Barkley scored from freekick
Not sarriball again haha

CHO make it 3-0

Beautifully executed counter attack, free kick, and a side sweep to go to the next round. I'm liking this start up lining.

So key to good form = drop jojinho and play Kanye as anchorman??

Don’t get too excited, vs malmo only
And no good form on first half, malmo press is hard and our attack wasn’t smooth

Maurizio Sarri has won 28 of his first 43 games in charge of Chelsea in all competitions (D6 L9), one more than Pep Guardiola managed in his first 43 with Manchester City (W27 D9 L7).

at one glance this is good. but the manner we lost...4-0, 6-0. really lost face now.

Yeah it might look like a good stat but in reality Chelsea is 6th in league, played in Europa League, eliminated in FA cup and facing the City that trashed Chelsea 6-0 in last match for final Carabao cup. Winning against Malmo and Huddersfield shouldn't even count.

In the end Chelsea suit more to counter attacking style instead of possession sake style. I think even the academy player still used Mourinho style seeing at how CHO play. CHO playstyle really remind me of how the player played under Mourinho, good at reading situation, tracking back, no unnecessary dribble and fast decision making. Just like Hazard under Mourinho but more mature than Hazard then.

I just dont understand why can't we use our youngsters more often. We have quite a good string of youngsters who are hungry and are waiting for an opportunity. I really hope our next manager is someone who keeps young player development at the forefront of his tactics

Maybe becauese Sarri is stupid or he is sabotaging the club. Well it's actually cleared when you think about it. You want to create a new playstyle but insist on using player that is over 30 and contract is finished in this or next season. Even if the player can play his style then what after that? He need to redo everything using younger player since all the player right now will no longer be at the club since they are out of contract or sold.

If there is any manager that always integrate academy player and win trophy is Simeone but this is impossible. Another one is Mourinho but Mourinho clearly only played youngster that are ready and right now only CHO, Ampadu, RLC and maybe Zouma is ready. He did this at all his club he has been. He doesn't play a lot of youngster but if they are ready then he will played them. In a sense Pep was the same in this regard. Both of them will buy player or using the current if they are good enough to complete their starting 11, then they slowly played yougster in league cup, fa cup and sometime in the league. both also only played youngster only if they are ready but they don't just throw them into staring 11. Both slowly create competition for each position so that no player will slack off like Oscar(who became lazy as hell) after Mata left the club.

This post has been edited by darkthunder: Feb 22 2019, 01:18 PM

well, just wanna point out that a coach with a supportive and patient board vs vice versa

i still believe chelsea players are more suited for counterattack style

big news for #cfc...FIFA have confirmed they have banned club from signing players for two transfer windows...would suspect club will appeal. More to come soon.

link

GG

This post has been edited by zoidx_chung: Feb 22 2019, 05:42 PM

Better sack Sarri now and get any world class manager that is available then buy ton of player this summer while the club appeal the punishment. If Sarri cannot make his football with this team then surely next season fight for top 10 or worse with this transfer ban and youth and old player leaving and out of contract. Better take Mourinho since he actually can choose the right player and use youth(if they are ready) and he can return Chelsea to Chelsea instead of making it Arsenal.

This post has been edited by darkthunder: Feb 22 2019, 06:35 PM

Maybe hard to sign another manager since can't sign new players.

Hopefully it can be a blessing in disguise to test the young players

Actually the club can sign this summer if the club decide to appeal the punishment. During the appeal the ban is not allowed. Barcelona did this when they sign suarez in 2014 and the punishment was pushed from 2014 to 2015 because of the appeal.

This post has been edited by darkthunder: Feb 22 2019, 07:04 PM

chelsea banned from 2 transfer window by FIFA

brace yourself..

Ggwp. Stuck with sarri jorginho Alonso Willian Pedro luiz for the next couple of years. Good time to be a Chelsea fans.