Chelsea 2021-2022: TUCheL our balls, hoes

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

Fuck yeah, Timo coming on.  

[TexArcher 37774]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I mean it's the home leg in the CL.

Which is where you often see teams content to dribble out a 2-0.

Even without the away goal rule, if they nick one back here it changes everything.

But we're pretty much completely unafraid of that, and rightly so.  Our chances of a third are so much more than their chances of a goal that we ought to keep pushing for it.  And we haven't always.  But I like the mindset under Tuchel.  It's kind of like all gas, no brakes, only it actually works.

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

Silva is so good.  

[ztejas 43420]

1 minute ago, TexArcher said:

Which is where you often see teams content to dribble out a 2-0.

Against a better side we might. Against a mid table French side as defending champs I'd expect us to keep pressing. They actually looked much more dangerous in the 1H.

[TexArcher 37774]

9 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Against a better side we might. Against a mid table French side as defending champs I'd expect us to keep pressing. They actually looked much more dangerous in the 1H.

Even against overmatched opponents we haven't always kept pressing.  I was here for the Jose Mourinho years, etc.  It's just nice to see.

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

I'll say it again.  Silva is so good.  Keep him till he's 50.  

[ztejas 43420]

1 minute ago, TexArcher said:

Even against overmatched opponents we haven't always kept pressing.  I was here for the Jose Mourinho years, etc.  It's just nice to see.

I obviously agree. I just think it's the right decision and the one I expect Tuchel to make.

1 minute ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

I'll say it again.  Silva is so good.  Keep him till he's 50.  

Phenomenal work from him in that last 10 plus ET. He's aging like a fine cask of cachaça.

[MoJames 8244]

10 minutes ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

I'll say it again.  Silva is so good.  Keep him till he's 50.  

I honestly thought he was maybe a season rental playing 50% of the games. Dude has been nails. So lucky to have him.

[Stringer 1438]

Catching up on the highlights.  Christian's goal was pretty close to the same shot he missed in the final last year.  Glad to see him tuck it in the side net this time.

[MoJames 8244]

Man, will be interesting to see how Putin being a dumbass affects the club. Maybe it is time to move on from Roman.

[G650 14254]

Roman just handed off all operational control of the club

 

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/02/26/statement-from-club-owner-roman-abramovich

[TexArcher 37774]

Yeah, the Roman question is going to get interesting.

Let's fuck around and win a trophy today in the meantime.

 

[TexArcher 37774]

OMG, so close to 1-0 right there, gahhhhhhhh...

[TexArcher 37774]

Mendy, you fucking animal!  Wow.

[ztejas 43420]

Missed the first 30'. Last 15 was certainly lively. I thought that shot from Azpi was going in. 

[TexArcher 37774]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Missed the first 30'. Last 15 was certainly lively. I thought that shot from Azpi was going in. 

Chelsea dominated the first 15 and Pool dominated the next 15.

Mount really should've scored late.

Absolute cracker of a first half.  Could easily be 1-1 or 2-1 for Chelsea.

[morehornsepower 887]

This game is killing me.  😠 FINISH!!!!

[TexArcher 37774]

Fucking piss.

Game oughtta be 3-3 based on great chances and it's 1-0 Pool.

Fuck me.

[ztejas 43420]

Oh shit. VVD might be off. 

[TexArcher 37774]

Yeah, that's a big of an arm hook there.  They might waive this off.

[TexArcher 37774]

Once he goes to the monitor, that's usually coming off..........

[ztejas 43420]

[TexArcher 37774]

My dog has left the room like 6 times now.

[ztejas 43420]

Werner's pace has been game changing. Just needs to find Kai Kup Winner Havertz to put these jamochs away before ET. 

[TexArcher 37774]

[TexArcher 37774]

Shit, I'm not sure he's off there???

[ztejas 43420]

2 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Shit, I'm not sure he's off there???

I think he was. 

[ztejas 43420]

Lukaku has been nice in ET. Thought it took him a bit to get into the flow of things in the 2nd half. 

[ztejas 43420]

Um. No card for Elliot? Seriously? 

[hobbes2702 13033]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Um. No card for Elliot? Seriously? 

I said in the LFC thread that I thought it was good officiating but yea Harvey should have gotten a yellow. I think the rest though he handled well with calming it down.

[ztejas 43420]

[ztejas 43420]

6 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

I said in the LFC thread that I thought it was good officiating but yea Harvey should have gotten a yellow. I think the rest though he handled well with calming it down.

I would have given him a yellow or given all 3 a yellow. Oh well. Shouldn't matter. 

[MoJames 8244]

What a great game, I'm at 9.9 on PKs right now. Both teams have played great.

[TexArcher 37774]

OMFG

[G650 14254]

Jesus

[ztejas 43420]

3 goals called back for offsides... 

[ztejas 43420]

And I've never seen a team go 11/11. Not much you can do. 

[TexArcher 37774]

And a hit frame...

And a couple of other good chances.

That game was nuts.  It could've been like 4-4 at the end of regulation and it was 0-0.  

Then there were 21 goals in the shootout.

Good lord.

[InkaUtexas 25918]

On 2/24/2022 at 12:33 PM, MoJames said:

Man, will be interesting to see how Putin being a dumbass affects the club. Maybe it is time to move on from Roman.

Karma....... 

[TexArcher 37774]

Roman allegedly selling his London homes and listening to potential buyers of Chelsea FC...

Roman Abramovich Said to Sell London Homes, Approach Buyer for Chelsea (msn.com)

[InkaUtexas 25918]

Yep, means I don't have to burn my jersey. Now we just wait for some Saudi Prince to buy it all up.

 

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

Not sure about starting RLC at CB.  

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

I've been a fan of Sarr lately, but he's at fault for both goals.  

[ztejas 43420]

Shit lineup shit first half result. Who could have guessed...

[MoJames 8244]

3 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Yep, means I don't have to burn my jersey. Now we just wait for some Saudi Prince to buy it all up.

I've got 50 bucks to go to it.

[ztejas 43420]

31 minutes ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

I've been a fan of Sarr lately, but he's at fault for both goals.  

Sarr isn't good. He needs to be loaned or sold. We can do much better. 

[ztejas 43420]

Jesus Timo that needs to be on frame.

[MoJames 8244]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Jesus Timo that needs to be on frame.

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

You'd think CHO would at least try to take on his defender at some point during the game. 

Edited March 2, 2022 by Longhornfan1024

[ztejas 43420]

NOT EVERYTHING IS FUCKED