User09:


Nope, I just checked now. Just 1 game and according to reports, the coach was sending a message to Romagnoli/The team

It is important to note that this was the first Romagnolli has missed in 3 years (asides injury)

Just wait and see, those penny pinchers at Milan would never exercise the option to buy Tomori

lol. I always like this "according to reports".

Anyho, its all good if the boy is balling alright and wishes to return to CFC.

You gotta love the UCL. Crazy matches everywhere.

raumdeuter:


Juventus deserves what they get for appointing a rookie like Pirlo. Everyone thought Juventus job was an easy job to pick cheap trophies but Pirlo has shown that is not true

Not just Juve, a lot of top team have set themeselves back because they choose to make emotional decisions about hiring former players who lack the pedigree.
My Milan side suffered this fate for nearly a decade after Allergri left.. It took nearly 5 ex player coaches to get to Pioli who is doing great.
Chelsea did the same thing with Lampard who was not ready and Manchester United are still experimenting with Ole while the jury is still out on Arteta at Arsenal.

Roland17:


Not just Juve, a lot of top team have set themeselves back because they choose to make emotional decisions about hiring former players who lack the pedigree.
My Milan side suffered this fate for nearly a decade after Allergri left.. It took nearly 5 ex player coaches to get to Pioli who is doing great.
Chelsea did the same thing with Lampard who was not ready and Manchester United are still experimenting with Ole while the jury is still out on Arteta at Arsenal.

Which jury is on Arteta? He’s currently 10th.

Roland17:


Not just Juve, a lot of top team have set themeselves back because they choose to make emotional decisions about hiring former players who lack the pedigree.
My Milan side suffered this fate for nearly a decade after Allergri left.. It took nearly 5 ex player coaches to get to Pioli who is doing great.
Chelsea did the same thing with Lampard who was not ready and Manchester United are still experimenting with Ole while the jury is still out on Arteta at Arsenal.

These guys are rookies with no experience, every club want to have a Zidane that won 3 UCL

raumdeuter:
How can Juve play 10men for an hour and still struggle to win

Maybe Pirlo is Juventus Lampard

Maybe??
I'll say certainly

iamoyindamola:

These guys are rookies with no experience, every club want to have a Zidane that won 3 UCL

But they forgot that Zizou started out as an U-18 coach before he was promoted to an assistant coach during Ancelotti's reign. Couple with the fact that he had winners in that squad who made his integration easy just like Guardiola had Messi -iniesta -xavi & Eto'o at Barcelona.

BikeMan:
Which jury is on Arteta? He’s currently 10th.

Man say jury is still out

Shey he is not being emotional too

Exonerate1:
Havertz FC is officially closed no more entries. If you never backed him during his struggles, don't bother hyping him up now.


Cc User09 hope you kept records

You guys should stop all these nonsense. He is a Chelsea player. If he plays well, he will be praised and loved, if he doesn't, he will be lashed, especially as he has not proved anything in Chelsea before.

You don't expect any Madrid fan to praise hazard. That will be stupid to do.

We only praise players that are doing their best for the team here. It is not hate. Havertz lacklustre attitude is still evident only just less obvious as he played as a no9. I hate lazy players and sluggish players.

nihilistjnr:


Oboi...Lampard punching the air right now

I know say his eye go red gaan after each Chelsea match. He should better do like Gerrard and go an learn work in Scotland first...

He needs to learn more.

Ibime:


Don't mind that effeminate guy jare. That's why when it came to playing Atleti and Manure, Jorg was benched. Building house upon sand that even Jorgis mentor Sarri could not turn us into a consistent side on that foundation. Because we play 3 centrebacks now, everybody weakness is being hidden.

Yes, a good manager accentuates strength and hides weakness but in the long run, you don't get paid to accentuate Rudiger, Jorginho and Alonsos strength while setting up system that weakens Pulisic and Ziyech. Shey na 3-4-3 we go play forever ni?

A prize awaits anyone that can name a team that won UCL playing 3-4-3 in the last 15 years. A system built to accommodate weak players is neither a long term solution, nor a foundation for growth. It's just something to get us through short term in some positions we are glaringly weak in. Even the Tuchel does not routinely play such formation in his career.

Even though I agree with you that 343 may be limiting Ziyech, especially, no team using it to win ucl in the last five years means nothing. Ucl is just 13 matches.

Is it not defensive football that we used to win our only ucl?
It means nothing sir.

iamJ:
playing well and losing games is different from playing badly and losing games


Under mourinho we never played well, we were just clinical with our opportunities that is why in europe they will always beat us

Under conte we were rigid, sometimes we would park the bus self, he was also exposed in europe


Under sarri, we had a gameplan but he didn't have the personel and he wasn't open to adjustments, I enjoyed sarri ball, I rate him till today


Under tuchel, we are getting sarri ball + conte's discipline, he is very flexible and unpredictable


When he arrived he said he will make chelsea a team, other teams hate playing against and he wasn't joking, do you fear atletico like you did december?

Abeg give the guy his respect, other coaches will struggle to beat top teams, he dominates them, I hope the board removes their hand from his activities and allow him handle the team

Why do you like saying rubbish with confidence?

Who took you to the last ucl semi final that you experienced?

Ibime:


And Conte also failed to make UCL next year from a combination of factors including teams getting to grips with 3-4-3 by countering it with 3-5-2. Fact is that history does not support long term success of this formation and has not produced a UCL champion from it, maybe not since I started watching football sef.

I hail Tuchel for his work but nobody should use that to start pushing specialist players upon us like Jorginho, Alonso, Rudiger etc. This is not the first time they have had good spells. Every three months, they have a good run, then as soon as their protection is taken away, they collapse again. Chelsea board don't know what they are watching and will start extending these players contracts thinking they are our future, not knowing they only thrive in the specific peculiarities of the system afforded them. That's how we carried specialist players like Ramires and co for years and could never build a consistent team around them, acting like a Schizophrenic team that does well for few months then collapse later when these players are found out under different system or set of circumstances.

Like for example, someone is now hailing Jorginho over Kante and Kovacic. I actually agree that Jorginho has better positional awareness than both. He has to, since he is so slow. But positional awareness will not help you when there is space to cover rather than bodies joined together closely in midfield and back 3. The minute you take away that back 3 from Jorginho and put him in a midfield 2, he will get ran through as usual whereas Kante can play in any system. We need robust players, not specialists, so no one should start hailing weak players based on system. Alonso is another one. Good as wing back, but completely useless as full back. I have never seen Rudiger or Chris play well consistently in a back 4 but all of a sudden they are toast of the town in back 3 now.

No be today these all start, I was campaigning against specialist players like Ramires, Oscar, Fabregas, Mikel when they were in winning teams, and over the long run these players cost Chelsea consistency and were eventually found out and shipped on. We will all be here just like we have been over the last 3 years when Jorginho is being hailed one minute then becomes liability next minute. I rather put my hat on Pulisic and co long term than be hailing weak players just due to a stop gap solution.

You have a point, but Barcelona carried Busquet for years winning trophies, both local and international. It just has to do with consistency of purpose and style.

Let me ask. Why do you think 343 cannot win in Europe?

iamJ:
I have been saying this for weeks now, this formation ruins the game style of ziyech and pullisic, unless chelsea want to build a different kind of team or he is using this to just finish the season then he arranges the team properly but he can't use it for long, it will cause damage in the long run

He has to find a way to play ziyech and pullisic in their preferred position


This team was made for 4231

So the team should be built to Carry underperforming players in Ziyech and Pulisic? This is ridiculous.

Capaldi:

So the team should be built to Carry underperforming players in Ziyech and Pulisic? This is ridiculous.

Zyech and Pulisic are to adjust to the coach’s tactical structure not the other way round.

All these Lampard lovers won't stop disgracing themselves. They are using every opportunity to downplay the impact of Tuchel. Underperforming players are now performing yet agenda people won't rest.

hensben:
Zyech and Pulisic are to adjust to the coach’s tactical structure not the other way round.

Exactly. I don't understand the Pulisic and Ziyech are not performing so we should change formation to accommodate them nonsense.

Ibime:


And Conte also failed to make UCL next year from a combination of factors including teams getting to grips with 3-4-3 by countering it with 3-5-2. Fact is that history does not support long term success of this formation and has not produced a UCL champion from it, maybe not since I started watching football sef.

I hail Tuchel for his work but nobody should use that to start pushing specialist players upon us like Jorginho, Alonso, Rudiger etc. This is not the first time they have had good spells. Every three months, they have a good run, then as soon as their protection is taken away, they collapse again. Chelsea board don't know what they are watching and will start extending these players contracts thinking they are our future, not knowing they only thrive in the specific peculiarities of the system afforded them. That's how we carried specialist players like Ramires and co for years and could never build a consistent team around them, acting like a Schizophrenic team that does well for few months then collapse later when these players are found out under different system or set of circumstances.

Like for example, someone is now hailing Jorginho over Kante and Kovacic. I actually agree that Jorginho has better positional awareness than both. He has to, since he is so slow. But positional awareness will not help you when there is space to cover rather than bodies joined together closely in midfield and back 3. The minute you take away that back 3 from Jorginho and put him in a midfield 2, he will get ran through as usual whereas Kante can play in any system. We need robust players, not specialists, so no one should start hailing weak players based on system. Alonso is another one. Good as wing back, but completely useless as full back. I have never seen Rudiger or Chris play well consistently in a back 4 but all of a sudden they are toast of the town in back 3 now.

No be today these all start, I was campaigning against specialist players like Ramires, Oscar, Fabregas, Mikel when they were in winning teams, and over the long run these players cost Chelsea consistency and were eventually found out and shipped on. We will all be here just like we have been over the last 3 years when Jorginho is being hailed one minute then becomes liability next minute. I rather put my hat on Pulisic and co long term than be hailing weak players just due to a stop gap solution.

I understand what you are saying but to me I feel it depends on the structure of play rather than the formation we see on paper
Yes I know Tuchel set up his team in a 3-4-3 on paper but I feel we play differently compare to that more of a 2-3-5, I would explain;
Like when Chelsea play I see the wingbacks Odoi/Alonso join in with the attack to make an attacking 5, Azpi move forward to join in with Kovacic and Jorginho to make a midfield 3, leaving only Rudiger and Chris at the back but sometimes he change the wingbacks depending on the team, probably the opponent have pace for example playing against Man U or Liverpool which their attack thrive on pace then the fullbacks are changed to accommodate more defensive play rather than offensive which would be the case with Odoi and Alonso

And I think this is the same with what Pep does, watch Man City even if they are using a back 4, the two attacking 8 move forward up and join in with the attack and their two full backs Cancelo/Walker/Zinchenko join in with Rodri in the midfield to make a midfield of 3, leaving a CB of two in Dias/Stones/Laporte. You ever notice Cancelo/walker/zincheko are always in the midfield instead

So probably even if Tuchel goes to a back 4 the structure would still remain the same or something, he might change the players because it would probably fit Pulisic/Ziyech more but the pattern/structure would be more or less the same

Happy birthday to the club. Many more trophies ahead. Throwback to our last league win.

Today is the 116th birthday of the club. A trip down memory lane would remind us of the very best moments supporting this club has brought us.
Below are some of our best managers.

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Our legends at their best.

The fulfillment of a dream. The best owner in football history.

James had to delete his Instagram account

SMH. This racism sha

donjazet:
Our legends at their best.

Happy Birthday to the Blues.

One bottle for all the Blues fans out there.

donjazet:
Today is the 116th birthday of the club. A trip down memory lane would remind us of the very best moments supporting this club has brought us.
Below are some of our best managers.

I don't see one of the all-time fans' favorite Gus Hiddink in any of these collections.

Was that an intentional omission?

Roman might be a bad guy but na goof him be

See pose, russian mafia will be very disappointed

Griffon:


I don't see one of the all-time fans' favorite Gus Hiddink in any of these collections.

Was that an intentional omission?

Yea, he had a short and largely uninspiring spell, but sha....

More stars and glory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gLyullEqoY

2017 title highlight for me.

2015


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59XVuSnY6Tc

iamJ:
I kept complaining then that all we did was cross and nod, it's when it no longer worked that people started to also see it

We never played well under lampard, there was no game that I watched and enjoyed, under lampard if we were leading 1 nil, we will panic here till the game is over, lampard was using chelsea to experiment

I enjoyed our supercup against Liverpool and we played well.