Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 West Ham retake the lead. 2-1. Guess Chelsea need to spend another £500m, spread over 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick 2,281 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Caicedo has had better days… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,199 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Lol Caceido Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Caicedo came on, not looked great and just gave away a pen. Paqueta scored it to give West Ham a 3-1 win. Make that another £800m over 15 years instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck 175 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Caicedo looked like he wasn't match fit. He didn't play much for Brighton pre season and it showed today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 I appreciate we are still a work in progress but fucking hell, From the promising showing against Liverpool in the opening game we jump to a complete throwback of how we were performing last season.. Weak at the back and toothless up front... Loads of possession blah,blah,blah... Why when they went down to ten we kept persisting with balls lobbed in from the wings that were easily defended I will never know.. Those are the times you would expect the likes of Sterling ( who had another decent game by the way ) and Mudryk to be jinking in the box trying to draw fouls at the very least... I would say onwards and upwards but every time I said that last season it went onwards and downwards so fuck that! Still early days but what a frustrating watch that was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,412 Posted August 20, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 20, 2023 Surprised with the West Ham result. Not seen any highlights but with how Chelsea played last week, I expected for them to get at least a draw, especially when West Ham have gone down to 10 as well. Heard a bit on the radio an Sterling was getting high praise in the first half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,406 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Chelsea need a rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey 1,192 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Chelsea should never have sacked Potter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 299 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Chelsea needed to sign Kane first then maybe Lavia with Nkunku already signed that would have been enough. But it is another window where Chelsea don't get a goal scorer despite Rory Jennings creaming himself over Nicholas Jackson in pre season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,412 Posted August 20, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, OrangeKhrush said: Chelsea needed to sign Kane first then maybe Lavia with Nkunku already signed that would have been enough. But it is another window where Chelsea don't get a goal scorer despite Rory Jennings creaming himself over Nicholas Jackson in pre season It's been two games ffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6666 1,310 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 It is pretty much a whole new squad so it's probably gonna take a while for them to settle properly. Both on the pitch and in the locker room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reluctant Striker 134 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Kane, Grealish, Henderson, Endo & Tom Brady. All were realistic possibilities for Todd Boehly. But seriously, even with all the cash, they do just somehow seem a fair distance off where Chelsea have been used to. And West Ham won a trophy last season. It is a stacked league & a slippery one too for any side in a transitional phase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,267 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I did say West Ham would be a bigger test. We always do well against Liverpool, even under an interim manager. 5 at the back just isn't it. Need to go back to what worked in preseason. No excuses now with the midfield rebuild. Think Poch needs to be flexible and have two working systems. One with an attacking mid and a 433. That Mudryk at CAM cameo was bizarre and killed the momentum we had. Early days. Need to go on a run now given our schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6666 1,310 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 First choice RB playing CB. Backup RB playing LB. Partey playing RB again. The midfield should just be Rice - Partey - Ødegaard with the same first choice back 4 as last season with Tomi filling in for Zinchenko. Seems unnecessary to complicate things this much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,412 Posted August 21, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 21, 2023 Why is Martinelli not shooting there!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,412 Posted August 21, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 21, 2023 That was bad from Nketiah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck 175 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Gabriel continuing to not start, is puzzling. Any truth to the rumours he is headed to Saudi Arabia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,412 Posted August 21, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 21, 2023 Idiotic from Tomiyasu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber JoshBRFC+ 1,388 Posted August 21, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted August 21, 2023 Just now, Stan said: Idiotic from Tomiyasu. Definitely deserved, so soon after he had been warned already. Stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,412 Posted August 21, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 21, 2023 That should be a pen on first look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,412 Posted August 21, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 21, 2023 Palace need to do something with this possession. Wasteful when they get to the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6666 1,310 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 A draw would've been fair but thankfully we ground it out. The referee was very trigger happy. Definitely don't think Tomiyasu did enough for 2 yellows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,406 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Sadly, Manchester City have won the league this season. I wasn't impressed by Arsenal. Theyre like when you want a Coke and end up with a Coke Zero. They're not the real deal. Everything about them feels so fake and manufactured. Like when Gabriel marshalled the ball out out and Jorginho high fived him. Well done, you held on against Palace. The amount of times all there staff were out the technical box and blatantly ignoring the fourth official showed a complete lack of respect to everything Howard Webb is trying to achieve. A stronger ref would have booked several players for the passing of the ball they'd do for a throw in or a goal kick too. You just know Arteta would have been the first to complain if we had scored in the seven minutes of stoppage time and completely ignore it was caused by his teams antics. Nketiah would be a good player for Palace but it's an absolute insult he's wearing the number 14. Him trying to lob Sam Johnstone from four yards reminded me of when you play Fifa and go to finesse the shot but accidentally press the lob button. I'd go as far now as saying Newcastle United look like the second best team in the league at this early stage of the season. As for us, I was pleased with the performance. The defence was smooth. Ward looks like a good leader, Mitchell coped with Saka well, the center backs were composed for most of the game, Doucoure & Lerma coped well with a nine figure midfield, its just the affacking positions that need improvement. That game just highlighted at least two attacking players is a necessity. Preferibly three. It looks like Mateta is off to either Leipzig or Dortmund (wtf) and we had no option to replace Edouard with. Schlupp seems to be carrying a bit more timber than usual. An Olise or a Zaha to bring on with half hour ago would have really changed the game. Roy Hodgson showed with the attacking substitutions he had that if you give him the tools he will go for it. I want us to bring in these class players for him and for the core of the team that is top half level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,919 Posted August 23, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 20/08/2023 at 02:03, RandoEFC said: I think Fulham could be in big trouble. Conceded 2.8 xG against us last weekend or something in that ball park. As for Man Utd, seen parts but not all of their first two games and think they've been pretty shocking in both. Comfortable top six finish still because they'll always be able to afford the £60m-£90m match winners even if they don't deliver it every weekend. Agree with the questions over whether Ten Hag can build more than a dysfunctional team with the individual quality that allows them to bounce between top 4 and top 6 depending on other teams because that's no more or less than what several "failed" managers that preceded him have achieved. Spurs I've also seen most but not all of their first two games. Pretty solid I think. Richarlison isn't a number 9 but I do think he's looked good in their build up play. He's making the wrong runs in the box though, "hiding" at the back post instead of being aggressive and getting across his marker. Definitely seems low on confidence and they're going to need to sort that out if he's being tasked with effectively trying to replace Kane. Fulham were awful defensively last season but it seems to have gotten even worse early doors. They were very fortunate last season if you run the numbers - massively overperformed at both ends. Combine that with losing two of their best attacking players, replacing Mitrovic with a finished Raul Jimenez, I can see a very good case for them to drop. I had money on them and Wolves pre-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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