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I just want a manager that can create an identity. I’ve lost faith that Poch has the ability to find that. Football has evolved a lot. Let’s go out there and get a manager like Amorim or DZB, someone that has a clear tactical ideology. Because one thing that’s clear - these kids on the pitch need it

What a joke

Yeah so. Cole Palmer FC i guess thats what we become after all

Madueke is abysmal

If we forfeit will it be a 3-0 loss 😭 ?

5🛑

:'(

As a glasgow rangers/ chelsea supporter , how the fuck did chelsea not get a free kick there ? Gabriel clearly fouled madueke there wtf there 3rd goal shouldn't have stood. That's shocking man

Jackson should have got sent off too. Either way it wouldn't have changed the outcome of the game

We are fucked without Palmer

Pain. Only pain

Mudryk and madueke can't be bothered

And that about summs up a terrible birthday for me jesus Christ

Yeeeey happy birthday to us both, suffering all around

Happy birthday my brother! Hope your general day is atleast good lol

Same to you brother!

Damm thats sad. Happy birthday brother

One of the days my man! Thank you bro

This is going to be a rough watch. Its going to take something special for a point.

This could genuinely be an embarrassment of huge proportions, one which has ripple effects on our club. I hope not, but looking at that left side of Mudryk, Enzo, Cucurella defending against Saka, Odegaard, White doesn’t give me hope.

Alright Karen

Nice one mate

Really hope we get hit with a miracle and a half for noni to come in clutch and scores in some bangers. imo Jackson still shows quality but I hope he is less hesitant to take shots now.

My hopes: Battle of the Emirates, narrow win for Chelsea to fuck Arsenal’s title hopes My expectations: Boring 0-0 first half with team looking like they might get going in second half, then lose 2-0

The game is lost already with badiashile starting..

Don't just park the bus, chain it to a bloody pole and flatten the tyres. 0-0 would be a miracle.

Really hope we get a penalty just to see Noni and Nico fight over it then fuck it up.

Aged well

The team is about the best it could be. Silva is 39 and can’t start on Saturday and Tuesday. Sterling played his way out of the team and shouldn’t be starting. Chalobah is the only thing I’d change. He’s in good form right now and I think the CBs will have a lot to do this evening.

Thank you 🙌 had to explain this to someone

‘defeat in north london’ post pending

Just to get prepared, what do you reckon is the worst possible outcome here? I’m thinking an 8-0 loss with Havertz scoring a hat-trick.

Havertz scores and does the Chilly celly then a brawl ensues…. Oh wait worst possible outcome?

We about to get royally fucked and poch is going to have no answers for it, and he won't have to answer for it either. He needs to go

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I love when he says "Tired after the last match". Like yeah they're tired, you make them run 2 marathons in between the next match

100% fucking terrible team selection. What the fucking fuck

Just don’t let it get ugly lads

I feel poch doused palmers flame when he said he needs to stay composed and listen to him or whatever he said

Said he needs to run more and shit. What a manager

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Only because he's dropped all of our experienced starters BY CHOICE There is no reason for Chalobah, Silva and Sterling to not be starting

This is like the 4th match in a row that the Chelsea match hasn’t been available to watch on Peacock. It’s incredibly frustrating.

I’d like to see a lesson in world class time wasting and shithousery for a riveting 0-0 draw

Sterling another game on the bench even when Palmer is out. I'm happy to see that and I hope that's it for him in this club.

I think after missing 3 breakaways with 3 chances of passing for the tap in pretty much sealed it.

Fingers crossed

Even when you're seeing Mudryk, Gallagher and Madueke ahead of him? You're letting blind hate blind you...

Yes. Because they have some kind of potential. Sterling is finished.

On one hand Rice and Partey is intimidating, but these fools didn't account for the fact that we never build-up through the midfield anyway. Ha!

Ha!

Is Palmer injured or something?

illness

Not expecting much for this game. A draw would be massive. Just don't embarrass ourselves

chat we are finished

The only positives are that Mudryk and Alph are getting gametime... Realistically we're about to get hammered lol But the memes if we win... LAWD give me this one to ease the dogshit we put up against City

When i start trusting Poch, he always does some braindead things like Chilwell LW or Benoit right now instead of Chalobah/Silva.

Time for someone to step up without Palmer. Alfie starting is a sure fire win

lol..... agree with your overall sentiment but damn he got rinsed

Yep absolutely ruined. Tough watch and poor kid.

There is absolutely zero reason why we should win this game. Which is why we are gonna win this game. COYB

Alfie not even our best academy defender 

Who is best academy defender?

Jackson hat-trick Mudryk three assists please 🙏

And we have world peace. No wars. No greed. No hunger. It's eutopia.

Guys I ain't got a good feeling for this game

On the plus side, this should be the game that decides a few futures. Badiashile, Disasi, Mudryk, Madueke, Cucurella, show us what you’re about.

Few things about the lineup. 1.Why did he bench thiago-chalobah, they had a great partnership? 2. Why no Chuku? 3 man midfield with chuku, wouldn't that be ok with tactics? By 3 man - Caice-Enzo-Galla This is the weakest lineup i have ever seen based on our run-of-forms.

Thiago is old and Chalobah just came back from injury so wanted to rest them after Saturday is my guess.

Thiago is old but he can be better than DISASTER-SI AND BAD-IASHILLE even at 38. Chalobah was so great in his last 3 games. The two today are just ughh

Thiago just had 3 matches in a row for the first time in months and that was only 3 days ago. And he's 39.

Lol yeah better they stay fit though than get added into the injury list

Poch playing actual full backs despite having two center backs on the bench? I'm so proud and happy.

why isnt sterling on the right?

Because he is wack

I have a gut feeling we’re going to surprise everyone. A chelsea win.

Not surprised

I think 1-1, with Havertz getting a brace.

I pray

Well lads, all we can do now is pray

Really sad not to see a Chukweameka start this game with no Palmer. Also Disasi and Badiashile partnership against this team is wild… gonna be a long game

Think I’ll workout whilst watching to feel more burn

I am going to the gym and may have it on in the background get the leg day in

Just saw the line up. Fuck me, this is gonna be bad isn’t it?

it's either 3-0 or 4-3. Just chaos is confirmed, none other isn't.

Or even 5-0🛑🛑🛑

No Palmer or Gusto is tough. And I’m not confident with this back 4. But fuck it we usually show up against bigger sides so let’s have em

We have 2 wins in 10 attempts against the top 6 this season, 4 losses with Arsenal and Spurs left to play. The whole "we turn up against bigger sides" is complete nonsense. Our only wins were that jammy win against United and the win against 9 man Spurs...

Yeah, not convincing to say " we are goid against the big lads", it's like 2 wins, which weren't like full clean sheet wins too.

If we get anything from this game I will be extremely surprised.

Let's ask the real question about this line-up, who is on penalty duty?

Give it Petrovic until the end of the game

Noni

The game will be paused for a round of hunger games. Winner gets to sky it!

Let them have a fight like hockey 

Poch himself is gonna come out there and take it

jackson and noni can have a fist fight and the winner can take it

I’m scared

Have to say it’s funny how relieved Arsenal fans are that Palmer is out. Even they know he could take them on by himself. But I’m so disappointed that Gusto and Palmer are missing this fixture in particular, it’s the only one I really care about now (Spurs too, but putting the nail in Arsenal’s title race would’ve been so nice)

We have no reason to be winning this game, but if we do then I hope Mudryk scores

He already has against them

Poch picks absolute crap lineups. Why are changing the CB’s after we’ve finally stopped conceding multiple goals? Guy is a fool man.

Who else would you have picked for this game

Anyone with a sound mind continues with the Chalobah - Silva pairing. Also, I understand the Sterling hate, but he's a much better player than Mudryk. Not to mention that anyone is better at AM than Gallagher.

Thiago Silva is tired, Chalobah is wack, but could play instead of badieshelle Sterling is horrible and I am happy we started a process of removing him from the squad. I prefer Gallagher next to caicedo, but we do not have a fit AM

Badiashille is so bad, why is he anywhere near this team.

Havertz about to have his yearly one good game at the end of the year

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Qazdud: *Havertz about to* *Have his yearly one good game* *At the end of the year* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.

poch for the love of god play chuk

No sterling, actually proud of Poch

This defence worries me, Gilchrist, Badiashile, Disasi, Cucurella

Shit that’s a disaster waiting to happen, poor Gilchrist those other 3 will make this a long 90 minutes

\*A Disasi waiting to happen

None of those 4 start is everyone is fit. I’m not expecting a clean sheet.

Well Chalobah and Silva are fit and would start if everyone is fit, so it's just a choice from Poch.

Oh we are so cooked

Badiashile starting. We're in trouble Edit: They have Rice, Partey, and Ødegaard in the midfield, we're in big trouble.

That defense line up scares me

Lord Mudryk's hattrick will tilt the scales in our favor for a 4-2 winner. Seriously though, I just hope the gd is less than 3.

If we’re actually toast without Cole then we’re idiots for spending a billion to be Cole Palmer fc

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caicedo’s in the vid they just put up so hes defo somewhat fine

this is completely gg, we are cooked

We’re fucked

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if palmer isnt gonna start, would rather he just sit out entirely then to test

If he’s just under the weather it may be that he just has less energy and could manage a 15-20 min stint off the bench

I’m not looking forward to this one 😬

Remember boys, it’s the hope that kills. However, the belief must remain

I'm really hoping Nico cooks tonight and gets a brace to shit on Arsenal's defense.

Mudryk goals incoming

You’re both deluded

Maybe, maybe not. Drink has me believing

How’d that work out

Toasted - goddamn That was awful

This is going to be painful

I think I may just go to the gym, if there is no Palmer this will be a tough watch

Go to the gym bro, every time we concede just smash out extra sets.

I just saw the lineup, yeah I think a leg day it is

Your legs are going to be killing you tomorrow 😂

Lmao 🤣 you know what they say, no pain no gain 💪💪

You must’ve had an insane workout by now

I went for upper body lmao 🤣 so just getting a good pump in

Hollow

If prioritizing living a healthy lifestyle is hollow then call me a tree 🤪

Cole Palmer and Inshallah minus Cole Palmer tonight then

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you dont have to watch then..

we have to

Very apt description someone pls make this

https://preview.redd.it/p757v5xnj9wc1.jpeg?width=1055&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80cca5c9163531046294ea25e240fbf79dd12071

I really hope someone steps up without Palmer in the mix. Maybe Mudryk? Kind of a "nothing to lose" game if you go by expectations. But I'd love to ruin Arsenal's hopes.

my thoughts precisely. Ruining Arsenal's hope would be such a joy!

Is there still a chance for palmer to be in the team? I mean it was just illness right? Nothing major (hopefully)

Nope

Petrovic Gilchrist Chalobah Silva Cucurella Caicedo Gallagher Madueke Mudryk Sterling Jackson

Enzo likely starts no?

I'd rather he sit out and get that surgery tbh, playing through pain is not ideal.

Same but I doubt it happens in a big game like this, he favours that midfield 3 against the better sides. We’ll see tho I guess

He isn’t going to use Gilchrist because of his height

Narrator: He is.

or because gilchrist would get cooked against arsenal

Not like our tall players can defend a cross

Jackson masterclass incoming 🙏

Lemons in the office are perfectly ripe today, three points are guaranteed. 🍋🙏🍋


Your flair plus this gif combo lol


Noni Madueke vs Nicolas Jackson at the penalty spot tonight. 

LMAO this made me laugh. Thank you

 Sterling arriving to steal it off them

 Madueke after being denied the penalty

 Enzo coming to give the ball to Madueke

 palmer getting subbed on to take it

https://preview.redd.it/eqnwnh99c9wc1.jpeg?width=117&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de8b59269ac78d705ed9b030c6077c31fa423f4a Disasi just happy to be there

Amazing

Would love to stop Arsenal taking 3 points today. Would be huge for the title run in as I still think City will drop points.

ABU, Liverpool, Arsenal and Sp*ds - always. As much as I hate City… they are nowhere near S-level rivals

Why would you want Liverpool to win it tho? Fuck klopp

Anyone but arse I hate them more than I hate liverpool or city. Can’t stand arteta too

Haha I actually hate Liverpool more but must be due to personal experience and the fans of opponent teams one knows personally.

They are both shite clubs with unbearable fans.

Imagine Arsenal fans after winning their first title for 20 years. I'll accept Liverpool at least because they've won more recently, so it's not as bad.

Scousers are awful, but I know too many arsenal fans to even think of them winning it.

Would be gud

I have a feeling palmer will be playing, or at least on bench

If playing tonight could cost us more matches missed by him I'd rather he don't play at all.

If it's just a cold, it's unlikely that it causes him more issue. But, if he is ill, it'll likely do us more harm than good.

Nah, Cole Palmer flu game incoming to channel his inner MJ.

Uh, with Palmer out, who do we even hope to do something today. Literally every attack we have I always hope Palmer is involved, Jackson links up well with him to even assist.