xceleryx Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 11 hours ago, ROTG said: What’s the point. If the club appoint a WC coach neither are getting into the coaches starting eleven. They are expensive squad players at best next season, should the club changes the coaching staff. The point is that both players had barely played prior to arriving, along with joining from foreign leagues. They're both players that have longer term futures here than the deadbeat options like Pulisic or Ziyech. With our league situation being what it is we're better off using the games left to get these guys, and some of the other young players, as many minutes and reps into them in preparation for next season. This ultimately provides a better foundation for them to begin from. It doesn't matter if Potter is here or not in the summer, or whether the likes of Mudryk and co are automatic starters, they're still going to play sizeable roles for us next season and that's a big part of why we invested in them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarefreeMuratcan Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 5 hours ago, Ham said: Frankfurt, RB Liepzieg and Porto in the quarters would be ever so nice. I don't think there's a difference between Porto or Inter, they are as bad as each other based on that shambolic 1st leg. It was like the Spurs-Milan game. I expect City to win but Leipzig going through wouldn't be a surprise. Napoli and Madrid are through I think. For us: The Milans or Porto would be ideal. Benfica and Napoli in the middling category. I would category them alongside Dortmund. Munich, City or Madrid as late as possible the better. Ideally the final, as 2 legs would be too much against their quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 5 hours ago, xceleryx said: They're both players that have longer term futures here than the deadbeat options like Pulisic or Ziyech Maybe the case, however to get the best price for the likes of Pulisic and Ziyech it beneficial to keep them in the shop window rather than moving them to casualty corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 13 minutes ago, ROTG said: Maybe the case, however to get the best price for the likes of Pulisic and Ziyech it beneficial to keep them in the shop window rather than moving them to casualty corner. I'd agree if these where still somewhat useful, however both are not. Their values are virtually set in stone because of their performances, contract situation or age. Heck, there's probably more likelihood of both tanking their value further by continuing to play - that's how bad they are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 27 minutes ago, xceleryx said: I'd agree if these where still somewhat useful, however both are not. Their values are virtually set in stone because of their performances, contract situation or age. Heck, there's probably more likelihood of both tanking their value further by continuing to play - that's how bad they are. Let put it like this, they are more useful to Team GP at the present than Madweke and Mudryk. Especially as Team GP have reverted to TT setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulw66 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 On 07/03/2023 at 18:47, martin1905 said: Shocking line up, reiterating the stupid mistake in leaving out Badiashile. What other line up could he have selected? I still think he had to register Felix, Mudryk and Enzo. Silva wasn't inured then, and we were playing a back 4..... thankfully Cucurella decided to turn up. On 07/03/2023 at 19:43, Bob Singleton said: Indeed! Chalobah on the left isn't the answer. Nor is Fofana. Nor is Koulibaly. The best solution, sadly, had to be left out of the squad to make room for players who ought to be creating/scoring goals for us. Quite. On 07/03/2023 at 20:20, DannyLB said: Why are those not fouls? Ridiculous that's got to be a penalty. It's a clear foul. Havertz made the mistake of trying to play on. He should have just collapsed and appealed for the foul. On 07/03/2023 at 20:33, My Blood Is Blue said: I presume Can will be allowed to make 37 fouls before getting a booking Can't stand that man........was the same when he played for Liverpool. Constant fouls. On 07/03/2023 at 22:14, martin1905 said: WHAT THE FUCK DO I KNOW????? Well............ 🙂 On 07/03/2023 at 22:20, martin1905 said: Penalty? I thought we got very, very lucky but not seen a replay. Stick on. Arm was out. On 07/03/2023 at 22:25, martin1905 said: In real time, it just looked far too close but is what it is and we'll take it!! Compare that to the one we didn't get at WH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Important to never forget this 👇 Pretty huge fact 💪 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarefreeMuratcan Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 12 hours ago, Ham said: Important to never forget this 👇 Pretty huge fact 💪 First English team to qualify for the European Cup too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiswickblue Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Seems like a good reason to qualify for the ECL for next season, another trophy to be won! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulw66 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 10/03/2023 at 04:16, CarefreeMuratcan said: Benfica and Napoli in the middling category. I would category them alongside Dortmund. Napoli would be a tough draw. Tougher than Dortmund IMO. 15 or so points clear in Serie A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarefreeMuratcan Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 57 minutes ago, paulw66 said: Napoli would be a tough draw. Tougher than Dortmund IMO. 15 or so points clear in Serie A. I was saying that before we beat Dortmund, but my confidence is riding high now and Napoli themselves recently lost at home against a mediocre Lazio. Plus they are not experienced at this stage of CL. We have players who have won the whole thing. Those little margins might make the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 43 minutes ago, CarefreeMuratcan said: I was saying that before we beat Dortmund, but my confidence is riding high now and Napoli themselves recently lost at home against a mediocre Lazio. Plus they are not experienced at this stage of CL. We have players who have won the whole thing. Those little margins might make the difference. As well as we've regrouped recently I don't think we're ready for the well-oiled super confident Napoli yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 20 minutes ago, Ham said: As well as we've regrouped recently I don't think we're ready for the well-oiled super confident Napoli yet. No easy games in quarter finals semis or final. I understand and agree with your timing factor but for me if Chelsea (or any club) can't beat a side in the quarter fs then they can't beat them in a semi or a final. Over simplification maybe and to repeat I understand the "on the day" factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boratsbrother Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Ham said: As well as we've regrouped recently I don't think we're ready for the well-oiled super confident Napoli yet. I think City are clear favourites this year with only RM being a team capable of stopping them. Having said that, I think we are capable of beating RM and every other team left in the comp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDCW Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Real Madrid in the quarters ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDCW Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 And if we win we play the winners of Qf 3 - Man City or Bayern Munich! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguelito07 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 1 minute ago, RDCW said: And if we win we play the winners of Qf 3 - Man City or Bayern Munich! oh well, could be worse.....................NOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev61 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 On 08/03/2023 at 14:34, NoblyBobly said: Of course you can get lucky with CL …Tuchel got lucky too didn’t he? No he didn't.We were the best team in the competition and deserved to win the competition. What happened to us after this ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoblyBobly Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 5 hours ago, kev61 said: No he didn't.We were the best team in the competition and deserved to win the competition. What happened to us after this ?. Yes he did. You’re saying we were the best team in Europe (or at least in the elite competition in Europe) but we’re struggling to get top 4 in our own country. Were not City , United , Liverpool above us in Prem league better than us as teams? If Leicester hadn’t thrown a two goal lead in the last game we would have finished 5th. I think we lost the final game to Villa. And let’s not forget it was the much maligned Lampard who got us into that competition and also got us through the group stages. Were we a better side than City? We were on the day certainly and no one is going to take that trophy away from us, but no we weren’t overall. Neither of us can prove our point, but there are other Chelsea sides much more deserving of winning the CL than that one of 2021. Think of those teams under Mourinho and Hiddink . Criminal it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulw66 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 On 21/03/2023 at 10:25, NoblyBobly said: Yes he did. What was lucky about the CL win in 2021? We were the best team in every knockout round we played, including the final. We beat Atletico, Real and City. Zero luck. Brilliant performances. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarefreeMuratcan Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 hour ago, paulw66 said: What was lucky about the CL win in 2021? We were the best team in every knockout round we played, including the final. We beat Atletico, Real and City. Zero luck. Brilliant performances. Yep, that run was ridiculously efficient and controlled. 5 games, 3 clean sheets, 2 goals conceded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarefreeMuratcan Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 45 minutes ago, CarefreeMuratcan said: Yep, that run was ridiculously efficient and controlled. 5 games, 3 clean sheets, 2 goals conceded. Also one of the goals conceded was a consolation at the end of Porto game when we were 2-0 up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev61 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 12 hours ago, paulw66 said: What was lucky about the CL win in 2021? We were the best team in every knockout round we played, including the final. We beat Atletico, Real and City. Zero luck. Brilliant performances. Haha.I said the same thing weeks ago and yet not one comment.One could get an inferiority complex on here😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 14 hours ago, kev61 said: Haha.I said the same thing weeks ago and yet not one comment.One could get an inferiority complex on here😉 Sorry Kev..and Ham...I tend to read you both and nod sagely in agreement but not comment enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciatika Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Did someone say something? 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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