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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 7:32pm On Jun 11, 2025
Bluelines69:
This old man perisic sabi get better suitors, now na Flick dey find am
It’s majorly about his abilities than suitors.

Perisic is a utility player whom every manager would love to have in their squad. Can play as a LB, LWB, LW and the RW.

Deft touch on the ball, precise passing, good positioning, and being a constant threat are few of the qualities you can get from him.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 6:18pm On Jun 11, 2025
Android17:
Think of what you're posting. Does this help your argument? If you stopped watching 22-24 seasons because your team was poor, then your team isn't responsible for the record breaking numbers.
If that explains this season, then what about the previous seasons that were record numbers and both teams were still poor?
Then explain the record breaking seasons. Your team, United, Tottenham were still bad in 22-24. Yet those were the record breaking years.
ROT, you have to be able to explain both sides of the data. If your analysis cannot account for the years of the record-breaking views, it cannot be used for the subpar year. I'm surprised this needs to be explained to people.
Let’s both agree that the three teams I mentioned flunked in the seasons the league had record breaking numbers, conversely, ever wondered the upward surge the paltry numbers of last season would have received if the three teams were in top forms?

Using your article to encapsulate my point, the claim is that, the low numbers were mainly as a result of Liverpool winning the league in April with little or no serious title challenge. Meanwhile, Chelsea were second in December and firmly in the title race. At that stage, we all can agree that the numbers were pretty good because there was a race on, no? Remember I’m using your article against you.

If Chelsea had gone on to maintain momentum and never stepped foot off the gas till say April, those low numbers would never have been possible. This ultimately validates my point that Chelsea blowing cold for the most part of the season contributed to the dip in viewership figures.

Man City was never in the title race last season, so there’s no way on God’s green earth they influenced those numbers.

We can only say If they had been in the race, maybe they could have done better than Chelsea, but that’s still a big IF.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 11:09am On Jun 11, 2025
Emaprince:
A lot of the big teams apart from Liverpool dipped in form.

Who be city fans? Where them dey?
Chelsea were blowing cold for the most part of the season, that even most of us switched to siddon-dey-look mode. Many of us stopped tuning into our games.

Manyoo and Spuds were total pants, many of their fans got disgruntled and vowed not to follow respective teams season.

These trio teams’ fan base were the BIGGEST reason low interest were recorded in the EPL. Then PL fans who weren’t affiliated to any of these trio teams stopped following too, they could not just stand watching mid-teams like Forest, Newcastle and Villa being the ones vying for Champions league places.

Which fan base City get to dey talk? It’s just funny reading that.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 3:21pm On Jun 10, 2025
We have submitted new official bid for Jamie Bynoe-Gittens to Borussia Dortmund right now.

€50m proposal on the table after €35m bid rejected, as Fabrice Hawkins reports.

According to Fabrizio, we will try to get it done today; otherwise they will keep negotiating after the deadline.

Good. The club seem to be traveling on the right track with the recent signings.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 11:21pm On Jun 08, 2025
Gucciboy:
Nuno Mendes is yet to release yamal from his pockets. grin grin grin grin
A brief summary cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 10:52pm On Jun 08, 2025
rooftops:
I won't classify anyone keeping out morata's penalty as devil grin
It wasn’t just about the save or Moratas miss, he was literally trying to save every kick.

That’s some special goalkeeping skill.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 10:49pm On Jun 08, 2025
Costa na devil. Don’t let him go into pens with you.

Congratulations to Portugal.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 6:30pm On Jun 08, 2025
timbros:
I no go lie you bro, if I be Osimhen, I for go grab the bag in the Middle East.

Do you notice that Saudi recently no dey too go for the tired legs in Europe? Jhon Duran, Ivan Tony etc na still young lads wey ditch Europe for Saudi. So in a way, the league is gradually growing above retirement home.
Saudi has been on some serious upward trajectory. It’s not just about the league, even their national teams.

Money dey ground and it’s time to take their football seriously
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 5:49pm On Jun 08, 2025
fredoooooo:
Brother na our thing we go support am. Even if Osinhem flop tommorow, I go stand Gididgba with am .
For my eye now Osinhen is better than every player in the world ...
If they can pay 100 million for Grealish , Osimhen deserve all he wants too .. They know how to protect and hype their things and bring down anything Africa
Even goes to show ambition anyway. Naturally, they’ll expect a black boy to rush that cash, Osimhen just changed the narratives.

I hail the dude.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 4:44pm On Jun 08, 2025
Ibime:
From this guy's channel, I was able to stumble across this video of Ipukulu village where I used to swim as a child/teenager, not far from my house then in Borokiri

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/15WND5svbD/

In my days, this was all bush and the village across the river was only a few fishermen huts, now I'm seeing mansions in Ipukulu

The river also looks shorter than when I was a kid. It was a big task to swim across the river then and only I, my brother and one other boy could do it from our group

See all these big houses in Ipukulu now, it's like I will ask the Chairman of Ipukulbiyie FC for salary increase in FPL, rather than the fishermen change they have been paying me since
grin grin grin grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon:
Na una wey get time with bingo wey no sabi ball.

Striker this striker that. When teams can easily destroy you with a good supporting cast
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 5:42pm On May 30, 2025
nateevs:
That was a massive very rare privilege because we had a benevolent Billionaire in Roman, who just personally underwrote the associated losses. Even then with FFP, he still did what he could.

Y'all need to keep up with the business side of football.

We are in a new era of sustainability and strategy needs to change as a result. Times have changed and we need to get with the program.

We should be grateful that we have owners who are actually finding clever ways of spending every window, buying good young players and protecting the future of the club.

Only 3 days after season end, we don knack better quality, signed and sealed. Other clubs are praying for this type of spending power, will, and efficiency.
Truer words have never been said. Albeit there have been some few misjudged statements made by the Boehly led board though.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 1:49pm On May 30, 2025
Enzo5:
Bellingham can even play CM to accommodate Palmer, but wanting Palmer to compete with Saka, even if we don't count foden and Bowen, arsenal have produced another deadly rw Ethan nwaneri
Don’t ever put Palmer in the same sentence with Foden, Bowen and Ethan phucking Nwaneri.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 1:39pm On May 30, 2025
Realtord43:
I don't see any differences here to be honest.
Jackson has missed literally X2 what Delap missed.

That’s the difference.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 1:24pm On May 30, 2025
Enzo5:
palmer that's barely played rw this season
Then is he going to dislodge Bellingham in that AM position?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 11:44am On May 30, 2025
Ibime:
With Delap, we've potentially got 2 of England's front 3 in 3 years time (Palmer and Delap). We've hardly been in such a position before
The three lions RW position is still very much between Palmer and Saka.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 11:41am On May 30, 2025
Whizlight:
Build your ultimate front 3
Leo Mbappe Suarez.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 11:39am On May 30, 2025
Gucciboy:
Madueke should start packing his bags for Newcastle united.
Truth be told, a good number of PL defenders won’t get bundled out of the way in that fashion.

That defending was simply poor.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 7:19am On May 30, 2025
AirBere:
So much positivity here since the UCL qualification then the UeCL title. Good to see. It just shows that success truly gad many, many friends. No matter what you do, try and be successful in this life wink
We’re back to making transfer plans. Like? cheesy
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 5:30am On May 30, 2025
nateevs:
Apart from Gyokeres, who is already 26 anyway, there is no available proven striker on the market.

It is a market for potential. Everyone's taking a bet on the next available big thing. Delap is a solid acquisition.
Delap is a proper 9. Picks the ball from the half way line, bulldozing the defenders to gain yardage, links up with his teammates and positions himself very well to strike.

I can imagine how difficult it must have been for him playing with the likes of Hutchinson et al. It was quite a poor supporting cast.

I have no doubt he’ll do well here.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 8:28pm On May 29, 2025
WhoDeyHause:
Wetin carry big yansh enter Jackson matter egbon.
Finished man.
grin grin grin grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 7:08pm On May 29, 2025
diggz:
Exactly this! For all of Jackson’s shortcomings, I still wouldn’t let him go—especially considering the fee we paid for him and the fact that he hasn’t been completely underwhelming. If we can keep him as a third striking option or someone who can play from the wing and link up with the No. 9—like we had with Drogba, Anelka, and Kalou—I don’t see any reason to let him go.
Jackson be like girlfriend wey get big nyansh but has a dirty attitude.

If you reason how you go throway the girl, come remember that big nyansh, you calm down.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 7:02pm On May 29, 2025
Ibime:
Olivier Boscagli on free transfer from PSV and forget all these expenditure. He will cover both Cuku and Colwill
I have never heard of him. Is he part of the Eredivisie winning side?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 6:20pm On May 29, 2025
diggz:
So, are we selling Veiga then?
Man is enjoying life in Turin. Seems Juve will be signing him, he’s being in fine form there.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 5:59pm On May 29, 2025
Enzo5:
isn't he a lb not cb
CB/LB
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 4:49pm On May 29, 2025
Enzo5:
Chelsea have enquired again for Jarrad Branthwaite and advancing on talks for Jorrel Hato. Blues ideally want 2 new defenders.

we are counting defenders that chelsea are not even counting on
Hato should be a like for like replacement for Badiashile.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 3:55pm On May 29, 2025
Enzo5:
rodrygo isn't vinicius he doesn't tick those boxes for us, especially cf. it's not like madrid would sell him
Vini that is only limited to the LW. Rodrigo can play from the right, left and center.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 3:35pm On May 29, 2025
diggz:
If we sign Delap and another striker, Jackson might occasionally have to fill in as a left winger or supporting forward—roles he’s taken on earlier in his career. It’s something Maresca hasn’t really had the chance to try yet. But with Sancho hopefully returning to Manchester, and both Neto and Madueke failing to impress, using Jackson out wide might not be such a bad shout—especially if we can’t secure a good left winger.
Most of these chap’s clips I saw prior to him signing for us, were actions from the LW and he was never this bad.

His linkup play is superb. I see no reason he shouldn’t excel playing out wide.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 3:31pm On May 29, 2025
Unlimited22:
An elite LW then.

Make them sell Jackson abeg.
Rodrigo ticks all the boxes for us. RW, LW and CF.

He can make that LW his as that’s his best position. Then when we have Jackson or Delap not playing, the Brazilian can still be shoehorned into the CF position. He’s that good.

For all his profligacy, I still think we need to keep Jackson around. His press game will count against certain teams.

It’s important to have players with different distinct profiles in a team.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Griffon: 2:30pm On May 29, 2025
BlewMahn:
I hope your friend is satisfied. Dunno wtf you thought this was😂✌️

https://i.imgflip.com/9vk4hi.gif
Popi getting served cheesy

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