Will do a pod tonight.

Everybody’s got a plan with a tactics board and a microphone.

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@ Chelsea FC

Think today is the day the season dies based on that team

Rosenior having an all time beginning of the end presser today

Snapping at a reporter asking if the players are bought in (they're not)

Saying Chelsea were the better team until the goal v City ( they weren't)

One of the pages is upside down, because of course it is

I'm sure somebody will tell me this is boiler plate, but there are literally 4 pages (nearly 10%) in the accounts about how Chelsea are mitigating risk of climate change on the business. Incredible.

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I believe the briefings this week were that Rosenior will stay on regardless of CL.

Tosin 82' sub is going to hit like crack

me to @bassman93.bsky.social 5 minutes in

Extremely confident Rosenior beat the shit out of the players with fitness midweek, because we look absolutely shattered already

Gusto marking nobody, Fofana 6 yards deeper than everyone else. What a set of talented smart individuals we have.

The "Chelsea need tall midfielders" thing going on on Twitter

Andrey could've been 11 feet tall and he still wouldn't have won the header. He loses the runner, it's not that he's too short to win the header.

Estevao taking the piss defensively on the goal btw

1 big chance for Haaland and a goal, exact same spot

Would bet the first sub is Lavia for a winger, Palmer wide, Lavia higher to carry the ball in transition

The Andrey situational CB thing has worked pretty well, but you end up with these man to man swap moments where Palmer is in that spot. He's worked his ass off to manage them, but think it's unsustainable.

If I'm guessing at what things Rosenior is going to address

You absolutely need more presence on the break. Some velocity to them but not really generating anything valuable from them. Neto on the left is where possessions go to die, but you probably don't trust Garnacho.

Andrey been excellent, a lot of players been so good defensively individually, but this feels a little held together by hope and hamstrings

Rodri comes from 10 yards away to delay the restart. No yellow card. Sure.

I’m sure Chris Kavanaugh will surely be so lenient when Caicedo fouls someone in a similar position

I will throw myself into the lake

Salah was good, still don't understand anything about how that played out

Terry/Cahill playing a huge proportion of the CB mins together was a great foundation to build on. The only stretches Chelsea have looked good the last 2 years have been when they've had continuity at CB (Colwill/Fofana, Colwill/Trev, Trev/Wes) to work it out. Having LC/WF next year helps A LOT imo

This felt like a really well put together squad age wise. Less sexy buys like Cahill, Ba, Matic, felt like really functional additions to a team who needed it. Market is different now, Cahill would be 50m today, but I'm curious who those 24-26 "I know what this is" guys for 25/26 could be.

Cech was only 31, but I did not remember him being as poor as he was. Lot of soft ones, lot of really awful moments on crosses, it makes the decision to jump to Courtois 14/15 a lot more obvious, with hindsight.

I suspect the Sanchez late season meltdown has probably done similar for Penders.

I had completely forgotten about the brief Schurrle striker foray with the hat trick v Fulham.

Everyone blames Oscar for KdB leaving that season, but the real backbreaker is keeping on an extremely washed Lampard that season and the next, rather than pulling the plug on his mins earlier.

That's a thing I'd probably like to see next season. Jackson, JP, Emegha feels like a good group of 3 you can run all season all comps and always have competent striker play that does the things you want.

The rotating triumvirate of Ba, Eto'o, Torres was never that good, but the ability to play 1 sub 1 bench 1 every game and ride the hot hand, manage mins + injuries etc, pick match ups. means you got 18 non pen striker goals from 40 PL 90's (very little 2 together mins).

Unreal management.