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Amoto94:
Joe Cole: “I'm a big fan of Joao Felix – at Atletico Madrid, with their style of play, he was a fish in the wrong pond there. I saw enough, on his debut against Fulham, to think that Chelsea should be on the phone to his agent, trying to get that deal done. He looks a top player"

I'm surprised most of you no know Joao. Really?

Skimpledawg:
So, Bellingham is just the Abroad version of Loftus Cheek. Overhyped

I take my words back. Bellingham is still a teenager and captaining a top team?
Nah nah nah, guys, allow the boy some space please.

GTOkowa:
You just said my mind. We need to sack that Mr clapper.

Uncle Boli was all smiles in Germany so it doesn't look like Mr Clapper is going anywhere soon.

Capaldi:
xG: Dortmund 1.41 v 2.14 Chelsea


There's is a difference between results and performance. The performance was great and a massive improvement over the last few games were we couldn't create anything for long stretches of games. Hope they take enough from that performance for this to be a turning point.

You should know that I don't do all these xG crap. Football no be mathematics plus how many points do you get for performance?

That said, I still believe we can beat Dortmund at home. It ain't over yet.

Capaldi:
I seriously don't understand the reactions here. Was actually surprised by our performance today. We played well and created good chances which we didn't take. Two good chances Felix couldn't convert in the first half pissed me off.

Football is a game of chances, you snooze, you lose.

popizaino:
Quiet a fool he is. I was complaining when D.Fofana was not added to the squad. The idea of using just any player to strike can never sit well with me.

Potter doing things the Potter way.

Ain't no other choice at the moment.

popizaino:
You are too fixated on how and why we concede goals but that should be least of any Chelsea fans worry.

Let me tell you whether they speak the same language or not we are going to concede goal,what we should rather be concerned and worried about, is the fact that we don't score enough which has been our major problem as a club.

This and then we concede. Just bad.

timbros:
It's not easy, but I do it for the sake of my sanity.

hahaha.


las las, 2nd leg still dey. I believe we can still win this.

Southampton next!

Surely, surely we must win our next match at home.

popizaino:
That man will sack himself for not taking any striker to UCL knockout stage.

He only sees Havertz as his striker.

Roland17:
Ibime, can we return the jogger and pay you guys to keep him? Man dey forbid to play attacking pass.

I no like wetin I no like

timbros:
Gbam! Say no more. You just hit the nail on the damn head.

My problem is that Boehly will never sack Potter. 5 years contract means they are in for the long haul. They believe he is the best man for the job that's why they tied him down to a long contract.

Me don activate 'siddon look mode'

See that is what I find so hard to do, just need to learn from you guys.


aaggrrrrrh!

I said it here first that all Potter knows is to clap, even if na throw-in to the other team.

hensben:
Thats not how football works. So many players and the coach is a rookie.

ooh yeah?

That is exactly my point.

Entrusting such an expensive team with a rookie coach.

timbros:
Not saying you are..... Who impress epp?

I expect more from them too. But using their price tag as a reason for instant impact is flawed.

It's not flawed - its what the club paid or will pay for them.

You don't buy a Ferrari and say, well, still need to learn how to drive.
Why not learn how to drive first and then get a Ferrari or if bent on getting a Ferrari, get a good driver.

We have quality all over the pitch, 2 wins in 14 matches is simply not good enough.

For that Adeyemi goal Mudmyk just stopped running as even Silva managed to run past him.

I think Enzo did what he could without fully committing himself or risking a red card. Though you could argue that he couldn't handle Kareem's pace, particularly the touch that took it past him.

But is what the ref did allowed at all?

drisham:
Our coach is Graham potter


Why are y'all forgetting this and getting your hopes up?

I always try to stay positive before any of our matches and well I thought man would at least want to prove a point but even the point sef was above him.

hensben:
Its about money but having a good team structure. Man U have spent how much since SAF left? How many major trophies have they won.

It's not about the money, its about what you spent money on and the person in charge of managing the team.
Their failure to get a win lies squarely with the team.

If the initial issues were - we don't have the players, injury and Potter needed his pre-season" what now is the issue? Gelling or gestation period?

Isn't this to be expected? We have enough quality to be winning matches even without a manager.

timbros:
I didn't expect you to join in this 300m, 400m, 600m train.

You don't expect the team to just click right away, do you?

Btw, did we pay the complete cash for all those players bought? There's no way we spend that amount in a window and FFP won't come for us.

Not here to impress anyone but....

You don't have this quality of players on the pitch and expect to be drawing or losing matches all the time.
The quality of players is supposed to accelerate the process, otherwise why not just use academy boys and use that as an excuse.

2 wins in 14 matches is not good enough by any standards.

I am not feeling this 442 thing plus how come
James is more of an attacking threat than Ziyech?
Chiwell running more than Mudmyk (ok, that one is lacking confidence playing in the EPL/UCL)
Havertz (wouldn't really say he did much wrong in this match, on the contrary did OK) but ain't a striker striker.
The rest of the team just ain't gelling.

The setup appears wrong.

Mr Potter should just continue clapping.

So even with 300m (abi how much?) we still couldn't buy a win.

At this rate, we will need another 400m for next window.

Na real wa.

ItisHi:
Felix is Wener 2.0. There is nothing world class in him. He singlehandedly cost us this match.

Be like you don't know his game, he has never really been a great goal scorer and that's the only major aspect of his game that needs improving.
Everything else, boy is a baller.

Y'all may not agree but I'd get Ziyech and Myk to switch flanks for a while just to spice things up a little.
Neither is getting much joy at the moment.

We can beat Dortmund.
Just need to explore when we regain possession.

Dortmund with some intricate passes there.
Make dem no score sha.

Tomiyasun

Like this wasn't to be expected.

First it was - oh we didn't have the right players
Then it became the issue of players getting injured
And now that we have signed new tier one players plus a new agidi (mental) and diet coach, they all need time to gel.

I wonder if we didn't sign new players, how long would the process have taken? 50 years?

Everyone is entitled to be stupid but some are absolutely just abusing the privilege. Let us thank them for their contributions.

Leyqute:
You guys wasted a lot of chances due to poor decisions in the final third and poor finishing. You could've won the tie in the first leg alone.

Good thing is second leg is in Germany. Defense is shaky tho. Too many new faces.

Anything is possible

half chances but they certainly dominated PSG in all areas.

2nd leg might be different.

I have not watched much of Dortmund's lately, how are they playing? Any good? How prepared should we be?
Moukoko is not playing right?

Ibime:
Nah, I don't think the article was making out like that. I read that article as Kante continuing to be modest.

I trust myself, if I'm Manure player, I will ask for two Audi's, one for my wife sef and rock that Audi everyday. Car dealership no go see one kobo for my hand.

lol

Ah right, I must have read the article differently.
Only 2 Audis? How about 6!

Ibime:
lol. That's Kante being extra modest. That Mercedes GLE na small car for the Under-21 boys sef

Footballers hardly drive anything less than £200k except a few good men like Kante, and some guys that drive Range Rover when they can't be bothered with cars

Man Utd have sponsorship with Audi where they give players new Audi of their choice every year. After some time, they started complaining that hardly any player is driving Audi to training. I'm talking Q7 and co just left in the garage to gather dust

But the GLE cost more than the Q7, no? And how much them u-21 boys dey make?
In any case, it's interesting to know that a luxury car just gather dust for garage. Most people are in the wrong profession. lol

As per the article, they are making it sound as if dude is extravagant like them other guys. But even if he is, make him enjoy abeg. It's his money.