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Ah ffs.

Not even anything against Toney but I'd just like the opportunity as a football fan at this point to support the club and the players it has. Jeez, even criticise the players it has but at least just to say..oh yeah he's a Chelsea player.

Too much.

We will get Sancho too just so we can kick Sterling out of the door. Could just keep Sterling at play him with the u-21's. That at least would have value in a former international training alongside academy prospects.

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They have changed the CL group format:
Who is in the Champions League draw?


Pot 1: Real Madrid (Spa), Man City (Eng), Bayern Munich (Ger), Paris St-Germain (Fra), Liverpool (Eng), Inter Milan (Ita), Dortmund (Ger), Leipzig (Ger), Barcelona (Spa)

Pot 2: Bayer Leverkusen (Ger), Atletico Madrid (Spa), Atalanta (Ita), Juventus (Ita), Benfica (Por), Arsenal (Eng), Club Brugge (Bel), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr), AC Milan (Ita)

Pot 3: Feyenoord (Ned), Sporting Lisbon (Por), PSV Eindhoven (Ned), Dinamo Zagreb (Cro), Salzburg (Aus), Lille (Fra), Red Star Belgrade (Ser), Young Boys (Sui), Celtic (Sco)

Pot 4: Slovan Bratislava (Ska), Monaco (Fra), Sparta Prague (Cze), Aston Villa (Eng), Bologna (Ita), Girona (Spa), Stuttgart (Ger), Sturm Graz (Aus), Brest (Fra)

Teams who finish in the top eight will qualify automatically for the last 16, while those who place ninth to 24th will compete in a two-legged knockout play-off for the chance to join them.

Whoever finishes 25th or lower will be eliminated and will not be entered into the Europa League.

From the last 16 onwards, the Champions League will continue to follow its existing format with the final taking place at a neutral venue - Munich this year.

The number of matches in the new format will increase from 125 to 189.

Each team will play a minimum of eight - instead of six - and a maximum of 17.

The league phase will now run until the end of January instead of ending before Christmas.

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Happy to see that Real Madrid and Mbappe are struggling. I like Mbappe but going to Real after they just won the CL was distasteful. So I will be happy to see him struggling as long as he is at Madrid.

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Sterling to Arsenal
Trevoh to Palace
Sancho to Chelsea
Broja to Everton

All loans.

Chelsea hit the hard reset button after the soft reset.

I wonder if Sterling gives Arsenal that extra push to end the league title drought

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Late posting but here is what I'm on:

Arsenal to win
Leicester vs Aston Villa - BTTS
Ipswich Town vs Fulham over 1.5 goals
N Forest win/draw
Bournemouth win/draw
Brentford to win
Man City to win
Newcastle win/draw
Chelsea to win
Manure win/draw

$1 - $59

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I think Felix gets 10-15 goals and similar in assists in what is likely gonna be a 60 game season.

I am not positive about Chelsea generally but him being on loan and being part of the worst Chelsea team for 35 years with most of the team downing tools wasn't really a fair barometer of him. Nor is playing off the left for Barcelona.

He's definitely a talented player.

I am tired of players like Sterling and Mudryk whose basic technique lets them down so often.

I know confidence can drain a player but on your worst day you should still look like a footballer.

Players like Palmer, Nkunku, Lavia, Felix and Neto essentially have rock solid technique. They could be having the worst game but their technique will always hold up.

I mean, we might be worth watching. That first half was ridiculous and we would have been whacked by a good team but it's not Potterball.

The 2nd half, Wolves or not is as good as Chelsea have played since they whacked Juventus four years ago or whenever that was.

I cant see us being that great overall but it looks like we will be in some classics, get slapped some weeks, and slap other teams other weeks.

I'd take one classic game. Like going to Anfield and slapping them right in. That would mean a lot to me, lol

That's crazy though.

This is a man who played for Barcelona and Atletico Madrid some 40+ games and had the return of less than Kai Havertz.

Like, that Yamal kid, 17 years old had the output of Joao

Unless he becomes Luis Suarez 2.0 scoring goals for fun. At 25 years old, Joao Felix just isn't that and it's harder to score in the PL. So he's likely doing under 10 unless he pads the stats against MLS level clubs in the conference league

I will say though, I've not watched since Man City but sounds like the combination of young team and idealist coach is a match.

They at least work for the manager since they have no familiarity with winning.

If you contrast that with the time of AVB at Chelsea. Or even Sarri.

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Oh no. Arsenal down to 10 men and Brighton has equalized.

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Well...well. I know I shouldn't have put that must trust in Arsenal plus Brighton squad aren't chickens. Should have went with BTTS.

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Rassclaat! Bournemouth came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 If Arsenal didn't draw, I would still be in it. I am 5/6 so far.

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That's crazy though.

This is a man who played for Barcelona and Atletico Madrid some 40+ games and had the return of less than Kai Havertz.

Like, that Yamal kid, 17 years old had the output of Joao

Unless he becomes Luis Suarez 2.0 scoring goals for fun. At 25 years old, Joao Felix just isn't that and it's harder to score in the PL. So he's likely doing under 10 unless he pads the stats against MLS level clubs in the conference league

I will say though, I've not watched since Man City but sounds like the combination of young team and idealist coach is a match.

They at least work for the manager since they have no familiarity with winning.

If you contrast that with the time of AVB at Chelsea. Or even Sarri.

I think Chelsea can beat anybody but equally lose to anybody. So with that said, it is just mid table looking by definition.

I would say I dunno if it's worth trying to be cheap and disgraceful against Chelsea which was the tactic vs Chelsea for the last 4 years for most of the league. You might as well try and be positive, press them high and try and dominate them because you could spank them on the right day because they are the most brittle looking team in the league.

Playing a pathetic 10 man low block I don't think will work with constant quick, tricky forwards rolling off the bench.

I'd take that tbh. For a long time all our games basically looked the same. Aside from City who are too good for us sometimes, Liverpool who would push up, Spurs who are kamikaze, Arsenal who would push up.

Even fancied teams like Villa are pretty pathetic vs Chelsea really. Play like bums.