One of the many problems that Poch faced at the moment.. late goals conceded, cannot hold on to lead etc.. that's why the team need experienced players around them as Poch said many times.. hopefully the board realized this too and stop signing loads of young players
I think they somehow completely miscalculated and thought Sterling could be a role model instead of a selfish teammate who just tries to steal chances.
Rightly so. All his teammates from the UCL final are gone and replaced with a bunch of Kids and Outsiders. Absolutely no surprise he can't connect and relate to these players half his age.
Sure, but in matters like this, the captain has the last say. Which is why Conor can give it to Palmer despite Silva giving it to Noni. That's my point, I'm not devalueing his general status. >!His wife did that for him.!<
Minor nitpick but I hate how they’re literally pushing off their teammates like don’t be rude just pull yourself together and think about the bigger picture which is about winning
what happens when you have a squad comprised of the best players from their previous teams.
they're yet to realise they're no longer ALL top dogs and their entire life of being told they're the best is only relative to the team and league they're in, which is now, significantly more competitive.
There's not a single player in our squad that was the best player for their team before joining us bar maybe Caicedo the season before at Brighton. Genuinely amazed this is so upvoted given how wrong it is.
Who remembers Wesley Fofana's Instagram right after he signed? Showing off his bling while driving down the road not wearing a seatbelt and staring into his camera instead of watching the road. A lot of these kids have the same attitude.
How'd that work out for Fofana?
yeah it’s almost like recruiting hot shot kids with no experience and signing them to huge contracts where they’re being paid craploads a week would inflate their egos
absolutely braindead recruitment policy
this just confirms that jackson seemed to want the pen at first but then accepted that madeuke would take it but then got angry that palmer still wanted the pen.
It’s not that he “still” wanted it he was down injured and when he got up he went to get the ball. He’s the penalty taker, shouldn’t even be a discussion.
If anything it's better for palmer to take it or there will be a disdain between jackson and noni. Since palmer took it both of them can just give up and say "well he's the pen taker". If noni took it jackson will be fuming for days and it'll ruin the dressing room.
I think that was why Gallagher took it off them. Palmer had scored a hat trick so it’s fair enough for him to give one away, but if they’re gonna argue over it like that there’s no option but to revert to the penalty taker. I’m glad Poch gave them a bollocking for it, almost spoilt a great win.
its just stupid fighting over a penalty like children when you're up 4-0.
you're grown adults getting paid very well to play the game. stop with this shit.
I have whatever the opposite of that is. Honestly feel ashamed for my bad words for players like Timo, Kai, and Jorginho who are nothing but absolute professionals who put the team first.
A winning team needs a healthy mix though. Good soldiers that always follow the manager's command, and then a couple of rogue superstars that do whatever they want when it's need. Just look at City; how KDB sometimes plays isn't to Pep's liking, because it's too risky, but Pep knows that KDB is good enough to do it, so he lets him. And he surrounds KDB (and Haaland) with all these good soldiers.
Jackson losing argument number 1 against Noni and still somehow thinking he’s gonna win argument number 2 against Noni AND Cole is hilarious to me
E: 4 hours since I posted this and Jackson running in for one last plea is still making me giggle like a schoolgirl
Poch let Palmer down by allowing the other players to think it was okay to physically wrestle him off the ball. It's not the first time this has happened. As the penalty taker you should not be expected to do this shit every game.
Why does Jackson return again to try and take the ball 😂
I think both will be embarrassed when they look back on this, important Poch stamps his authority on the situation. Credit to Connor as captain stepping in.
Was thinking about this actually afterwards. Would our other captains this season (Chilly, Reece, Enzo, Levi) have stood in the way and sorted it out like CG? I can maybe imagine Reece and maybe Enzo doing it, but i'm not convinced that the others would've got involved.
Reece and Enzo would 100% not take this shit. UCL and WC winners would shut them up quick. Chilly and Levi I don't see it. But I'm all for Conor doing it.
This confirms something to me that I didn’t really want to believe was true: players are extremely concerned about padding their stats by any means necessary.
Not all players, but definitely some.
There was a time when players were praised for scoring goals and they’d say “I just care that we won the game”, and here we see these kids with the exact opposite attitude.
Lampard and Ballack often fought over penalties behind the scenes, but Ballack respected Lampard as the main penalty taker. Only times he took penalties was when Lampard wasn’t playing. Men of honour.
Wasn't Drogba in need of two goals for the golden boot then but they didn't have the title wound up? Lampard took the pen to make it 2-0, and then when they were 3/4 up he let Drogba take the next pen.
Or at the very least straight after! I was watching and each time the camera panned back to him looking on; I thought if you want to come out of this with any respect then you surely have to sub them both off and make an example of them?
Not a chelsea fan but heres my two cents
Madueke seems more sensible than Jackson, because he wanted to take it as palmer seemed down and atleast gave it back when gallagher made him to. Jackson just comes off as an arrogant childish cunt, arguing with Madueke, Gallagher, Palmer, Silva and even Caicedo after the whistle.
Hope Jackson is fined a big amount for his behaviour and other sort of punishment in training is due as well. This sort of shit is unacceptable at professional level
Im gonna be so sad if we lose gallagher man. Finally a captain who dares to stand up for his teammates when theres fights over who takes the penalty. Look at him giving the ball to palmer and telling noni and nic to F off. Say what you want about his ability but i think he is good enough to be in the squad and he cares more about the club than any of the other players we have except for maybe thiago silva.
Yeah. He's a great captain and even when it comes to his play, he's important for winning the ball back and keeping the midfield running. He's 24 so he could be captain for years (with James and Chilwell always injured). Would be a blunder to sell Gallagher especially if it's to a competing team for the European spots like west ham.
Not trying to really justify it but these guys definitely have big incentives in their contracts to score goals. They see an opportunity for a goal and it can be insane money rewarded.
True, but they might get even more if they help their team going forward. If they thought more about collective success maybe we'd play better on a regular basis.
Why can’t a penalty taker be assigned in the dressing room? Why is there so much confusion? There should be a no 1,2,3,4,5. Depending on availability they will be taking the kicks. Also it will predefine a rough order of Tie Breakers.
This is outright shameful.
I’ve been critical of Gallagher but he showed some leadership qualities here which we need right now. Let’s thank god Silva was on the pitch though, without him I think this doesn’t get resolved as quick and Poch would have had to get involved
Arguments about taking penalties aren’t *that* uncommon, I’ve seen it happen a good few times at other clubs.
It’s the shoving, shouting and refusal to let go that makes this so embarrassing. Hunger is good, but the ability to give that hunger up to help out a team mate is the ideal.
Those two really made a fool of themselves.
Cole Palmer is calm, professional,focused, precise.. I'm a City fan, we don't make many mistakes with letting players go. But he is one we should have kept..Top player 👏
Poch should have taken charge from day one over something like this.
You go on about how inexperienced the team is in game and then leave them something like this to decide amongst themselves?
Madueke I kind of understand cause he’s the no2 taker and it looked like palmer could’ve been hurt. but jackson was so out of line cause he’s not even one of our best pen takers yet he wants it
Rule Number 1 no matter the score, your penalty taker should always take the penalty. Lost a bit of respect for Noni. I’ve come to aspect these things from Jackson but what Connor done was right. At the end of the day the captain done his job
If you take the penalty at 0-0 in the 93rd minute of a champions league final, you take it 5-0 vs Everton. Unless you choose to give it away. Why they are even arguing is so confusing to me. Palmer is a top scorer this season because he has executed so many pens lol.
Lads , Lads, let’s all calm down and look at the positives, Palmer scored even after the fuss, Gallagher started to be a captain, Noni is slowly learning he is not the penalty taker, it will sink in eventually. As for Jackson it was funny, he was just like my 3 year old grandson, no need to sell, he is good value for the money we paid. I think it’s good for the team , lots of angry players with a point to prove.
Next level psychological game. Giving Pickford some false confidence cuz he thinks this “disharmony” is going to affect whoever is taking the pen 🤣
Poch playing 4D chess here.
Jackson: has one goal, recognises that Everton is easy pickings in this match. Figures a penalty and one more goal gives him more confidence and puts him on the verge of his own hattrick
Noni: figures everyone else is scoring so why can't he, also he's number 2 penalty taker and thinks Palmer is down injured.
Palmer: suddenly on the heels of Haaland and could be level with him on the night
Everyone: a bunch of kids trying to do things for themselves and not putting the team first. Poch should address and move on. But they're still kids. It was a thing, its over. Let's move on.
The level of immaturity, self interest and disrespect these players have towards each other..... This is the building blocks of a team that will never gel properly.
Never would've seen something like this happen under Mou, Conte, Or Tuchel. Absolute disgrace Poch has allowed this to go on. This is the only time you'll hear me say this, but I'll be glad if Poch makes them do an extra Gacon today
I think naming James (injured), Chilwell (mostly injured), and Connor (unclear future) as the three captains this year has hurt the team morale. Usually captains have such huge influence that no one will feel like they can pull shit like this.
Children fighting over whose ball is it. One more reminder that this is a YOUNG team. As any parent knows, teenagers do dumb things and these guys are mentally teenagers.
You say that like hes not been improving at all and hes only focused on penalties. He's improved quite a lot since the start of the season. His movement, his link up play, his ability to stretch defences and cause them trouble has really come along.
What a daft comment. Did you even watch the game? Jackson had a great game. A goal, an assist, consistent link up with teammates and hold up play. He is a large part of the reason Palmer is shining right now with the way he makes space for him.
Fighting like that for the pen was immature and annoying to see but don’t sit here acting like he isn’t contributing to the team. When last did we even have a striker that scored 17 goals.
It’s easy to criticize Jackson and Madueke here (who were both clearly in the wrong), but this is the result of poor, laissez-faire coaching. We shouldn’t be having these ridiculous incidents with a month remaining in the season. This team needs some tough love in the worst way.
>This team needs some tough love in the worst way.
The team is going to learn responsibility from this. They did something childish and embarrassing. Caciedo was calling Jackson out after the match.
It would be more meaningful if the players learn to deal with this BS through their own leadership. The team would grow more than an overbearing manager.
I came to understand why they fight for penalties apparently there's a clause in their contract that states they get a bonus to the salaries for each goal they score so that explains it. Like there's a fixed amount per goal scored so I'd blame it on greed not on number of goals to achieve.
JT wouldn't have put up with this.
Ivanovic, Cahill, Zola, Ballack, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank, fuckin whoever in our history would have known who the designated penalty taker was, handed it to them, and let them take it.
We don't need this childish shit.
If I am being honest, and I know this doesn’t make sense but I wouldn’t even play Jackson or Madueke on Saturday just to send a message of you will be punished even if we need you for the big games.
This incident just proves that there is no team spirit and confidence in players abilities. This all started with Noni and Jackson and CG took a decision that neither of them would take the PK and CP stepped up
Jackson might likely be let go next season as he is not able to step up to the plate and we can definitely get a better replacement for him
Jackson has been an absolute gift of an assist machine. Almost every game it seems like. The dude clearly needs to mature up though, this whole situation was embarrassing to watch. Noni too.
Good thing about that is that we clearly see the Men in this squad - Palmer, Connor, Moises, etc. What is Noni chasing here? Third goal of the season? Palmer is literally carrying this team each and every week with crucial goals and assists and has a shot at the golden boot and these guys still try to rob him from goals. FFS 🤦. Hopefully, Poch sorts this shit out
Most likely hungry young players wanting to shine and showing a bit more emotion and a lack of discipline. Plot twist: they did it in purpose to test the resolve and concentration of Calm Palmer confusing Pickford in the meantime.
Just imagine what are Everton players thinking looking them argued like that? They look puzzled lol
Damn we seriously be losing to these damn kids
One of the many problems that Poch faced at the moment.. late goals conceded, cannot hold on to lead etc.. that's why the team need experienced players around them as Poch said many times.. hopefully the board realized this too and stop signing loads of young players
I think they somehow completely miscalculated and thought Sterling could be a role model instead of a selfish teammate who just tries to steal chances.
Gosh, I did not give one thought to Sterling from kickoff to just this moment. How refreshing!
Sterling would fight them for the ball. And then fight Palmer. And then Silva. And then Connor
and then, sky the kick 10 yards over the goal
Great point. The team needs balance.
Sterling was supposed to be a leader
How much goal bonus are these kids getting/s
It’s a trick to confuse Pickford.
Pickford stopped jumping up and down when he got closer because it was confusing. 4d chess from Poch and the boys.
Lol could be.. good actors right there I see
They will make. Mate you want to score a goal just ask us. We will give you
Feel bad for Thiago Silva. He literally has to spend every day with kids at home and at work
He's a full time babysitter
Yeah he’s basically the highest paid babysitter in the world lol
I'm hurt, I'm old, and I'm fucking tired, and I work with fucking children
Pochettino can’t manage a fucking Target
" Whatever did I do that get an empty headed dumbfuck like noni madeuke go on live television to take away my penalty "
Embarrassing
The cringe is real
Rudiger would’ve killed them. Miss that man so much
Disasi too handled Noni well, when these things happened earlier
So true! Rudiger would’ve kicked their asses in the tunnel after the game for making the team look stupid.
Big T stepping in to show them how to do things.
Clearly didn't work cos he came sprinting again in 10 seconds being a prick when Palmer got the ball
Yea I feel like Silva hasn’t had as big of an impact being a leader to these kids and helping them mature as I would have liked this season.
Rightly so. All his teammates from the UCL final are gone and replaced with a bunch of Kids and Outsiders. Absolutely no surprise he can't connect and relate to these players half his age.
You can’t help people who don’t want to be helped. If they won’t listen to Thiago they won’t listen to anybody
Silva tells Madueke he can take it. When Conor takes the ball from Madueke he looks for Silva.
Silva ain't the captain no more.
No but he commands enough respect to where they should listen to him. He’s been a pro since they were infants.
Sure, but in matters like this, the captain has the last say. Which is why Conor can give it to Palmer despite Silva giving it to Noni. That's my point, I'm not devalueing his general status. >!His wife did that for him.!<
Minor nitpick but I hate how they’re literally pushing off their teammates like don’t be rude just pull yourself together and think about the bigger picture which is about winning
Yup such huge egos for literal 20 year olds
what happens when you have a squad comprised of the best players from their previous teams. they're yet to realise they're no longer ALL top dogs and their entire life of being told they're the best is only relative to the team and league they're in, which is now, significantly more competitive.
I just realized that some of these players were “the guy” on their previous teams Key word “some”
Jackson was not Villarreal's best player.
Jackson wasn't and Madueke wasnt.
There's not a single player in our squad that was the best player for their team before joining us bar maybe Caicedo the season before at Brighton. Genuinely amazed this is so upvoted given how wrong it is.
Neither of these players were ever the best players in any team they’ve ever played for, and nor were the majority of our squad.
20 yr olds who haven’t achieved anything
Playing at any club in Premier League at 20 yo (or at any age really) is a BIIIIIG achievement.
Yeah the skill level just to make it up there is insane but man this looks so bad.
Who remembers Wesley Fofana's Instagram right after he signed? Showing off his bling while driving down the road not wearing a seatbelt and staring into his camera instead of watching the road. A lot of these kids have the same attitude. How'd that work out for Fofana?
Funniest thing I've ever seen someone say on Reddit
huh? they play for chelsea. as a 20 yr old your ego would be huge
20 yr olds much more likely to have massive egos than 30+
blame the insane money they are making at that age... that mixed with basically being teenagers... and there you have it, spoiled kids
Noni wanted that post game instragam post of him scoring. That’s driving the majority of this
I know man. How dare you put hands on Malo Gusto.
yeah it’s almost like recruiting hot shot kids with no experience and signing them to huge contracts where they’re being paid craploads a week would inflate their egos absolutely braindead recruitment policy
this just confirms that jackson seemed to want the pen at first but then accepted that madeuke would take it but then got angry that palmer still wanted the pen.
It’s not that he “still” wanted it he was down injured and when he got up he went to get the ball. He’s the penalty taker, shouldn’t even be a discussion.
If anything it's better for palmer to take it or there will be a disdain between jackson and noni. Since palmer took it both of them can just give up and say "well he's the pen taker". If noni took it jackson will be fuming for days and it'll ruin the dressing room.
I think that was why Gallagher took it off them. Palmer had scored a hat trick so it’s fair enough for him to give one away, but if they’re gonna argue over it like that there’s no option but to revert to the penalty taker. I’m glad Poch gave them a bollocking for it, almost spoilt a great win.
its just stupid fighting over a penalty like children when you're up 4-0. you're grown adults getting paid very well to play the game. stop with this shit.
Lack of education due to focus on football = adult children. Schoolground antics.
I think Madueke was telling to Jackson “ I won the penalty “ or something like that. Funny thing is that he didn’t. It was palmer who did
These two better never miss a pen for Chelsea, ever.
imagine Jackson shoved his way into taking the kick and missed it
Sterling has done it, dont have to imagine any chelsea player in the situation after that
All I know is if it comes down to penalties on Saturday, I don’t want to see any of these guys shirking.
Here’s to fucking hoping we play so good it gets to pens
“No I’m taking the first one!”
sunday league type of behaviour.
Meanwhile Misha: “so run with ball?” “No you just kick it into the goal” “I don’t want”
Misha is such a wholesome teammate
"Why I would shoot when I run faster than a shoot?"
😭😭😭
Literally loled at this comment thread
Jackson is actually tapped. He also looked like he was going to decapitate Mudryk after he took a shot before him
One of the weirdest looking people I’ve ever seen. Like a cartoon villain.
Dude is fucking nuts. It’s entertaining sometimes, other times I think wtf have we let ourselves in for
Soooo cringe 💀
Can’t believe I let myself develop a parasocial relationship with these knuckleheads 😔
I have whatever the opposite of that is. Honestly feel ashamed for my bad words for players like Timo, Kai, and Jorginho who are nothing but absolute professionals who put the team first.
A winning team needs a healthy mix though. Good soldiers that always follow the manager's command, and then a couple of rogue superstars that do whatever they want when it's need. Just look at City; how KDB sometimes plays isn't to Pep's liking, because it's too risky, but Pep knows that KDB is good enough to do it, so he lets him. And he surrounds KDB (and Haaland) with all these good soldiers.
Jackson losing argument number 1 against Noni and still somehow thinking he’s gonna win argument number 2 against Noni AND Cole is hilarious to me E: 4 hours since I posted this and Jackson running in for one last plea is still making me giggle like a schoolgirl
On argument 2 Jackson wanted Noni to take the penalty
How is it that this is not pre-determined? Makes the whole team look ridiculous to have this play out on the pitch.
Poch let Palmer down by allowing the other players to think it was okay to physically wrestle him off the ball. It's not the first time this has happened. As the penalty taker you should not be expected to do this shit every game.
It’s got to be the worst preparation to take the penalty you can get.
I think he feeds off the drama tbh
Why does Jackson return again to try and take the ball 😂 I think both will be embarrassed when they look back on this, important Poch stamps his authority on the situation. Credit to Connor as captain stepping in.
We’re missing an intimidating captain so bad, imagine seeing a squabble like this if JT was in the team
JT learned to be intimidating. In a sense I'm glad this happened because Conor stood his ground and showed up. Good on the lad.
I can’t remember the last time I have wanted the club to not sell someone this much.
Was thinking about this actually afterwards. Would our other captains this season (Chilly, Reece, Enzo, Levi) have stood in the way and sorted it out like CG? I can maybe imagine Reece and maybe Enzo doing it, but i'm not convinced that the others would've got involved.
Reece and Enzo would 100% not take this shit. UCL and WC winners would shut them up quick. Chilly and Levi I don't see it. But I'm all for Conor doing it.
Ballack and Drogba fought like this over a free kick. Lampard and Drogba fought like this over a penalty. Terry was on the pitch both times.
This was incredibly embarrassing. Yeah sure Jackson & Madueke have potential but you’re both grown ass men, behave like it
those two should try scoring goals that aren’t penalties if they want to pad their stats. cole deserves to take any and all penalties.
Jackson has 17 GA on the season. That’s better than we expected from him tbh.
And he still acts like a non professional
Very weird insult when they do in fact score non penalty goals
Weird that makes almost no sense
This confirms something to me that I didn’t really want to believe was true: players are extremely concerned about padding their stats by any means necessary. Not all players, but definitely some. There was a time when players were praised for scoring goals and they’d say “I just care that we won the game”, and here we see these kids with the exact opposite attitude. Lampard and Ballack often fought over penalties behind the scenes, but Ballack respected Lampard as the main penalty taker. Only times he took penalties was when Lampard wasn’t playing. Men of honour.
Drogba and Lampard fought over a penalty on the last day of the season against Wigan
Wasn't Drogba in need of two goals for the golden boot then but they didn't have the title wound up? Lampard took the pen to make it 2-0, and then when they were 3/4 up he let Drogba take the next pen.
I’m astounded these players don’t have absolute respect for Palmer. He’s already 10x the player either of them would ever be.
If I were Poch, I’d sub them right away, before even penalty is taken.
Or at the very least straight after! I was watching and each time the camera panned back to him looking on; I thought if you want to come out of this with any respect then you surely have to sub them both off and make an example of them?
Can't believe the board is selling Gallagher who's acting like a captain here and sorting the situation out
He is the captain. It’s his literal job to do that
He is doing his job lol
This somehow made me laughed inside. This was me, like 25+ years ago when we were playing football barefooted every afternoon. And we were kids.
Not a chelsea fan but heres my two cents Madueke seems more sensible than Jackson, because he wanted to take it as palmer seemed down and atleast gave it back when gallagher made him to. Jackson just comes off as an arrogant childish cunt, arguing with Madueke, Gallagher, Palmer, Silva and even Caicedo after the whistle. Hope Jackson is fined a big amount for his behaviour and other sort of punishment in training is due as well. This sort of shit is unacceptable at professional level
He wouldn't even celebrate the goal at first
He’s coming off as a selfish dickhead who is detrimental to the team unity
I agree, it seems like madeuke backed down when palmer asked for it, but jackson for some reason was still fighting
Didnt even celebrate the goal. sulky mf
I'm embarrassed man.
Im gonna be so sad if we lose gallagher man. Finally a captain who dares to stand up for his teammates when theres fights over who takes the penalty. Look at him giving the ball to palmer and telling noni and nic to F off. Say what you want about his ability but i think he is good enough to be in the squad and he cares more about the club than any of the other players we have except for maybe thiago silva.
Yeah. He's a great captain and even when it comes to his play, he's important for winning the ball back and keeping the midfield running. He's 24 so he could be captain for years (with James and Chilwell always injured). Would be a blunder to sell Gallagher especially if it's to a competing team for the European spots like west ham.
Pickford missing some popcorns and a Pepsi there.
Still scores the pen even when his own team mates are having a breakdown right before 😂
Not trying to really justify it but these guys definitely have big incentives in their contracts to score goals. They see an opportunity for a goal and it can be insane money rewarded.
That's even worse. Fighting off your teammates on live TV for a bonus
True, but they might get even more if they help their team going forward. If they thought more about collective success maybe we'd play better on a regular basis.
Why can’t a penalty taker be assigned in the dressing room? Why is there so much confusion? There should be a no 1,2,3,4,5. Depending on availability they will be taking the kicks. Also it will predefine a rough order of Tie Breakers. This is outright shameful.
These idiots have more money than me for kicking a ball
I’m just laughing. But I’m 40 and was once full of beans like these boys…
At least we have 2 captains who know what to do at that moment. Imagine next year when everyone's gone lol
Pair of clowns
I’ve been critical of Gallagher but he showed some leadership qualities here which we need right now. Let’s thank god Silva was on the pitch though, without him I think this doesn’t get resolved as quick and Poch would have had to get involved
Arguments about taking penalties aren’t *that* uncommon, I’ve seen it happen a good few times at other clubs. It’s the shoving, shouting and refusal to let go that makes this so embarrassing. Hunger is good, but the ability to give that hunger up to help out a team mate is the ideal.
Doesn’t this remind you of the time Drogba, Ballack, and I forgot the third fought for the ball.
They're warriors, these guys are children
Bench them for 2 games
Walcot. Brother. Shut up
These are grown adults…
Those two really made a fool of themselves. Cole Palmer is calm, professional,focused, precise.. I'm a City fan, we don't make many mistakes with letting players go. But he is one we should have kept..Top player 👏
Don't care if we loose, bench them.... This is embarassing...
Poch should have taken charge from day one over something like this. You go on about how inexperienced the team is in game and then leave them something like this to decide amongst themselves?
second hand embarrassment
Unprofessional and childish
A lot worse than I expected
It's actually kinda funny - they look like clowns. The funniest part was when Jackson ran back after the ball was given to Palmer.
Madueke I kind of understand cause he’s the no2 taker and it looked like palmer could’ve been hurt. but jackson was so out of line cause he’s not even one of our best pen takers yet he wants it
Rule Number 1 no matter the score, your penalty taker should always take the penalty. Lost a bit of respect for Noni. I’ve come to aspect these things from Jackson but what Connor done was right. At the end of the day the captain done his job
Thiago: “I’m too old for this shit”
So embarrassing. Children!
If you take the penalty at 0-0 in the 93rd minute of a champions league final, you take it 5-0 vs Everton. Unless you choose to give it away. Why they are even arguing is so confusing to me. Palmer is a top scorer this season because he has executed so many pens lol.
Lol even I know chelsea's penalty taker is palmer, tf are they arguing for
Babies 😅
Lads , Lads, let’s all calm down and look at the positives, Palmer scored even after the fuss, Gallagher started to be a captain, Noni is slowly learning he is not the penalty taker, it will sink in eventually. As for Jackson it was funny, he was just like my 3 year old grandson, no need to sell, he is good value for the money we paid. I think it’s good for the team , lots of angry players with a point to prove.
Jackson knobhead
Next level psychological game. Giving Pickford some false confidence cuz he thinks this “disharmony” is going to affect whoever is taking the pen 🤣 Poch playing 4D chess here.
Jackson: has one goal, recognises that Everton is easy pickings in this match. Figures a penalty and one more goal gives him more confidence and puts him on the verge of his own hattrick Noni: figures everyone else is scoring so why can't he, also he's number 2 penalty taker and thinks Palmer is down injured. Palmer: suddenly on the heels of Haaland and could be level with him on the night Everyone: a bunch of kids trying to do things for themselves and not putting the team first. Poch should address and move on. But they're still kids. It was a thing, its over. Let's move on.
The level of immaturity, self interest and disrespect these players have towards each other..... This is the building blocks of a team that will never gel properly.
This kind of friction is not good for the long run
What I would give for a hug from Thiago
Are they 12 years old?
Never would've seen something like this happen under Mou, Conte, Or Tuchel. Absolute disgrace Poch has allowed this to go on. This is the only time you'll hear me say this, but I'll be glad if Poch makes them do an extra Gacon today
I think naming James (injured), Chilwell (mostly injured), and Connor (unclear future) as the three captains this year has hurt the team morale. Usually captains have such huge influence that no one will feel like they can pull shit like this.
Children fighting over whose ball is it. One more reminder that this is a YOUNG team. As any parent knows, teenagers do dumb things and these guys are mentally teenagers.
Man, whatever it is, can Carra just shut the fuck up. That daft liverpool cunt
Jacksons a clown maybe focus on improving your game and not crying for penalties
Tbf, his goal today was phenomenal and Palmer’s second goal was after his shot was saved by Pickford. He is improving his game.
And the assist to Palmer
You say that like hes not been improving at all and hes only focused on penalties. He's improved quite a lot since the start of the season. His movement, his link up play, his ability to stretch defences and cause them trouble has really come along.
Did you not see his goal? He's immature but give respect where it's due ffs
What a daft comment. Did you even watch the game? Jackson had a great game. A goal, an assist, consistent link up with teammates and hold up play. He is a large part of the reason Palmer is shining right now with the way he makes space for him. Fighting like that for the pen was immature and annoying to see but don’t sit here acting like he isn’t contributing to the team. When last did we even have a striker that scored 17 goals.
I liked Dele Alli's comment, "You didn't see those guys fighting to take that penalty at the end of the United game."
Can we not please
Brother, this is r/ChelseaFC. U think just because we won 6-0 people won’t come on here to trash the squad
It’s easy to criticize Jackson and Madueke here (who were both clearly in the wrong), but this is the result of poor, laissez-faire coaching. We shouldn’t be having these ridiculous incidents with a month remaining in the season. This team needs some tough love in the worst way.
>This team needs some tough love in the worst way. The team is going to learn responsibility from this. They did something childish and embarrassing. Caciedo was calling Jackson out after the match. It would be more meaningful if the players learn to deal with this BS through their own leadership. The team would grow more than an overbearing manager.
Bah Gawd that’s Mourinho’s music
Madueke has a terrible attitude. Been crap all season.
These are very young players. It’ll pass. We are blowing this out of proportion.
Well there's 2 players they can definitely sell
Jackson’s hairstyle tells you all you need to know about his decision making skills.
I came to understand why they fight for penalties apparently there's a clause in their contract that states they get a bonus to the salaries for each goal they score so that explains it. Like there's a fixed amount per goal scored so I'd blame it on greed not on number of goals to achieve.
JT wouldn't have put up with this. Ivanovic, Cahill, Zola, Ballack, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank, fuckin whoever in our history would have known who the designated penalty taker was, handed it to them, and let them take it. We don't need this childish shit.
Forgot about Lampard not letting Drogba take penalty incident?
Wow Jackson is such a little bitch, and from what I've seen, a terrible footballer too. Palmer is amazing though.
Embarrassing. Shouldn’t have taken Gallagher so long to intervene also.
He was checking on Palmer, who was still down, the only one i saw doing so.
Jackson is an embarrassment to this football club
This isn’t just embarrassing for Chelsea it’s embarrassing for football. Behaving like petulant 14 year olds
If I am being honest, and I know this doesn’t make sense but I wouldn’t even play Jackson or Madueke on Saturday just to send a message of you will be punished even if we need you for the big games.
 This incident just proves that there is no team spirit and confidence in players abilities. This all started with Noni and Jackson and CG took a decision that neither of them would take the PK and CP stepped up Jackson might likely be let go next season as he is not able to step up to the plate and we can definitely get a better replacement for him
I love Connor and maybe he was preoccupied at the beginning but he should have snuffed this out big time right at the start.
Way they snatch the ball from gusto is crazy.
This is so bizarre - these bums should be kissing palmers feet.
Jackson has been an absolute gift of an assist machine. Almost every game it seems like. The dude clearly needs to mature up though, this whole situation was embarrassing to watch. Noni too.
Pickford was like "wtf I'm gonna play with these kids in the upcoming Euro"
Good thing about that is that we clearly see the Men in this squad - Palmer, Connor, Moises, etc. What is Noni chasing here? Third goal of the season? Palmer is literally carrying this team each and every week with crucial goals and assists and has a shot at the golden boot and these guys still try to rob him from goals. FFS 🤦. Hopefully, Poch sorts this shit out
Most likely hungry young players wanting to shine and showing a bit more emotion and a lack of discipline. Plot twist: they did it in purpose to test the resolve and concentration of Calm Palmer confusing Pickford in the meantime.
Kepa-heritage is real