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re: Chelsea FC 26/27 Season Long Thread - In Xabi we trust

Posted on 9/3/26 at 3:36 pm to
Posted by RandySavage
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Posted on 9/3/26 at 3:36 pm to
With no European football all of those things should be much more manageable
Posted by In The Know
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Posted on 9/4/26 at 3:46 pm to
Last year I thought the club was bloated as hell. Now I wonder if we can survive one injury in the midfield. Sheesh.
Posted by olddawg26
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 10:37 am to
Should at least be a yellow for that. Arsenal still the ref darlings
Posted by ohiovol
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 10:49 am to
Nice start, but the way the game has gone there’s zero chance of holding the lead.
Posted by olddawg26
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 10:50 am to
Lmao are you fricking kidding?

Literally bear hugged him as he tried to run. No call(
This post was edited on 9/6/26 at 10:51 am
Posted by olddawg26
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 11:51 am to
I honestly thought Arsenal was tougher than this mentally. Falling down no matter what.
Posted by RandySavage
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 1:14 pm to
Tough enough to ram it in our anus every single time
Posted by In The Know
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 1:22 pm to
They own us. frick it- win the rest.
I’m not even mad. Was expecting it. We played hard tho.
Posted by bulletprooftiger
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 2:34 pm to
It’s a different game if Ciacedo were healthy. I have to give Arsenal credit for keeping CP in a staight jacket. Still Chelsea has a lot to be excited about. Neto playing behind JP Morgan is going to devastate a lot of teams. Xabi has a good problem on his hands in trying to get Estavao more minutes. On the other hand Fofana has been a real disappointment.
Posted by supatigah
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 3:53 pm to
arsenal was content to let us feed Neto up the right side because he was indecisive and pretty ineffective

Aresenal shut down CP and JP the middle and CFC didn’t do much on the left side after the early goal

Frankly Arsenal are better than CFC right now and have the hardware to prove it. However CFC are clearly closing the gap and with a full 11 including Caicedo at the Bridge in March against a Gunners group playing in Europe I like our chances.

I also think this CFC squad will get better as the season goes on.
Posted by bulletprooftiger
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 4:44 pm to
But Neto is always going be open because teams have to shut down the middle. I don’t think teams less defensively sound than Arsenal (all of them) will be able to keep that combo from scoring.
Posted by supatigah
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:51 pm to
no one will play CFC as well as Arsenal did yesterday

they are the best defensive squad in the EPL
Posted by olddawg26
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Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:28 am to
Xavi is gonna have to get estevao more involved. Hes too talented to be on the bench.
Posted by olddawg26
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Posted on 9/9/26 at 4:15 pm to
Massive drop off between our 1s and 2s.
Posted by In The Know
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Posted on 9/9/26 at 4:27 pm to
Win 6-3 after being down 0-2? Wtf happened? Didn’t get to watch.
Posted by olddawg26
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Posted on 9/9/26 at 4:46 pm to
0-2 at half; brought on our 4 supers. Got extremely fortunate on a shite penalty and it Leeds crumbled after that. Palmer and Rodgers are gonna be trouble for the league when they get more chemistry

Edit. 0-1 at half and then 0-2 very early in second half
This post was edited on 9/9/26 at 4:50 pm
Posted by In The Know
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Posted on 9/9/26 at 4:54 pm to
So we can’t win games without our Feb 4? Glad we aren’t playing European football this season.
Posted by olddawg26
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Posted on 9/9/26 at 5:14 pm to
Correct. We’ll be lucky to get 3-6 range if they stay healthy
Posted by BDPops85
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Posted on 9/9/26 at 5:58 pm to
Same I only saw the first half and was like well our 2’s aren’t it, checked it on my phone later and we came back.

Agree the penalty was soft. But Palmers finish for #2 was legit and not because Leeds crumbled. They didn’t even have time it happened to quickly.
Posted by bulletprooftiger
Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 9/9/26 at 8:30 pm to
Joao Pedro didn’t play. The subs were Palmer, Rogers, James, and Neto.

Wellbeck had 2 goals, the second of which was a deflected header on a Barco missile.

The starting line up could barely be called second string. 16 y/o Reggie Watson started in mid-field.



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