Chelsea banter 2

27 Apr 2024 19:12:22
I'm watching women never a pen the defender hasn't even made a move she even asked for VAR the people that run want stringing the whole VAR thing has been a joke from the start it's a total joke doesn't solve anything has been proven it not bullet proof so why not get rid of its like the Chelsea back line unreliable slow and inconsistent but most of all like anything else people should be Punished just like the players when they do something wrong let's see who's making the wrong decisions let's get them in front of the to to say sorry but they won't because the whole lot are cowards and have not balls to come out and so protected why do we go through life protecting the weak.

28 Apr 2024 09:48:13
Nib, two very poor decisions.

Shame for the team, club and manager.

27 Apr 2024 19:00:41
Isak is so clinical, Jackson makes the runs he does just doesn't have the technique or instinct to shoot like isak,

27 Apr 2024 19:12:51
Saying it for week the lads not a striker.

27 Apr 2024 21:05:38
Should have put away the header but I will forgive him the offside goal.

27 Apr 2024 18:53:54
Anyone read the poch interview, seems to be pointing at the sporting directors, few subtle digs about the
" managers responsibilities but the club is planning and structuring a plan that needs to prove it works, because of the results you can say it's just the manager, but I don't have the keys to the club, I don't make all the decisions here "

When asked who needs to prove themselves to be here next season " it seems only to be me but it's the whole organisation, I think it's important "

Also he admitted he hasn't spoke to the owners in a over two months,

I'd say the writing is well and truly on the wall,

Problem we have is, poch is PART of the problem, but the problems are bigger and higher up than him and he is spot on with what he is saying, majority of issues will land in the next managers lap, if the next manager isn't as tactile and arm around player approach, we really need a manager coming out hanging players out to dry, players on long contracts and only young? What if next guy in doesn't think palmer offers enough off the ball so goes with another player, what if he keeps oublicslly talking about inexperience after the owners tell him not to?

27 Apr 2024 21:07:16
I didn’t like the interview he gave but he made a good point that it shouldn’t just be a managerial review.

27 Apr 2024 22:18:46
Matt, you are right Poch isn’t the only problem at the club ; it’s difficult to know where to start. Leaving aside Poch’s performance as a coach, he seems to be talking himself out of a job.

27 Apr 2024 22:39:41
Tom, not sure what you mean by “ not just a managerial review “. There probably should be a review of the medical setup but do you seriously think there will be a review of Sporting Directors or that the owners will review themselves? Obviously, the starting point is the coach.

27 Apr 2024 22:41:51
I’m more convinced now than ever that Poch will be our manager at the start of next season.

27 Apr 2024 23:30:07
Tom, you were convinced that Potter would last until this season and that Rice would join us in the summer and until recently that Osimhen would sign for us. I hope you keep up your track record.

28 Apr 2024 06:07:15
Jimbo, I’m a poster with an opinion. Some will be right and some will be wrong.

I also said that my dream of us signing Osimhen looks over. I also saind this wouldn’t be a good season and I expected us to finish between 6-8th. I can categorically say the player from Arsenal wanted to join us at some stage last season and I posted that view. He was definitely my second choice as a DM signing and at one stage I was convinced he would dig for us.

As far as Potter being sacked mid season was concerned I think I was right and he should have seen out the season as our manager. I said “things can get worse” and they did in my opinion get worse.

28 Apr 2024 06:12:17
Jimbo at every major company I have worked for a review of all areas took place of ALL the various departments. In some case’s reviews took place every 3 or 6 months.

So yes. I do expect a review of EVERY area of the club.

28 Apr 2024 08:53:16
Tom

Have to agree with you in that Poch will probably still be here next season but mainly due to the fact the merry go round of coaches has started and by the time we review his position there will be no more seats left on the game of pass the coach.

As you know I also agree on a full review of the injury issues which has been a shambles and supposedly sorted out but obviously nowhere near sorted.

I would also get rid of the recruitment team who seem to look no further than Brighton for improving us ie Potter and now looking at De Zerbi.

Lastly is Gladys the tea lady really making the best out of our premium tea bags, a review there is also required.

28 Apr 2024 09:17:26
Tom, that would be helpful if it happened. Even if it did, we won’t find out the conclusions.

28 Apr 2024 09:42:15
I guess that would depend on the conclusions and if there is a need for the fans to know.

The latest FAB board minutes are out for all fans to see. One of the main points discussed was “communication. ” No conclusions or solutions have yet been put forward by the club/ FAB but I live in hope. In the meantime I will keep sending my suggestions to the owners and the FAB board. No point complaining and then doing nothing!

28 Apr 2024 11:02:53
Bill, Glady’s is a family friend of my great aunt Bettsie and she always let's me dip my tea bag for a little bit longer than she let's others!

27 Apr 2024 17:26:22
I was thinking about the mudryk has performed for us. Is he really that much of a headless chicken? He seems brilliant through the middle as he has plenty of space to move into. On the wing he runs out of space so quickly. Also his pressing on other players he seems to just walk and never attempt to close down. If he used his pace other teams would feel pressured and lose the possession more often. Is it management or is it mudryk.

27 Apr 2024 21:09:58
BLUEBOY, so “far” his entire Chelsea career has made him look headless.

I’m putting it down to personal issues and a total lack of confidence. I’m also hoping he will show us more next season.

27 Apr 2024 07:39:16
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26 Apr 2024 19:39:00
Total respect to Enzo, playing through pain month after month. Hopefully he will be back to the form he showed at the World Cup and early on his Chelsea career after surgery. Always nice to hear the full story behind player performances. ?.

26 Apr 2024 21:08:41
Fair play to Enzo but was it wise to play him for so long with this injury?

26 Apr 2024 23:42:06
Yeah not entirely sure Jimbo. If he’d had it done straight away he’d have been back healed &fit a month or two ago.

27 Apr 2024 11:01:07
Everyone in there jobs work through injuries, are we seriously celebrating this to excuse why he's been underwhelming at chelsea from his first game? He has ability but he has to improve. Fair enough he's playing through it but when his performances are as dire as they were against arsenal, it's better to not play.

27 Apr 2024 12:28:50
Standard, you will be returning to a country that has millions of people not working because of sickness and there will also be a percentage of those “sick” people who are bogus!

To say “everyone” in the jobs work through injuries is just wrong. There will be a percentage of people in this country who have to work to pay the bill and they have to work through there suffering but that does not apply to “everyone. ”

I have no idea if the Enzo injury that he has carried for several months, probably to help the club through its injury issues, has affected his playing performance. My guess is neither have you.

I hope to see a pain free Enzo next season strutting his stuff. I will leave my judgement until after then.

27 Apr 2024 13:36:18
I do think Enzo is a top player and I believe that Caicedo well be also be a proper midfielder in a better Chelsea team. I would prefer CG to stay and link with Palmer as I think Chelsea would have a very good 6,8,10 that would challenge for top 4 PL. It is the amount of dead ends and ball loss that has contributed to the general mediocrity of the team. None more so than the goal kick 6 yard box shenanigans to beat the press. Disasi, Badashielle are the worst, slightly better is Cucurella but even he is unpredictable, Gusto and Chilwell can do it, but when they do get out, the next step down the flank or up the middle is another minefield, Sterling receives is smothered and then simply loses the ball, Murdyke looks clueless as if he has never worked on it in training, generally he loses it by simply giving it away, or in an attempt to retrieve a wretched pass fouls the opponent so frustrating. and Jackson is so unpredictable that midfielders are reluctant to commit and go by him, as it is 50:50 as to whether he’ll get it to a Chelsea shirt, go on a run himself or simply have the ball removed from him and he falls over.

26 Apr 2024 19:35:58
Sterling and carney, injured, barley played, but injured, something's seriously wrong,

26 Apr 2024 19:54:13
It’s got to be pochs training methods carney didn’t even play against arsenal.

26 Apr 2024 20:08:51
Barnet, why has it “got to be” the training methods of Poch?

26 Apr 2024 23:47:58
Newcastle have had a similar amount of injuries guess it must be Howe’s training methods then? What about Utd and Liverpool? Both have had a fairly high amount of injuries this season, guess that’s also down to Klopp and Ten Hag’s training methods too no?

None of us know whether our injuries have been impact or muscular injuries etc, so not sure how the blame is laid at Poch’s training methods. It’s the medical department which says when players are allowed to return to training and what level of training they should be doing. They also advise if players workloads are too high etc. Unless Poch is ignoring their advice and having crocked players run 10km/ day before they’re fully healed I’m not sure how it’s down to him.

27 Apr 2024 08:24:31
Players these days are just extremely brittle, didn’t see this with John Terry as skipper. You notice how Gallagher and players like Alfie Gilchrist will rarely get an injury, made of sterner stuff.

27 Apr 2024 08:44:22
Fuser

The players workloads will be high due to the fact they are carrying half the squad who are on the sick list every game this season.

There is something badly wrong at our club at the moment.

27 Apr 2024 09:13:03
Poch is well known for doing the gacon test. It’s an awful lot of running and the youngsters of today aren’t like the old. I read somewhere they didn’t like his training methods at psg.

27 Apr 2024 12:34:07
Bill, you could be correct that a lack of availability and there player rotation could have had an effect on some players but the problem is it’s been a lot of the same players from the start of the season. So it’s hard to imagine it’s to many games.

Barnet, I have a theory that it’s a lack of fitness in the sense that Jose and other would have daily full on games that were reportedly harder than actual games. This is only my theory because I’m not a football trainer or medical person.

27 Apr 2024 16:53:18
I agree Bill, my point was that it’s not down to Poch. I doubt he’d going against the medical departments advice.

27 Apr 2024 17:24:33
Fuser totally agree, it's not Poch's fault.

Somebody though does need to take responsibility for the dreadful injury record this season.

27 Apr 2024 21:10:55
My guess is it’s not a single person’s fault.

26 Apr 2024 14:39:42
I understand Chuka has now got another knee injury. WTF is going on!

26 Apr 2024 15:33:06
Is it lifestyle? Is it the Cobham facilities? Is it the training methods? Is it the curse of Eva?
I have no idea but it must be more than just bad luck?

26 Apr 2024 16:49:16
G8

The whole medical situation is a complete and utter shambles.

So fed up before each match day hearing that we have 10 to 12 players injured.

Other teams have injuries but most no where the extent we have had this season.

I believe we changed people in our medical department this season but quite honestly the change has failed miserably.

It's a total disgrace for a top premiership club.

26 Apr 2024 17:38:35
This is ridiculous. what on earthis going on and going so so wrong?

26 Apr 2024 19:27:51
The rumours are it’s poch heavily reliant on running and running and running and his methods are apparently “ outdated “

They said he felt something and wanted to check, hopefully we’re being cautious but I really really wanted to see him start few games, my guess, mudryk will play left, palmer central Madueke right,

26 Apr 2024 19:57:31
I think that is the most likely scenario Matt. Taxi for Poch.

26 Apr 2024 19:58:06
Our injury list is now back up to 12 players.

I’m not sure if has dropped below 8 for any game this season.

26 Apr 2024 20:00:54
Even Pep and Klopp would have struggled badly with the injury shambles we have had at our club this season.

26 Apr 2024 07:39:09
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25 Apr 2024 13:43:56
------------Wrong page - this is the Chelsea page------------

25 Apr 2024 16:42:55
No probs, apologies.

25 Apr 2024 09:52:13
ED025 must be well pleased after that result last night. I certainly didn't see that coming. Just shows what a difficult and competitive league this is and sometimes that is lost on people! 7th is needed for a European place and with Newcastle also losing that is still a possibility and might just be a good competition for our young squad? Or are we best off missing Thursday night football?

{Ed025's Note - i want to know what happened when we visited the Bridge G8, you whacked us mate yet we went out last night and deservedly beat Liverpool who i see as a better side than Chelsea, yes no game is easy but like you we seem to go from the sublime to the ridiculous in a very small time frame, you have to ask yourselves are our players taking the piss or what?..

25 Apr 2024 13:14:16
I think it just shows what a top class brilliant team Everton are. The manager is also ahead of the game tactically?

But, can we play you every week.

Hope things improve for you next season Ed.

{Ed025's Note - cheers Tom, we are far from a good team mate and Dyche is a dinosaur imo, but i might just take him over Poch, not many teams give us a good hiding though like you did but you are so inconsistent that you never know which Chelsea will turn up..

25 Apr 2024 16:15:41
My god football fans are fickle read the Liverpool pages you would think they are about to get relegated.

25 Apr 2024 16:48:50
Unbelievable isn't it seymns. Almost as bad as the 2 or 3 on here who get out of bed the wrong way every day. ?.

25 Apr 2024 15:24:04
Ed025, I applaud your response on the Liverpool site to someone who suggested the players were physically done. That excuse by players, coaches and some fans makes me angry. My late father worked on building sites six days a week into his seventies: no sick pay etc. He never complained about being tired at home only my long hair and music. Tired: what a load of tosh.

{Ed025's Note - absolutely Jimbo, i done 50 years in all kinds of weather mate and extra work of a weekend and nobody called for me to have a rest, me and your dad were probably two peas in a pod and these pampered prima-donna footballers want a rest for playing 1 game a week on average!, and i suspect they were on a bit more than us wages wise as well...but you do need a haircut.. :)

25 Apr 2024 17:03:59
G8, do you come on here just to dig people out? Respect that other people have a different opinion to you

25 Apr 2024 18:03:39
Horans, I haven’t got a clue why you would respond in the way you have to G8 but surely the reverse of your comment must also be true?

Who cares who is positive or negative about the club, owners, manager or any player. We all just give our opinions and if we are honest most of our opinions are in some way biased.

By the way, I generally enjoy your posts.

25 Apr 2024 20:01:54
What a strange comment Horan? Read my posts today, all constructive, all about debate, all about opinion plus a bit of banter! Try not to take things too seriously mate, it's a fun page.

25 Apr 2024 20:08:57
The Liverpool page is in full meltdown mode when they’re 3rd and they’re ripping into their players and even Klopp ? see very similar scenes on here too.

25 Apr 2024 20:09:42
It’s just a bit unnecessary Tom, I enjoy everyone’s posts, including G8 but calling others out like that is petty.

25 Apr 2024 21:30:20
It's madness Fuser, it's a banter site. ??.

25 Apr 2024 21:42:31
Horans, i have been criticised, often quite correctly for a significant percentage of my posts. I’ve been a racist, a cult supporter (whatever that is), condescending, having a superior attitude, old fashioned, rubbish, a vegetable and biased (I am) .

None of the comments stop me wittering on and generally posting crap. Although I do try and subdue my cantankerous instincts.

I find venting my feelings helps me cope in lots of different ways. So, I just assume it’s probably the same for some other posters and just tolerate them……hahaha.

26 Apr 2024 00:02:08
G8, I agree. We all love Chelsea on this site but have different opinions. Also, l personally love a bit of gallows humour e. g we are on course beat our record for goals that we have conceded in the PL.

25 Apr 2024 21:59:32
Ed025, don’t worry, now get my hair cut regularly but still playing Led Zeppelin, the Free, Bob Dylan, Tim Buckley and Thin Lizzy-stuck in the seventies.
Just to say I’m pleased that Everton are safe now- proper fans, especially that you are moving into your new stadium . Exciting times for the Toffees.

{Ed025's Note - thanks Jimbo..

26 Apr 2024 07:33:02
I agree, very good fans and they always seemed very different from Liverpool fans. I suppose, thinking about it that’s no different to other same city supporters.

Anyway, the best fans at the bridge for the last few seasons in my opinion have been the Forest fans. So I hope they stay up.

26 Apr 2024 08:44:46
I think we just started so we’ll v you guys, also if Beto puts that chance away it changes the game, I think it’s a simple as you guys were Uk for a fight and they thought they’d brush you aside, see how many Everton players were throwing themselves in front of the ball and getting blocks in DCL lead line brilliantly.