Just bring Derry or another midfielder and leave Enzo on the wing. We can’t progress with Cucurella on the left

Cucurella will get the ball and pass to the nearest player he sees, when he’s been pressed he’s found wanting because of how limited he is on the ball. And yet he’s playing on the wing

This is the spirit boys... ALL OR NOTHING

#INGAME

Now for everyone's sake, Sunderland needs to get their best bus and park it in the right place

UCL - Bottled
UEL - Bottled
UECL - Bottled

We only needed a point today and still couldn’t do it. A disaster of a season and let this be the end of several players in a Chelsea shirt. I can’t look forward to next season right now because the downing of tools witnessed in the last 6 months is shameful.

Only once action takes place to help Alonso that’s when I can look forward to the future.

[Via CFC Daily]

Players that shouldn’t be here next season
Garnacho
Neto
Cucurella
Tosin
Gusto
Fofana
Chalobah
These players shouldn’t smell next season please

Madueke who had 3 league goals all season had more goals than Delap, Garnacho and Gittens combined (2) the whole season.

FireSide

#BottomLine

Grimaldo: 10 goals + 13 assists
Frimpong: 9 goals + 7 assists

That’s a combined 39 goal contributions from wingback positions.

Cucu pops in with 1–3 moments the whole season, and we forget how technically limited he is.

Gusto has almost zero attacking moments throughout the season.
Reece’s injury record wouldn’t even allow consistent deployment in that position.

If Alonso decides to ditch the back three, even more problems await him with our midfield and wingers. This only compounds the issue further.

Strengthening the wingback positions is not just critical; it’s also one of the easiest solutions considering the current profile of this team.

I mentioned Moreira and Quenda. Even that Barco kid can be a solution. Even the Antwi guy can be nurtured because they have better attacking skill sets than the current options.

But some people look at a player’s name, not their technical skills.

That’s why someone here said, “You are stupid to think Moreira is an upgrade.”

These are the same fuckers who were crying for us to sign Lukaku and the rest.

Big names, shitty performances.

The wingback position is a limited market. And we must also strengthen other areas. We just have to be smart.

But when it’s the same people who were begging for the likes of Gittens and Garnacho to be signed, you have to understand that no matter how well you sing for a donkey, it will always believe its bray is the best.

Limited players, limited fan base but bloated expectations equates confusion.

For me, not making Europe is a blessing. These players have been overloaded for three years without a break, and this is a World Cup year.

Next season, they will have extended days off and recovery periods between games to reset.

Having key players missing the World Cup and having one game a week will give Alonso the best of both worlds: fresh players and time on the training pitch.

We will have no excuse not to finish in the top two or three in the league and make deep runs in the Cup. Next season is like Conte's first season—a reset and a recharge. We really need it.

Not having Europe will be great for Alonso to implement his football in the shortest possible time. With Europe, it could take until December to bed in, and by January, fatigue will set in, as we saw in Maresca's first season.

For me, I want the best Premier League season we can have next season, with no complicated excuses for a bad run. And I believe we will have that.

[Via Vince]

FireSide

#AfterThought

World Cup snubbing is surely painful to Palmer. But Tuchel's words should hurt and push him even more next season. " He has not been decisive enough".

Compound it with Alonso appointment, enough rest, recovered injuries and One match per week Next Season, We may see a different beast.

❗️📊PL Goals this season:

Joao Pedro - 15
Enzo - 10
Palmer - 10
Neto - 5
Caicedo - 3
Chalobah - 3
Estevao - 2
Gusto - 2
James - 2
Acheampong - 1
Andrey Santos - 1
Garnacho - 1
Delap - 1
Cucurella - 1

❗️📊PL Yellow Cards this season:

Caicedo - 11
Enzo - 10
Cucurella - 8
Hato - 7
Joao Pedro - 5
Fofana - 5
Palmer - 5
Estevao - 4
Andrey Santos - 4
Delap - 4
James - 4
Gusto - 3
Sanchez - 3
Chalobah - 3
Garnacho - 2
Essugo - 2
Neto - 2
Badiashile - 2
Tosin - 2
Acheampong - 1
Guiu - 1

❗️📊PL Red Cards this season:

Fofana - 2
Caicedo - 1
Gusto - 1
Neto - 1
Sanchez - 1
Chalobah - 1
Cucurella - 1

❗️📊PL Appearances this season:

Enzo - 36
Joao Pedro - 35
Sanchez - 35
Gusto - 34
Neto - 34
Chalobah - 34
Cucurella - 34
Caicedo - 33
James - 29
Delap - 28
Andrey Santos - 27
Palmer - 26
Fofana - 25
Garnacho - 24
Estevao - 22
Hato - 22
Acheampong - 17
Gittens - 16
Tosin - 16
Lavia - 12
Guiu - 8
Badiashile - 8
Jorgensen - 5
George - 4
Sarr - 3
Essugo - 3
Colwill - 3
Derry - 1
Mheuka - 1
Buonanotte - 1

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i just received an info from my inside sources that Joao Pedro won’t stay at Chelsea next season.

Joao Pedro wants to play for Barcelona and has a meeting scheduled with Xabi Alonso. Chelsea for now is not listening to offers.

[Jose Alvarez]

FireSide

If I were the SD and would love a guaranteed title fight next season, and:

Considering
- Quenda is incoming. Can be used in RWB/LCAM
- Barco Can be used in LWB/CM/CDM
- Satpaev & Emegha coming in as striking Cover
- Nico can still be utilized
- Limited resources and financial fair play regulations and need to strengthen several areas

ASSUMING
- Enzo & Joao are staying
- Its Back 3
- Reece can switch to RCB

These are the transfers I'd make. Some values could be low or higher so could take a budget of 130-180M.

Dimarco for instance has 1 year contract left. Tapsoba could also be higher. The issue with Stones and Silva could be Salaries...

If you sell you can even get better upgrades. But this should be in a clean title charge.

METRICS FOR THE ABOVE DECISIONS


Top 5 ball playing CB outside EPL Top 5, PSG & Bayern

Metrics- ( line breaking passes, ball progression completion, Speed, Pass Accuracy, distribution under pressure)

Sample - Tapsoba, Bastoni, Buorngirono, Bisseck, Ndicka, Van Hecke)

Top 5 best CBs outside EPL Top 5, PSG & Bayern

Metrics- (Interceptions, tackles, blocks, aerial duels won, speed, dribbled past)

Sample-( Lewis Dunk, Van Hecke, Andersen, Senesi, Milenkovic, Lacroix, Brathwaite)


- Top 5 LB/LWB

-G/A
- Av tackels + interceptions

NOTE
✓ Players we are currently being linked to only.
✓ EPL or Champions League Experience only.

99% chance these are not the only ones our SDs are looking at. Even a good chance that most in this list are not even being considered. But purely on the rumours we are hearing those would be by pick.

For DiMarco, Maza and Illiman, Those are specifically my picks. We are not linked to any of those.