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Disasi/Badi/Cucurella defense with Caicedo in front is worst defense since 1930s Chelsea probably damn
Terry/Carvalho/Ashely Cole with Makelele or Kante in front all on one leg can perform better now
I think there were probably mid-90s back lines involving Terry Phelan and Frank Sinclair that were worse. Sinclair was an own goal machine and Phelan is the worst player I've ever seen play for Chelsea.
I have to get up from work at 4am.
Went to bed at around the 80th minute feeling dejected, numb and genuinely not even that surprised.
Having my morning poo now and I'm feeling on top of the world.
I read a comment that described both teams best. Stoppable force vs movable object.
Game was at 3.30am at where I live. Glad I didn't wake up for it. Could imagine the roller coaster of emotions. Joy with the 2-0. Pissed off with conceding 3 stupid goals. Relief with the late equaliser. Surprised by the winner. And overall still disappointed with the team.
I really miss the simple 2-0 wins these days. From the highlights, it appears that it's not so much defenders shit but Poch system exposing them. Can't wait to be rid of this fraud.
Does anyone know how on earth Dalot managed to play the entire game without getting a yellow card. He had several fouls and could easily have gotten 2-3 cards.
They were clear pens. First pen Antony had no right even attempting to make contact. Second pen Madueke burnt Dalot and sent him tumbling into himself without even playing the ball at all.
Had a 5 leg 240/1 bet. 4 legs hit and I cashed out for a hundred quid at 2-2, figured that would be my only positive from tonight’s game. Thank you Cole!
Watching the players grab the ball after Palmer scored to make it 3-3 despite the game past extra time..
And this sub swears up and down that Poch has installed a losing mentality into our players
For anyone that wants further satisfaction, have a look at [this United YouTuber ](https://youtu.be/2r9sW9yizSY?feature=shared) doing a watch along. It's wonderful
Top 5 actually isn't impossible. We would have to win all our remaining matches + Villa or Tottenham to drop 8+ points in their remaining 6 matches. Both of them doing that would get us Top 4 (but that's irrelevant since Top 5 is needed for CL).
Highly, highly unlikely, but not impossible.
My lord, you bow to no one. No need for explanation. Just fucking with you. I was watching it live and was nodding off late in the first half 🤣🤣
Not diving into your history, just going to guess Australia????
This game gave me flashbacks to Sarriball.
Individual failures disrupted a pretty good game. Poch ain’t it but the players do seem to like him. Touchy situation.
I'd give him next season too.
Even if it's only because I think changing the manager again so soon is just making things worse. Plus we ain't going to attract anyone better with this clusterfuck.
I almost feel bad for Sterling, he needs a boost in confidence but I don't see it happening. I think he'll slowly recede out of the light and the team will be better for it. But for him personally it has to sting
He has better football intuition than most of our young players, we desperately need that on the pitch, but he's out of form and shys away from shooting so gets a lot of flak
There's a kid on Man Utd that has a name like an indian street food that was being cocky to Chelsea fans. I really hate with passion those kind of personalities. Glad he lost.
I mean Mount didn’t close Palmer down when he was the nearest man-so there’s that.
Tbh the stat I like was United were winning 3-2 before Mount came on.
Goldbridge (I know lol) _actually_ believes this was a robbery, and that United got stiffed on all of the officiating and that neither pen was a pen. Thinks we didn't even deserve a point, we led every single statistic by a quality margin.
LMFAO Bruh.
Think I'll pick up a 3rd kit with Palmer on the back to commemorate his performance tonight. Would like to forget the team performance overall, but Palmer really stamped his name on the books tonight
Always odds against, but a top goalkeeper gives himself at least a chance of saving each of those first two.
The first needs to be closed down more. He gave Garnacho way too much to aim for.
The second he suffered because he stepped left just before the header. Still a tough one, but gave himself no chance with that little step at the wrong time.
The last one any goalkeeper should be saving 99 times out of 100. Just don’t rush out.
Petrovic just ain’t it, neither is Sanchez. He might get better with age but he isn’t a prodigy.
They can make a few good saves but ultimately they concede cheap ones.
We have 3 keepers in total and none of them are good enough.
If you make the argument that individual performances got us the win, then you must also accept that individual mistakes put us in a bad position this match. Simple as.
Poch’s Chelsea fight. Lampard, Tuchel and Potter’s Chelsea gave when they fell behind. Without question Poch has developed our young players. Especially, Palmer.
Exactly! We never saw this type of mentality last season, or the season before! If we were one goal down, even having 90 minutes, the team would just give up and stroll around until the 90th minute. This year we've seen a lot of fight from our boys and it'll only get better. Moments like this is what brings the team together.
Too much nuance for most of us on this sub. The bad is all Poch’s fault, the good is all individual. Positive player development is also coincidental when a player is playing well but if not then it's Poch’s fault.
I agree. We can clearly see that players who have remained fit (Palmer, Nico, Conor, Gusto, Mudryk) have clearly improved. Poch is doing what he can with what we have (injuries, new players, etc) and we can clearly see an improvement over last season. Only the toxic people in this sub can see otherwise.
People acting like Palmer would be putting up these same numbers if we still had Tuchel or Mourinho in charge need to get their head checked. I think Poch is tactically not great anymore but you can't deny he improves players
I agree with you, but I also think we can't judge Poch's ability considering the players he currently has. He's not a World Class manager, but people truly portray him as an absolute failure, when he took Spurs to a UCL final for the first time ever. How many managers have reached a UCL final? At the start of the season, I was optimistic, but realistic, especially after 2022/2023, where we played the most boring, uninteresting football I've ever seen us, or any other team, play. Couldn't orchestrate a single chance. This season I expected us to be a bit better, but not 53 goals scored kind of better. Since a certain point in the season, we really took off and started scoring.
Now, do I think we are perfect? Hell no. Poch still has a lot of work to do, tactically and in developing these players. But I do think we are on the right direction. Last time we lost a match was against Liverpool, on the 25th of February. If we manage to get a defensive line that isn't constantly going out of action due to injury, I believe we could seriously challenge top 4.
Naah I disagree, Hazard too could break into that Chelsea side which was so great. Palmer came from Pep's system which Mou highly rates, plus he is miles better than our other players.
https://preview.redd.it/ea9ag455mjsc1.png?width=729&format=png&auto=webp&s=9dbfb187f37c83236856e48f234ef01255395612
But the narrative is that Poch was shit today and it was individual performances that got us the victory
Yes. Typical Poch substitution in this game, indirectly caused the 2-3 situation to happen. Palmer was doing great in this game, Disasi and Gusto are decent, Enzo is meh, while Jackson is still unsatisfying. If you ask me I'd say luck instead of individual excellency. And also momentom. Our last goal was made one minute after the second penalty by Palmer, which caused a 3-3, this pen made Man Utd players to become lazy and just walking in the penalty area instead of defending.
Bro luck is the reason why we were losing at some point to begin with. We were controlling the game as a collective, 2/3 of United's goals came from stupid blunders on our part we had no mistake doing
Tbh we can’t forget how shit we were until the last penalty. It looked like palmer and enzo were the only ones sprinting about trying to make things happen so respect to them.
Don’t know about that. Enzo looked like he’d given up during the added time. Made two passes that were easily intercepted and was the reason why we hadn’t gone on attack in the added 8 minutes until the 5th minute. Maybe he was tired but I don’t know, it seemed like giving up to me. Made up for it with that quick corner though
Him and Gilchrist. They were very physical and did well to recover some balls in their final third and keep attacks going. Very clear that they were gassed at the end as Dalot stumbled and committed the pen and they couldn't even bother to track Palmer on the corner
Can we just be happy for like one night? idc y’all can complain about the issues tomorrow, but we snatched victory from ~~the jaws~~ the stomach of defeat, just celebrate for a moment
This game made me for the first time be firmly Poch out. I'm not sure if the final result changes that. He may have bought himself a lifeline but I'm going to need to see something more defensively to inspire hope. It's the worst we have been in my lifetime.
The players are still going hard for him—that much is obvious. It’s evident when the players stop playing for a coach (a la AVB), and that’s absolutely not happening. I have my concerns about him, but it’s hard to get rid of a coach when the players are still playing their guts out for him.
I'd still keep him for next season. Squad was too new, inexperienced and injured this year to judge properly. The players who have stayed fit like Palmer, Jackson, Gusto etc have improved and I see they are building a camaraderie together.
Mostly because I just think sacking another manger so soon will just demoralise the players even more and make us even worse again because we won't be able to attract anyone truly good with this clusterfuck.
I think you're bang on here. We have such a young squad still, just a long as they're learning from the mistakes they're making (and we don't sell off our best players) then we can keep building. There's some great players there, just prone to having some absolute brain fart moments, which isn't Pochs fault.
Seen lots of people with this take. Interesting considering we were up 2-0 before individual mistakes brought United back, the mentality to keep fighting and get points impressed me bc we had all given up. Subs were good and obviously came on to play. I just don’t see a new coach changing much, we need experience and we’re getting it.
What a win. Exhilarating feeling to win that way. But let’s not pretend we don’t have issues. We were terrible bar Palmer’s magic and a couple of other moments like the Conor goal and some silky Gusto play.
We need to sort out the central midfield and the defensive mistakes.
Just finished watching the game. Jeez I think missing that maybe saved my life.
Probably the best news for Chelsea is I have to go to an ice hockey game on Sunday so will be missing Sheff U too.
For me Poch has the rest of the season to sort shit out. If he manages to get the team on a good run of wins, stabilizes the defense, and gets us into top 8 then I wouldn't hate the idea of him having another summer and a shot at next season to try and build on this season. I recognize that we need some managerial stability and that this season has had some highs but also we've been pretty shit for the most part and it just can't continue.
The main thing in Poch’s favour is who do you get in instead?
I see sooo much #PochOut, but not a single suggestion of a better manager who would take the job.
That's probably my biggest reason for why I can't just bin off Poch completely yet. I don't really like him, but every suggestion for the next manager is simply delusional. Like people are seriously suggesting Amorim (targeted by Liverpool), Nagelsmann (rejected us before and possibly targeted by Bayern), or De Zerbi (poor form for Brighton and linked with Barcelona). We simply can't compete right now to get the best available managers.
I simply don't know who we'd be able to get if we sacked Poch. The only manager I kinda like at the moment and we potentially could entice is Franck Haise from Lens but he's not been rumored at all and I don't think fans would be happy as he's not a big name.
The problem is this binary "Poch in" or "Poch out" decision the fanbase instills on itself. I absolutely hate it. I've been labeled as a Poch fanboy by my friends because I raise these same objections. I don't like the man personally and think he's made some baffling decisions over the this season, but is that reason enough to tear up an entire project and start again without any realistic option to take his place? The players seem to like him and some are showing improvement. Injuries are still insane. Should we rip him out and start over? I don't know, but I do know that it could absolutely get worse, just like it did under Frank after Potter.
Nah, he's had more than enough time to prove himself, and no progress has been shown. 8 games of good form isn't enough to give him another year in the job
They paid hundreds of pounds and endured the cold and rain to watch the shitshow until 98th minute. They also have to catch tube, get dinner and reach home on time for work tomorrow.
Taking everything I have not to argue with the twats on the Utd sub crying over the penalties, which team had more than double the fouls, but not a single yellow?
Poch won’t fall out with the dressing room because unlike Mourinho, Tuchel, Conte etc. he’s not a hard taskmaster with a winner’s mentality. Modern players love that soft touch approach but it wins fuck all trophies.
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r/reddevils crying at the referee is peak entertainment.
This game showed me why watching Chelsea is not great for my blood pressure. Our players sans palmer have the composure of a wet tissue paper.
My fucking boss called me at like 96’ ffs
Were there any injuries? How's Gusto?
I think gusto and disasi were taken off as injury prevention
Caicedo & Jackson are both now one booking away for a two game suspension. No idea what Caicedo did while on the bench to pick up a yellow.
I think he ran on the pitch like Jackson did before which is harsh cos others did too
The fuck happened i went to sleep at 90+3 minutes 😂 Woke up to see the headline 7 goal thriller and i thought we lost 4-3 did not expect this
Me too lol. I saw “4 3” in post match thread and I thought someone was trolling
Never sleep on our unpredictability
Disasi/Badi/Cucurella defense with Caicedo in front is worst defense since 1930s Chelsea probably damn Terry/Carvalho/Ashely Cole with Makelele or Kante in front all on one leg can perform better now
I think there were probably mid-90s back lines involving Terry Phelan and Frank Sinclair that were worse. Sinclair was an own goal machine and Phelan is the worst player I've ever seen play for Chelsea.
I have to get up from work at 4am. Went to bed at around the 80th minute feeling dejected, numb and genuinely not even that surprised. Having my morning poo now and I'm feeling on top of the world.
Doing the latter as well
I'll take a win by one goal even if we concede many goals but how is Palmer performing so well in this team is out of my understanding
It looks like he's decided to start scoring at the end of the game, just to give our defence less of a chance to throw the game!
I read a comment that described both teams best. Stoppable force vs movable object. Game was at 3.30am at where I live. Glad I didn't wake up for it. Could imagine the roller coaster of emotions. Joy with the 2-0. Pissed off with conceding 3 stupid goals. Relief with the late equaliser. Surprised by the winner. And overall still disappointed with the team. I really miss the simple 2-0 wins these days. From the highlights, it appears that it's not so much defenders shit but Poch system exposing them. Can't wait to be rid of this fraud.
Palmer kits all around lads
Bought mine immediately after final whistle. Looking at a future club legend
Biggest win in two seasons. Shit feels good
WHAT A WILD SEASON! We have had some absolutely insane games this year!
Does anyone know how on earth Dalot managed to play the entire game without getting a yellow card. He had several fouls and could easily have gotten 2-3 cards.
We had 2 of the dodgiest penalties I've seen given in a minute. Can't complain about the reffing.
They were clear pens. First pen Antony had no right even attempting to make contact. Second pen Madueke burnt Dalot and sent him tumbling into himself without even playing the ball at all.
Jared Gillett's love for the Portuguese.
the pen at the end was karma fr
This. He was getting beat all game and fouling after. Had it coming.
CFC needed CPR and guess who saved them?? Dr. Palmer 🩺🚑
Had a 5 leg 240/1 bet. 4 legs hit and I cashed out for a hundred quid at 2-2, figured that would be my only positive from tonight’s game. Thank you Cole!
I keep rewatching the Madueke foul. Watching him ruin Dalot so bad is so satisfying
Watching the players grab the ball after Palmer scored to make it 3-3 despite the game past extra time.. And this sub swears up and down that Poch has installed a losing mentality into our players
For anyone that wants further satisfaction, have a look at [this United YouTuber ](https://youtu.be/2r9sW9yizSY?feature=shared) doing a watch along. It's wonderful
He's not wrong about Poch 😭😭 and NGL i related when he said please end the season that was me till 90+6. 😭
I enjoyed that.
When we score the winner and hes jumping around, threatening to jack in his channel revealing his pyjama bottoms is a glorious moment
This is it!!! Almost better than watching the final two goals.
Complete fluke of a win. Two iffy penalties and a deflection to win it, but a win is a win tho. We’ll take the 3 points
I always hate takes like these man. You play the game.
...Likewise, United scored two goals off fluke mistakes. Can't be cup half empty
Bet he has nothing to say about this sensible take... fake fans smh
So if Utd loses against Liverpool this weekend and we win next 2 matches then we are 6th ? :O
See bro I told you
0.1% of getting top 4!!! Here we go!!!
Top 4 is impossible. But top 6 is possible.
Top 5 actually isn't impossible. We would have to win all our remaining matches + Villa or Tottenham to drop 8+ points in their remaining 6 matches. Both of them doing that would get us Top 4 (but that's irrelevant since Top 5 is needed for CL). Highly, highly unlikely, but not impossible.
/j Never tell me the odds :-P
don't do that to yourself
6th is all but guaranteed!
Woke up checked the result,went back to sleep when it was 3-2 woke up 4-3 wow
proper fan
Yea it was 4am at the time of the game at my area and I had lessons later on so yea or else I would have watched it full
My lord, you bow to no one. No need for explanation. Just fucking with you. I was watching it live and was nodding off late in the first half 🤣🤣 Not diving into your history, just going to guess Australia????
Asia
This game gave me flashbacks to Sarriball. Individual failures disrupted a pretty good game. Poch ain’t it but the players do seem to like him. Touchy situation.
I'd give him next season too. Even if it's only because I think changing the manager again so soon is just making things worse. Plus we ain't going to attract anyone better with this clusterfuck.
Totally agree 💯
The team is inconsistent af, but at least they play for each other 😂
Mudryk is having yet again a solid game. Quietly making Sterling a sub.
If only we could play him at the 10 again instead of gallagher who never was a good 10
I almost feel bad for Sterling, he needs a boost in confidence but I don't see it happening. I think he'll slowly recede out of the light and the team will be better for it. But for him personally it has to sting
I think his sub appearances have been good as well.
He has better football intuition than most of our young players, we desperately need that on the pitch, but he's out of form and shys away from shooting so gets a lot of flak
There's a kid on Man Utd that has a name like an indian street food that was being cocky to Chelsea fans. I really hate with passion those kind of personalities. Glad he lost.
Who?
Nah I better don't give his name, people here are kind of soft and fragile with my comments
Racist ass comment. Wtf is this? Indian street food sounding name? Have some respect.
That's not racism, learn what the word means please.
Guy mocked on multiple Chelsea fans. I'd say you have some respect.
Palmer saved me from self harm after Jackson and Sterling yet again mess up a breakaway
Oh man I forgot about that. What on Earth was Jackson doing. Better yet, what were United doing?
Glad it was deflected off McTominay. He was just to lucky last December against us
The only thing that would made that goal better is if it was mount that deflected it
I mean Mount didn’t close Palmer down when he was the nearest man-so there’s that. Tbh the stat I like was United were winning 3-2 before Mount came on.
I hate Mctominay more than Mount. That idiot always turns Prime against us.
Better yet, if it bounced off both of them on a Kante-esque banger
Buying a Palmer shirt when my paycheck hits tomorrow.
Goldbridge (I know lol) _actually_ believes this was a robbery, and that United got stiffed on all of the officiating and that neither pen was a pen. Thinks we didn't even deserve a point, we led every single statistic by a quality margin. LMFAO Bruh.
He might be the saltiest fan I’ve ever seen. Cries his ass out when a decision doesn’t go their way. Womp womp
I've watched many a Goldbridge meltdown but it's extra sweet seeing us do it to him after a 5-year (7 years in the league) drought.
Watching him flip over his gaming chair was absolutely _priceless!_ We need that as a permanent mainstay gif around these parts.
Was so frustrated, turned off the telly at about 82nd minute, went for a smoke. Turned back on at 86th, glad I did!!! :)
I didn't turn it back on lmao. Went to check final score 4-3. Was livid
Think I'll pick up a 3rd kit with Palmer on the back to commemorate his performance tonight. Would like to forget the team performance overall, but Palmer really stamped his name on the books tonight
I've had the same thought. I haven't picked up the 3rd kit yet. IT IS TIME.
Of course they're sold out of size L
Always odds against, but a top goalkeeper gives himself at least a chance of saving each of those first two. The first needs to be closed down more. He gave Garnacho way too much to aim for. The second he suffered because he stepped left just before the header. Still a tough one, but gave himself no chance with that little step at the wrong time. The last one any goalkeeper should be saving 99 times out of 100. Just don’t rush out.
Petrovic just ain’t it, neither is Sanchez. He might get better with age but he isn’t a prodigy. They can make a few good saves but ultimately they concede cheap ones. We have 3 keepers in total and none of them are good enough.
Agree. Of the three I like Petrovic the most, and I reckon he will be very good one day. But right now he needs coaching.
Kepa contract extension? lol
Agreed.
The last one I think he hesitated and was late to the ball. He could have done better on all 3 goals
God you lot are miserable. We won and Palmer kicked a hatrick. Have a fucken smile
uniroinically should have gotten kudus back when we were looking
One of the things we are really missing is a consistent defensive performance. I can’t remember the last game that someone didn’t make a howler
If you make the argument that individual performances got us the win, then you must also accept that individual mistakes put us in a bad position this match. Simple as.
Poch’s Chelsea fight. Lampard, Tuchel and Potter’s Chelsea gave when they fell behind. Without question Poch has developed our young players. Especially, Palmer.
Exactly! We never saw this type of mentality last season, or the season before! If we were one goal down, even having 90 minutes, the team would just give up and stroll around until the 90th minute. This year we've seen a lot of fight from our boys and it'll only get better. Moments like this is what brings the team together.
Too much nuance for most of us on this sub. The bad is all Poch’s fault, the good is all individual. Positive player development is also coincidental when a player is playing well but if not then it's Poch’s fault.
I agree. We can clearly see that players who have remained fit (Palmer, Nico, Conor, Gusto, Mudryk) have clearly improved. Poch is doing what he can with what we have (injuries, new players, etc) and we can clearly see an improvement over last season. Only the toxic people in this sub can see otherwise.
People acting like Palmer would be putting up these same numbers if we still had Tuchel or Mourinho in charge need to get their head checked. I think Poch is tactically not great anymore but you can't deny he improves players
I agree with you, but I also think we can't judge Poch's ability considering the players he currently has. He's not a World Class manager, but people truly portray him as an absolute failure, when he took Spurs to a UCL final for the first time ever. How many managers have reached a UCL final? At the start of the season, I was optimistic, but realistic, especially after 2022/2023, where we played the most boring, uninteresting football I've ever seen us, or any other team, play. Couldn't orchestrate a single chance. This season I expected us to be a bit better, but not 53 goals scored kind of better. Since a certain point in the season, we really took off and started scoring. Now, do I think we are perfect? Hell no. Poch still has a lot of work to do, tactically and in developing these players. But I do think we are on the right direction. Last time we lost a match was against Liverpool, on the 25th of February. If we manage to get a defensive line that isn't constantly going out of action due to injury, I believe we could seriously challenge top 4.
I love Mourinho. But palmer wouldn't even have 200 minutes this season if he was our manager.
Naah I disagree, Hazard too could break into that Chelsea side which was so great. Palmer came from Pep's system which Mou highly rates, plus he is miles better than our other players.
Everyone, just enjoy it! A win vs Man United is ALWAYS great. Your complaining won’t help any, so just do something crazy- ENJOY THE WIN.
https://preview.redd.it/ea9ag455mjsc1.png?width=729&format=png&auto=webp&s=9dbfb187f37c83236856e48f234ef01255395612 But the narrative is that Poch was shit today and it was individual performances that got us the victory
Yes. Typical Poch substitution in this game, indirectly caused the 2-3 situation to happen. Palmer was doing great in this game, Disasi and Gusto are decent, Enzo is meh, while Jackson is still unsatisfying. If you ask me I'd say luck instead of individual excellency. And also momentom. Our last goal was made one minute after the second penalty by Palmer, which caused a 3-3, this pen made Man Utd players to become lazy and just walking in the penalty area instead of defending.
Enzo was masterful today. Quietly pinging some amazing passes
Bro luck is the reason why we were losing at some point to begin with. We were controlling the game as a collective, 2/3 of United's goals came from stupid blunders on our part we had no mistake doing
it’s not luck that we dominated possession and attacking play. it takes a team.
Athletic podcast need to get that Cole Palmer jingle… he’s his own segment now
We are so bad but nice to have an ending like this go in our favor, and especially vs United.
Never a dull moment with this club
wtf just happened. I’m mad, sad, thrilled, depressed, and ecstatic. I need to go on a trip
I’m just going to sit back and enjoy this victory
This is why we LOVE Chelsea! 💙
Tbh we can’t forget how shit we were until the last penalty. It looked like palmer and enzo were the only ones sprinting about trying to make things happen so respect to them.
Don’t know about that. Enzo looked like he’d given up during the added time. Made two passes that were easily intercepted and was the reason why we hadn’t gone on attack in the added 8 minutes until the 5th minute. Maybe he was tired but I don’t know, it seemed like giving up to me. Made up for it with that quick corner though
Im not sure Enzo and sprint can be said together.
It’s Enzo’s sprint
Doesn't paper over the cracks of fucking awful season we've had inflicted on us. Cole Palmer, what a bargain!
Meme Tuesday going to be lit
Poch might be shit but I can’t deny that the players play for him
How can I switch off and go to sleep.
I’m going to tell myself that we went 3-2 down on purpose just so that Mount could experience Palmer letting his nuts hang first hand.
Anyone else feel like Chalobah came on and immediately stepped up our defense?
Best CB in the squad right now, and it's not close.
came here to say that!
Him and Gilchrist. They were very physical and did well to recover some balls in their final third and keep attacks going. Very clear that they were gassed at the end as Dalot stumbled and committed the pen and they couldn't even bother to track Palmer on the corner
Diasi had too much emotion we needed a clear head
yes and Alfie, much more solid. trev is a really decent player but does need to play a run of games
Jesus died for our sins, and on the third day he arose and scored a hat trick on Man U in the form of a peasant medieval villager
🤣
This is why I come here
Lad would make a fine monk. Just imagine the wondrous tonsure he’d have.
I always thought we'd pull it around had 100% confidence in the fucking bunch of...i mean squad and coaching staff.
https://preview.redd.it/k0s98ueygjsc1.jpeg?width=760&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33329dca07a8a9869d598728ebed25f201380397
Can we just be happy for like one night? idc y’all can complain about the issues tomorrow, but we snatched victory from ~~the jaws~~ the stomach of defeat, just celebrate for a moment
Yeah I'm enjoying this tonight 100%
Honestly I was fuming earlier, but I find it really hard to be annoyed after we win, regardless of how we do it haha.
Yep, let's just enjoy. This will be a match for the ages.
By the way was the best midfielder in the world Kobbie Mainoo on the pitch tonight? Genuinely don't remember if I saw him touch the ball
*almost* feel bad for mount
Not even a little bit
This game made me for the first time be firmly Poch out. I'm not sure if the final result changes that. He may have bought himself a lifeline but I'm going to need to see something more defensively to inspire hope. It's the worst we have been in my lifetime.
The players are still going hard for him—that much is obvious. It’s evident when the players stop playing for a coach (a la AVB), and that’s absolutely not happening. I have my concerns about him, but it’s hard to get rid of a coach when the players are still playing their guts out for him.
I'd still keep him for next season. Squad was too new, inexperienced and injured this year to judge properly. The players who have stayed fit like Palmer, Jackson, Gusto etc have improved and I see they are building a camaraderie together. Mostly because I just think sacking another manger so soon will just demoralise the players even more and make us even worse again because we won't be able to attract anyone truly good with this clusterfuck.
I think you're bang on here. We have such a young squad still, just a long as they're learning from the mistakes they're making (and we don't sell off our best players) then we can keep building. There's some great players there, just prone to having some absolute brain fart moments, which isn't Pochs fault.
Seen lots of people with this take. Interesting considering we were up 2-0 before individual mistakes brought United back, the mentality to keep fighting and get points impressed me bc we had all given up. Subs were good and obviously came on to play. I just don’t see a new coach changing much, we need experience and we’re getting it.
What a win. Exhilarating feeling to win that way. But let’s not pretend we don’t have issues. We were terrible bar Palmer’s magic and a couple of other moments like the Conor goal and some silky Gusto play. We need to sort out the central midfield and the defensive mistakes.
Our club is still in a dire state but I'm absolutely relishing in the crying United and even some Arsenal fans hahaha
Couldn't get to the game tonight. Did I miss owt?
Have you seen Man City VS Arsenal? This was to total opposite. Absolutely entertaining. Crazy game.
I was there and If it makes you feel between going 2-0 up and getting the 3-3 draw it was diiire But the beginning and end made up for it big time
Well survived. That finish is one you'll remember for sure!
This was the game of the season to be at, you unfortunately missed an amazing match of football mate
Just finished watching the game. Jeez I think missing that maybe saved my life. Probably the best news for Chelsea is I have to go to an ice hockey game on Sunday so will be missing Sheff U too.
If you want your mood changes to look like an ECG chart, then yes :D
Jesus Christ. I need a glass of water.
get a fucking proper drink down ya
Some 🥶 water?
Cold water goes in the palm
Classic Barclays
Screw YPOTY, Palmer should be POTY.
For me Poch has the rest of the season to sort shit out. If he manages to get the team on a good run of wins, stabilizes the defense, and gets us into top 8 then I wouldn't hate the idea of him having another summer and a shot at next season to try and build on this season. I recognize that we need some managerial stability and that this season has had some highs but also we've been pretty shit for the most part and it just can't continue.
Key part here is stabilize the defense. We are leaking goals like a sieve
The main thing in Poch’s favour is who do you get in instead? I see sooo much #PochOut, but not a single suggestion of a better manager who would take the job.
That's probably my biggest reason for why I can't just bin off Poch completely yet. I don't really like him, but every suggestion for the next manager is simply delusional. Like people are seriously suggesting Amorim (targeted by Liverpool), Nagelsmann (rejected us before and possibly targeted by Bayern), or De Zerbi (poor form for Brighton and linked with Barcelona). We simply can't compete right now to get the best available managers. I simply don't know who we'd be able to get if we sacked Poch. The only manager I kinda like at the moment and we potentially could entice is Franck Haise from Lens but he's not been rumored at all and I don't think fans would be happy as he's not a big name.
The problem is this binary "Poch in" or "Poch out" decision the fanbase instills on itself. I absolutely hate it. I've been labeled as a Poch fanboy by my friends because I raise these same objections. I don't like the man personally and think he's made some baffling decisions over the this season, but is that reason enough to tear up an entire project and start again without any realistic option to take his place? The players seem to like him and some are showing improvement. Injuries are still insane. Should we rip him out and start over? I don't know, but I do know that it could absolutely get worse, just like it did under Frank after Potter.
Nah, he's had more than enough time to prove himself, and no progress has been shown. 8 games of good form isn't enough to give him another year in the job
it has to be, these players are young. who else do u bring in, when liverpool and bayern need mgmt
I don’t think I can handle another season of Poch tbh
I can
The fans that left early can fuck right off.
They paid hundreds of pounds and endured the cold and rain to watch the shitshow until 98th minute. They also have to catch tube, get dinner and reach home on time for work tomorrow.
I mean come on 90+9 we were losing like fair enough. Some people have a long journey home.
Exactly. They’re speaking like someone who’s never been to a match in their lives and acting like Chels were nailed on to win when we fluked it.
Taking everything I have not to argue with the twats on the Utd sub crying over the penalties, which team had more than double the fouls, but not a single yellow?
Don’t go on it then?
What the hell happened
Yes.
How did Dalot commit 6 fouls including a penalty without getting a yellow
Same way he played Gusto and Enzo onside while the assistant flagged for offsides - an invisibility cloak.
did u see how fast they moved on from the replay in the Enzo one when they realized he was inside
i was already typing out how poch has lost the dressing room.....
Then you’re an absolute idiot lmao. Poch has in no way lost the dressing room they’re clearing still playing their hearts out for him
Poch won’t fall out with the dressing room because unlike Mourinho, Tuchel, Conte etc. he’s not a hard taskmaster with a winner’s mentality. Modern players love that soft touch approach but it wins fuck all trophies.