chara

It's nights like this that seem to be Pay Back for the insufferable kids from my youth who glory hunted but had no football ability or "genuine" interest...and before anyone asks..I do hold life long grudges!

@east lower,,,Hows the mood?

Yeah I was wondering if we should do a poll but enough jinx'es around!...but a timewasting yellow on Petr or Conor looks a good bet!

I'm not one for a yellow card for every iffy foul but there were a few that needed the "watch where this is going" card...cynical and nasty not hurly burly coming together fouls.

10-5 in fouls and no yellow for a series of nasty ones.

Has the Ref dropped his yellow card?

@east lower..Thyanks for the pix as ever....further comment re the bench....surely they won't be allowed to stay up much later than HT? Any Front Line opinions around you?

Well Yeah..... I didn't say nobody had any personal issues with him..a lot vaguely felt uneasy about the Spurs connection but I don't recall anything resembling the sheer venom and distaste following on from TFSW's arrival. Everyone on here has long term football knowledge and experience of Chelsea and The Game... a lot of different perspectives which makes for a very lively platform ...again I don't recall any The Poch removers being petulant or just anti... most felt from their experience and viewpoint it was a questionable appointment after a short time...and generally proven about right....not so much The Poch is Potter bad but just average at best...not good enough for Chelsea unless the acceptance of mid table mediocracy ,,and safety,,is the goal. The false dawn of the pre season followed by the harsh reality of the nitty gritty season. Hampered by a crippling injury list not withstanding I have no long term faith in The Poch.

AND...TFSW tried to marginalise SFL and JT....... he was greatly disliked across the fan base...an instinctive, almost, emotion with nothing based on coaching ability, The arguments against The Poch rarely if ever include personal dislike comments,,it;s The Football related issues !!!!

OK,,,, we are a great group of dog/cat believers.... I read one time that dogs do not recognise size but we all recognise just how meaningful the dog companions,,and cat overlords,,,,are in our lives!

OK..Peace Brothers...lets move the Dog divisiness over to the appropriate forum!

That'll be Cleckheaton?..... bringing back a lot of really old fond memories including a couple of games at Huddersfield (old ground)

Moi?😇

What can you mean Jane?

Get your point and agree mostly but a real working terrier is not your yappy lap dog ,,,apologies to Mark can see your mob are not all mouth and trousers!,,,character beats yappy every time. OK Jane is watching us closely but an OG relevant "war story" (well chara judged relevant!) ...me and my mate Pete at a clunky dance place in Kingsbury,,,some younger guys we knew came up and asked us if we would "help" them in a "discussion" with a mean bunch from the wilds of Neasden..wandered along to find we were confronting what seemed like a bunch of soppy 14 year old...the Husky/GS response with shaking heads!

Nearly...legendary little border/lakeland cross terrier..Rusty,,,they did fox clearance for farmers,,,a bounty back at that time for a tail....and a demon on the domino battlefield !!

Ah,,A yorkie,,,now there was a bar!

Indeed ! Long time ago but I did ok as I recall,,cetainly we won but I think I conceded a goal,,not an error but what I do recall,,funny what you do..was a mouthy little kid behind the goal giving me stick for the goal,,,but my mate did give me Yokshire barely a grunt good game comment..like a Word from the Gods!😆

Strangely enough I have actually been there..had a friend in Halifax,,,great local famed cricketer and CH...at Halifax as a kid but being a stubborn Yorkshire lad left because he wasn't prepared to clean other player's boots. One visit,"Bring your boots,,,might get you a game in our reserves or third team",,,he was a near vet at that time..."Got your boots lad?,,we are both in the first team,"..Thanks a lot!....deep end stuff!!!

@Chelsea_Matt... nice post have to agree...question....why are so many posters afraid..it seems..that Jose (or such) would upset the aptly named dolly mixtures? It's a grown ups game....not 8 year old scrambles...huge payday and for me it's put up or shut up...do your job and take the demands...not shrug them off.

@Sciatika...wise words as ever.

As I suspect you well know for me it's not a case of Mudryk v Sir J...... as I said..a wastrel of a player and exactly the sort of player Chelsea do not want...as inspirational as flat beer and the leadership of a lemming.

Interesting given that Chelsea /Burnley was the first game I saw at SB..But No...merely an echo of "The Wild Rover" that wandered in as I posted!🍻🍺........ more a White Rose sort of guy not the Red Rose lot, Spent a bit of time around Halifax back in the day...as they say...Between Hell, Hull and Halifax!

In what universe would Grealish benefit Chelsea?....from Saviour Of The English Game at Villa to carefully handled (discipline?) at Citeh with just the "usual" (envied) Citeh well managed bit part role approach. A wastrel of a player...the commitment to his trade is that of a jelly fish running a market stall. No Nay Never!

@Blue Moon...Bad enough BM...just realised but again I have a self inflicted error meaning I miss yet another game due to a long term Clinic Appt...not me but Mrs C for a non urgent but necessarily long way out booking for Sunday am...a quick scan thing ..that's three out of the last four games!...it's 100 mile round trip..normal Colorado but not one Mrs C needs to drive to.....sigh.🩺