Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016

Toobz

Why the negativity about your first team lads? Looks quite solid to myself.

If Conte can get any kind of form out of Matic and Kante replicates last season your back line will be well protected and all you'll have to worry about is end product IMO and with Hazard ending last season brightly and under a new manager I'm sure you won't have too much trouble there either.

grumpymunster

New manager, new season same old s***e defence. It's only August depressed already

tombliboo83

No fabregas 😢, does it look like 4-5-1 and 4-3-3 going forward?

Johner

Harsh enough yellow for Kante.

Johner

Classic Cahill.

Johner

Costa looking lively.

Johner

Lovely play, unlucky!

Johner

That was a penalty. :rolleyes:

LightningBlue

Should be a penalty. Clear push by Reid

Taylor's a clown.

LightningBlue

Costa booked. FFS

LightningBlue

Collins on yellow. Costa and Hazard are going to destroy him now.

Johner

Ivanovic is playing well.

LightningBlue

Costa not getting in the 18 yard box enough. We've had 2-3 good crosses.

LightningBlue

Hazard close. Far more decisive than last season.

Johner

Very unlucky Hazard, need more of those runs.

LightningBlue

LOL at Abramovic's reaction

LightningBlue

Another good cross by Willian. Need to get more numbers in the box.

Johner

Oscar. :rolleyes:

LightningBlue

Defensive shape is very good. Not giving them much of a sniff.

LightningBlue

That one horrible pass aside. Oscar has been excellent.

rottie 11

Oscar our best player imo

Johner

Think we've played pretty decent, nothing spectacular but solid enough.

LightningBlue

Good effort by Willian. Needed a bit more pace though.

justshane

I actually think,the much slated duo of Oscar and Ivan are playing quite well, Hazard is playing better than he did for 32 matches in the league last season.

Killinator

Lads I'm confused and worried. I'm actually enjoying watching us?
Have I fallen ill?

Suryavarman

It's only been one half but I'm feeling positive. A solid performance all around. We look far more likely to nick a goal out of both teams.

Ivanovic is making me eat my words. He's played quite well so far.

LightningBlue

Suryavarman wrote: »

It's only been one half but I'm feeling positive. A solid performance all around. We look far more likely to nick a goal out of both teams.

Ivanovic is making me eat my words. He's played quite well so far.

The extra cover Kante is providing is making up for his lack of legs tracking back. He was always a threat going forward. (Mainly to people in the stand with his crossing :pac: )

We could do with a better threat of the right wing though. Willian has killed a lot of moves.

Johner

Carvalho the half time guest. Legend.

LightningBlue

Great touch and shot by Costa.

Penalty!

LightningBlue

Just about in by Hazard

Johner

Hazard!!!

LightningBlue

Push on now and kill the game.

Johner

Hazard is the best player in the league in this form.

LightningBlue

Johner wrote: »

Hazard is the best player in the league in this form.

Question is where the fúck was he last year.

Johner

Kante is just so good at breaking up the play.

justshane

Hope Costa doesn't get sent off.

LightningBlue

Johner wrote: »

Kante is just so good at breaking up the play.

He's our new Makelele.

433 was always our best formation back in José Mk. 1 days.

Johner

Impressive stuff so far!

LightningBlue

Has to be said though West Ham are absolute dreck.

Johner

LightningBlue wrote: »

Has to be said though West Ham are absolute dreck.

Yeah, they've been awful. We need a second before Payet comes on though.

justshane

Dreck?

LightningBlue

Johner wrote: »

Yeah, they've been awful. We need a second before Payet comes on though.

Definitely. I still can't trust a defense with Cahill and Ivan in it.

Conte's good but he's not a miracle worker.


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Willian close, good save by Adrian or Hazard had a tap in.

LightningBlue

Kante is sweeping everything up.

Fabregas for Matic could be an option to try and get the second goal.

LightningBlue

Adrian milking the **** out of that to get Costa sent off.

And where's Reid's yellow for mouthing to the ref.

Johner

Costa is lucky there.

Johner

That's it give Payet a chance to deliver.

Duck Soup

Very fortunate to still be on the pitch.

LightningBlue

Duck Soup wrote: »

Very fortunate to still be on the pitch.

I'd say that only the first yellow was for dissent he'd have got the second yellow there.

Still he's walking a tightrope now. Get Batshuayi on for 20 minutes.

Johner

Payet will score this.

LightningBlue

9.1 for Carroll there. Should be in Rio.