Chelsea FC: Carabottlejobs

[A_G]

 

[<<reed>>]

The Giroud effect.

 

[Carlo Marx]

 

[krackpot]

Meaningless club. Worse than West Ham.

 

[Garrincha]

Players sure know how to get the manager sacked.

Dilemma next week with two managers they dislike.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

won the title last season and have fa cup trophy to play for. Crying

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

Some serious laurel-resters at that club. They also desperately miss Costa.

 

[Rain Dance]

Some serious laurel-resters at that club. They also desperately miss Costa.

Giroud done pretty well in that club, they would have been below us otherwise.
Conte shot himself with their line up in this last 2 matches tho

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

Giroud done pretty well in that club, they would have been below us otherwise.
Conte shot himself with their line up in this last 2 matches tho

Dunno if his presence vs. other configurations was worth 8 points since late Jan, but yeah he’s been good.

 

[Rain Dance]

Dunno if he presence vs. other configurations was worth 8 points since late Jan, but yeah he’s been good.

he was directly involved in 6 points and Hazard has openly praised him.

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

he was directly involved in 6 points and Hazard has openly praised him.

Sure but you have to control for the output of a replacement level striker (pretend it’s Morata/Bats, even though I’d say they’re above average) getting the same minutes. Think Giroud has been an improvement, but no more than a few points’ worth.

 

[Rain Dance]

Sure but you have to control for the output of a replacement level striker (pretend it’s Morata/Bats, even though I’d say they’re above average) getting the same minutes. Think Giroud has been an improvement, but no more than a few points’ worth.

6 points he was directly involved as he was the key player to get those points literally. Changing a loss against Southampton to a win and making the crucial goal against Liverpool which pull them into chasing distance of 4th place. Quite sure there are a few games where he did fine but statistics can't provide the story

Anyway, I am not counting other outputs (pre-assists, being a pivotal player, defensive contributions), as no matter how I like Giroud spending more time than 5 minutes to watch Chelsea makes me feel nausea and disgust...

 

[ptrcopp]

Conte needed that more than Chelsea, whatever happens to him now

 

[Brown Gooner]

Glad that United/Mourinho lost.

 

[Rimaal]

Abramovich is on the Gov's sh!tlist;


Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is without a UK visa.
Russian billionaire’s visa ran out weeks ago and it is unclear whether he will get a new one.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/20/chelsea-owner-roman-abramovich-is-without-a-uk-visa

 

[SuperGoon]

He'll get a new one.


When you have enough money these things are never a problem.

 

[Rex Stone]

Willian is such a knobhead. The egos in that dressing room must be appalling.

 

[dashsnow17]

So Ancelotti is going to Napoli, hmm. A lot of people saying Sarri to Chelsea but something about that is very odd. I mean initially I thought Sarri would be good at Arsenal but I quickly discounted it as I didn't think it would work in reality. He's spent his entire career in Italy, don't know if he speaks any English whatsoever, plus his only success has come in a very specific environment. I don't know if he could replicate that at Chelsea.

That's before you get onto the fact that stylistically it seems like an odd fit, not to mention the fact that he's very PR-unfriendly with his inappropriate comments. They should get Luis Enrique or someone like that. He looks like a real prick, he'd suit them well.

 

[Lidl_Reed]

They should get Luis Enrique

God, I hope they get Enrique, he's failed everywhere but Barcelona, and even his attempt to get them to play more direct was embarrassing. Won the treble in his first year, because his methods weren't fully adapted by the squad then, and they played a brilliant combination of possession and direct football. All downhill from there.

 

[Flying Okapis]

I hope they get Sarri, could be a complete PR disaster once the press get into him, look how broken Mourinho is these days from taking them on.

Plus Sarri and Napoli just seem the perfect fit, well until now..