August 17, 20205 yr Felt like pulling the trigger this morning. If you don't like the thread title, take it up with management. Club History 6X ENGLISH CHAMPION 16/17 , 14/15 , 09/10 , 05/06 , 04/05 , 54/55 1X CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNER 11/12 8X FA CUP WINNER 17/18 , 11/12 , 09/10 , 08/09 , 06/07 , 99/00 , 96/97 , 69/70 5X ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP WINNER 14/15 , 06/07 , 04/05 , 97/98 , 64/65 2X EUROPA LEAGUE WINNER 18/19 , 12/13 2X CUP WINNERS CUP WINNER 97/98 , 70/71 1X UEFA SUPERCUP WINNER 98/99 4X ENGLISH SUPERCUP WINNER 09/10 , 05/06 , 00/01 , 55/56 Last Season: 4th in Premier League Lost in UEFA Super Cup - Chelsea 2 - Liverpool 2 (4-5 on pens) Lost in FA Cup Final - Chelsea 1 - Arsenal 2 Lost in Champions League Ro16 - Chelsea 1 - Bayern Munich 7 (agg) 2019/2020 Chelsea EPL Stats Individual Appearances - top 10 in 2019/2020 EPL: Tammy Abraham Goals/90 - 0.61 (T9) Non Penalty Goals/90 - 0.61 (6) xG - 14.5 (8) xG/90 - 0.59 (T4) npxG - 14.5 (6) npxG/90 - 0.59 (3) Shots Total/90 - 3.58 (4) Shots on Target/90 - 1.42 (T5) npxg/Shot - 0.17 (T10) Willian Penalty Kicks Made - 4 (T3) xA - 6.9 (T10) xA/90 - 0.24 (T10) Key Passes - 71 (7) Passes Into Penalty Area - 68 (6) Corner Kicks - 110 (7) Shot Creating Actions - 145 (5) SCA/90 - 5.02 (6) Progressive Carrying Distance - 6885 (7) Christian Pulisic Shots Total/90 - 3.24 (8) Shots on Target/90 - 1.31 (10) GCA/90 - 0.68 (T6) Oliver Giroud Shots on Target% - 48.7 (8) Goals/Shot - 0.21 (T8) npxg/Shot - 0.17 (T10) Andreas Christenen Pass Completion % - 92.7 (T2) Mateo Kovacic Pass Completion % - 90.2 (9) Passes Into Final Third - 178 (10) Jorginho Passes Into Final Third - 238 (1) Interceptions - 64 (10) Yellow Cards - 10 (4) 😁 Cesar Azpilicueta Crosses Into Penalty Area - 28 (4) Progressive Passes - 288 (5) Throw Ins Taken - 377 (2) Tackles - 102 (6) Tackles Won - 61 (6) Blocks - 81 (7) Interceptions - 66 (8) Touches - 3273 (3) Pass Targets - 2231 (5) Mason Mount Shot Creating Actions - 115 (10) Goal Creating Actions - 16 (T10) Kurt Zouma % of Aerials Won - 76.7 (7) 2020-2021 Manager: Frank Lampard (2nd season) Current roster per TransferMarkt as of 8/17/2020: # Player Date of birth / Age Nat. Market value 1 Kepa Goalkeeper Oct 3, 1994 (25) €28.00m 13 Willy Caballero Goalkeeper Sep 28, 1981 (38) €600Th. 31 Jamie Cumming Goalkeeper Sep 4, 1999 (20) €450Th. 2 Antonio Rüdiger Centre-Back Mar 3, 1993 (27) €40.00m 15 Kurt Zouma Centre-Back Oct 27, 1994 (25) €28.00m 4 Andreas Christensen Centre-Back Apr 10, 1996 (24) €24.00m 29 Fikayo Tomori Centre-Back Dec 19, 1997 (22) €16.00m 44 Ethan Ampadu Centre-Back Sep 14, 2000 (19) €9.00m 33 Emerson Left-Back Aug 3, 1994 (26) €24.00m 3 Marcos Alonso Left-Back Dec 28, 1990 (29) €18.00m - Abdul Rahman Baba . Left-Back Jul 2, 1994 (26) €2.40m 28 César Azpilicueta Right-Back Aug 28, 1989 (30) €24.00m 24 Reece James Right-Back Dec 8, 1999 (20) €22.50m - Davide Zappacosta Right-Back Jun 11, 1992 (28) €12.00m 5 Jorginho Defensive Midfield Dec 20, 1991 (28) €52.00m 14 Tiemoué Bakayoko Defensive Midfield Aug 17, 1994 (26) €25.50m 7 N'Golo Kanté Central Midfield Mar 29, 1991 (29) €80.00m 17 Mateo Kovacic Central Midfield May 6, 1994 (26) €40.00m 12 Ruben Loftus-Cheek Central Midfield Jan 23, 1996 (24) €24.00m 8 Ross Barkley Central Midfield Dec 5, 1993 (26) €21.50m 47 Billy Gilmour Central Midfield Jun 11, 2001 (19) €5.40m 6 Danny Drinkwater Central Midfield Mar 5, 1990 (30) €4.80m 19 Mason Mount Attacking Midfield Jan 10, 1999 (21) €40.50m 55 Faustino Anjorin Attacking Midfield Nov 23, 2001 (18) €2.30m 22 Christian Pulisic Left Winger Sep 18, 1998 (21) €60.00m 20 Callum Hudson-Odoi Left Winger Nov 7, 2000 (19) €31.50m - Hakim Ziyech Right Winger Mar 19, 1993 (27) €40.00m 11 Timo Werner . Centre-Forward Mar 6, 1996 (24) €64.00m 9 Tammy Abraham Centre-Forward Oct 2, 1997 (22) €40.00m 23 Michy Batshuayi Centre-Forward Oct 2, 1993 (26) €14.00m 18 Olivier Giroud Centre-Forward Sep 30, 1986 (33) €7.00m TLDR: Fuck Man U Edited May 29, 20214 yr by ztejas
August 17, 20205 yr Author Some quick thoughts after reviewing the individual leaderboards: Willian had a better season than advertised. He should be replaceable but he did a lot of good things for our attack. Azpilacueta is a work horse. Tammy put up a lot of volume numbers, but any decent striker in that role should have done the same. Giroud was efficient - just not consistent and didn't create a lot of volume. Pulisic is a special talent and does more to create goals than all but a handful of EPL players. Mount has a great feel for the game and surprisingly scratched the top 10 in a couple of good metrics despite not a ton of minutes played. Our defense sucked. Hard. The only appearances from our defenders were Zouma on aerial % won (no shit - he's fucking huge) and Christensen on pass% (which isn't even a defensive metric). I don't even want to think at how far down Kepa was on the keeping metrics. Pretty sure he was close to the bottom if not outright last on some of them.
August 17, 20205 yr Out - Willian, Pedro, Kepa (hopefully) In - Timo, Ziyech Rumored - Chillwell, Kai, Rice, Oblak Loans ending - Nathan, Pasalic, Musonda Jr., Morata (lol), Ampadu, Zappacosta, Bakayoko, Rahman Baba, Drinkwater, Moses Sold - Morata (61m), Pasalic(16m), Nathan (3.3m) If we somehow pull off Chillwell, Kai, Rice I don't see how we get a decent GK. The only name of any substance I have seen pop up is Oblak (felt to be a long shot). Pipe dream I'd take Andre Onana. I'm not sure we will know anything for a bit as most smoke is associated with Kai and Chillwell right now.
August 17, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, MoJames said: Out - Willian, Pedro, Kepa (hopefully) In - Timo, Ziyech Rumored - Chillwell, Kai, Rice, Oblak Loans ending - Nathan, Pasalic, Musonda Jr., Morata (lol), Ampadu, Zappacosta, Bakayoko, Rahman Baba, Drinkwater, Moses Sold - Morata (61m), Pasalic(16m), Nathan (3.3m) If we somehow pull off Chillwell, Kai, Rice I don't see how we get a decent GK. The only name of any substance I have seen pop up is Oblak (felt to be a long shot). Pipe dream I'd take Andre Onana. I'm not sure we will know anything for a bit as most smoke is associated with Kai and Chillwell right now. Palmieri is rumored to be leaving for Inter. I've heard a couple of rumors on smaller clubs interested in Bats - but could end up being a loan or a transfer in a window down the line. I just don't see him playing much on this year's team outside of some major injuries assuming we land Kai.
August 18, 20205 yr Nah Bats is and should be gone. With Tammy, Timo and Giroud there is no way Bats should get time. Emerson is obviously not favored by Lampard and should move on.
August 18, 20205 yr Bayer Leverkusen now urging Chelsea to come in with their formal ‘written offer’ for Havertz, and they are keen to get the deal finalised before they return to pre-season on August the 28th, 10 days from now. [BILD] link - tier 2 Translated as Leverkusen now agrees to terms with CFC but we need to put it in writing.
August 20, 20205 yr Link Tall, blessed with speed and exceptionally comfortable in possession, Mbuyamba could well arrive in west London knowing he will need to impress before he is handed a first-team opportunity by Frank Lampard. Should a deal go through, he is willing to spend next season within the youth ranks at Cobham while he would also welcome a loan move, with Vitesse an option in Eredivisie. Regardless of where he plays in 2020-21, given his meteoric rise it is not difficult to suggest that he will prove those who overlooked him previously wrong yet again.
August 24, 20205 yr Author Kai Havertz to Chelsea: The Blues agree €100m deal to sign midfielder from Bayer Leverkusen https://www.givemesport.com/1594109-kai-havertz-to-chelsea-the-blues-agree-100m-deal-to-sign-midfielder-from-bayer-leverkusen
August 25, 20205 yr Fun Chelsea transfer fact - We paid less to acquire Timo Werner ($58.3) than we sold Alvaro Morata ($61.6) who was demanding a transfer with one team.
August 29, 20205 yr Watched some of the second half and it was painful. Had all the young lads going and we couldn't even control a throw in.
August 29, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, MoJames said: Watched some of the second half and it was painful. Had all the young lads going and we couldn't even control a throw in. Better now than in January
August 31, 20205 yr Nothing new, but ongoing confirmation from all sorts of top end sources. Matter of time before he is announced.
September 1, 20205 yr I'm seeing a lot of 4-2 and 3-2 scorelines this season. Pretty much the opposite of the Mourinho years. I just hope we have the 4 or the 3 most of the time.
September 2, 20205 yr Current Chelsea Squad members aged 25 or under. Kepa (24) Zouma (25) Christensen (24) Sarr (21) Tomori (22) Ampadu (21) Clarke-Salter (22) Chilwell (23) Reece James (20) Loftus-Cheek (24) Gilmour (19) Mount (21) Pulicic (21) Hudson-Odoi (19) Werner (24) Abraham (22) Havertz (21)* Edited September 2, 20205 yr by MoJames
September 2, 20205 yr Author 15 minutes ago, MoJames said: Current Chelsea Squad members aged 25 or under. Kepa (24) Zouma (25) Christensen (24) Sarr (21) Tomori (22) Ampadu (21) Clarke-Salter (22) Chilwell (23) Reece James (20) Loftus-Cheek (24) Gilmour (19) Mount (21) Pulicic (21) Hudson-Odoi (19) Werner (24) Abraham (22) Havertz (21)* Can we throw $200M at TAA and just dominate the league for the next 10 years?
September 6, 20205 yr Author Three ways Frank Lampard's Chelsea could line up without Christian Pulisic against Brighton - https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/fixtures-results/christian-pulisic-injury-news-chelsea-18885545
September 7, 20205 yr Hah! (Seriously though, who thought Discount Palace was a good look for Chelsea?)
September 7, 20205 yr Wilder is a hell of a coach, let's hope he gets more playing time than last year: (It's a loan not a sale, btw) Edited September 7, 20205 yr by texifornia
September 9, 20205 yr Author On 9/7/2020 at 7:16 AM, texifornia said: Hah! (Seriously though, who thought Discount Palace was a good look for Chelsea?) I like them.
September 12, 20205 yr Author So basically, he's NFS. Unless someone really wants to pay 80m Euro for him. https://www.google.com/amp/s/sempreinter.com/2020/09/11/gianluca-di-marzio-chelsea-want-e70-80m-in-cash-only-for-inter-linked-ngolo-kante/amp/
September 14, 20205 yr Author Reminder we kick off the new season at 2:15 central today against Brighton.
September 14, 20205 yr I just signed up for Peacock. Head-to-head Chelsea are the only opponents Brighton have played a league fixture against without ever winning. The 1-1 draw at Amex Stadium on New Year's Day was Brighton's first point against the Blues, and came at the 10th attempt. Albion's only competitive victory in 14 attempts against Chelsea came in their first meeting, an FA Cup tie on the south coast in January 1933. Chelsea This is the third time Chelsea are starting a Premier League campaign on a Monday, with the Blues going on to win the title on the previous two occasions in 2014-15 and 2016-17. Twelve league defeats in 2019-20 equalled the most by a Chelsea side in a season since Roman Abramovich became owner in 2003. They lost their final two competitive fixtures of the 2019-20 campaign and could suffer three straight defeats for the first time since May to August 2006. Chelsea conceded 54 Premier League goals last season, just one short of their club record. Nine clean sheets was their joint-fewest in a Premier League campaign. Frank Lampard's side kept only one clean sheet in their 19 Premier League away matches of 2019-20, in a 2-0 win at Tottenham in December. New signing Timo Werner scored 28 league goals for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga last season, the fourth highest tally in Europe's top five leagues. Brighton Brighton's tally of three victories in their 18 Premier League fixtures in 2020 is the lowest of any side currently in the division (D9, L6). Nonetheless, they recorded their highest Premier League tally of points (41) and goals (39) last season, as well as registering their fewest defeats (15). They can win their opening league fixture in successive seasons for the first time since 2010-11. Albion haven't lost a league game on a Monday in 10 attempts since an April 2015 defeat by Rotherham. All five of their Premier League games played on Mondays have been drawn. Adam Lallana's failure to score or provide an assist in his nine league games against Chelsea is his worst record against a top-flight club. Team News Chelsea Chelsea's expensive German signings Kai Havertz and Timo Werner are in line for their debuts. Hakim Ziyech and Ben Chilwell are injured and Thiago Silva lacks fitness, but Christian Pulisic and Cesar Azpilicueta have overcome hamstring problems. Brighton Brighton's new signing Adam Lallana will be looking for his first Premier League start since December 2019. Jose Izquiedero and Christian Walton are Albion's only injury absentees.
September 14, 20205 yr Author 17 minutes ago, MoJames said: I just signed up for Peacock. I did too. For which there is not an app on my Samsung TV. And NBC has decided to show Indy Car racing instead of Chelsea.
September 14, 20205 yr Currently* working for me: http://www.livetotal.tv/c/football/england-premier-league/14-09-2020/brighton-hove-vs-chelsea/1/ *Note: I keep AdBlock and Avast running at all times (as much as a computer illiterate such as myself can do to prevent computer AIDS) = YMMV re: popups/viruses
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