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Chelsea v Arsenal, Feb 4th, Stamford Bridge, 1230pm (MATCH THREAD)

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  • #152
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Cheeky bid for Sanchez in the summer, he'd work perfectly on the right of our attack.


  • #153
    Sugarlumps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭Sugarlumps


    Gotta bury that?


  • #154
    irishkopite 2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭irishkopite 2011


    Great save


  • #155
    Andersonisgod
    Registered Users Posts: 8,868 ✭✭✭Andersonisgod


    It's also handy for Chelsea that they have the best goalkeeper in the league between the sticks.


  • #156
    ERG89
    Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    I take it Arsenal aren't even playing when people are asking where Özil is


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  • #157
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    GavRedKing wrote: »
    Cheeky bid for Sanchez in the summer, he'd work perfectly on the right of our attack.

    he will be well sniffed around


  • #158
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,018 ✭✭✭Barr


    Matic caught napping there


  • #159
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Tbo has been busy today but has done well with what hes had to face.

    Conte pulled a masterstroke in getting rid of the goalkeeping caoch and bringing in his own, Courtois is finally performing reguarly at the top level.


  • #160
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Andersonisgod wrote: »
    It's also handy for Chelsea that they have the best goalkeeper in the league between the sticks.

    O you :pac: Your up to all your tricks today,


  • #161
    sky88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    25 million for kante is an absolute steal how every top team didnt open their checkbooks for him ill never know.


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  • #162
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,018 ✭✭✭Barr


    sky88 wrote: »
    25 million for kante is an absolute steal how every top team didnt open their checkbooks for him ill never know.

    They could have taught he was a one season wonder.


  • #163
    Andersonisgod
    Registered Users Posts: 8,868 ✭✭✭Andersonisgod


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    O you :pac: Your up to all your tricks today,

    Not a trick about it, as true as I'm here I believe Courtois is, and has been for years, the best keeper in the league. The fear is that he might eventually join Real Madrid but he is truly at that level, he is elite.


  • #164
    The Talking Bread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,050 ✭✭✭✭The Talking Bread


    sky88 wrote: »
    25 million for kante is an absolute steal how every top team didnt open their checkbooks for him ill never know.

    Except he cost £30 million. Still a steal but I imagine Kante had made his choice and Chelsea and Leicester knew


  • #165
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,018 ✭✭✭Barr


    Cescy time. Be great if he got a goal.


  • #166
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    sky88 wrote: »
    25 million for kante is an absolute steal how every top team didnt open their checkbooks for him ill never know.

    Wenger tried, I think Jose did too.

    £32m was a bargain alright.


  • #167
    sky88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    The Talking Bread wrote: »
    Except he cost £30 million. Still a steal but I imagine Kante had made his choice and Chelsea and Leicester knew

    mybad thought it was 25 but yea still a steal


  • #168
    [Deleted User]
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    GavRedKing wrote: »
    Wenger tried, I think Jose did too.

    £32m was a bargain alright.

    Ya Id say everyone did well of note. Was it a buy out clause that had him go so cheaply


  • #169
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,018 ✭✭✭Barr


    lol


  • #170
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,640 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    What ever happened to Cech, he use to be so reliable


  • #171
    davycc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭davycc


    Great chip from fabregas


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  • #172
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,948 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Hahaha!


  • #173
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Cheers Cech.

    Cesc rubbing salt into an already very open wound. Lovely :pac:


  • #174
    blueser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,725 ✭✭✭✭blueser


    Possibly another 7 or 8 minutes to go here. This could get embarrassing for Arsenal. Well; more embarrassing.


  • #175
    Duck Soup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭Duck Soup


    Oops. Well that was a bit embarrassing.


  • #176
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,948 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    That camera angle was cool


  • #177
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    Cesc really needs to lose that beard.


  • #178
    jayo26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,779 ✭✭✭✭jayo26


    Winter has officially ended Arsenal are self distructing.


  • #179
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,018 ✭✭✭Barr


    Cech to Cesc .. vintage Chelsea:pac:


  • #180
    Andersonisgod
    Registered Users Posts: 8,868 ✭✭✭Andersonisgod


    This is sweet! Conte has been the best coach this season, this Chelsea squad has been rejuvenated, this Chelsea side might be about to complete one of the most comprehensive charges to the title in history.


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  • #181
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    More importantly, whos going to win later on Arsenal Fan TV?

    Bluuud or Fam?


  • #182
    theoneeyedman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,636 ✭✭✭theoneeyedman


    GavRedKing wrote: »
    Arsenal are missing Xhala, Ramsey, Cazorla and Eleny today so I'd cut them some slack in that regard.

    No, I don't think so.

    Xhaka is suspended, no surprise there given his propensity to pick up cards. Ramsey is prone to injury and imo neither him nor Eleny are top class midfielders anyway, are OK but not really top drawer. On top of that, they have a lumbering center half at right back in Gabriel.

    Gonna struggle to reach top 4 thus year I think


  • #183
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Arsenal have a dreadful league record at the Bridge, apart from the 5-3 back in 2012 theyve lsot 8 out of the last 10 I think.


  • #184
    The Talking Bread
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    sky88 wrote: »
    mybad thought it was 25 but yea still a steal

    Obviously considering that he cost £6 million and they got a league out of him, and was on less than £60K, the buy out clause was significantly lower. Kante was going obviously and I imagine had made his mind up on Chelsea. Chelsea knew so were obviously not going to bid anymore than necessary. Essentially then there was no bidding war and considering what Leicester got out of him, not holding Chelsea to ransom, when they knew he had made his mind up to go, knocked about 25% off his fee.


  • #185
    Lucas Hood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,205 ✭✭✭Lucas Hood


    Whoever didn't include an option to call back Jack Wilshere in January should be sacked.


  • #186
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,018 ✭✭✭Barr


    Burnley will be far tougher test up next.


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  • #187
    irishkopite 2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭irishkopite 2011


    Awfully selfish from costa again


  • #188
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Was hoping for a clean sheet


  • #189
    klose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,881 ✭✭✭✭klose


    Classic giroud near post in fairness


  • #190
    Osmosis Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,932 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    But.. My fantasy football points..


  • #191
    Flint Fredstone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,519 ✭✭✭Flint Fredstone


    No celebration from Giroud? :pac:


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  • #192
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Costas had serious chances today, he should have scored a brace.

    More annoyed about the clean sheet now though at this stage. :o


  • #193
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,018 ✭✭✭Barr


    Arsenal fans come well prepared :pac:


  • #194
    Prisoner6409
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭Prisoner6409


    Arsenals soft underbelly exposed yet again, looked like the Arsenal players were not trying a leg compared to the effort given by the Chelsea lads. Arsenal will win nothing with Wenger at the helm, the players he buys lack bottle.


  • #195
    [Deleted User]
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    Enjoyable game for the neutral


  • #196
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,018 ✭✭✭Barr


    Great performance from Chelsea today.


  • #197
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Who's that clown with the banner calling for Wenger out ???????


  • #198
    Albert_Camus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 301 ✭✭Albert_Camus


    Andersonisgod wrote: »
    This is sweet! Conte has been the best coach this season, this Chelsea squad has been rejuvenated, this Chelsea side might be about to complete one of the most comprehensive charges to the title in history.

    Yeah you have to be impressed by it.

    Well done Chelsea.


  • #199
    The Talking Bread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,050 ✭✭✭✭The Talking Bread


    Kristopherus wrote: »
    Who's that clown with the banner calling for Wenger out ???????

    Let's be honest. They need a change. And Wenger has his destiny in his own hands.


  • #200
    PhilipsR
    Registered Users Posts: 723 ✭✭✭PhilipsR


    How come Arsenal fans don't have to discuss the game in the match thread?


  • #201
    irishkopite 2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭irishkopite 2011


    If I was a Chelsea fan I would be disappointed with costa for the arsenal goal, he tried a shot from a tight angle, from that arsenal went up the other end and scored. Twice today he chose not to pass to teammates in better positions. I know it's only a goal but the clean sheet was there for Chelsea


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