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drisham:
I'm not talking about points oo

I'm talking about game play and quality


Last season and last two seasons we were no where near the level of these teams

But watching them today the gap doesn't look so wide anymore

We have improved a bit, but I'm still waiting to see if we can stay a bit consistent for long stretches.

Bad patches will surely come, but how can we get over them quickly and not allow it turn into a slump like late December to sometime around March last season.

If we can stay consistent with good performances, then we can surely body those two

The rate at which players are now dropping with injuries this early in the season is so alarming... Injuries everywhere.

Add Adam Wharton to that list too

Maybe it's fatigue sha

drisham:
The gap between us and this guys doesn't look so much anymore

After 3 games??
Liverpool have played Arsenal and Newcastle
Arsenal have played United and Liverpool.

If we enter maybe matchday 10 or 15 and it's still as close as this, then you can say this.

At the moment, let's just be picking up the points

Is this going to be Arteta's tactic this season?

Trying to nick off points from the big teams and then banking on beating the smaller teams.
They were lucky against United

E no fit work oh

FPL just jona 🔥🔥 gudu gudu this weekend

Nottingham Forest, thank you oh
Now Saliba is out too

StarchAndBanga:
Trying to cancel the Jackson deal to Bayern after they already agreed to it and the player has travelled to Germany just cos of hamstring injury to Delap is shameful from the Chelsea board.. Very very shameful stuff

Or did they think Delap was some form of super human that won't get injured throughout the course of the season

Throughout this saga, it must be said that it is Jackson himself who has coordinated his own exit. The club purchased Delap and he seemingly showed how he felt about it by getting straight reds in two out of three matches. The club signed Pedro and Jackson considered himself out.

Why not compete for the spot? Maresca has shown nothing but faith in Jackson with his selections. Clearly, even if not first choice, Jackson is right there to have his moment at the first injury. If he had been committed to Chelsea then it could’ve been him being subbed on instead of George today.

Jackson has really forced his way out here. Even if the optics of recalling the loan are terrible and the club look bad for it - this entire situation seems as though it is one of Nico Jackson’s own creation.
I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.

These are the sort of results we need to grind out, if we are to make good this season.

We didn't play well generally, and could have done a lot better, but thank God for VAR (correctly used, anyways), because this had shades of Crystal Palace on opening day written all over it.

On another day, that's another 0-0 at home and 4 points dropped on the season already, but we managed to avoid that.

The games come in thick and fast after the international break.

Strap on, and brace for the season
KTBFFH 💙🔵🔵

Realtord43:
Chelsea against Jackson on UCL matchday 1

The much anticipated Chelsea - Barça might just be a dud, at least for one of the teams.

But if one team goes into that tie, needing a win, oh, expect lots of fireworks 🔥

Well, matchday 5 isn't bad though.
I forgot it's now 8 games, not 6

Trevor012:
Chelsea 2: Fulham 2. Angel Gabriel ministered to me last night.

This man

Don't you have bigger problems to worry about?

zeusis:
Your blues to take on Fulham

I hate Saturday lunchtime kickoffs

Newcastle are going all out for Fermin too

This will be Music to Barca's ears if Chelsea and Newcastle start a bidding war over him, now that Spurs look like they've highjacked Xavi Simons from us.

Na wah oh

Kilishihunter:
Sports section would go wild on Chelsea vs Barcelona match day.

Normal now

World champions for a reason, and they all want a piece of us

See them all already getting hard-ons

Arsenal fixtures


Bayern Munich
Inter Milan
ATM
Club brugge
Olhmpiacos
Slavia
Almaty
Athletic club

andrewbaba44:
Barca got the easiest group somehow

Lol

Check Arsenal's fixtures

We got Barcelona home and Bayern Away

Bayern vs Chelsea and Arsenal

Is this PR for Zlatan or what?

The draw is on

What a way to start with that beautiful rendition of the UCL anthem!

BlueRayDick:
Where there's glory, there would be tribulation and suffering here and there bro 🤨.

We believe Amorim will bring latter glory to this once great club. I suggest they extend his contract for a few years more.

Latter glory

If this was a pk shootout against Barcelona or dem PSG... Amorim go don nearly kpai be that...

Even if you're going to lose on pks, at least watch YOUR team.
It's freaking Grimsby Town for crying out loud

BlueRayDick:
As much as the outcome of this match may seem undesirable ; we are unpertubed. In Amorim we trust 💯.

The gaffer has already hinted us we would suffer when we believe this is one of the sufferings that will make us stronger for the glory that is to come either in the championship or next year's EFL cup.

GGMU! We move! May Amorim sail this ship to the promised land.

I'm not a Scummie, but why do I find this sheeiit funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I see words like suffer, sufferings, glory and promised land

Bayern too are literally seeing "Wehen" in that their game

BlewMahn:
Rangers are getting pummeled by Club Brugge. Any hopes of a comeback went up in smoke after the early red card, the Belgians are now just pouring salt onto a very open, deep, ugly wound.

It was funny seeing them trolling Celtic yesterday after Kairat eliminated them...

Now they're losing 5-0 at halftime against Brugge

Make dem sha no sack this Amorim till we jam and collect our 3 points and move

Onana

League 2 Grimsby Town just had a 2nd goal disallowed against the scummies

It's games like this that will probably determine where the league will go this season...

Taking 3 points where you should have taken 1, When you eke out wins even when not the better side...

If we had found a way to take 3 points against Palace, we would have been on par with Liverpool and Arsenal in setting the early pace.
It's still early days though.

We need to be careful of that our Fulham game on Saturday, plus, it's a lunchtime kickoff too..

If Palmer is nursing his groin would it not be worth letting him skip Fulham (be on bench), and then give him the Internationals off. Although TT will call him up irrelevant of fitness

BlewMahn:
Coventry flying. Scored five goals last week, now have five at halftime.

I remember rooting for them against Sunderland in the playoff semifinals last season, only to narrowly lose, conceding a very very late extra time goal

They look to have taken off where they stopped last season.

It's still a long season though, but let's wait and see

Shey this Aston Villa go balance this season like this??

BlewMahn:
Wait so not only did Trafford knee Kudus before touching the ball, he also touched it with his hand outside the box? Or I no see the thing well??

I actually don't understand what VAR does sometimes

Those were two punishable offences that he got away with there, and yet, nothing was made of it

Enzo5:
What happened to golden, is he becoming a bench player

Are you talking about the legendary, original 007 himself?