ChelseaBoy

11 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

The league we play in. We may not like it but we are part of it until our Southron cousins invite us to join them.

Why wait for an invite, just apply. 

21 hours ago, Uilleam said:

I actually watched that last night (managed to forego Clarke's Scotland) and without being absoloutely glued to the match, thought:

-the Hungarians took their goals well; smartly and cleverly

-the ENG 'keeper, on watching the replays maybe left a bit to be desired. A mate texted me to say that he thought the poor fellow had the unhappy knack of making the goals look larger rather than smaller ie he is not the biggest, and lacks 'presence'

-Walker may be on his last lap as No 1 pick at rb/rwb

-Kalvin Phillips gave away free kicks, and may not have been fully match fit; probably not first pick even if fit

-Saka ineffective on left wing

-Mount knackered/off form

-Stones is a good footballer, but not a leader

-the crowd do not like Southgate; this has been the case for some time, no matter his results, and last night did not soothe them; I don't think his waistcoat is on the shoogly nail, but if he stuffs up the WC (ie doesn't get to a semi) he will be put on the first stage out of Dodge

 

 

Agreed, there is something about his need to "educate" the watching public that is grating with many as well as his lack of tactical nouce.

Get up off your knees and play football, thats all any of the watching public want, not some half arsed political virtue signalling that lost its meaning over a year ago. 

Blah blah blah, look at me.

First blood to Ukraine, and what a goal btw!

Na bothered either way, stopped following them years ago. The best team will win, its as simple as that. 

14 hours ago, Bill said:

I'm sure fans of Man Utd, Arsenal and Liverpool all said the same in the past. Time will tell but in that league once you lose momentum ....

Fair point. Will be interesting the moves in the transfer market both in and out. 

On 29/05/2022 at 12:49, Bill said:

Looking at the current playing squad, the issues with ownership and the stadium requirements, it would take a dedicated blind eye to see anything other than a downward trajectory for Chelsea over the next handful of seasons. They should stay top six or thereabouts but it might be  a while before they routinely achieve CL qualification. There are plenty of other examples to point the way, the trick will be to not fall too far.

Can't see it, and i see well with both eyes  

On 29/05/2022 at 13:04, Gonzo79 said:

What's so bad about it (that's a genuine question, as I've never been)?

It's been built at different times giving a disjointed feel. Now the club have purchased several of the buildings adjacent to the ground, expansion/modernisation is made easier than ever before, plus the club will not have to move while development is underway if done in sections, avoiding a massive cost. 

On 29/05/2022 at 12:43, craig said:

Because they swapped a home for wins.  How is that working out for them just now ?

 

Two finals only beaten on penalties, 3rd place and a CL QF, i'd say most fans accept this given the problems the club have had. The new owners seem fine and i doubt there will be much difference going forward.

2 hours ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

The standard of the bottom 6 in the EPL is utter garbage. They can spend 20 million on a player and still have a crap team. Fulham paid £40 million for Serri a few years back and were still utter garbage.

The bottom 6 is where i expect Fulham, Bournemouth and Forest to be for most of next season, joined by Brentford, Leeds and possibly Southampton. Before any new signings i'd wager Bournemouth, Forest and Brentford as the fall guys. 

Hopefully a miracle can happen and he gets to spend more time with his family and friends. Top goalie who would have got in most sides in Britain. 

43 minutes ago, BEARGER said:

I was in Athens and witnessed people getting in with bus tickets etc. But that has nothing to do with last night, 2.5 hours is ridiculous amount of time to gain access to a stadium. 

Was it just the Liverpool end that had these elongated queues or did Madrid fans face similar?     

3 hours ago, craig said:

We genuinely would have beaten either of those two teams - they were both pish !

 

I take it you mean Madrid and Liverpool, not Wrexham or Grimsby  

12 hours ago, Bill said:

I hd a choice to watch the CL final between the Bank of Madrid and the Bank of Liverpool - or the League Two playoff final from Wembley between two proper football clubs. Naturally, I didn't chose the predictable bore fest in Paris, which is guaranteed to be everything I hate about the CL gravy train.

 

Congratulations to Port Vale.

 

Earlier in the day I watched the National League play off Semi between Wrexham and Grimsby - wow 4-5 and a last minute winner to boot. 

Yes but unfortunately its the train that everyone wants to catch.

Just a thought, were the SNP in charge of organising the final? 

11 hours ago, Malangsob said:

...and so it was...Real Madrid won their 14th European Championship that evening...and the Red Mhob went on to burn Paris...

 

 

 

 

No it couldn't have been them. They have never done anything wrong. It must have been the authorities, the police, the stadium, or the pre match bore fest singers... any one but those loveable scouse scamps

3 hours ago, Bill said:

Club loyalty aside, I think of the "top" clubs in England, Chelsea are alone in playing their football in a pig pen. The decision to do so has protected their finances compared with the other London clubs but they can't go on ignoring their stadium requirements forever ... or the cost that'll be involved. It's a dilemma for the new owner.

I believe that was included in the requirements each set of bidders had to account for.

The purchase of significant tracts of land including the Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions will allow scope for developing one end of the ground at a time, while still playing. The new West Stand is fine, the old East and two ends will be rebuilt one at a time to conform with the West Stand as per Liverpool and Newcastle upbuilds.

This will cost a fraction of Spurs and mean the railway line which runs behind the ground will not need to be moved reducing cost. No Chelsea fan would swap either Spurs, Arsenals or the West Ham athletic stadium for the last 25 or so years... inc the 5 before Abramovich's arrival where Viallis and Gullits teams started wining. 

31 minutes ago, craig said:

If the Emirates is fast going out of date then 80% of the Premier League are in for a shock expense with their stadia.  The only Premier league stadia built after Emirates are Spurs, Brentford and Brighton - West Ham if you include their loaned stadium. 

I never include the Spanners in anything  Chelsea will follow the Liverpool and Newcastle models and develop on the existing site without having to move and avoiding the 1bn debt that the Spuds have run up. I'd settle for a 52k capacity which should be possible as the club now owns much of the surrounding area which was the cause of us having to look at alternative sites in the past. 

1 hour ago, craig said:

Their last two stadia are BOTH better stadia than the shithole Chelsea call home

The Emirates is fast going out of date and they have had to refurb a number of areas. Would rather watch in a shithole than a corporate library anyday. 

On 24/05/2022 at 07:32, Rousseau said:

FFS, Hamburg...

 

I watched the last minutes tick by. With around 6-7 bodies in the box, their wingers, rather than whipping it in, kept trying and failing to beat their man. 

They may have been watching Chelsea. Sounds like the TT playbook.

1 hour ago, Scott7 said:

He’s our man now, CB. Played well enough for Hearts today.

Yes he did, was their best player. Didnt know he had signed.

59 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

That was tongue in cheek, mate!

I'm sure he was playing for Hearts, unless im going mad????

Scott Wright always seems to look sharp and finished that move with quality. 

8 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

Over the ninety minutes Bassey was brilliant and the ‘keeper highly satisfactory. Souttar probably the best of the rest of our players and Scott Wright was forward-going when he came on, much better than Diallo.

 

Gordon kept Hearts in it. They didn’t have a lot to offer after Simms and Boyce ran out of steam on the twenty minute mark.

Souttar??

3 hours ago, MacK1950 said:

Don't matter to me but as I still want,since our treatment in 2008,no Manchester team to succeed suppose I hope for Liverpool to get it.

Nah, can't have the Dippers winning the league. Also supporting Real in the CL final. 

I really have had enough of penalties to last a lifetime.

3 finals 3 sets of penalties 3 losses.......Gutted.... and Potless