Taking this awful international break to assess our upcoming LEAGUE fixtures through the end of the year. Now is the time to really rack up points. 17 points is a minimum here. Leicester (currently 15th) [Heidenheim Conf League] Aston Villa (9th) Southampton (20th) Tottenham (10th) [Astana Conf League] Brentford (11th) [Shamrock Conf League] Everton (16th) Fulham (7th) Ipswich (17th)
I’d say 17 is certainly the minimum even if that feels low. Would mean 2 losses and a tie with only 3 games in this stretch looking like strong comp.
In this league you underestimate any team at your peril, just ask Mr 'it's who we are mate' himself :-D
Enjoy: Cole makes Premier League history by having a 100% penalty record from 12 spot kicks. 🥶Let’s watch them all back. 📺 pic.twitter.com/5587AtK9Kl— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) December 10, 2024
Saw this and thought it was interesting. 12 wins doesn’t seem a lot “Chelsea need around 12 wins from 23 games to play UCL next season. 12x3 is 36. Chelsea have already 31 points. That’s would be 67pts. There is a 92% chance at the moment 5th is UCL. And 66pts was enough in 23/24, 22/23, 21/22, 20/21, 19/20, 18/19, 17/18. 12 would be playing with fire but with the PL unpredictability it could possibly be lower. We’ve created a gap on 6th place but if you wanted more than 2 feet in the UCL door then we’d need 12 wins + couple draws“
After Qatar, why not https://www.skysports.com/football/...2030-world-cup-to-be-held-in-three-continents
Add to that the fact that there is pretty close to zero riding on this game. It's a tin-pot competition anyway, and even if we did care about it, we're pretty much a lock to qualify for knockouts even with a loss here. Anyone with even the slightest chance of playing a premier league minute for us should be left at home
LuClass: Riyadh Air, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines are in talks with Chelsea. The club expect a £20-25m fee for the rest of the season + a deal worth up to £60m from next season if they make UCL. Riyadh Air was also considering a joint proposal to sponsor the club with another Saudi entity link
Oh snap. Was there not even a CWC thread started for the LAFC game? Indicative of the competition, I guess. Between FIFAs dynamic pricing, the inequitable split between clubs and players (just an MLS thing?), and ICE putting the chill on international travel, this comp seemed dead on arrival. Still, it’d be very Chelsea to collect another trophy for the case that no-one else has. EDIT: Forgot that we’d already won this stupid trophy. ♂️
I’m in the middle of a new job and quite frankly I’m indifferent. part of what makes summer breaks so fun is it helps build up the anticipation. This is just, ugh.
Hope Monkee is not visiting relatives Pub Banter becoming criminal: "If the bill goes into law in its current form—and there is not much to stop it now—Britons can be prosecuted for a remark that a worker in a public space overhears and finds insulting. The law will apply to pubs, clubs, restaurants, soccer grounds, and all the other places where the country gathers and, all too frequently, ridicules one another." https://www.thefp.com/p/britains-war-on-speech-comes-for?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
How are we feeling about the third kit? https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/a...l-london-bridge-from-our-past-into-our-future I like a clean look, but these seem a little…under-designed? I like the old-school badge.
I agree with that, thought it was at first glance. Blue rather than white fake collar with that design would have been cool. Hate the nike swoop as always, but unavoidable.
I don't like the badge being used, I prefer the 'old school' badge (used from 1953 to 1986) we went back to in 2005.
CL matches Barcelona (H), Bayern Munich (A), Benfica (H), Atalanta (A), Ajax (H), Napoli (A), Pafos (H), Qarabag (A). Not horrible.
UEFA looking for extra money - trying to fine Chelsea https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c8643dp5043o