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06 Mar 2026 15:59:48
Anselmino's situation is odd. Obviously agree with him being recalled from Dortmund, however, he's only played 2 mins for Strasbourg (2 sub appearances) and wasn't in their squad last time out.
Seems a fairly stupid loan at this point for a player that was looking good and getting settled at Dortmund.
1.) 06 Mar 2026 18:23:14
Melbourne, I believe he picked up an injury.
2.) 07 Mar 2026 01:28:24
Thanks, Bill! I hadn't seen that. Hopefully, he can recover quickly.
20 Mar 2014 17:57:08
Ed002 if you have time. As I'm sure plenty of media will claim Hazard will go to PSG in the window. I know things change over time, but would you think Spain is a far more likely attraction, still, to the player?
I don't think he'll leave for a second - in the next window, and don't think the club would listen to offers, if he expresses no desire to leave. Just curious as to if PSG is at all a likely future destination?
{Ed002's Note - I wouldn't think a move to PSG is likely.}
04 Apr 2013 02:10:55
Ed002, do the club still hold an interest in Fernando Reges? Do you see him leaving Porto in the summer?
Cheers {Ed002's Note - I think interest has probably gone and he is unlikely to move in the summer.}
1.) Cheers mate. Are you able to say who the club is looking at as a replacement for Essien as interest in Fernando has gone? {Ed002's Note - Essien has been out on loan and may well leave in the summer. Typically clubs do not look to replace players who are out on loan or otherwise not in the plans of the club with like for like-for-like players.}
2.) Understandable. I appreciate we have probably a few targets, but who have we turned our attention to after Fernando interest wained? I'm of the impression that Paulinho is no longer in the plans.
Cheers for the quick replies {Ed002's Note - There are no lists which the club work down from the top. It really doesn't work that way.}
3.) I fully understand that Ed002. I won't push the issue any further. Thanks again
26 Feb 2013 08:39:57
Ed002 with De Bruyne telling the club he does not want to make cameos off the bench and wants to be a starter when he returns, has their been interest from PL clubs to take him on loan? I know a lot can change between now and the summer, but had clubs shown interest before his Werder move?
Cheers {Ed002's Note - I am not aware of EPL club interest - and it seems far to early for that to be considered by most clubs.}
1.) Have you seen the way he's been playing?
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29 Apr 2026 06:33:19
Hopefully a lot of fans got to watch the PSG Bayern game. I had $1000 on Bayern to win and still massively enjoyed the game, which says a lot. Two teams that game plan seems to be just out score the opposition. Have to say Kompany seems an insanely impression human.
Seems like he speaks 4/5 languages fluently, which is massive at the top level working with players from a number of countries and although he was a defender he doesn’t seem interested in setting up his teams to defend at all.
Hopefully the second leg is as exciting.
20 Apr 2026 01:49:57
The fight that both Liverpool and Villa put up is the main reason we aren't getting European football.
Liverpool have been absolute dogs water this season and will still qualify, down to our inability to show anything under Liam.
I don't mind having a season without European competition, on the condition Liam is sacked. If he remains, I'd expect a large number of international supporters stop setting alarms.
18 Apr 2026 00:16:03
Moises signs a deal, Cole does an interview talking about his future being at Chelsea and Eghbali does some on stage Q&A thing.
Strange timing with the protest coming today. Very happy about Cole and Moises, and it seems Eghbali is signing a different tune which should be seen as a massive positive. Be suspicious of the timing, however. Hope the protest is absolutely huge and no one has second thoughts due to this clear PR stunt.
1.) 18 Apr 2026 07:23:01
Great news that Cole Palmer has come out and said his future is with us, Levi is also about to sign a new contract, which means we are securing our best players. Someone said to me Cucu signed a new contract last summer, but I can't remember that being announced?
2.) 18 Apr 2026 11:26:10
I agree, it's PR, as the club has done this a lot. But, it's a good thing the players have come out and said this, as they wouldn't if they wanted to leave.
3.) 18 Apr 2026 11:36:55
Nothing wrong with good public relations. Most successful companies employ PR departments. They should be applauded for reaching out to the fanbase, and long may it continue. It is the first time in nearly 4 years, and it should happen far more regularly.
In fact, I can remember Bruce Buck regularly appearing on Friday Night Live with my good mate, Neil "the spy" Barnet, promoting Roman and the club.
4.) 18 Apr 2026 22:38:07
They are reaching out cos faced with protest and increasingly angry fans, cos of their inability to build a properly EPL competitive squad to date, and the fact that our season is threatening to fall apart.
Plus, CFC tickets are still on masses of websites rather than the CFC site. Including the website part owned by Boehly, where you can buy a semi final ticket v Leeds for well over 1000 pounds!
Mind you, I could have paid 400 pounds on our club site for a Wesview ticket to see us beaten at home yet again tonight.
Glad I didn't.
Perhaps at least the 'project' will be rethought. Start by sacking 4 of the 5 SDs? Get us a fine manager. Make sure we have more than one decent and trusted striker, plus top notch left side wingers. Plus a GK. Plus another CB. And a squad not over packed with youngsters.
Oh well, all will be ok by 2030....
17 Apr 2026 13:14:52
Great news that Moises has signed an extension. He's been really poor since Liam arrived, after being incredible the prior 18 months under Maresca.
He wants to become a legend here and he is certainly on the right path.
21 Mar 2026 23:26:58
Plan was to have wife open the app away from my eyes and get the replay on before I knew the score. Fortunately I woke up before my wife and checked. 3-0? Sheeesh.
I watched the first 15-20 minutes and it's quite clear the team are operating on 0 confidence. No one wants to play it out from the back and everyone is scared to make a mistake (of which there were like 4-5 in the opening 20 minutes). Also clear that the manager bounce that LR got has disappeared and the team has reverted to slow, uninspired build up play.
Disappointing but not surprising. I really appreciate that Tom doesn’t jump to conclusions, wants to give time before he passes judgement and all in all seems very level headed.
I’d sack Liam tomorrow, myself. Absolutely plonker of a bloke, who is completely out of his depth and it seems has lost the respect of the players who don’t seem to be playing with any intensity, desire, or care.
I think Enzo is highly overrated, however, imagine being a World Cup winner and turning up to training every day to listen to Liam talk about aging men and respecting the ball by huddling around it. Very likely footballers around the world would have no desire to come to Chelsea and our own players are having the mick taken out of them by everyone they know.
Change it before the rot spreads.
1.) 22 Mar 2026 08:32:06
Melbourne, I gave my opinion on LR when it was obvious he was going to get the gig. I didn't want him as our manager, but once he was appointed, he gets my support. I will give my assessment on him and other players at the end of the season.
I may well be wrong (usually am), but I can't see the owners/SDs doing anything before the end of the season, and probably not then.
You never know, King Carlo might be available after the WC.
2.) 22 Mar 2026 08:39:48
Melbourne, I totally agree with you. Ultimately, the owners are responsible for this mess; they appointed these muppets, and endorse or permit this reckless process. If you have a young, inexperienced squad, the worst thing you can do is appoint a young, inexperienced coach who has no pedigree.
Even if there was to be a change of direction, it would take a huge amount of persuasion to attract an elite coach and top-class players.
If LR remains next season, a number of players will look to go. It is all very well going on about long contracts. We all know, if a player wants to leave and a top club puts the money on the table, it will happen, and the money will be spent on young players and so it goes on.
The ship is sinking, and we are going down with it. SOS.
3.) 22 Mar 2026 10:04:24
I know, Tom, and I respect your decision to reserve judgement. I was quite impressed with LR over the first handful of games, but as soon as we were up against it. He has no ability to affect a game in a positive way. You could point to both Napoli and West Ham as signs he made adjustments when needed, but in both games we were down because of his attempt to be too clever with the team set up and tactics.
His interviews are horrendous. He only says what he thinks others want to hear. An AI depiction of what a manager is like. Hopefully he learns his craft and has a successful career. However, I don't want Chelsea to become an on the job learning kind of club.
Agree wholeheartedly, Jimbo. This team is crying out for either a manager who is fully proven, or one whose strongest attribute is getting a team to gel and fight. The fact he was not only hired but signed to a ridiculously long contract is a joke. We've sacked how many managers since this lot bought the club, and they think a long contract for an unproven manager is a smart move? Maybe they thought as he aged we could sell him for profit.
Depressing times and LFC, United and the Spuds are all struggling as well. We should be enjoying this season for the mess it is for almost all of our rivals, and instead we're looking up the table wondering how we've been worse.
4.) 22 Mar 2026 11:00:24
Depressingly spot on posts in this thread.
5.) 22 Mar 2026 13:13:26
Melbourne, and the fact the team played well for about the first ten games under LR shouldn't be forgotten. Also, the five or six games, with one exception, have been generally awful.
Nothing's going to change, so I can wait.
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30 Apr 2026 09:37:06
Tbh, Greenaway, there was close to zero intensity in the 'Maresca' approach for months. One of the reasons I wasn't fussed with him leaving was that the build up was slow and created extremely little, especially against low blocks. I expect Maresca to be sacked within 18 months if he does join Citeh.
30 Apr 2026 00:59:35
I don't disagree. The big difference when Liam first arrived (unlikely his doing) was we played with intensity. Same reason we dominated the first 35 minutes against Leeds.
29 Apr 2026 15:20:12
What is it about Hoeness that appeals? I ask sincerely, as I haven't watched his teams play, and I was under the impression he hasn't won much. I know Tris is also an admirer, and has said he is similar to Klopp in his teams' intensity and press.
29 Apr 2026 13:36:53
Fair enough.
I feel like Madrid has never been a systems team, and if our players have half the egos of the RM lot, they are not only delusional as to their importance, but we got to clear the rot.
Liam and Xabi can't be compared either. Playing for one of the greatest midfielders of his generation who has won a league title as manager in a league mostly dominated by one team vs a journeyman wash out who constantly made a fool of himself in interviews and has never won anything as a player or manager.
Xabi may not have been able to tame the Madrid egos. However, our lot are far closer to Leverkusen in ability than to Real Madrid.
I have seen some fair criticism of his style of football and what he expects of his players, but very few managers in world football could do much with this Madrid team so I certainly don't judge his failure in Spain.
Who would you like to come in, Bill?
29 Apr 2026 09:45:33
Out of curiosity, Bill, what's your objection to Alonso being made the manager?
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27 Apr 2026 14:15:00
The second half wasn't a very assured performance. We played well for 30-35 minutes, but while it's nice to enjoy another cup final, the issues can't be ignored. We have one winger, and our system relies on wide players being creative. Pedro looked very good, but as usual, he gets no service. Enzo went to kiss the badge and thought twice, and I think it's likely he leaves in the summer.
Cole once again ran into dead ends and produced nothing. It was nice to see Moises and Lavia look solid for a period, hopefully the partnership grows. Gusto offers very little at both ends of the pitch, and while he finds good positions in attack, his end product/passing is woeful 90% of the time.
We have a rebuild ahead of us, 4 years into a rebuild.
25 Apr 2026 14:25:51
Certainly less likely to be tested while back in Brazil.
22 Apr 2026 12:48:32
Gotta say, I'm surprised he hasn't been sacked after that game. Wild to think we need so many reinforcements in so many positions after all the money spent. Club's a mess.
21 Apr 2026 00:25:15
Agreed. Don't forget he was captain at Ajax at 18 years old, which speaks a lot to his character. I'd expect, when he came over, he probably kept his head down and wasn't too vocal, but hopefully he becomes a leader within the group. We all know how important a defensive leader can be.
17 Apr 2026 13:12:57
No Conference League, thanks. I'd prefer no European football if we're not in the CL. Players would get rested during the week, and hopefully the club is going to spend some money on mercenaries in the summer anyway.