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Chelsea thread

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17 Dec 19:32

Well another superb free kick from Alonso. With him, Willian, Cesc, Hazard and Luiz we're a bit spoilt in that area.

The season already has that feel about it when theres like 8 games to play and youre out of contention for the league title.

04 Jan 02:39

Are these highlight packages being posted on the threads legit? I'm reluctant to click on any, they seem like spamming exercises, who knows what it could be?

04 Jan 05:06 · edited 04 Jan 21:03 · History

paulm wrote:

Are these highlight packages being posted on the threads legit? I'm reluctant to click on any, they seem like spamming exercises, who knows what it could be?

There's an ok.ru player near the bottom of the page - that is legit. I wouldn't use any other of the download links. I also wouldn't go anywhere near the page without an adblocker.

THere's quite a few sites that function very similar to this which I've had great success with. 

07 Jan 01:40

Quite enjoying Conte giving it to the ex-coach

E's Flat Ah's Flat Too

07 Jan 07:42

foal30 wrote:

Quite enjoying Conte giving it to the ex-coach

Eh, Mourinho already won that one....

"What never happened to me - and will never happen - is to be suspended for match-fixing. That never happened to me and will never happen"

14 Jan 20:52
I'm not a big fan of playing Kante, Bakayoko and Cesc all together in midfield with Hazard and Morata up front. We look very toothless. I think Hazard plays better when Willian or Pedro is in there as well.

Morata is starting to remind me of Torres, moping around ineffectively up front.

17 Jan 20:47

0-0 half time vs Norwich.

Now over 5 hours since we've scored.

18 Jan 19:34

Well we got there in the end. But geez when theres complaints about an exhausted squad a replay going to extra time is hardly what we need.

24 Jan 21:56

Ah nuts....Thought we did ok, just lacking a little finishing up front. Not our day.

25 Jan 21:04

Newcastle at home this weekend in the FA Cup.

Then we got Bournemouth at home, Watford away and West Brom at home before Barca.

Not the hardest run of fixtures so hopefully Conte can get the squad just right for Barca.

But before all that, Newcastle. I do love the Cup so here's hoping we can keep going.

25 Jan 21:20

That goals is so hilarious, mostly because there wasn't much anyone could do about it. 

25 Jan 21:54

Yea a double deflection for the first and a deflection leading to the second. Thems the breaks I suppose.

26 Jan 01:04

Seen this on twitter, wowsers

Feb 20 Chelsea v Barcelona

Feb 25 ManU v Chelsea

Mar 3 Man City v Chelsea

Mar 14 Barcelona v Chelsea

Mar 31 Chelsea v Tottenham

29 Jan 19:07

paulm wrote:

Seen this on twitter, wowsers

Feb 20 Chelsea v Barcelona

Feb 25 ManU v Chelsea

Mar 3 Man City v Chelsea

Mar 14 Barcelona v Chelsea

Mar 31 Chelsea v Tottenham

Yea it's certainly a tough run. Between Man City and Barcelona we've got Crystal Palace at home and then between Barcelona and Tottenham we've got Bunrley away. Just to help break it up a bit.

29 Jan 19:57

Home to Hull in the next round of the FA Cup

31 Jan 16:45

Giroud it is, then. Probably a better/cheaper/more sensible option than Dzeko.

31 Jan 19:02

Yea happy enough with Giroud. He's probably more ready to lead the line than Michy and seems more in the mould of striker that Conte wants. Still don't feel like we're that much better off though overall.

31 Jan 19:50

Treat my boy well, he deserves it, excellent club servant. 

Will he be back-up or will he take Morata's spot?

31 Jan 20:06

paulm wrote:

Treat my boy well, he deserves it, excellent club servant. 

Will he be back-up or will he take Morata's spot?

With Morata's form in the toilet, anything is possible really. Conte has form for playing two strikers at Juve, Morata/Tevez and Llorente, so there's potential for a partnership there.

31 Jan 22:18

3-0. Ouch. Nathan Ake. Very ouch.

01 Feb 21:44

Ooh Watford game on Waitangi day at 9am. Good stuff. Wont have to try and discreetly watch it at work.

02 Feb 04:30 · edited 02 Feb 04:33 · History

There are no highlights from Bournemouth (as above!)

here's hoping we play better against them Hornets

02 Feb 21:48

Briggski wrote:

There are no highlights from Bournemouth (as above!)

here's hoping we play better against them Hornets

Their new manager is renowned for making teams defensively solid and tough to break down. Perfect bloody timing.

04 Feb 19:03

I see Batshuayi got 2 goals and an assist on debut

06 Feb 01:03

Watford 4 Chelsea 1 WTF??

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

07 Mar 19:30

Been a while since I posted. We'll do bloody well to make top 4 from here. Though I still think we can do it.

08 Mar 08:04

A better chance than Arsenal.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

04 Apr 14:45

Very sad news re Ray Wilkins passing away, 61 is far too young for someone to go these days. 

A real club stalwart over the years both as a player and a coach.

12 Apr 01:52

Yea really sad new about Ray Wilkins. Dad was telling me some stories about watching him play, said he almost seemed too good for his own team mates, was always one step ahead of them, they weren't on the same page.

As for this season, without Champions League to fight for it kind of just limping to the finish. At least we go an FA Cup semi to look forwad to!

15 Apr 02:21

About time something went right. Good to see the heads didn't drop and thank Arsenal for Olivier!

15 Apr 23:43

Yea certainly was good to see some fight. Its all a bit too little too late but its better than just playing out the season with no desire/passion.

was nice to enjoy a win and will certainly give us some confidence heading into the FA Cup semi against them. 

19 Apr 05:17

Wilkins spent seven years at QPR excellent player and half decent manager.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

19 Apr 21:13

Really nice win away to Burnley. Theyre a tough team to beat. Good morale booster ahead of our FA Cup semi. 

Down to 5 points behind Tottenham, 7 behind Liverpool.

We've still got to play Liverpool. 

Certainly unlikely we'll catch either but  nice to keep fighting. Crazier things have happened.

20 Apr 08:00 · edited 20 Apr 08:03 · History

Downey26 wrote:

Really nice win away to Burnley. Theyre a tough team to beat. Good morale booster ahead of our FA Cup semi. 

Down to 5 points behind Tottenham, 7 behind Liverpool.

We've still got to play Liverpool. 

Certainly unlikely we'll catch either but  nice to keep fighting. Crazier things have happened.

Palmieri look great, hope he gets a good run of games and keep on improving as I think he can become a very good player. 
21 Apr 02:27

RIP, Roy.

However many title-winning captains we'll have, there will only ever be one first.