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I get that it is a new team but if we need to banish expectations a sweet relegation is all it takes.

The Chelsea socials have been bigging up Enzo to the moon so I think the feeling at the club is that these guys are gonna be world class.

I just don't think any Chelsea fan who watches them could have any faith in them at all at this stage. They are a young and novicey team that can be intimidated and lose to any team in the Premier league - home or away on any given day.

At best that is midtable but as worst they will eventually get ****** in.

On the flipside once every 4 months we will be unplayable for 1 game.

With games like today we won't have to worry about relegation. They'll fail forward each time LOL

Conor G on his way to becoming the next Frank Lampard!

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With games like today we won't have to worry about relegation. They'll fail forward each time LOL

Conor G on his way to becoming the next Frank Lampard!

I'm not particularly enthused about any Chelsea players but if Conor can even add some goals maybe 10 league goals a season he can hold down position for years at the club. I must admit though I'm never sold on his technical ability but it as less notable when he's not deep. You have to be 'press resistant' there.

Gusto probably hurt his hamstring but unless he Reece James' himself he could become World Class.

Him and Cole Palmer are the only top signings of ? billion splurge.

Cole had a bad game today for him.....laid on 2 assists. His stats are incredible. He is very very good at football.

How bad was Madueke at his future home of Selhurst Park? Had a rotten game.

[BigZ44]

I don't want to live in this Roy Hodgson world anymore, we will be fighting Luton till decision day to avoid relegation

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I don't want to live in this Roy Hodgson world anymore, we will be fighting Luton till decision day to avoid relegation

Olise is crocked like Reece James.

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What was Frank Lampard at West Ham though?

If Conor can turn that ability of finding the late run into the box to convert on the half chance into a consistent match day event? He's effectively Frank Lampard 2.0 and will be doing it 3-ish years younger than when Lampard started becoming 'super'.


Hand over heart though. I would still swap many of these players for other players in the Prem.

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I don't want to live in this Roy Hodgson world anymore, we will be fighting Luton till decision day to avoid relegation

The question becomes, "Who do you get to replace him?"

Because Crystal Palace has failed with as many managers as Chelsea and have nothing to show for the managerial turnover.

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What was Frank Lampard at West Ham though?

If Conor can turn that ability of finding the late run into the box to convert on the half chance into a consistent match day event? He's effectively Frank Lampard 2.0 and will be doing it 3-ish years younger than when Lampard started becoming 'super'.


Hand over heart though. I would still swap many of these players for other players in the Prem.

Lampard was 23 I think when he joined Chelsea he started hitting numbers in his 3rd season.

Conor would need to do that next season if we dont sell him of course. Which we might his contract is running out and we are probably going to need to sell players.

[BigZ44]

The question becomes, "Who do you get to replace him?"

Because Crystal Palace has failed with as many managers as Chelsea and have nothing to show for the managerial turnover.

Any random arsehole off the street at this point

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I liked Wharton for Palace. He was the best midfielder on the pitch until Gallagher stepped it up.

Palace if they have a bit of dough are in that unique position picking up the best players from the championship which is a really strong league. Big teams never look there.

Whittaker at Plymouth is clearly a better, more seasoned player than someone like Mudryk and has played in a better league for example.

Where will he end up? Probably at West Ham or Palace

I'm not even convinced Serie A is better than the championship. I watched Lazio against Bayern and there is no way Lazio would be in anything put a relegation dog fight in the prem. Wolves would probably win Serie A

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I was thinking after reading that above.

Is England the worst league for experimentation?

For instance, the philosophies of say Athletic Bilbao, Red Bull, or even Barcelona and Juventus.

Those couldn't really suffice in the Premier league can they?

I feel like the stakes are so high that any type of policies or football idealisms seen in other countries are nigh impossible in England. Y

ou'd almost for sure end up relegated at some point and possibly relegation looped after the initial relegation from the PL.

I feel like Crystal Palace for example could benefit from the Red Bull model in many ways but also wind up relegated from it.

Ferguson's Man United was probably the closest to Juventus' monopoly style approach.

While Chelsea post-Hazard was probably closest to Barcelona and we f00ked that off completely at the first sign of growing pains.