Chelsea FC - Pride of London

[Van_Dyke]

How is Alonso still happening?

who knew that mistake-prone left backs continue to make mistakes? even if chilwell isn't fit, would far rather have Azpi out there over Alonso

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Good fightback but should not be conceding 3 in the first 25 minutes to a Championship-quality side. Until Chilwell is fit, Azpi needs to start. We cannot expect to finish top 4 if Alonso continues to start.

 

[Loonerty]

Good fightback but should not be conceding 3 in the first 25 minutes to a Championship-quality side. Until Chilwell is fit, Azpi needs to start. We cannot expect to finish top 4 if Alonso continues to start.

His header just made no sense whatsoever.

If he heads towards Werner, then Werner is in a ton of space???
Instead he heads inside where the nearest player was a West Brom player.

And then losing his man on the set piece, just shambolic.

 

[Restricted Free Agent]

Chelsea have drawn Sevilla, FC Krasnodar and Rennes in group E of the UCL. The game against Rennes is big as it'll be a reunion with Mendy's former club should he play. Decent looking group, having to travel to Russia isn't brilliant but certainly could be harder

 

[Wally Walpamur]

We got kissed on the d with this draw. We normally have a very tough group. No excuses to not finishing top of the group.

 

[Loonerty]

I was a little sceptical of Chilwell like all of us were but if he keeps putting out games like that, 50m is well worth it.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Jorginho to arsenal talk.

Surely roman gets rice or pratley if he goes?

 

[Loonerty]

How do you typo Partey that badly

 

[Marcel Proust]

Wasn't that far off

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

How do you typo Partey that badly

Remember CountryRace and his typos? I'm sure it's the same guy.

 

[chef]

I was a little sceptical of Chilwell like all of us were but if he keeps putting out games like that, 50m is well worth it.

Can take a better corner than Willian too. Winnings.

 

[Thistle]

**** me I've never seen such shambolic defending by a Chelsea team and the most concerning thing is that it seems to be getting even worse. Total loss of confidence and communication back there.

Really ruined what should have been a fine win lead by Werner and Havertz.

 

[chef]

 

[Loonerty]

Really just the entire first choice defence.

 

[Thistle]

Giroud is being criminally underused

 

[Loonerty]

So happy with Mendy's start.

Love that the games where we have had all three of Chilwell, Silva and Mendy playing we have kept clean sheets.

 

[Loonerty]

PS: Chilwell is ****ing good

 

[chef]

PS: Chilwell is ******* good

I'm happy to be proven wrong on this guy, hes just moved in seamlessly to our side.

Fullback looks sorted for ages with him and James.

 

[DaRick]

I'm not so sure about Zouma playing sweeper (you'd think Silva would be better suited to that position), but defensively we are so much more assured with Silva and Mendy in the backline.

Compared to Kepa, Mendy is stronger, better in the air and at positioning himself and has a surer pair of hands, which means that teams are not likely to try their luck against us so much WRT set pieces and long shots.

I'm not so sure about his passing yet (although his Ligue 1 stats were good) and he is apparently less of a sweeper-keeper than Kepa, which means that he'll stay on his line more.

Our offence for the past two games has been toothless, though. Hopefully it's just because the offence are learning to work together rather than because Frank doesn't know how to balance attack and defence properly.

 

[chef]

Mendy is just so vocal too. It seems Zouma has been chosen as Silvas partner, im guessing speaking french may play a part in it(Azpi, Silva , Mendy and Zouma all do).

 

[Loonerty]

The Athletic posted a really good article on the defence and Silva's influence in particular. Apparently it extends beyond the pitch and even though he doesn't speak English he just has an infectious personality and will chat to younger players and staff etc regularly.

Very happy with picking him up.

 

[Restricted Free Agent]

I adore Edouard Mendy!

 

[Restricted Free Agent]

The Guardian football weekly board really hate Frank Lampard. Every time there's a half decent performance from him they compare Frank to other managers and if there's a loss they just absolutely slate him

 

[Loonerty]

The Guardian football weekly board really hate Frank Lampard. Every time there's a half decent performance from him they compare Frank to other managers and if there's a loss they just absolutely slate him

Oh boy, was looking forward to listening this morning. Is it going to make me melt?

 

[Restricted Free Agent]

Oh boy, was looking forward to listening this morning. Is it going to make me melt?

They just refuse to take any positives out of the 4-0 while praising Ole for pretty much half the pod. Then Barry goes on a sarcastic rant about how he's overpraised.



So yeah expect to melt a little