The Official Chelsea Thread [Vol 3]

[Lance Catamaran]

I don't see why the game couldn't have taken place on a Sunday, but we were definitely second best and it is a bit concerning Conte has now got his tactics wrong in 2 big PL games.

[gadgetmac]

Morata out for a month according to reports.

[Sparkyhd]

gadgetmac said:

Morata out for a month according to reports.

Not sure we can trust Batshuayi.

It'll be Hazard up front.

[E65Ross]

Hate to say it but I do think it'll be between the Manchester clubs for the title this year.

[jammy-git]

This time last year, City were top, eventual Champions Chelsea were 3 points behind in fifth and Arsenal were level on points with City in second!

[smn159]

E65Ross said:

Hate to say it but I do think it'll be between the Manchester clubs for the title this year.

Maybe but a bit early to say. City have tended to blow hot and cold and fall off the pace a bit in recent seasons. Might be different this year, but who knows.

United do look a bit better than in recent seasons, but then were lucky to beat Southampton...

[TEKNOPUG]

smn159 said:

E65Ross said:

Hate to say it but I do think it'll be between the Manchester clubs for the title this year.

Maybe but a bit early to say. City have tended to blow hot and cold and fall off the pace a bit in recent seasons. Might be different this year, but who knows.

United do look a bit better than in recent seasons, but then were lucky to beat Southampton...

It helps that they've not played a team who finished top 6 last season yet. Everton finished 7th but they are clearly garbage at the moment. You can only beat what's in front of you but I don't think that you can draw many conclusions from drubbing West Ham and Palace at home.

[Sparkyhd]

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[jammy-git]

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[TEKNOPUG]

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[jammy-git]

I think the term generally refers to those teams that are in a position to win it later on in a season and then don't.

I don't think anyone would accuse Swansea or Watford of bottling the title.

[TEKNOPUG]

jammy-git said:

I think the term generally refers to those teams that are in a position to win it later on in a season and then don't.

I don't think anyone would accuse Swansea or Watford of bottling the title.

"Arsenal were level on points with City in second" - clearly they bottled it then?

[jammy-git]

We're only at game week 8. I did say later in the season - there is always one mid-table team that does well in the first few weeks and then drops off once they play some decent teams. Last season it was Arsenal, this season it's Utd.

[TEKNOPUG]

jammy-git said:

We're only at game week 8. I did say later in the season - there is always one mid-table team that does well in the first few weeks and then drops off once they play some decent teams. Last season it was Arsenal, this season it's Utd.

[gadgetmac]

jammy-git said:

We're only at game week 8. I did say later in the season - there is always one mid-table team that does well in the first few weeks and then drops off once they play some decent teams. Last season it was Arsenal, this season it's Utd.

[Sparkyhd]

We're always good value to help out when our opponents need to reverse a poor run.

[smn159]

We'll probably get top billing on MOTD if we end up losing



I expect Liverpool-United to be on sometime in the early hours of tomorrow...

[Ructions]

Woy did you lose?

[Lance Catamaran]

Well that was pathetic

[Black can man]