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RichUT

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  1. Mata. Naturally. We’re not looking competitive at all in the early going. United are dominating possession and have a deserved lead.
  2. I really hope the second blue one is legit. I don’t care for collared soccer shirts, so not feeling that white one at all.
  3. God dammit.
  4. I can’t claim that. The wife liked Birdie and I wanted to stick to our Texas themed dog names. I suggested Lady Bird as a compromise. I had honestly forgotten that Hank named their dog that.
  5. We welcomed Lady Bird into our house this weekend. She joins Shiner (Rhodesian) and Chuy (Frenchie) in our crowded house. No idea why I signed off on this but the females in the house are swooning.
  6. Hard no from me. That said, Chelsea’s problems are bigger than a manager. They need a new owner and a whole new board in my opinion.
  7. Maybe it's for the best if missing the Top 4 means that Sarri is shit canned. Then again I guess he could still win the Europa league and get in. Fuck. Being a Blues fan has been a beating as of late.
  8. Yup. Gonna take something magical or fluky to get one across the line with all 11 Burnley players sitting deep.
  9. Well that wasn’t the start that I envisioned.
  10. Couldn't have asked for a better weekend of results to keep our quest for the Top 4 alive. We better show up against Burnley tomorrow.
  11. Sarri is not the answer. Then again, the same could be said for half of this roster. Pretty much none of it is working at a high level at this point. What a shit show.
  12. Chelsea are entirely dependent on Hazard. How the board invests the windfall from his sale to Real Madrid will set the course for this club for the next 5+ years. I wish I had even an ounce of confidence that they will spend it wisely. You know, assuming they are even able to with the transfer ban hanging over our heads.
  13. Hazard. Off the post. Ouch.
  14. 2-0 as the guy not good enough to start for us scores a screamer. 3 points to Pool.
  15. Down 1-0 and I’ve seen nothing from them today that says they’ve got a an equalizer up their sleeve.
  16. So, RLC and CHO should starts?
  17. Crazy how good RLC and CHO are playing in the Europa league (admittedly against clubs with less talent) but can't even get on the bench for EPL games. Really bizarre stuff from Sarri and it's not making much sense given the last two league results. It's been a frustrating couple of years to say the least, and the transfer ban is casting a shadow over next year already. This club needs to get their shit together ASAP.
  18. Not watching, but up 2-0 and my Twitter timeline suggests that it’s a well deserved lead.
  19. Feels like a discussion to take back to the main Chelsea thread, but whatever. Their three biggest failures have been 1) being slow and/or cheap, 2) spending stupidly on highly questionable plan B’s/plan C’s in response, 3) giving up on talented youngsters before they have been given a chance to get on the pitch. A few recent examples: Papy Djilobodji (don’t even recall who we were after at CB at the time) Alvaro Morata (after dragging our feet on Lukaku, who has been up and down at ManU, but I think that’s due to how much he doesn’t like it there) Danny Drinkwater (mind boggling and indefensible even at the time) Playing it slow/cheap with guys like Neymar, Modric, Koulibaly, Stones, any one of the Mendy/Walker/Danilo trio that went to City, etc, etc. Giving up on KDb/Lukaku/Salah There are more that I could go find, but these were just top of mind. Again, they aren’t batting zero, but they have been hampering the club for a solid 5 year stretch and it’s getting really fucking old.
  20. They purchased Christensen at 15, along with countless others. Eventually one was going to work out, though he has received very little play time since switching back to a back 4. Rudi is a fine player and I should have included him. Emerson theoretically has potential, but he hasn’t beat out Alonso and Marcos has been a whipping boy this season. The board hasn’t been 100% awful, as that would require some level of intent to avoid the occasional bit of success. That said, they’ve been too often lethargic and unquestionably poor for a pretty long stretch of time.
  21. We crossed the 20 minute mark against City without conceding an opening goal. Progress?
  22. Chelsea will appeal in order to have access to the market this summer, and hopefully they get the ban reduced to one window vs. two. To TexArcher's point, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if Chelsea's board had to take some time off from the transfer market. They have fucked up in spectacular fashion over the last few years. Outside of Kante and (hopefully) Pulisic, it's hard to find any positives in the decisions they have made.
  23. My favorite part was where you said “if”.
  24. I see bad Chelsea showed up today. I’ve seen way too much of them lately.
  25. So the mods have just totally thrown in the towel on attempting to moderate this thread? Awesome.
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