ChelseaBoy

Needs putting down. 

43 minutes ago, BEARGER said:

Assuming the newspapers were correct and we spent £5-£7M to get him, do you think he has delivered? To me he’s a good player but at that price he should be making all the difference in games like today and last Wednesday. 

£5-£7m is a bargain when you consider there are some players in EPL League 1 costing that much. I think he will grow and develop and be worth every penny. 

1 hour ago, Bill said:

Strange how transfer gossip should focus on Barisic or Kamara. Both very good players but neither have come close to the contribution of Jack over the first half of the season. If we lost Jack it would, in my opinion anyway, leave a far bigger hole in the team’s prospects. 

Maybe the gossip is being generated by agents?

1 hour ago, BEARGER said:

He shows a yellow card twice. Do you mean he showed it twice to Katic ?

Just had another look, Clancy shows the card to I assume  Katic, he then shows it again slightly turned. Could be he just lost the plot!

He did!!

7 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

Be careful what you wish for.

Totally agree, every time a goal is scored in the EPL there is a pause as a large percentage of goals are referred as the defending team puts pressure on the ref even if there hasn't been an incident - they hope VAR spots something!! It has reduced the spontaneity and atmosphere within the ground. I'd defer VAR until we see it working properly.  

Boxing day football 

Spurs  2 Brighton  0

Aston Villa  1 Norwich  0

Bournemouth 2 Arsenal  1

Chelsea 3 Southampton 1

Palace 1 West ham  1

Everton 2 Burnley 0

Sheffield 1 Watford 1

United 1 Newcastle 0

Leicester 2 liverpool 1

Wolves 0 Manchester city 2

23 hours ago, compo said:

Good win for Chelsea Spurs were very poor

Very good win i'd say  

Down to ten men, we should have used the width more instead of trying to thread the ball through the middle.  Seemed like we gave everything in the first half with little left thereafter. 

All positive so far. Just need to get one and i think that will be enough. Cmon!!

I think this game could be the turning point. Win this and we are set for the rest of the season, lose and confidence will be dented. With that line up (minus Davis who i believe is out) we can win this and give the whole club a boost. 2-1 methinks.

It looked manky, so must have been made locally.

9 hours ago, craig said:

I would take Rodgers - but I think Allegri would be a good option.  Arsenal's biggest failing is at the back, and Allegri would sort that out IMO.

According to Talksport, Allegri was in the running for the job before Emery, but his English is even worse so he was rejected. Not sure Rogers would leave at the mo, maybe at the end of the season. Personally i'd love Arsenal to give the job back to Wenger  

Great performance, i feel that SG has given the club some of its old pride back and although a 5 - zip win against this Hearts team isn't in itself a sign that normal service has resumed, it's a sign of real progress - now we just need a couple of positive results against the other lot. 

2 minutes ago, Briton said:

Stranger things have happened.  ?

Agreed, but i hope both get to the top, have seen a bit of Gilmour and he looks promising. 

1 hour ago, Briton said:

Be funny if he turned out better than Gilmour.

It won't be  

A wins a win, but shows just how far we have fallen. 

Are these really the last amateur side? So are clubs like Cowdenbeath (always had a soft spot for these looking in from afar like i do now) and Stenhousemuir professional clubs with 355 and 571 av attendances respectively? I'm sure there are many others in L1 & L2 with similar crowds - how can they be professional and afford the squad salary or am i missing something? 

Trousering it still it seems. 

Terrible scenes but at least the operation went well and hes expected to make a full recovery. 

What's causing the jump in operating expenses of nearly £20m, is it just player acquisitions or are there any legacy payments still being made?

wow Morelos 20 goals already this season. If he stays fit he could be pushing 40 by the end of the season!!

3 hours ago, Scott7 said:

No EPL tonight but EPL teams in their League Cup:

 

Liverpool v Arsenal

Villa v Wolves - that’s stormer

Chelsea v United.

 

What’s the odds on three aways?

Massive, with the way Arsenal and Utd are playing. Saying that, they will probably both win and Wolves lose!

Suppose it depends on who is taking it seriously and not making too many changes with PL games 3 days later.

13 minutes ago, Briton said:

My favourite list is very different from my top players list.  Isn't that a different thing?

Blimey I agree with you on something!

5 Favourite players... not necessarily the best but some hit that mark. 

1. Graeme Souness

2. Graham Roberts

3. Davie Cooper

4. Trevor Steven

5. Ian Durrant 

5 Best Players 

1. Ally Ally Ally

2. Brian Laudrup

3. Andy Goram

4. Graeme Souness

5. Davie Cooper

Was a hard watch but the result was everything after the result from earlier. 

Yaaaaa,