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nunez
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Norway4003 Posts
August 05 2018 15:42 GMT
#61
hyped for pl season. everton need to sign a cb or two soon or i will explode.
conspired against by a confederacy of dunces.
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2045 Posts
August 05 2018 15:54 GMT
#62
Any word on Courtois not being on the bench today?
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
August 05 2018 15:59 GMT
#63
They are not back yet our belgian/french players, they all return monday.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2045 Posts
August 05 2018 16:14 GMT
#64
Ah yeah, makes total sense. Expected them to be back for the community shield, but it still should be sort of obvious when looking at the rosters.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
August 05 2018 16:29 GMT
#65
Yeah Chelsea need a lot more work, maybe new players but seems we wont be getting any more in....seems also that we are not going to be competing with City this year and will be fighting for top 4 again as of right now!

Well we shall see :D but thankfully Huddersfield away is not the same as playing Man City xD
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
August 06 2018 01:30 GMT
#66
Our fringe players are quite bad. What a terrible performance. Obviously we're not winning the title this season, and we can only hope for top4. I think we're fighting with man u and arsenal this season, with spurs being 6th.

Alonso is so slow and doesn't fit a back 4. I see no use for him now that we don't need his height.

I like David luiz, but he's a suspect in a back 4. He tries to intercept like when he was sweeping, which only opens up the defence. However this was also because our useless midfield 3 did not track back to defend at all, always jogging when they lose possession. Kante may solve the problem. Personally preferred if luiz played DM alongside jorginho today.

Dave looked so lost today. He is not a fullback that can take on defenders. Defensively, it felt like he forgot he is no longer playing on the right side of the back 3. There's no more moses covering him.

Jorginho and fab looks off the pace. They got in each other's way, move to the same spaces, neither ran back when we loss possession. A Fab jorginho midfield will never work because they're essentially the same player.

Barkley was particularly disappointing. He was suppose to be the AM, but every we got forward, he was found in the holding mid area. We were so isolated offensively because of that. Nothing penetrative coming from him.

CHO was bright and daring. He's the only positive. He needs a lot of work on his end product though, because beating players 1 on 1 means nothing if you can't turn it into chances.

Pedro deserves to be sold asap. Already we have no width, yet all he does is cut in from the right and lose the ball over and over again.

I'm still crossing my fingers for Morata. I forgive him this match because what can a striker do when he has no support. I am however not so impressed by Abraham, because he like bats is just a goal poacher. They can't fight for ball, they can't dribble with it and they're not that good in linking up with teammates.

It's sad that we're so reliant on hazard and kante. Selling matic and Costa was such a big mistake. If only baka was as good as he cost. If only mou wasn't such an idiot that he let go so many good players to keep Oscar. Also can you imagine having another player that can actually beat defenders, someone that conte didn't ruin like kenedy?

Personally think barring departures/reinforcements, our squad should be:

Gk Courtois
Lb Dave
Rb Moses (play like Valencia)
Cb luiz/Christensen/rudiger/zouma (hope he makes it)
Cm kante jorginho
Cam barkley/rlc
LW hazard
Rw willian
Cf morata


aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands3999 Posts
August 06 2018 05:16 GMT
#67
Agreed, except I think Dave is really lost when they’re going to try to play forward or push. Isn’t Emerson still available? In total, seems like Chelsea didn’t even need that many players to change from the bus. But we’ve yet to see how they’ll do, of course. I think Willian should be ok but Hazard may have to get used to playing with less space behind defenders. Should be an interesting fight for 4th place with United and Arsenal. ;p
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
August 06 2018 05:21 GMT
#68
On August 06 2018 14:16 aseq wrote:
Agreed, except I think Dave is really lost when they’re going to try to play forward or push. Isn’t Emerson still available? In total, seems like Chelsea didn’t even need that many players to change from the bus. But we’ve yet to see how they’ll do, of course. I think Willian should be ok but Hazard may have to get used to playing with less space behind defenders. Should be an interesting fight for 4th place with United and Arsenal. ;p


Fight for 3rd/4th cuz spurs are going to deceive XD
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2045 Posts
August 06 2018 08:58 GMT
#69
United could still be pretty damn strong if Mourinho somehow figures out how to draw the positives of Lukaku and Pogba from the world cup. De Gea will likely still steal plenty of points for them and Rashford and Lingard are probably still improving. Sanchez is well rested at least.

Plenty of issues there too, but with the world cup arrivals there should be enough potential star power to contest stuff.
clusen
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany8702 Posts
August 06 2018 10:53 GMT
#70
On August 04 2018 17:08 TheNewEra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2018 06:14 sneirac wrote:
On August 04 2018 05:35 TheNewEra wrote:
well... that wasn't worth it travelling 3 1/2 hours in a bus during this heat... atleast I got to jump into the Baltic Sea

Is your plan really to curse them out of pro football by attending all games? =)

In reality I'm a H96 fan but psssst

What a shit day that was. Weren't even allowed to drink (alcohol) in the stadium. Atleast the HSV lost quite badly, too. Time to see the better Hamburg club lose aswell tomorrow

KNOLL :D

Was a fun game
maze.
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany1392 Posts
August 06 2018 20:12 GMT
#71
Next few days are going to be exciting for pl teams.

Misery on Secret: I managed to get kicked twice from the same team before I got my share of the money. 4Head
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
August 06 2018 20:37 GMT
#72
We seem to be lining up the old Madrid target Kepa who looks good. €80million release clause though fml.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
August 06 2018 23:13 GMT
#73
So RM want Courtois in exchange for offloading Casilla and Hernandez.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
TheNewEra
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3128 Posts
August 07 2018 00:06 GMT
#74
On August 05 2018 23:17 sneirac wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2018 17:08 TheNewEra wrote:
On August 04 2018 06:14 sneirac wrote:
On August 04 2018 05:35 TheNewEra wrote:
well... that wasn't worth it travelling 3 1/2 hours in a bus during this heat... atleast I got to jump into the Baltic Sea

Is your plan really to curse them out of pro football by attending all games? =)

In reality I'm a H96 fan but psssst

What a shit day that was. Weren't even allowed to drink (alcohol) in the stadium. Atleast the HSV lost quite badly, too. Time to see the better Hamburg club lose aswell tomorrow

At least you were right on them being the better Hamburg club I guess

Not the best weekend . Thankfully we have midweek matches so it can get even worse today
Midas <3 Casy <3 BeSt <3 | Pray to Doh-men, heathens! | Zwischen Harz und Heideland
Twisted
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands13554 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-07 06:08:14
August 07 2018 06:08 GMT
#75
Champions League qualification again this evening!

Standard Luik vs Ajax, let's see if we perform as well as last weeks against Sturm Graz.
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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
August 07 2018 09:57 GMT
#76
Arsenal better start praying they get amazing sponsor deals otherwise imagine he dumps the debt on to the club. Oh man...

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6272 Posts
August 07 2018 18:47 GMT
#77
On August 07 2018 15:08 Twisted wrote:
Champions League qualification again this evening!

Standard Luik vs Ajax, let's see if we perform as well as last weeks against Sturm Graz.

Looks good. Up 2-0 already and standard doesn't look dangerous at all. Ajax looks really good this year.
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2045 Posts
August 07 2018 18:53 GMT
#78
At least Guardian thinks Chelsea pays the buyout of Kepa: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/07/chelsea-kepa-arrizabalaga-athletic-bilbao-record
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
August 07 2018 19:02 GMT
#79
Yeah seems Kepa is incoming, Neville said on Sky Sports that Pep Guardiola told him that Chelsea are going to spend big in the last few days lol. xD
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2045 Posts
August 07 2018 19:28 GMT
#80
Right into foreign league top team, right into action with world record signing for a goalie. Long term he could be great value as long as he doesn't go full Bravo mode or anything, but it sure is going to be busy few weeks for him to get going.
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