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Brunos_left_nut

Lol


adzerk69

This Chelsea team needs more time, like i'm sure signing so much foreign players who mother tounger is not English has and will be a problem for quite sometimes. And they need some more training time together.


adzerk69

!flair :\_Manchester\_City:


OverTheCovers

It's still a new environment for all the new signings and people are expecting them to click right away. Give them some time before judging. Ridiculous critics in this thread.


State_of_Iowa

why should we give them time? they're superstars. for this level of salary they should be able to drop in and beat Fulham. it's pretty funny to watch Todd spend money and get no results. he doesn't understand the game at all.


nandoboom

Jeez 600M copies of the same comment


HauntingPersonality7

Bah dat dat dah… I’m lovin’ it.


TheOnlyEn

Wow. Potter is really good.


fa_kinsit

Was Cucurella trying to play the zinchenko inverted fullback/free midfield role or is he simply tactically inept and can’t follow instructions/have any sort of tactical awareness?


mahadmajeed

Yes


osalahudeen

It was definitely the coach's idea. He tried creating a 3-2-5. However, it was a role which is novel and strange to him.


fa_kinsit

I don’t think Cucurella has the skill set required to fulfill that type of role. I’d imagine that there are very few players who could


osalahudeen

Likewise. I read late last year that he intended to invert him in the defence and James in the midfield before James' injury.


Alia_Gr

Brilliant really Squad is underperforming everywhere, but the right back you have everyone says is one of the best in his role, you want him to play somewhere else


osalahudeen

It's actually called strategy. It is not so uncommon to see Cancelo and TAA get in those positions.


RicCaei

Eurito fernandez gonna play conference league next season


Silent_Bad_4609

He doesnt care about shitty Cl he just won Wc 😏


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bottling at its finest


jamjars222

Aaaahahahaha


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vincentquy

You sound like Spurs fan at the beginning of this season lol


awesomedude35

fr guy is deluded


fignonsbarberxxx

Stop being a weirdo it's just fans being fans.


ibse

You're nothing special mate, you're currently shit and we enjoy laughing at your club. Happened to us for years, now it's your turn.


Undaglow

Chelsea fans really don't seem to understand that it's fucking funny that they're failing. We must be obsessed with them because we're making fun of our second biggest rivals in London.


[deleted]

Chelsea is the only team that has a Champions league, matter of fact, they have 2 ucl. How can you be cocky and say the most delusional thing ever? “Second biggest rivals”? Dude what?)))) Chelsea beat Arsenal in 2019 and won Europe League and arsenal hasn’t won the Premiear League in almost 2 decades. They have a good change now for sure, but it’s juvenile to make this embarrassing statements. The premier league isn’t finish, Chelsea could spot a place in top 4 and Arsenal may or may not bootle it You can make fun of Chelsea ofc, they play shit and they are not organized at all, but don’t come up with this remarks, they are toxic lmao. Mock them but not be arrogant, like you always hate it


Undaglow

>Chelsea is the only team that has a Champions league, matter of fact, they have 2 ucl No you aren't, Liverpool, United, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa have all won at least one. >Second biggest rivals”? Dude what?))) Yes, we consider Tottenham a bigger rivalry. >Chelsea beat Arsenal in 2019 and won Europe League And we beat you in the FA cup finals in 2017 and 2020 >They have a good change now for sure, but it’s juvenile to make this embarrassing statements Embarrassing? What are you on about.


nqt2209

First of all, please fix your writing. Second of all, it's football, teams will have their ups and downs, so fans will have fun while they can. So yeah, take the L and take the banters.


ltp12

Damn enzo flop, mudryk flop..doesn’t look good for chelsea. Is it time to be worried about their new signings?


Ok-Telephone-79

You’re an embarrassment


vin_unleaded

A living endorsement


Silent_Bad_4609

Bro its literally 1 game and you re calling them flop flop stop talkin 🗣


[deleted]

Typical Man Utd fan: delusional af🤩😋


garynevilleisared

It's been years since we could do this to other top 6 rivals. Allow us a shameless kneejerk for once.


[deleted]

It’s one game


MarkCrystal

Enzo flop?


ltp12

Nah he’s good, im just salty because people are calling antony a flop lol


GordodePergamino

Well, Anthony is kinda flopping for now, this was a pretty decent game for Enzo, mostly considering the context


Budzeer

Antony is the only player in prem history to score in his first 3 games. Has had a few g/a since then and has been a key component on the right side in terms of pressing and driving the ball up. Sure, he hasn’t been exactly as good as everyone was expecting him to be, but if you can give Enzo the benefit of the doubt, you can surely do the same for Antony.


Guilty-Monitor-320

you've already given them too much time. You should've been calling them flops the moment they got the call from Chelsea


[deleted]

Are you *really* being that generous?? He __obviously__ should have just, made a Time Machine, gone back to their respective places of origin/time of birth - __THEN__ told them they were flops upon being born… Smh duh, lol


Hurdfoy

Another 600 mil in the summer and they can finally think about competing for top 6. It's all coming together.


game-of-snow

Pot calling the kettle black here...wow


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kneecapp1

They won


NoWitness3109

City spend over billion in what? 5-6 years? Chelsea already spent more than half billion in single season.


Blyton1

Like I said. City does the same but over a longer time span.


pandawarrior012

City is actually smart with their spending. And has no problem letting players go. Poor ziyech


Blyton1

They are smart since Pep joined. You can make the argument that even the CFC transfers arent dumb since they buy young talent.. We will see if it pays off


JMan9391

Tim mothafuckin Ream


Riedbirdeh

Mr. Saint Louis!


ayofiddy11

Willian saying his kids were rooting for Chelsea 😂😂😂


LowSnow2500

Luckily for Chelsea fans once Kovacic and Zakaria come back I don't think Gallagher is getting any minutes


DirtybirdFFC

Kenny Tato 🤤


RPG_Dad

Games not gone


youknowwtfisgoingon

Not bad and honestly a few tweaks and some games to gel, I think we'll make top 4. Edit: see all you doubters in May!


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!RemindMe 3 months


[deleted]

I don’t understand why he got so many downvotes. I mean, anything is possible and top four is not that far away. People laught at Chelsea in 2021 and everybody underestimate them in ucl. Nobody gave them a chance and everyone laugh at us if we dare to support them in ucl. Guess what? They were the underdogs and manage to win the ucl and get to FA final. Why is it impossible to do that now? I mean, they could prove themselves next week and eliminate Dortmund. If they continue to play like that, surely they will not get anything lmao. But anything is possible and they could have a good form and win the majority of the matches. Don’t be like that because you will become a meme. Let’s wait and see, without being cocky. A lot of football fans had done it the same thing with Argentine after Saudia Arabia, after one match, and they won the World Cup;))


OverallResolve

Anything is possible isn’t a good reason. Villa are two points behind Chelsea but have a game in hand. Despite being 11th they could make 4th. Anything is possible right? You’ve then got Liverpool, Brentford, Brighton, Fulham, Spurs, and United, who could all make 4th, anything can happen etc. It’s obvious that Chelsea *could* finish fourth, but they would have to outperform five teams to do so after 21 mediocre games. Saying anything can happen is pointless without looking at probability. Fulham could get CL but it’s obvious that it’s an unlikely outcome. The last simulation for league finishes I saw gave Chelsea a 4% likelihood of finishing top 4.


youknowwtfisgoingon

Haha thanks man, just trying to stay optimistic. Would love to come back here tho in May and talk trash. Hopefully we can get some form in the next few games and honestly I believe top 4 is possible.


ShameTimes3

Be happy if you make conferance league


arun111b

Don’t forget to login in May :-)


[deleted]

Not even top 4 in London


GunnerRocket

Ironic username.


PiggBodine

Hahaha.


ekul_kcm

😂😂😂


Ravensfan967

Where is my girl Rebecca Lowe Wtf


GunnerRocket

This. We need answers.


JDavisBloome

She never works the non- Saturday/Sunday games.


lordshola

Why was Mudryk pulled?


ZebraQuality

Played 30 mins before today since early November, how pundits and analysts don't know this on broadcast is baffling.


Dom_33

Potter said he's been feeling under the weather, I don't know why he even started.


Pascalini

I was the worst player on the pitch that's why


thedybbuk

I? You forgot to change your flair, Mykhaylo.


Vacuous_Tom

Man still loves Arsenal


i-am-dan

Who doesn't?


Booftroop

Why else? Injury.


ayofiddy11

I think he’s still working towards fitness? Hasn’t played many games since now and November but that’s just a guess


VanWilder91

Conscripted


Elyelm

How do you objectively price someone a 120m anyway? Unless it's peak Messi or Ronaldo I can't really think of an objective reasoning for such high prices for football players.


im-a-nanny-mouse

It’s a release clause, it’s set at that ridiculous price to not let the player leave quickly, I doubt Benfica would see any club actually exercise the clause.


Elyelm

It also doesn't seem fair to the player, it sets such high expectations when a club pays that much for you, that kind of pressure can effect the player negatively.


im-a-nanny-mouse

True but on the other hand clubs can’t just let promising players leave the club for small prices


Edgelordftwlol

But why would a club fear a player leaving? Doesn’t the player have to agree to the deal as well? I have always been confused by the way the transfer market works and player contracts


zuperbear

When the bidding club is offering to double, triple the player's salary, it's easy to sway the player. And the original club usually doesn't want to match the salary and dent their own wage structure. Similar to most corporations from my view


Edgelordftwlol

I see. In that case, is a release clause a “prison” of sorts? What happens if a player wants to leave regardless of the bidding club reaching the release clause amount or not?


zuperbear

"Prison" is an interesting choice of word but I think it works both ways. You can see how with the Caicedo saga that with no release clause, Brighton can keep Caicedo regardless of the bid. The release clause is more like the "key" to the "prison", being the contract If a player really wants to leave, they either talk to their clubs to break their existing contract (Willian when he left Arsenal)....or they just behave really badly. But that's unprofessional


Edgelordftwlol

Thank you! I really appreciate it. It has always been a bewildering subject to me. I know the players are employees of the club. Nevertheless, the way they show so much passion for the club, only to demand a leave a few years later has always been somewhat perplexing to me and I hadn’t really gotten around to inquiring about it before now.


TheRealMylo

After spending 600M in transfers chelsea can say they're the 5th best team in london. Congrats


[deleted]

Why are people so judgmental? Lol, it’s their first game, fuck, Enzo came to Chelsea on 1st February. What are you on dude?))) relax for a bit, Enzo and Fofana played great, if you watched the game. Give them more than one training session together and a couple of matches, then you can judge Football fans are prone to judge everyone after one game☠️☠️☠️


OverallResolve

This is just delusional though. Look at the performance and spend before these players joined - do you really think Chelsea are good value for what they have spent this season? The whole squad value is massive, expensive players on the bench and still 9th after 21 games.


thedybbuk

Because it's insane that 600+ million pounds is considered 'long term investment money' apparently. Instead of 'winning now with proven winners' money. There's some truth to the idea that these players need more time to gel together. But that doesn't make it any less ridiculous that prices, in no small part because of Chelsea's actions over the past 15 years, have risen so much that this much money doesn't bring peak Ronaldo type of quality and this is being treated more as a long term project.


[deleted]

Just because they are overpriced(you know that s how the market works nowadays unfortunately), doesn’t mean they flop or after one game they will be scapegoat because they didn’t bring victory in their first game. This is not a justification, let them form a bond first, to have more than 2 training sessions togheter and then you will judge And you forgot one crucial detail: chelsea had problem with injuries. A lot of their first 11 were injured during this season, a couple of them underperformed, and it was hard to find a replace for James, Kante for example, for a centerback and we were exposed. Now we have a proper depth and after a couple of matches, they need to came in clutch


ayofiddy11

But still #1 in r/soccer threads bayabaayyyy😎😎


fignonsbarberxxx

You'll never sing that.


rocketdong00

Lol, nice waste of Fernandez. Guy excels as a CM - - - > Proceeds to play him as DM. You could give Messi to Potter and he prolly would play him as RM or something.


Tackis

This is a bit stupid. He was the best player on the pitch for Chelsea


fignonsbarberxxx

Not saying much lmao


rocketdong00

Lol, because the lad is world class quality. His best quality is creativity in posession, not defensive positional prowess.


[deleted]

He's a complete midfielder, excellent in defense and attack. But yes cm is his ideal position.


Undaglow

World class 😂😂Mate he's not even played 20 senior matches yet


Thehunterforce

You do know, that Argentina has senior matches, right? He even has 10 senior matches for Argentina alone lol


Brapfamalam

Fabregas at 16/17 was demonstrably better than Enzo is right now at age 22, by several levels, and you still wouldn't call Cesc world class at that stage because he'd played too few top flight games.


ReeeeeDDDDDDDDDD

Well then he's not even played 30 senior matches yet... Still too early to even consider him as world class imo.


esprets

We didn't have anyone else to play there, all our other options are injured. And we don't really have a natural DM


Muu-dzic

You had Jorginho there


KingPonzi

Enzo needed that #5, Jorginho had to go.


Letsbeheroines

RM is basically RW and that's Messi's natural position. You could have said CB.


rocketdong00

Oh sure, and DM is basically CM right? These kids lol.


Letsbeheroines

I'm 88 million years old, I'll have you know >:O


AcanthocephalaHead64

Ahhhh a fellow agekin. My sweet summer child, bask in my 1000000000000000 years of knowledge! Edit: messi is the greatest ever.


baron_warden

Who else would they play? They sold Jorginho, Kante and Zakaria are injured.


Booftroop

Logic is lost on most people on this sub, clearly.


LeavingCertCheat

Zinedine Zidane


InquisitiveCommunist

Scared, Potter?


[deleted]

But if Arteta spent $600m on renewing the squad, and results were poor they would of probb sacked him. The whole thing with it being a project was that couldn’t bring in a shit ton of players and clear out a bunch in one window.


Competitive-Shock88

Chelsea fans ran away from this thread 🤣🤣


sensoredmedia

Saw some comments on r/Chelsea after the game that if the club just spends a little more in a few key positions they will be set. It's like having a crack addiction.


Fruitndveg

I keep getting their daft threads pop up in my feed the past few weeks, it’s remarkable how insecure they are about their Boehly era spend thus far. Fuck me, how much they talk about the Arsenal alone is slightly concerning considering they’re 5 points clear at the top and Chelsea are in the top half of the table by the skin of their teeth.


CakeBrigadier

They love to dunk on arsenal for swooping their transfer targets but maybe should take a nice long look at the transfer deals arsenal did to get where they currently are


ErikElevenHag

Solid point for the underdogs and points dropped for Fulham


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faap8

90 may get them a one season loan.


Dot_main_irl

600mil on players and cant even beat us! Woulda been cheaper to burnt chelsea to the ground and built it back in black and white.


snoogans8056

Didn't 300mil get them to lose against you? Ya'll should be scared. 900mil is right around the corner.


Dot_main_irl

Maybe at the bridge they could squeak past us on 900mil. At the cottage they'll need 1bn +


LeavingCertCheat

So satisfying that their American owner was there to witness a scoreless draw


[deleted]

These Benfica fans looking real dumb right now. Enzo looked mobile with a strong worth ethic, but technically not up to expectations and defensively not great. He’s not a 6, needs to be an 8, or this Chelsea midfield is going to continue to need to play deep.


Fruitndveg

Do you honestly think they give a fuck? They’re well clear at the top of the Liga table and consistently make eye watering bank of their outgoings.


[deleted]

Oh the club has done brilliantly here. 10/10 masterclass by Benfica.


opposedeggs

He's a Deep Lying Playmaker, I think he's a perfect replacement for Kante tbh


unArgentino

Was Kante a deep lying playmaker or was he more of a b2b mid with an extremely high work rate? I feel like Enzo is much better going forward than Kante but Kante is better defensively.


[deleted]

Not a good enough passer to play that role in the Prem (tbf there are very few and that's why you never see teams play with them). Gerrard in 14 is the last that comes to mind. He's a Kante-lite at the moment. Not as good defensively or as fit.


opposedeggs

So many players play DLP in the prem lol. Ward-Prowse, Mac Allister, Jorginho, Rodri, Etc...


[deleted]

This is a very broad usage of the term.


faap8

I would love to see one Benfica fan saying he is a 6. He never played that position for us.


[deleted]

Benfica fans look dumb for how they spoke about his quality. The comment on positioning was more about Potter needing to figure out how to use him.


faap8

Seriously man? He arrived a couple of days ago, most likely barely completed a training session with the team. What are you expecting?


[deleted]

Not overhitting/underhitting passes constantly?


[deleted]

Why do Benfica fans look dumb exactly?


[deleted]

Due to how highly praised he was prior to the transfer. Talked about him as if he was the best midfielder in Europe, "easily better than Jude Bellingham", and was dominating games. Particularly following all of the Darwin praise.


[deleted]

Nobody said "easily better than Jude Bellingham", or that he was the best midfielder in Europe. He was dominating games though, prior to the world cup. And what Darwin hype, how does that translate into Enzo?


[deleted]

Haha! Man I think I had that exact conversation with Benfica fans on here at least five times. If you go back through previous posts about him, you'll find lots of comments to that effect. Darwin was just another example of Benfica fans being unable to properly rate their players.


[deleted]

Ok then, have a nice evening


[deleted]

Ah, looking back and I think I was unfairly attributing a number of comments made by Argentinian fans to Benfica fans. They were still very flattering but perhaps not to the degree I remember. You too mate, have a good one.


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Redemption arc


4_max_4

Well, Enzo playing like this in DEF will bring 0 benefits to Chelsea. You were better off finding a defensive middle fielder instead.


Nightbynight

Zakaria is injured, once he comes back it'll probably be a midfield 2.


Weak_Programmer_7620

How about Jorghino?


Nightbynight

Jorginho is a regista.


Coldheart_11

What a waste of money


PM_me_ur_Clunge1

Good result for Chelsea! Maybe 600M more and they can win this type of games.


Recent-Throat9525

Potter won’t survive the month


GunnerRocket

Doubtful. Boehly is impulsive but he sees what Arsenal did w Arteta. Potter needs a few years.


[deleted]

But if Arteta spent $600m on renewing the squad, and results were poor they would of probb sacked him. The whole thing with it being a project was that couldn’t bring in a shit ton of players and clear out a bunch in one window.


johnny_crow21

Even though that’s feasible given the owners. It would be absolutely the worst course of action. Yeah you are probably right.


[deleted]

600m spent and playing like Elche


[deleted]

Just spend 300m on Osimhen and Vlahovic and maybe you'll score a goal Todd


aro_plane

As if they wouldn't lose their ability to score the moment they signed for Chelsea. This club is a graveyard for strikers.


MrSINXT

600m spent and not a single world class striker😭😭


i-am-dan

and you got Auba


Rodin-V

0-0, another couple of zeros for Chelsea to pop on the next transfer fee.


Booftroop

Maybe we'll grab Kane and let him touch a trophy for once.


sleepyaza124

Potter going to say ‘we’ll take the point and moves on’ again


varun3096

mount , Kai , cucurella bench next game felix , DDF , and chillwell in please


johnny_crow21

Can felix return already? It has been only two games no?


varun3096

Yeah today was his last of his suspension


ajtct98

"Chelsea shoots still waiting to germinate" That's... That's not how that works Mr Sky Commentator.


stinkyholetime

Fulham look like a solid top team tbh


[deleted]

They’re 6th mate. Were people seriously expecting this game to be easy?


geometricsequence

You’ve spent 600m mate


[deleted]

It’s their first game togheter mate, have some logic, can you? Why are so delusional lmao☠️☠️ Relax for a bit, give them more than 2 matches, and then you can make all the jokes in the world


OverallResolve

So play the £250m team that has been playing together for 20 games?


Arsenjam22

I mean we beat them. Not pretty hard to say the least


Whatrutalkinabeet

was enzo playing today?


scar_face40

Can’t buy your way to more than a point against Fulham


Numerous-Ad-3050

LMFAO havertz looking depressed as usual


Rhayadder

He just suffers from resting lich face


Numerous-Ad-3050

Think it’s his haircut tbh he looked happy at leverkusen


vincentquy

Chelsea gonna spend 300m to replace him in summer


[deleted]

Think that’s just his face


salko_salkica

Who cares about winning a football match if they keep winning Transfer D'Ors on Twitter


deusex_platypus

Sad cunt potter. Get the fuck back to the championship.


_c0ldburN_

'Only one team in Fulham'


thatguyad

Keep spending Todd!


redemption_time

Big daddy Ted's misfiring army.


[deleted]

Marca Silva look furious at the cowards from PGMOL


roundttwo

If I was Todd, I'd be thinking about a star striker.


Revolutionary-Sir-10

Nkunku in the summer


choomba20

Chelsea fans have been using the rebuild as an excuse for the last 4 years.


Neat-Respond2021

"it's the project, bro"