Chelsea 2020-2021: Campeones de Europa

[ztejas 43394]

Felt like pulling the trigger this morning. If you don't like the thread title, take it up with management. 

Club History

6X ENGLISH CHAMPION

16/17 ,  14/15 ,  09/10 ,  05/06 ,  04/05 ,  54/55

1X CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNER

11/12

8X FA CUP WINNER

17/18 ,  11/12 ,  09/10 ,  08/09 ,  06/07 ,  99/00 ,  96/97 ,  69/70

5X ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP WINNER

14/15 ,  06/07 ,  04/05 ,  97/98 ,  64/65

2X EUROPA LEAGUE WINNER

18/19 ,  12/13

2X CUP WINNERS CUP WINNER

97/98 ,  70/71

1X UEFA SUPERCUP WINNER

98/99

4X ENGLISH SUPERCUP WINNER

09/10 ,  05/06 ,  00/01 ,  55/56

Last Season:

• 4th in Premier League
• Lost in UEFA Super Cup - Chelsea 2 - Liverpool 2 (4-5 on pens)
• Lost in FA Cup Final - Chelsea 1 - Arsenal 2
• Lost in Champions League Ro16 - Chelsea 1 - Bayern Munich 7 (agg)

2019/2020 Chelsea EPL Stats

Individual Appearances - top 10 in 2019/2020 EPL:

Tammy Abraham

Goals/90 - 0.61 (T9)

Non Penalty Goals/90 - 0.61 (6)

xG - 14.5 (8)

xG/90 - 0.59 (T4)

npxG - 14.5 (6)

npxG/90 - 0.59 (3)

Shots Total/90 - 3.58 (4)

Shots on Target/90 - 1.42 (T5)

npxg/Shot - 0.17 (T10)

Willian

Penalty Kicks Made - 4 (T3)

xA - 6.9 (T10)

xA/90 - 0.24 (T10)

Key Passes - 71 (7)

Passes Into Penalty Area - 68 (6)

Corner Kicks - 110 (7)

Shot Creating Actions - 145 (5)

SCA/90 - 5.02 (6)

Progressive Carrying Distance - 6885 (7)

Christian Pulisic

Shots Total/90 - 3.24 (8)

Shots on Target/90 - 1.31 (10)

GCA/90 - 0.68 (T6)

Oliver Giroud

Shots on Target% - 48.7 (8)

Goals/Shot - 0.21 (T8)

npxg/Shot - 0.17 (T10)

Andreas Christenen

Pass Completion % - 92.7 (T2)

Mateo Kovacic

Pass Completion % - 90.2 (9)

Passes Into Final Third - 178 (10)

Jorginho

Passes Into Final Third - 238 (1)

Interceptions - 64 (10)

Yellow Cards - 10 (4) 😁

Cesar Azpilicueta

Crosses Into Penalty Area - 28 (4)

Progressive Passes - 288 (5)

Throw Ins Taken - 377 (2)

Tackles - 102 (6)

Tackles Won - 61 (6)

Blocks - 81 (7)

Interceptions - 66 (8)

Touches - 3273 (3)

Pass Targets - 2231 (5)

Mason Mount

Shot Creating Actions - 115 (10)

Goal Creating Actions - 16 (T10)

Kurt Zouma

% of Aerials Won - 76.7 (7)

2020-2021

Manager: Frank Lampard (2nd season)

Current roster per TransferMarkt as of 8/17/2020:

#	Player	Date of birth / Age	Nat.	Market value
1	Kepa   Goalkeeper	Oct 3, 1994 (25)		€28.00m
13	Willy Caballero   Goalkeeper	Sep 28, 1981 (38)		€600Th.
31	Jamie Cumming   Goalkeeper	Sep 4, 1999 (20)		€450Th.
2	Antonio Rüdiger   Centre-Back	Mar 3, 1993 (27)		€40.00m
15	Kurt Zouma   Centre-Back	Oct 27, 1994 (25)		€28.00m
4	Andreas Christensen   Centre-Back	Apr 10, 1996 (24)		€24.00m
29	Fikayo Tomori   Centre-Back	Dec 19, 1997 (22)		€16.00m
44	Ethan Ampadu   Centre-Back	Sep 14, 2000 (19)		€9.00m
33	Emerson   Left-Back	Aug 3, 1994 (26)		€24.00m
3	Marcos Alonso   Left-Back	Dec 28, 1990 (29)		€18.00m
-	Abdul Rahman Baba    .  Left-Back	Jul 2, 1994 (26)		€2.40m
28	César Azpilicueta      Right-Back	Aug 28, 1989 (30)		€24.00m
24	Reece James   Right-Back	Dec 8, 1999 (20)		€22.50m
-	Davide Zappacosta   Right-Back	Jun 11, 1992 (28)		€12.00m
5	Jorginho   Defensive Midfield	Dec 20, 1991 (28)		€52.00m
14	Tiemoué Bakayoko   Defensive Midfield	Aug 17, 1994 (26)		€25.50m
7	N'Golo Kanté   Central Midfield	Mar 29, 1991 (29)		€80.00m
17	Mateo Kovacic   Central Midfield	May 6, 1994 (26)		€40.00m
12	Ruben Loftus-Cheek   Central Midfield	Jan 23, 1996 (24)		€24.00m
8	Ross Barkley   Central Midfield	Dec 5, 1993 (26)		€21.50m
47	Billy Gilmour     Central Midfield	Jun 11, 2001 (19)		€5.40m
6	Danny Drinkwater   Central Midfield	Mar 5, 1990 (30)		€4.80m
19	Mason Mount   Attacking Midfield	Jan 10, 1999 (21)		€40.50m
55	Faustino Anjorin   Attacking Midfield	Nov 23, 2001 (18)		€2.30m
22	Christian Pulisic     Left Winger	Sep 18, 1998 (21)		€60.00m
20	Callum Hudson-Odoi   Left Winger	Nov 7, 2000 (19)		€31.50m
-	Hakim Ziyech   Right Winger	Mar 19, 1993 (27)		€40.00m
11	Timo Werner    . Centre-Forward	Mar 6, 1996 (24)		€64.00m
9	Tammy Abraham   Centre-Forward	Oct 2, 1997 (22)		€40.00m
23	Michy Batshuayi   Centre-Forward	Oct 2, 1993 (26)		€14.00m
18	Olivier Giroud   Centre-Forward	Sep 30, 1986 (33)		€7.00m

 

TLDR: Fuck Man U

 

Edited May 29, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 43394]

Some quick thoughts after reviewing the individual leaderboards:

Willian had a better season than advertised. He should be replaceable but he did a lot of good things for our attack.

Azpilacueta is a work horse.

Tammy put up a lot of volume numbers, but any decent striker in that role should have done the same. 

Giroud was efficient - just not consistent and didn't create a lot of volume.

Pulisic is a special talent and does more to create goals than all but a handful of EPL players.

Mount has a great feel for the game and surprisingly scratched the top 10 in a couple of good metrics despite not a ton of minutes played.

Our defense sucked. Hard. The only appearances from our defenders were Zouma on aerial % won (no shit - he's fucking huge) and Christensen on pass% (which isn't even a defensive metric). I don't even want to think at how far down Kepa was on the keeping metrics. Pretty sure he was close to the bottom if not outright last on some of them.

[ztejas 43394]

Pedro to Roma. 3 yr until 2023.

[MoJames 8243]

Out - Willian, Pedro, Kepa (hopefully)

In - Timo, Ziyech

Rumored - Chillwell, Kai, Rice, Oblak

Loans ending - Nathan, Pasalic, Musonda Jr., Morata (lol), Ampadu, Zappacosta, Bakayoko, Rahman Baba, Drinkwater, Moses

Sold - Morata (61m), Pasalic(16m), Nathan (3.3m)

 

If we somehow pull off Chillwell, Kai, Rice I don't see how we get a decent GK. The only name of any substance I have seen pop up is Oblak (felt to be a long shot). Pipe dream I'd take Andre Onana. I'm not sure we will know anything for a bit as most smoke is associated with Kai and Chillwell right now.

 

[G650 14166]

I lold at title

[ztejas 43394]

1 hour ago, MoJames said:

Out - Willian, Pedro, Kepa (hopefully)

In - Timo, Ziyech

Rumored - Chillwell, Kai, Rice, Oblak

Loans ending - Nathan, Pasalic, Musonda Jr., Morata (lol), Ampadu, Zappacosta, Bakayoko, Rahman Baba, Drinkwater, Moses

Sold - Morata (61m), Pasalic(16m), Nathan (3.3m)

 

If we somehow pull off Chillwell, Kai, Rice I don't see how we get a decent GK. The only name of any substance I have seen pop up is Oblak (felt to be a long shot). Pipe dream I'd take Andre Onana. I'm not sure we will know anything for a bit as most smoke is associated with Kai and Chillwell right now.

 

Palmieri is rumored to be leaving for Inter. I've heard a couple of rumors on smaller clubs interested in Bats - but could end up being a loan or a transfer in a window down the line. I just don't see him playing much on this year's team outside of some major injuries assuming we land Kai.

[MoJames 8243]

Nah Bats is and should be gone. With Tammy, Timo and Giroud there is no way Bats should get time.

Emerson is obviously not favored by Lampard and should move on.

[MoJames 8243]

Bayer Leverkusen now urging Chelsea to come in with their formal ‘written offer’ for Havertz, and they are keen to get the deal finalised before they return to pre-season on August the 28th, 10 days from now. [BILD]

link - tier 2

Translated as Leverkusen now agrees to terms with CFC but we need to put it in writing.

[ztejas 43394]

[MoJames 8243]

Link

Tall, blessed with speed and exceptionally comfortable in possession, Mbuyamba could well arrive in west London knowing he will need to impress before he is handed a first-team opportunity by Frank Lampard.

Should a deal go through, he is willing to spend next season within the youth ranks at Cobham while he would also welcome a loan move, with Vitesse an option in Eredivisie.

Regardless of where he plays in 2020-21, given his meteoric rise it is not difficult to suggest that he will prove those who overlooked him previously wrong yet again.

[ztejas 43394]

Kai Havertz to Chelsea: The Blues agree €100m deal to sign midfielder from Bayer Leverkusen

https://www.givemesport.com/1594109-kai-havertz-to-chelsea-the-blues-agree-100m-deal-to-sign-midfielder-from-bayer-leverkusen

[MoJames 8243]

Fun Chelsea transfer fact - We paid less to acquire Timo Werner ($58.3) than we sold Alvaro Morata ($61.6) who was demanding a transfer with one team.

[MoJames 8243]

Chillwell Confirmed

 

[morehornsepower 887]

Now we just need a keeper...

[MoJames 8243]

 

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

Still better than Kepa.

[texifornia 56665]

Hey look it's our 2022 starting CBs

Edited August 27, 2020 by texifornia

[texifornia 56665]

 

[MoJames 8243]

2 hours ago, texifornia said:

Hey look it's our 2022 starting CBs

[HenryJames 65957]

 

[ztejas 43394]

The Werner era is here and we're all living in it.

[MoJames 8243]

Watched some of the second half and it was painful. Had all the young lads going and we couldn't even control a throw in.

[ztejas 43394]

1 hour ago, MoJames said:

Watched some of the second half and it was painful. Had all the young lads going and we couldn't even control a throw in.

Better now than in January 

[texifornia 56665]

[ztejas 43394]

Great start to the season.

[MoJames 8243]

Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk

[MoJames 8243]

Nothing new, but ongoing confirmation from all sorts of top end sources. Matter of time before he is announced.

 

[TexArcher 37733]

I'm seeing a lot of 4-2 and 3-2 scorelines this season.  Pretty much the opposite of the Mourinho years.

I just hope we have the 4 or the 3 most of the time.

[G650 14166]

It will be exciting if nothing else.

[MoJames 8243]

Current Chelsea Squad members aged 25 or under.

Kepa (24) Zouma (25) Christensen (24) Sarr (21) Tomori (22) Ampadu (21) Clarke-Salter (22) Chilwell (23) Reece James (20) Loftus-Cheek (24) Gilmour (19) Mount (21) Pulicic (21) Hudson-Odoi (19) Werner (24) Abraham (22) Havertz (21)*

Edited September 2, 2020 by MoJames

[ztejas 43394]

15 minutes ago, MoJames said:

Current Chelsea Squad members aged 25 or under.

Kepa (24) Zouma (25) Christensen (24) Sarr (21) Tomori (22) Ampadu (21) Clarke-Salter (22) Chilwell (23) Reece James (20) Loftus-Cheek (24) Gilmour (19) Mount (21) Pulicic (21) Hudson-Odoi (19) Werner (24) Abraham (22) Havertz (21)*

Can we throw $200M at TAA and just dominate the league for the next 10 years?

[MoJames 8243]

 

[texifornia 56665]

FEEL THE INTENSITY

 

[MoJames 8243]

i wonder if they ever say no shithead, I said down, get down. Dumb motherfuck.

[texifornia 56665]

AGENT RUDI

 

[ztejas 43394]

Three ways Frank Lampard's Chelsea could line up without Christian Pulisic against Brighton - 
https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/fixtures-results/christian-pulisic-injury-news-chelsea-18885545

[texifornia 56665]

Hah!

(Seriously though, who thought Discount Palace was a good look for Chelsea?)

[texifornia 56665]

Wilder is a hell of a coach, let's hope he gets more playing time than last year:

(It's a loan not a sale, btw)

Edited September 7, 2020 by texifornia

[texifornia 56665]

thatisaname.gif

 

[MoJames 8243]

https://streamja.com/21pNB

[ztejas 43394]

 

[ztejas 43394]

On 9/7/2020 at 7:16 AM, texifornia said:

Hah!

(Seriously though, who thought Discount Palace was a good look for Chelsea?)

I like them. 

[texifornia 56665]

The extension is mostly to preserve his value for a transfer

 

[MoJames 8243]

[texifornia 56665]

20 hours ago, MoJames said:

Last minute gamesmanship

 

[ztejas 43394]

So basically, he's NFS. Unless someone really wants to pay 80m Euro for him.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/sempreinter.com/2020/09/11/gianluca-di-marzio-chelsea-want-e70-80m-in-cash-only-for-inter-linked-ngolo-kante/amp/

[ztejas 43394]

Reminder we kick off the new season at 2:15 central today against Brighton. 

[MoJames 8243]

I just signed up for Peacock.

 

Head-to-head

• Chelsea are the only opponents Brighton have played a league fixture against without ever winning. The 1-1 draw at Amex Stadium on New Year's Day was Brighton's first point against the Blues, and came at the 10th attempt.

• Albion's only competitive victory in 14 attempts against Chelsea came in their first meeting, an FA Cup tie on the south coast in January 1933.

Chelsea

• This is the third time Chelsea are starting a Premier League campaign on a Monday, with the Blues going on to win the title on the previous two occasions in 2014-15 and 2016-17.

• Twelve league defeats in 2019-20 equalled the most by a Chelsea side in a season since Roman Abramovich became owner in 2003.

• They lost their final two competitive fixtures of the 2019-20 campaign and could suffer three straight defeats for the first time since May to August 2006.

• Chelsea conceded 54 Premier League goals last season, just one short of their club record. Nine clean sheets was their joint-fewest in a Premier League campaign.

• Frank Lampard's side kept only one clean sheet in their 19 Premier League away matches of 2019-20, in a 2-0 win at Tottenham in December.

• New signing Timo Werner scored 28 league goals for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga last season, the fourth highest tally in Europe's top five leagues.

Brighton

• Brighton's tally of three victories in their 18 Premier League fixtures in 2020 is the lowest of any side currently in the division (D9, L6).

• Nonetheless, they recorded their highest Premier League tally of points (41) and goals (39) last season, as well as registering their fewest defeats (15).

• They can win their opening league fixture in successive seasons for the first time since 2010-11.

• Albion haven't lost a league game on a Monday in 10 attempts since an April 2015 defeat by Rotherham. All five of their Premier League games played on Mondays have been drawn.

• Adam Lallana's failure to score or provide an assist in his nine league games against Chelsea is his worst record against a top-flight club.

Team News

Chelsea

• Chelsea's expensive German signings Kai Havertz and Timo Werner are in line for their debuts.

• Hakim Ziyech and Ben Chilwell are injured and Thiago Silva lacks fitness, but Christian Pulisic and Cesar Azpilicueta have overcome hamstring problems.

Brighton

• Brighton's new signing Adam Lallana will be looking for his first Premier League start since December 2019.

• Jose Izquiedero and Christian Walton are Albion's only injury absentees.

 

[ztejas 43394]

17 minutes ago, MoJames said:

I just signed up for Peacock.

I did too. For which there is not an app on my Samsung TV. And NBC has decided to show Indy Car racing instead of Chelsea.

[smoothlonghorn 83]

Currently* working for me: http://www.livetotal.tv/c/football/england-premier-league/14-09-2020/brighton-hove-vs-chelsea/1/

*Note: I keep AdBlock and Avast running at all times (as much as a computer illiterate such as myself can do to prevent computer AIDS) = YMMV re: popups/viruses