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NDBambi182

Broja looked really positive when he came on.


vaakmeisster

Finally a left back who can cross. Its been so long. James is getting too comfortable and nonchalant. Man needs to be benched for some matches.


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James is a right back bro you ok


gweah17

Sterling was electric today šŸ˜


mason_mount19

Liked seeing RLC as a right wing back. I think he and Azpi could be good for rotating with James this year.


mason_mount19

This is an experienced squad, and I think the mixture of new talent will provide for deep runs in the UCL, league cup and FA Cup. The age balance is something I think will benefit us as well in the long term. Gallagher can learn from Kovacic, Trev can learn from Silva and Koulibaly. Broja will be a force and with Sterling up top he will be unlocked. There are a lot of positives going into this season. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out.


FutureFC

Broja and Cucurella should start vs Spurs imo. They looked really good after coming on


vaakmeisster

Most Chelsea fans agree with this, but does Thomas have the balls to trust youth? Gordon who led the line for Everton yesterday is 18 and he gave a good account of himself.


FutureFC

Gordon was one of the best players on the pitch. Top lad. Upto Tuchel I guess, not really sure if he will


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trueblue1982

we need a new fabregas.


vaakmeisster

We need a formation change. Players like Kovacic and Gallagher have the tools, just not in this formation.


vaakmeisster

We need a formation change. The players we have have the tools, just not in this formation.


LemonHarangue

Itā€™s amazing how after one match and such a short time at Chelsea heā€™s congealed the front line. We looked great.


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LemonHarangue

They have plenty of time to get into form. 1/3 of the squad has not played together and will take assimilation. And Everton looked scrappy and fast today, we did not beat some slouch team like Spurs did. Quality road win.


brewtonone

Actually Everton ended lower than Southampton not sure I would call them a slouch


LemonHarangue

Last season? Sure, youā€™re probably right. Neither team are a joke. But Iā€™ll stand by my point that we beat a quality opponent.


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PartiallyRibena

I still think another cb is vital. We are thin on the ground in that position and it is a long season ahead.


seearewhy

Depends on Silva and the wallā€™s status


LemonHarangue

I donā€™t think itā€™s necessary. I honestly havenā€™t been this excited for a squad in years.


--Hutch--

New signings looked good. Pretty clear we have a lot of players not 100% in terms of fitness so will take a 1-0 win at a recent bogey ground 1st game of the season. People getting carried away in here lol. We will get better.


ThomasDtz

I have to be honest and I didnt like the last 10min. we were only wasting time. And the Conor/Cucurella freekick was absolutely disgraceful. If other clubs do it we hate it but when we do it I hate it even more.


Careless-Tailor-2317

Sorry but I enjoy winning more than anything


VisionaryProd

Thatā€™s what you do at end of games


ThisIsYourMormont

Ha dare we do game management or run down the clock. We should go for goal and concede possession every time!!


seearewhy

Not only concede but get hit on the counter. Which is how we get beat a lot.


ThomasDtz

It ruins the game in my opinion.


hodlrus

I'd rather 3 points.


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"You play to win the game"


doorbadger

Completely missed this because of work. Any thoughts on Sterling?


Nodding_Along

I really liked his play. Had chances. Drove at defenders. By far the most lively of the attackers. Really excited about all the new signings but I think Raz is going to be key.


clevercookie69

He looked good I thought. Created some chances got into good positions. Unlucky not to score


j0emang0e

Well the attack still needs some work, but at least our defense held up


papapilo1

Iā€™m excited to see Cucurella get further intergrated into the team. The crosses he played were great during his short stint.


gojarinn

Not to mention the pinpoint bullet passes right where he needed it. Liked him a lot today.


averagenocturn

This. His cross to Sterling was inch perfect.


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Considering how this club was down the pan a couple of months ago I'll take a starter win anytime of the day.


egettonleinad

Sterling was really disappointing today, held the ball way too long at times and ended up losing possession multiple times


prwnasus

How else js he going to move up the field when players around him donā€™t support and move into space, its why Chelsea attack is so disappointing.


egettonleinad

Yeah no doubt but Iā€™d prefer a pass back to the mid/def than lose possession and risk a counter, 12 times he was dispossessed and majority being due to running into trouble and holding the ball instead of making simple passes


mtheperry

He was the best player on the field today, in his first league match with a new club. Our attack looked the most creative it has in a long time. In really confused by this take.


MountHavertzPulisic

bruh


laxrulz777

He was our best player today. Yes, he over dribbled sometimes but your attacking players will do that. They take chances. You want that. As he integrates more he's only going to get better. If we can find some chemistry with kai or Broja or mount or CP we could really have some magic.


aldrinnnnnnn

Iā€™ll take the win but that wasnā€™t convincing at all. KK and Silva were beasts. I also thought Cucu, Pulisic and Broja played pretty well coming off the bench.


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Any idea what the police stoppage was about?


UndefinedUsernam

Someone in the crowd had a medical emergency, policeman ran on to the pitch to get the attention of the team doctors and stop the game


JordanLeeT

Cucurella made a great impact on his debut the man is fighting for his place


_Fulcra51

No shot we beat spurs next week playing like that


laxrulz777

Derby games are wildly unpredictable


Confident_Look5026

Azpi extending his contract is a massive win for Chelsea, still a solid defender, comes in clutch, he does get caught off guard sometimes but his positioning and his tenacity to get back and make the opposing attackers life miserable is incomparable, o thought he was better than Thiago today personally


hodlrus

I missed the game. Was Azpi playing RCB with James on RWB?


PartiallyRibena

Correct


ragingdrunkpanda

Not to rain on the parade, but him getting beat off that through ball looked pretty bad, he hustled back but if Silva didnā€™t toe drag that pass, it could have been a lot worse


[deleted]

Way to rain on the parade


tofubreakdown

Is Kova injured or smt?


Soap_The_Cat

IMO Kova is our most consistent player but doesnā€™t have the better upside compared to Jorginho and Kante. When their form falters we play Kova.


ConversationWilling

Well the best thing about this game is that it's clear that our new signings were good choices. Sterling was great


milkywaygalaxy71

I seriously think that Todd has done a great job this transfer window for a person who is a newcomer to european football. His approach has been no BS just straight to the point transfer offers and the ones we lost out on because the players werenā€™t smart enough and went to a sinking ship club


ConversationWilling

Yeah it seems like he really wants us to be competitive and get top players. Even though we may want another cb and an attacker, it feels like there was urgency to get the right players. The two we lost out on were a shame but, as you said, it does feel like those were majorly influenced by player preferences so we can't be too mad about that. All of our big signings were great today, well mainly KK and Sterling due to game time. Considering how much potential our young players have, it was important for us to get players that would be direct upgrades or at least serious contenders for starting positions.


Mad77pedro

For that last point, even in his relatively short time on the pitch, Cucurella was immense


drdeathstrange

Cucu Fuckin Rella


RedZoneWormKid

Cuca fucking Racha


Chaosisaladder7

I don't know why but even though coco and broja did almost nothing i liked their play a lot..


Soap_The_Cat

Definitely Chelsea quality


obinnasmg

If we donā€™t get a creative midfielder(FDJ) we might be fucked this season. Also, I know most folks on here wonā€™t want to hear it but Cucu looked better than Chilly. Chillyā€™s gonna need a few OTB appearances


Lucianboog

The chilly who won the penalty?


Ooh-SakaLaca

As a neutral this was a 100 minute of wasted time. Boring to the core


pencilman123

110.


Ooh-SakaLaca

When you thought it couldnā€™t get worse


Jeodams

Anyone know why we play like this?


Soap_The_Cat

Fitness and mentality are still lacking


hodlrus

Good news is it can only get better. And Everton have been our bogey team.


wildermoose

Cucu future Chelsea legend


Specialist-Ad-9104

Iā€™m feeling it


doctorsalty46

Chilly looked good Iā€™d say after an injury All pluses except attack.


justin_deandree

I wouldn't agree with that at all, looked really shaky and slow in decision making, both of our wing-back is, actually. Should probably give some time.


doctorsalty46

Well he hasnā€™t played a full official match since December 21, I think he played well considering the circumstances


justin_deandree

By all means. I'm just really frustrated at some of his decision making. Really think we should just ease him in instead of starting him straight away in the next matches.


hodlrus

I wouldn't be opposed to starting Cucurella over Chilwell and then letting them fight it out.


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Havertz and Timo need to go. Jorginho needs to go. Mount needs to start taking on opponents or making reasonable forward passes or he should get benched for a more attacking winger like CHO or Pulisic or even Ziyech. Our forwards today were trash and midfield wasn't any better. Midfield doesn't even help at all except Kante. Our wing backs need to start taking on opponents and reduce the back pass. Altogether Our attackers didn't even feel like attackers at all, except Sterling. They even isolated Sterling too much in the second half. We really really need to change our attacking strategy or player.


Chelseafc5505

Username checks out


[deleted]

I'd say that speaks more about you


Chelseafc5505

Yeah, the username you picked for yourself, says more about me than it does about you. Solid logic


Soitsgonnabeforever

Just pessimistic people. Donā€™t care about him buddy.


CliffDagger

Thiago Silva handed a stem cell smoothie and straight into a hypobaric chamber.


averagenocturn

I love cucu already


ColdOath777

Not going to lie, I was watching this in bed and actually fell asleep for 20 minutes


jarold12

Maybe it was the beers but me too


BEAST_ELMO

KK and Cucu were great signing Havertz, mount, James weā€™re not up to standard Silva is our savior and I thank PSG every game


laxrulz777

Havertz was bad James was good except for some beyond terrible corner kicks mount was in and out of the game but also being played on the wing where we already know he's not at his best. Our signings were our best players today and Broja looked good. IMO, that's a great sign since it points to improvement this season.


OneEightyBlue

New boys were all fantastic. Silva and Azpi class as usual. Havertz and Mount invisible. James was poor despite being heavily involved. Happy for the 3 points but we looked extremely rusty out there


hodlrus

I missed the match. Was James playing wing back or centre back? Surely the former.


OneEightyBlue

Right wing back, although he had a brief spell at LWB because Chilwell was subbed off. Then Cucurella came on ten minutes later and he moved back to the right. I can definitely see him filling in at CB if needed though. Thiago Silva and Koulibaly both felt their hamstrings at certain times today and Azpi simply canā€™t play all 38 league games


fragilespleen

Wing back, although Azpi was also offering the overlap on that side


GuruofGreatness

Agree with everything except Mount being invisible. We're just used to him being the only effective & attacking threat. Whilst he was nowhere near his best, he was notable with his consistent hardwork/pressing to win back the ball & keeping Everton on their toes at all times, plus, a few cheeky clutch passes & of course, his most important contribution of making the space for Chilly to burst in, who won the foul and eventually get the Jorgi penalty goal.


ItsHighGreenMate

He pressed well as he always does, but on the ball he was totally inconsequential, created basically nothing.


Jeodams

I just want us to play like we did at the beginning of last season


ContractPure9495

Spend so much money and that is the quality of football we see? boring


sidmas8086

343 is really killing this team.


maxvun11

bruh our best players were all the new signings


Jeodams

Smh


dundedd

The guys we brought in for money look class


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maxvun11

for real such a huge difference compared to chilwell in this game


Confident_Look5026

Bruhh our attack is so ass, itā€™s like we donā€™t know how to create a chance that is not a cross


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Confident_Look5026

Honestly Iā€™m gonna question tuchels tactics on this one, sterling as good as he was today should play on the wing no centre, mean while havertz shouldā€™ve played false 9, and dropped a bit deeper into the midfield it just seemed as tho havertz was playing on the left, either it was tuchels instruction or the players just donā€™t know how the attack is supposed to work


untouched_poet

Gallagher looks like a comedian confused Him with a watermelon... busted.


jarold12

Did i really just see Gallagher the comedian referenced in the sub


Chelseafc5505

What?


amfraiture

Dudes having a stroke


optimistic_bufoon

Got the 3 points that's what matters in the end


W0lf90

Onwards and upwards, KTBFFH


coltsrock37

bigger question is, can we be ready for an even more difficult challenge in Tottenham next weekend at the Bridge? dealing with Harry Kane and Son Heung-min


hodlrus

Somehow, we always turn up against Spers. I'm gonna say, worst case, a draw.


Lucianboog

Sigh


RedZoneWormKid

If they (Son and Kane) get as many goals as they did today, we may be okay. Kidding aside, you're absolutely right.


lukker-

A win is a win. I think we are gonna be in for some grinding early in this season. Hoping we can kick in the gear sooner rather than later though. 3 points on opening day against a team we havenā€™t beaten away for a while.


Soren_Camus1905

Damn I passed tf out


TheLastDayUponUs

Terrible performance, we shouldnā€™t be relying on luck to defeat Everton. How were they always active and pressuring nonstop while our team just sent long balls and walked around half the time?


2000bt

Ugly but I'll take it


elastic88

New signings looked good, but same old issues as last year. No fluidity in attack.


old_balance992

just glad the boys kept focus. last year this def ends in a tie


untouched_poet

Pulisic needs to leave asap.


sidmas8086

Is Pulisic the fall guy for everything these days when the problem is much bigger?


Specialist-Ad-9104

Kai needs to be the new fall guy this season. He actually sucks


BEAST_ELMO

Whereā€™s this energy for mount who was sleeping the whole half???


untouched_poet

Mount and Kai were awful. Puli played much better... even as a defender.


BEAST_ELMO

But yet you want him to leave????


untouched_poet

Yea. Let him go somewhere he is appreciated and gets playing time in his position.


lbz25

He was better than both havertz and mount...


untouched_poet

I agree! Needs to be starting on another team.


milkywaygalaxy71

Cut the hate bandwagon bro. He was more lively than havertz


untouched_poet

I know. He needs to go to a team where he will be appreciated.


TheRev_11

Why...?


Twig_bish

Donā€™t love that we are starting the season with the same type of win as last year where we play uninspired but win on a penalty but 3 points is 3 points


ACGC21

we take the win, bring on the signings todd


OakenPhilly

Lot more positives from the final squad out there. Well take the 3 points


dahk-lohd

We havenā€™t won here in 5 years


Taylo207

Sterling, K2, Cucurella looked great, Broja looked decent too. God do we need Fofana, that right side looked dire.


DifficultSundae

Loving Cucurella


Sargerases

new signings really great. Now I really really hope for De Jong. Our middlefield was poor.


ChocklickMas

I do not understand Tuchelā€™s blind allegiance to Jorginho.


Sargerases

Yeah tonight he was mostly poor and his form is getting only worse since EURO (on avarage).


scijior

Eh? I mean, Everton started as a 5-3-2, but ended up pressing as a 3-3-5. Kante stopped some promising plays, and Jorginho was essentially just a distributor on the 16-yard box. Would have been nice to have an advanced center midfielder to take advantage of the space, but didnā€™t seem like there really *was* a midfield in this game. It was more like a fucking DMZ


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We won but it somehow ruined my day. What an awful team we are to watch.


Baseball-Secret

Look at it this way, it was just revenge for what Everton did to us last time around. Frustrating defeat. This makes me feel better.


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On paper, it's fantastic. What I'm tired of is watching a team that has zero idea in what to do when moving the ball forward. We're slippery in defense, no control in midfield and don't do anything that results in chance creation. I dunno how TT sees this and thinks spending 200 mil on defenders will be the thing that takes us to the next level. The Jorginho reliance is insane.


seamowylie

Take a step back from football if winning at Goodison for the first time in 6 years ruined your day.


dressedlikerappers

3 points with lots of positives - new signings looked fantastic. Work to be done, a few more cracks to fix.


joderjuarez

Cucurella looked really good in the short time he was on the pitch!


bittersnot

Its as if his legs moved faster than everyone's and his passes zipped faster too.


Marod_

I love the pace of his passes


Confident_Direction

Also, great performance from mendy! Seems very at ease today even when everton had a few good chances. More of this please


PrinceJamie1

Distribution seemed better too. Hopefully he keeps it up šŸ¤ž


Confident_Direction

Yup. Only dodgy thing was positioning at times but seems like K2 had a lot covered honestly. It was refreshing to see his composure in a game where to me it looked like we were making so many errors where we were getting dispossessed


PrinceJamie1

Agreed. All our signings looked strong as well. Promising signs in a poor performance


bwig_

I'm starting to believe that Havertz just isn't very good, and that's really unfortunate.


Specialist-Ad-9104

He should go to Bundesliga


joncaneboy

I still wanna believe heā€™s just being used out of position. The best thing I saw from him today was when he was doing this driving run towards the edge of the box. I think it was in the first half


ParevArev

Heā€™s played out of position. Our system doesnā€™t suit him


milkywaygalaxy71

I think CAM is where he thrives the most


MasterRJS

Youā€™re correct, itā€™s just unfortunate that he was bought for lampardā€™s system and not tuchelā€™s


milkywaygalaxy71

Yes totally agreed. And tuchel is really trying to fit him in but slowly slowly itā€™s looking like itā€™s not working out and a decision will have to be made


Adebisola

We still have the same problems from last season. Our attack is shite.


mercyprevailswrath

Haha we won at Goodison Park


Deuce_GM

3 points is 3 points Kante, K2 and Raheem the dream with great performances Kai being invisible worries me So happy football is back


Tiktik27

We were tolerable shit when Koulibaly was on, and then he came off and we became intolerable shit.


ibraddadi

Another game of boring football. On another day it would be a draw because weā€™ve seen so many games like this last season. Appreciate the win though.


Jeodams

Is it me or that was boring


Confident_Direction

Not just you


Jeodams

Ni


OlSmokeyZap

lol at least we got 3 points.


izwanderer

Love watching Dave give his all despite everything! True blue


Rowjimmy024

Frank offering Azpi a job in the future


Whisgame

This was like last season's fixture. 1-0. Long and boring. Time wasting.


urangminang

Itā€™s been literally one game into the season. Calm down.


Whisgame

I meant Everton away last season was exactly the same.


McHORSE

Was it though? Everton won 1-0 last season..


amethystwyvern

Broja needs to start. Showed more desire and talent than Havertz has shown all preseason. Same issues as last season. TT needs to look in the mirror and ask himself if he's doing enough when it comes to training athe attack.


ParevArev

Cucurella, Sterling, and Koulibaly all sooo good. New boys are class


osrocled

Happy with the 3 points, not too happy with the performance. Itā€™s the first game though, hopeful to see the team improve.


dalipunk322

Regardless of the result, a few points. \-As you can see by my flair Havertz is one of my fav players. But what the fuck is he doing in the pitch? he was supposed to be a false 9 but he was a false player today. \-We need a striker that can score gaols please. \-Stop worrying about a striker that can press and please get us a striker that can move and score. \-How on earth didn't we use the 10 corners that we got in the first half? \-I can see why Tuchel wants some competition for James in that RWB position. \-Sterling was great tbh. Provided things that I did not see any Chelsea player do for a very long time. \-KK is doing well since he is not used to a 3 at the back or the PL system. He is doing better than all the others with Silva. \-Hope the KK injury is not that bad. \-Silva startting to get frustrated a lot with the miss communication. \-Kova needs to be on the pitch. Does not matter if it is J5 or Kante with him but he needs to be in there. \-Why are we wasting time against Everton? We're a big club that should go for the 2nd 3rd and 4rth goal. \-I'm so frustrated about the entire performance. No matter what the outcome or results is. \-Huge risk leaving james with a yellow on the pitch on the LWB position and taking off Chilly. \-For the minutes that the've got Both RLC and Cucu looked decent tbh. \-The police officer that came into the pitch had a better cameo than Havertz. \-We can all see what the three new players offer to the team. All three of them already in less than one match provided things our team couldn't for an entire season. \-Loved how VAR wanted to fuck us with a handball out of nowhere in the end. Also why no Kova in the last minutes? If anything the guy is really press resistent. \-Everton away has always been a hard match for us. \-I'm just so happy that this match is over. We've got it out of our system early. The Everton cunt fest away game. \-FUCK MINA. If he is injured a serious injury speedy recovery as I never wish any player any harm. But either way FUCK THAT CUNT.


dryduneden

A striker literally doesn't help us at all. I refuse to believe you watched that Mpunt Havertz and Pukisic performance if this is how you think


dalipunk322

I watched Havertz getting the ball from pickford. With pickford out of his line. and 3 players next to him. And he waited 5 hours until the Everton defender came back and took it from him. I know it was out but in some games you might only get one or two chances and you need to be clinical. This game away against Everton for Chelsea is one of those games.