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Chelsea v Man City (PL) Thur 5th Jan 2023 20:00 GMT

I mean how long we gonna stick with this guy, if we saw some progression some implementation of ideas manifesting anywhere then  maybe, but he basically took a CL winning squad and the job of an elite manager and turned us into mid table drivel. 

 
alwayshopeful said:
sell auberang - havertz - kante - azpi - pulisic - koulibaly - gallagher - cucurella - change scouts .  play mendy again , play hall 90mins , try some more academy players . potter must tell  us his plan , i dont see it.  
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If he was asked whether the team is playing to his expectations, I wonder what he'd say. No sign of a plan, I think Potter does need to set some objectives for the rest of the season so we can at least see if there is a plan.    

 
alwayshopeful said:
sell auberang - havertz - kante - azpi - pulisic - koulibaly - gallagher - cucurella - change scouts .  play mendy again , play hall 90mins , try some more academy players . potter must tell  us his plan , i dont see it.  
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Haha, I love the contrast of your post and your user name. Lol.

Bang on by the way.

 
Scott Harris said:
Hutchinson - 3 - Too soon for him, not ready for this level yet.
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With Hutchinson, the real opportunities were pre-World cup, Potter fumbled the bag with this one. Hutchinson should have taken more risks in the game, sure; but he should have already had games under his belt before being thrown in against a machine like City.

 
Scott Harris said:
 I have never seen a Chelsea team as bad as this one. We'll be lucky to finish in the top 10.
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I have 1976 -1980 there were some awful teams, players not the same standard as today's though, but Scott in the modern era you are correct. If this trajectory continues bottom 3 by May or sooner  😅?

 
Term_X said:
Zakaria situation is like the somewhat attractive girl in an office of only men becoming a straight 10 in that environment, I just hope the board still understand what needs to be done with that midfield.
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I like that analogy. He's ok and has his good moments but we literally don't have a decent holding midfielder so be default he's an improvement on nothing.

 
Lets take positives, such an improvement on the last game, kept Harland almost as useless as Auba, i've been banging on about Hall, breath of young air, Gallagher infectious enthusiasm, a decent striker and we might of won this one..

 
I think the first half performance looked good because City where terrible.  Any decent side would have taken advantage, but we don’t look like we believe we can score never mind actually score.  At least some of the youngsters added a bit of spark to a team that’s been devoid of energy for 12 months.

Someone please take a chance with a pass or just bloody shoot for gods sake.

 
Shame about the result but the performance was better. Showed abit more heart and fight even if we didn’t create much. We may have nicked a point on another day. 
 

Can we just get rid of Auba, Ziyech, Pulisic etc. They offer absolutely nothing. Play the kids!

 
Thought the team played well and a great foundation for future success Zakaria was excellent

 
General said:
I have 1976 -1980 there were some awful teams, players not the same standard as today's though, but Scott in the modern era you are correct. If this trajectory continues bottom 3 by May or sooner  😅?
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I actually thought the team that Eddie was putting together was young and exciting. Then the farce over the company car and as usual it all went tits up for us. But you right, John Neal was an oasis in a desert of sh*tness. The seven gifted to Nottingham Forest still resonates with me after all these years.

 
Good result and performance overall. Some players not good enough of course but given the opponent it was not a bad outcome. That is how far we have fallen.

 
I said during the game that we needed to score in the first half as City would step it up. It was disappointing that we barely tested Ederson. 

 
SFL82 said:
I mean how long we gonna stick with this guy, if we saw some progression some implementation of ideas manifesting anywhere then  maybe, but he basically took a CL winning squad and the job of an elite manager and turned us into mid table drivel. 
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You think a few months is too long! Seriously!  Honestly I don't 'get' people like you, we have NINE of our first team out, thats NINE, not only has Potter inherited sh*te, he hasn't even had the chance to play the best of the sh*te he has!! Not only that he hasn't seem his team for over a month!  You think sacking Potter and putting in somebody else will turn us into title challengers!! I mean really!?

 
Term_X said:
With Hutchinson, the real opportunities were pre-World cup, Potter fumbled the bag with this one. Hutchinson should have taken more risks in the game, sure; but he should have already had games under his belt before being thrown in against a machine like City.
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Spot on. Bournemouth and Forest were perfect opportunities to start the manning up process. 

I'll be honest though I am not massively in favour of throwing promising kids into a team that is bereft of quality, lacking in confidence, and being defeated week in week out. If Foden had been thrown into this team he would never have had the career he has had so far. Being surrounded by de Bruyne, Silva, Gundogan, etc has allowed Foden's talent to blossom.

We do have some really talented youngsters and it would be a crying shame if they fell short due to weak, ineffectual senior players incapable of mentoring them or being an example.

 
WhiteWall said:
Spot on. Bournemouth and Forest were perfect opportunities to start the manning up process. 

I'll be honest though I am not massively in favour of throwing promising kids into a team that is bereft of quality, lacking in confidence, and being defeated week in week out. If Foden had been thrown into this team he would never have had the career he has had so far. Being surrounded by de Bruyne, Silva, Gundogan, etc has allowed Foden's talent to blossom.

We do have some really talented youngsters and it would be a crying shame if they fell short due to weak, ineffectual senior players incapable of mentoring them or being an example.
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To be fair I think Hutchinson was only on the bench because we have so many injuries at present. In normal circumstances he would probably only expect to get first team minutes in a cup game.

 
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