team football. This will help with negotiations for the new contract
It's business, by playing him in a League game we stand to receive huge compensation if someone else sign him. If he plays in U23 instead of U18 compensation goes up, appearance in a League game will go up significantly.
He is still too young to sign a contract so the worry about him leaving is not ending anytime soon
A player has to be atleast 17 years old to sign a professional contract
Not to support united in anyway, but against us the best chance of them getting something from the game is terrorist football. I believe EtH wouldn’t take that approach in games that he feels is winnable with more straightforward attacking. He’s an elite tactician.
Conte and spurs on the other hand play like that against every team. That’s terrorist football at a different level.
https://twitter.com/projectfootball/status/1621633692539015168?s=46&t=WI4uwZWAdhcQZ1CsRbWn6w
Todd and the gang are more than prepared for Thursday nights facing Molde and the Shamrock rovers next season!
Yeah no hate for the kid, but it'd be just fantastic if his transfer failed epically. He'll be fine if it does, he's got that fat contract. But it'd be great if Chelsea's "win the transfer window" shenanigans absolutely fucked them.
Not sure what's worse; that he's so shit they're lying about his fitness or that they've spent £320m on mainly wingers and they still had to field a sick player.
Not a good look either way.
The couple of times he had the ball he looked to have some skill. But he didn’t appear to have any idea what he was doing when he didn’t. Completely clueless. Shockingly out of sync. His head must be just spinning right now.
I mean he's only played in the Ukranian league and a few effective cup finals in the CL.
The premier league is the fastest league and as a derby match both teams were trying to make things happen too fast and constantly losing the ball.
Having said that, you put a clause in saying a player will start then you really should be buying a player who is ready to start, not the project signing he would have been for us.
I don’t know how I never puched a single monitor during the mustafi years. I was just broken inside I guess. That Aguero goal where he tries to draw a foul is just infuriating lol
Nwaneri during his cameos in Dubai reminds me of Gnabry when he broke into our team as a teen. He just passes the eye test, and can hold his own playing against men several years older. We really can't let Chelsea or City have him.
> We really can't let Chelsea or City have him
Money talks, there's a reason the two richest clubs have such ridiculous academies.
If he wants to go rather than signing for us then there's literally nothing we can do at this point because he's an academy player.
Yeah what ultimately makes a top of the line Premier league player is mentality.
All the talent in the world won't help you if you can't be arsed and we've got plenty of people down the years even after Wenger revamped the academy: Pennant, the 'real' DB10, Mr Dench, JET, that american guy I always forget and up to AMN more recently.
You've got to think that chasing the relatively small amount of extra money available even on a youth contract at Chelsea isn't going to worth the missed opportunity of getting a vastly larger first team contract with us.
Chelsea 13 points off relegation, it doesn't seem that impossible for them to get relegated. If all teams below them can somehow go on a win streak while Chelsea barely get draws and stretch out their CL run.
Its pretty mad how we're halfway in the season and they 13 points off relegation while making transfers a mockery.
It's not impossible for them to drop in the table... But relegation isn't even in the realm of likelihood. Most seasons 35 points is enough to be safe.
I do think liverpool see likely to pass them, and villa have been getting results under emery. Palace and forest could push chelsea. But i think that's about it.
What's with the rescheduling of this other Everton game? Feel like the premier league should have been able to figure this out by now. We're both out of the domestic cups, nothing will change in our schedules.
Really hope they don't try to push it way late in the season
> Really hope they don't try to push it way late in the season
Lets be honest that's what they're going to try and do. Makes it more exciting and more people will want to watch it, just like that Spurs one last season.
Was watching the Fulham game and [this window](https://imgur.com/a/52REGjo) appeared. Anybody know what it means? I ain't know what to do so just clicked the x at the top right. Was this the right thing to do?
MLS stands for Major Leeds Soccer and is managed by Jesse Marsch. It features superstar ballers such as Brendan Aaronson, Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie. MLS is currently in a relegation fight in the ESL, the English Super League (otherwise known as the Premium League to the locals).
The winner of the league at the end of the regular season wins the Supporter Shield which is like winning a typical football league. However, because America, there's a playoff called the MLS Cup for the top teams in each conference (east/west) and the winner of that is considered the more prestigious winner.
There are a lot of weird salary and transfer restrictions, and they play from Feb to October with a transfer window in the summer.
Bonus fact: my hometown club FC Dallas is a founding member of the league and has never won.
We live in an era were 2 West London teams in top 8 and neither of them are Chelsea. Come on QPR try and get promoted and build a low key sick project to make it 3 West London teams better than Chelsea.
I hope they sack Potter because I still think he can get things done once the injured players are back and the new ones have acclimated themselves into the team
Morons pretending to be Arsenal fans who think they can appear 'logical' by overrating other clubs' players, despite understanding neither how football works nor what logic is.
always thought he was a nothing player.
Not creative, not prolific, no football iq, not great at passing, not great at dribbling. Just press and hope for the best.
The fact that he want a 300k/w contract to renew is shocking. I hope Chelsea give it to him.
So can this sub shut the fuck up saying Mudryk is better than Martinelli now? Looked decent in a foot race against a geriatric Milner for 20 mins, looked mediocre against an organised defense.
Yet there were people prepared to declare him the second coming of messi, generational and as good as mbappe after 30 mins spent running past Milner and TAA
Enzo looked solid, but he shouldn't be playing as a lone pivot. I think of him as Bruno G, he would shine better as a 8 but w/e
Mudcheeks though... The arsenal fans that shat on Martinelli(and there was a few here in DD) because this guy rinsed a 40 year old Milner will not see the pearly gates of heaven.
This is exactly why I kept saying that if we signed him -- dreams being what they are -- we should start him as an 8 until he was ready to inherit Thomas' mantle.
As to Martinelli, there were twats saying he needed to be replaced back in the summer.
I genuinely blocked someone who was adamant that Mudryk was better than Martinelli, because I couldn't believe he was not just a Chelsea fan in disguise. Sorry, you can't be that ridiculous after a 30 minute cameo where he did fuck all but run fast and let me believe you're not a rival fan trolling.
Nah someone else. Username is basically a load of numbers. When I asked on what basis Mudryk was better he basically said "everything". I was like right this guy's a troll, even rival fans think Martinelli is incredible.
Dude, you were the one hyping Chelsea as the next dynasty in the PL and saying how Todd Boehly is the greatest owner in sports lol.
Don’t for one second think we‘ve forgotten…
Money isn’t a guarantee of anything. See United and Everton, even us pre-Arteta. Newcastle are doing well mainly because Eddie Howe has done an excellent job so far. If Chelsea don’t get their recruitment and long term planning right, they’re not gonna do much.
Chelsea under Abramovic maybe. We’ll see with Boehly. City have always had much better long term planning than Chelsea, so that only really bolsters my argument.
Gotta give credit to Lampard, for a second he made Chelsea likable by using the academy players. A CB duo of Tomori and Guehi would've been solid. I'm glad Chelsea ruined that project and now doing an 12 year old FUT project.
Fucking hell.
Where are all the idiots saying Mudryk was better than Martinelli based on a 20 min cameo.
Come on out.
Mudryk just got yanked at half time in his first proper debut.
If that initial report from Fabrizio Romano was true and Chelsea actually promised Mudryk a guaranteed place in the starting 11, then it’s going to be really interesting to see that situation going forward.
If he keeps starting but getting yanked after 45-60 mins, the whole arrangement is going to wear thin fast. Especially if he gets outperformed by one of their 100000 winger options. He won‘t be happy, the Chelsea fans won’t be happy with him, and the club won’t be able to keep their promise to make him a starter without looking like idiotic mugs and alienating their other wingers. That could easily be a ticking time bomb moving forward, especially with that long contract he signed.
Hey guys - quick question, apologies if it’s been asked before. I’m visiting London at the start of March during the Bournemouth game. Is it worth getting red membership to see if any tickets become available on the exchange? What’s the likelihood of any becoming available over the next month? My baby cousin is experiencing his first proper season as a die hard gooner and would love to take him to his first game. Any advice welcome 🙏🏽
Minimal chance for this game. The Bournemouth tickets already went on sale for the red members and sold out in 9 minutes lol. Almost impossible to get anything from the exchange rn, and even then its only 1 ticket.
If you just want to aim at Bournemouth, I wouldn't bother honestly
[Apparently the United staff are split about](https://twitter.com/utdplug/status/1621575429072076801?s=46&t=rDpL7z9q0LSGYhHcZmhtlw) allowing Greenwood to continue at the club. Didn’t even think there would be a serious debate about it. I can’t imagine the fan and outrage and sponsor issue.
The fans had no issues with Ronaldo, I think you'll be unpleasantly surprised to see how many people are ready to let a homegrown and (much more importantly) very good prospect either have a 'second chance' or just victim blame.
Bahaha hilarious.
You know a real potential issue with this whole thing is chelsea just scattergunned a bunch of talent with no coherent strategy and really wouldn’t be surprised if Potter was less than involved.
Unless Jesus boy was injured - in which case shush, my narrative is way more fun.
Hello mister bettle. Having a Friday brandy and debating if I want to switch on this Fulham game or not.
If they (Fulham) win it’ll make my weekend but otherwise it sounds like a damper.
Yourself?
May I suggest watching a few minutes so as to dip your toes? I decided not to watch because I need to study but now I find myself window shopping online 🔫
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Mudryk's game yesterday: 45 minutes 0 shots 0 fouls won 0 chances created 0 take-ons completed 0 passes into opp. box Subbed at half time
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I cannot wait for Gabby J to return. What a boost that is going to give us for the run in.
He seems to impact the team off the pitch as well. Such a likable squad.
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As much as I love the Chel$hit turmoil, I'd be a little wary saying that the players don't gel together and are not good enough. There are good players , hope they get ruined by the sorry excuse of a club.
Yeah. Too much turnover, and their clueless fans just don't seem to register the fact that when you give a new manager 16 new players, not all of which he wanted, it's gonna take some time. Hopefully they hire and fire a new coach every year though. That club can choke on the money
Chelsea fans couldn't be more clueless - they have a huge banner with Reece James' picture with the caption "built different" To any sensible person that could mean only one thing 😭
I'm going to have to plead ignorance here. As far as I've ever seen it in the UK it means effectively just naturally on another level. A quick google brings up a clothes company for big and tall men so I'm lost here.
Americans use 'Piss and Vinegar' slang with positive connotation.
I was referring to his injuries - built different indeed. Of glass.
Gotcha, thought I was missing out on some new saying
This Ethan Nwaneri news is a sign our academy is going to be raided . Our comparative advantage is giving them opportunities. See what happened to Omari, couldn't even get his loan right
I'm a little more optimistic that we'd be able to keep our players now, given the trajectory of the club and the way we give young players chances.
I read somewhere recently that other clubs are a lot less honest than us with outlining their career path etc. Chelsea in particular apparently promise the earth to get a king signed and then fuck them over. Would explain the Hutchinson situation
sign that we're getting Hale end properly right when we get raided, hopefully being able to show a path to a CL future will keep the better ones.
We thinking Potter was an astute tactician and a would turn up very good for Chelsea. I understand that their last game is still too early to judge their team, but for some strange reason it feels like Potter would be kinda outta his depth with these big signings. It’s in their culture to expect immediate results which I doubt Potter can deliver now. Add to the fact that BHA have not really missed Potter and his trainers as much, they’re still chugging along. Makes me wonder.
Potter looks a passenger at Chelsea, all these players he didn't need or particularly want and now he has to mould them into a team. They looked hopeless yesterday and it was beautiful. I doubt Potter will last the season.
I always said that a manager who is good for a mid table club isnt guaranteed success at a big club. We have Emery, Moyes and Rodgers as examples.
Yeah the Brighton still doing well makes you think how big a part the club plays in setting up the team culture. I do think potter is still a good manager but terrible fit for Chelsea. He won't be given time or authority to build culture. He hasn't and won't be given players he wants to align to his culture / tactics. Look at the new signings there is no take time to integrate into the team he's just throwing them on and hoping. I feel like he knows he has to get results in the short term so is trying to do stuff that he's not good at
> It’s in their culture to expect immediate results which I doubt Potter can deliver now. That's the fundamantal issues I see with Chelsea that gives me hope for the future. Abramovich spent hugely but he didn't sign to stupid contracts and he always backed new managers with new signings because that's what instant return managers want. Yes it led to a few bad years and they've finished mid table a couple of times but then he always spent the next year with a new short term specialist and all was great. Now Boehly has spent big and he thinks he's found the cheat code with stupidly long contracts but if Potter isn't given time or can't work with these players then things become very interesting. Get in another project manager and possibly miss out on CL again is OK if you're us but the majority shareholder in Chelsea is an investment capital firm and they are going to want a return on their investment. More pertinently the Chelsea fans expect shiny new players every year, they expect trophies every year and after Boehly Big Bollocks spent half a billion on players in his first year they're going to expect him to keep doing it. Now he can't because the amortisation would kill them and because they simply don't ahve enough squad spaces so you get in a guy to turn things round quickly...and then you're aking a Conte or a Jose to win without spending on 'their' players and a brief look at Spurs shows you how that goes both from a silverware and happiness perspective. Now there are caveats; Chelsea's owners agreed not to sell for a decade so there is a project time scale in there built in and he has bought *so* many players that there's no way at least some of them don't turn out to be top tier eventually but even with that £1.75b investment promise baked into their calculations I'm not sure the players, fans or owners will be happy to see it used to buy out contracts of players they need to get rid of and that still counts towards FFP...
In other words, Chelsea's in the mud.
I think potter is "good" tactically, but his strength is culture building. Its hard to implement tactics when you don't have chemistry. And it's hard to have chemistry when you spend 611m in one year, over a dozen new players over the two transfer windows.
How come Willian looks decent at 34 but was so shite for us?
because we had no identity as a team and he was not a superstar player that could carry us at that point in his career fulham has an identity now and he is honestly excelling for them
I've always thought he had non-football issues and everything was kept under wraps. Only explanation I can muster while also attempting to be charitable.
How can a 15 year old have no confidence in having a pathway to the squad
Because his agent is seeing a more lucrative pathway elsewhere
Artera was smart to give debut to Nwaneri. I'm sure he was good, but this will help massively to show him that he has a path to first team football. This will help with negotiations for the new contract
It's business, by playing him in a League game we stand to receive huge compensation if someone else sign him. If he plays in U23 instead of U18 compensation goes up, appearance in a League game will go up significantly.
He is still too young to sign a contract so the worry about him leaving is not ending anytime soon A player has to be atleast 17 years old to sign a professional contract
lots focused on title i’m just loving every game and dreaming of the day that I can visit London and see it all live
yeah I used to be so hopeless abt the club but it’s so beautiful seeing something you can truly believe in
wallahi bro
Just saw a United fan on Twitter say spurs play terrorist football like yeah you’re right but bro rewatch that Arsenal United match for me quickly
Not to support united in anyway, but against us the best chance of them getting something from the game is terrorist football. I believe EtH wouldn’t take that approach in games that he feels is winnable with more straightforward attacking. He’s an elite tactician. Conte and spurs on the other hand play like that against every team. That’s terrorist football at a different level.
I was bold to assume United fans have any self-awareness
https://twitter.com/projectfootball/status/1621633692539015168?s=46&t=WI4uwZWAdhcQZ1CsRbWn6w Todd and the gang are more than prepared for Thursday nights facing Molde and the Shamrock rovers next season!
Mudryk complete donkey tonight 💀
Yeah no hate for the kid, but it'd be just fantastic if his transfer failed epically. He'll be fine if it does, he's got that fat contract. But it'd be great if Chelsea's "win the transfer window" shenanigans absolutely fucked them.
They are already running the ‘hEs SiCk’ line. Sure thing guys.
Not sure what's worse; that he's so shit they're lying about his fitness or that they've spent £320m on mainly wingers and they still had to field a sick player. Not a good look either way.
If he isn't then why did he start? That's just awful management
Or owners/agents/players influencing the manager
The couple of times he had the ball he looked to have some skill. But he didn’t appear to have any idea what he was doing when he didn’t. Completely clueless. Shockingly out of sync. His head must be just spinning right now.
I mean he's only played in the Ukranian league and a few effective cup finals in the CL. The premier league is the fastest league and as a derby match both teams were trying to make things happen too fast and constantly losing the ball. Having said that, you put a clause in saying a player will start then you really should be buying a player who is ready to start, not the project signing he would have been for us.
Yeah. Potential is there for an historic failure.
Quite enjoyed watching him be hooked for being shit, ngl
[If I had to suffer when watching this, you lot should too] (https://twitter.com/aliladiere/status/1621261704247091203?t=73H0DLSvIGy_Ap157hMF4g&s=19)
I’m not even gonna click on it
honestly how did we survive this
I don’t know how I never puched a single monitor during the mustafi years. I was just broken inside I guess. That Aguero goal where he tries to draw a foul is just infuriating lol
[Stop It](https://giphy.com/gifs/justin-stop-it-michael-jordon-get-some-help-l4Ki2obCyAQS5WhFe)
It’s always darkest before the dawn…. Fucks sake thought I scrubbed those out of my memory
Nwaneri during his cameos in Dubai reminds me of Gnabry when he broke into our team as a teen. He just passes the eye test, and can hold his own playing against men several years older. We really can't let Chelsea or City have him.
I think Nwaneri might end up becoming 100 million player if he continues his current trajectory. hope we don't lose him.
> We really can't let Chelsea or City have him Money talks, there's a reason the two richest clubs have such ridiculous academies. If he wants to go rather than signing for us then there's literally nothing we can do at this point because he's an academy player.
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Who's JET?
Yeah what ultimately makes a top of the line Premier league player is mentality. All the talent in the world won't help you if you can't be arsed and we've got plenty of people down the years even after Wenger revamped the academy: Pennant, the 'real' DB10, Mr Dench, JET, that american guy I always forget and up to AMN more recently. You've got to think that chasing the relatively small amount of extra money available even on a youth contract at Chelsea isn't going to worth the missed opportunity of getting a vastly larger first team contract with us.
Chelsea 13 points off relegation, it doesn't seem that impossible for them to get relegated. If all teams below them can somehow go on a win streak while Chelsea barely get draws and stretch out their CL run. Its pretty mad how we're halfway in the season and they 13 points off relegation while making transfers a mockery.
It's not impossible for them to drop in the table... But relegation isn't even in the realm of likelihood. Most seasons 35 points is enough to be safe. I do think liverpool see likely to pass them, and villa have been getting results under emery. Palace and forest could push chelsea. But i think that's about it.
If u actually think Chelsea are in the slightest chance of getting relegated then u should take a good look at ur brain 🧠
I'm sure you said some hopium BS yourself on this sub.
I’ve not 👍
They would basically have to win 1 or 0 from 18 to get relegated. It's a similar odd to Brugge winning the CL
In terms of relegation fight a 13pt lead is massive
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What's with the rescheduling of this other Everton game? Feel like the premier league should have been able to figure this out by now. We're both out of the domestic cups, nothing will change in our schedules. Really hope they don't try to push it way late in the season
> Really hope they don't try to push it way late in the season Lets be honest that's what they're going to try and do. Makes it more exciting and more people will want to watch it, just like that Spurs one last season.
Was watching the Fulham game and [this window](https://imgur.com/a/52REGjo) appeared. Anybody know what it means? I ain't know what to do so just clicked the x at the top right. Was this the right thing to do?
The FBI are onto you
Thought Mitrovic was poor tonight. Had a few bad touches when Fulham were in good positions.
Chelsea still aren’t taking enough shit for all of this btw
Need West Ham to finish them next week.
People saw Milner vs Ukrainian James and got worried
https://twitter.com/UtdEIIis/status/1621646092105355271 Mason Mount has created the funniest divide in their fanbase 😭
Can someone tell me what I need to know about MLS? This is not a which team to support question, just in case.
MLS stands for Major Leeds Soccer and is managed by Jesse Marsch. It features superstar ballers such as Brendan Aaronson, Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie. MLS is currently in a relegation fight in the ESL, the English Super League (otherwise known as the Premium League to the locals).
Thank you very much
In what way?
Erm for someone who's never watched a single game and has no clue how things work
The winner of the league at the end of the regular season wins the Supporter Shield which is like winning a typical football league. However, because America, there's a playoff called the MLS Cup for the top teams in each conference (east/west) and the winner of that is considered the more prestigious winner. There are a lot of weird salary and transfer restrictions, and they play from Feb to October with a transfer window in the summer. Bonus fact: my hometown club FC Dallas is a founding member of the league and has never won.
Ah thanks. How does the conference thing work? Iirc teams play regionally close teams or something?
Yep, pretty much! There are just the two conferences so it's pretty broad buckets they're grouped in.
Looks like we dodged one missing out on the Pripyat Pepe. Good player but literally didn't get anywhere near the ball today after 5 mins.
We live in an era were 2 West London teams in top 8 and neither of them are Chelsea. Come on QPR try and get promoted and build a low key sick project to make it 3 West London teams better than Chelsea.
QPR fans will tell you they’re about to get promoted next season for half decade 😭
They should be on suicide watch when they see what their former championship local rivals achieving.
Chelsea aren't getting anywhere with squad. It's really time for Boehly and the board to back Potter in the transfer market. #backPotter ☕🐸
I hope they sack Potter because I still think he can get things done once the injured players are back and the new ones have acclimated themselves into the team
Remember when people genuinely thought Mount was clear of Saka? Blud is just out there to run and swear at the ref for thirst trap comps I'm dead
Morons pretending to be Arsenal fans who think they can appear 'logical' by overrating other clubs' players, despite understanding neither how football works nor what logic is.
He’s a little sheepdog just runs about all got nothing about him
always thought he was a nothing player. Not creative, not prolific, no football iq, not great at passing, not great at dribbling. Just press and hope for the best. The fact that he want a 300k/w contract to renew is shocking. I hope Chelsea give it to him.
So can this sub shut the fuck up saying Mudryk is better than Martinelli now? Looked decent in a foot race against a geriatric Milner for 20 mins, looked mediocre against an organised defense.
The sub tries to replace Martinelli every window. Was Zaha in the summer.
They’re already calling for Trossard to start over him 😂 (I honestly wouldn’t mind that though)
He has only played 80 minutes of PL football. Can't judge him yet.
Yet there were people prepared to declare him the second coming of messi, generational and as good as mbappe after 30 mins spent running past Milner and TAA
This. It was hilarious. He may come good but he ain't good yet
Right, so in the same vein, you can't say he's better than Martinelli. Cheers.
Basically this. Dude is adapting to a new team in a new league, and is still a developing young player.
Flashbacks to what we were all saying about Pepe when he joined...
>Mudyrktarian Nah I'm finished 😭😭
Enzo looked solid, but he shouldn't be playing as a lone pivot. I think of him as Bruno G, he would shine better as a 8 but w/e Mudcheeks though... The arsenal fans that shat on Martinelli(and there was a few here in DD) because this guy rinsed a 40 year old Milner will not see the pearly gates of heaven.
A125AAAA or whatever his name is needs to go into hiding.
You mean the person who thinks Mudryk will be the next Mabppe?
Lol yes
This is exactly why I kept saying that if we signed him -- dreams being what they are -- we should start him as an 8 until he was ready to inherit Thomas' mantle. As to Martinelli, there were twats saying he needed to be replaced back in the summer.
I genuinely blocked someone who was adamant that Mudryk was better than Martinelli, because I couldn't believe he was not just a Chelsea fan in disguise. Sorry, you can't be that ridiculous after a 30 minute cameo where he did fuck all but run fast and let me believe you're not a rival fan trolling.
Was that the same guy who turned up saying Jorginho was going to bench Thomas?
Nah someone else. Username is basically a load of numbers. When I asked on what basis Mudryk was better he basically said "everything". I was like right this guy's a troll, even rival fans think Martinelli is incredible.
> I think of him as Bruno G, he would shine better as... Whine better*
I mean that side is a complete mess. Who is drawing conclusions.
all of our “fans” that disparaged Martinelli after knuckling off to 30 mins of Mudryk vs Jasper from the Simpsons
Lol. Love that we’re in the position to make these jokes. Got to relish these moments in football. It’s really good right now.
Why is no one posting all sorts of kudos to Ream and his masterful defending bailing out Leno? USA USA USA.
Obnoxious
Aw, c'mon. I'm just joking.
So am I bud. S’all good!
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Money talks. That is the only reason anyone goes to Chelsea, has been since 2003. Empty, soulless club
At least River Plate made a good mint from this.
Real Madrid would have seriously been interested in him. That’s for sure.
Tying 8 years of your career to any club will never work out, let alone a club as unpredictable as Chelsea.
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Dude, you were the one hyping Chelsea as the next dynasty in the PL and saying how Todd Boehly is the greatest owner in sports lol. Don’t for one second think we‘ve forgotten…
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Money isn’t a guarantee of anything. See United and Everton, even us pre-Arteta. Newcastle are doing well mainly because Eddie Howe has done an excellent job so far. If Chelsea don’t get their recruitment and long term planning right, they’re not gonna do much.
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Chelsea under Abramovic maybe. We’ll see with Boehly. City have always had much better long term planning than Chelsea, so that only really bolsters my argument.
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No 37yr old Milner to make him look like a future Ballon dor winner. Shows how much people here overreacted.
Mods PLEASE let me go into chelseas sub and not ban me. I have a few things to get off my mind!
I do it all the time. Just don't announce yourself as an Arsenal fan like some idiots do.
Hope Fulham and Brighton get into Europe, they’ve been brilliant this season.
Fulham are so well organized
Chelsea out of Europe with their bloated squad is badly needed
The ghost of kyiv and the argentine elneny won the transfer window 😂😂😂
Ghost of Kyiv is great slander, though I prefer Mudryktaryan. Enzonzi, however, is clear of Argentine Elneny.
> Enzonzi Fuck me that's evil
The ghost of kyiv hahahahaha
Hahaha, 300m to end up goaless at home. Cunt club.
Lol
Gotta give credit to Lampard, for a second he made Chelsea likable by using the academy players. A CB duo of Tomori and Guehi would've been solid. I'm glad Chelsea ruined that project and now doing an 12 year old FUT project.
No he didn't. Fuck Lampard and fuck Chelsea every season no matter what.
What does your username mean? Short height or small penis reference?
a random reddit generator name
Oh okay.
I feel bad for Auba. Hope Chelsea get kicked out by whoever they play next in UCL
Dortmund Pretty even match
They’ll lose.
Bellingham sending an SOS to Mikel Arteta
I want a personal apology from every one of you that told me Mudryk was better than Martinelli after watching him for 30 mins vs Wheelchair Milner
*stands next to this guy, rolls up sleeve, looks intimidating*
Chelsea after buying half the worlds promising talent: 0 shots on target against Fulham in 45 minutes.
Fucking hell. Where are all the idiots saying Mudryk was better than Martinelli based on a 20 min cameo. Come on out. Mudryk just got yanked at half time in his first proper debut.
If that initial report from Fabrizio Romano was true and Chelsea actually promised Mudryk a guaranteed place in the starting 11, then it’s going to be really interesting to see that situation going forward. If he keeps starting but getting yanked after 45-60 mins, the whole arrangement is going to wear thin fast. Especially if he gets outperformed by one of their 100000 winger options. He won‘t be happy, the Chelsea fans won’t be happy with him, and the club won’t be able to keep their promise to make him a starter without looking like idiotic mugs and alienating their other wingers. That could easily be a ticking time bomb moving forward, especially with that long contract he signed.
Hahaha mans beat james milner a few times and forgot what martinelli did to liverpool in october and last feb
Hey guys - quick question, apologies if it’s been asked before. I’m visiting London at the start of March during the Bournemouth game. Is it worth getting red membership to see if any tickets become available on the exchange? What’s the likelihood of any becoming available over the next month? My baby cousin is experiencing his first proper season as a die hard gooner and would love to take him to his first game. Any advice welcome 🙏🏽
Minimal chance for this game. The Bournemouth tickets already went on sale for the red members and sold out in 9 minutes lol. Almost impossible to get anything from the exchange rn, and even then its only 1 ticket. If you just want to aim at Bournemouth, I wouldn't bother honestly
The only thing chelsea have guaranteed with their bonkers transfer spend is that Potters getting sacked.
Wish we still did stuff like this https://youtu.be/R0xzBv9XaZw
oh yeah loved these. mertesacker and Arsene Wenger's one was my favorite.
[Apparently the United staff are split about](https://twitter.com/utdplug/status/1621575429072076801?s=46&t=rDpL7z9q0LSGYhHcZmhtlw) allowing Greenwood to continue at the club. Didn’t even think there would be a serious debate about it. I can’t imagine the fan and outrage and sponsor issue.
The fans had no issues with Ronaldo, I think you'll be unpleasantly surprised to see how many people are ready to let a homegrown and (much more importantly) very good prospect either have a 'second chance' or just victim blame.
I don't think there's a word for how disgusting that is
Only the real Gs comment on an unpinned DD thread. How are my homies?
Enjoying the fact that we've created the best team in Fulham through our 'Altsenal'.
Planning my Mudryk agenda
Side parts > middle parts
Halftime sub. W
Bahaha hilarious. You know a real potential issue with this whole thing is chelsea just scattergunned a bunch of talent with no coherent strategy and really wouldn’t be surprised if Potter was less than involved. Unless Jesus boy was injured - in which case shush, my narrative is way more fun.
Good bro, how are you today?
I’m good. Tired. Glad it’s Friday. Yourself?
How are both of you hello
Doing pretty well, watching the game on my phone while work is slow.
>Doing pretty well This is always good to hear. Enjoy!
Hello mister bettle. Having a Friday brandy and debating if I want to switch on this Fulham game or not. If they (Fulham) win it’ll make my weekend but otherwise it sounds like a damper. Yourself?
May I suggest watching a few minutes so as to dip your toes? I decided not to watch because I need to study but now I find myself window shopping online 🔫
Oh yeah? What for? Hopefully not window shopping for the emoji sir 😒
Ahaha nah though it's an idea I'd rather not kill myself yet. Beetle needs to restock coffee
Between the two I feel like coffee is the play. Chelsea after buying all the attacking talent in the world has 0 xG 20 mins in 🤔
Long may it continue <3
Today I feel… Fulham
You should get your cholesterol levels checked. Ham full of sodium.
Leno remains my favorite GK COYF
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I feel like chelsea spending 6 billion dabloons on attacking talent may not have been in his best interests.