2024-25 EPL Season
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Duchene2MacKinnon
In the hands of Genius
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gary69
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Chelsea registered a 22-player list for the Conf.L matches against Servette. Plus Colwill qualifies for the B-list (alongside 3 youngsters).
Chelsea’s confirmed squad vs Servette
Player list A
Robert Sanchez
Filip Jorgensen
Marcus Bettinelli
Axel Disasi
Marc Cucurella
Tosin Adarabioyo
Benoit Badiashile
Reece James
Malo Gusto
Renato Veiga
Enzo Fernandez
Noni Madueke
Carney Chukwuemeka
Keirnan Dewsbury-Hall
Moises Caicedo
Romeo Lavia
Pedro Neto
Mykhailo Mudryk
Nicolas Jackson
Christopher Nkunku
Cole Palmer
Marc Guiu
Blender
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I mean the board is a complete joke but that is absolutely the right move by Maresca. It's what Potter should have done when he came in rather than trying to manage 45 players.
Blender
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Spring in Fialta
A malign star kept him
Best player in the PL IMO. Or at least the most influential in relation to his club.
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
The whole season rests on the next five matchweeks for Chelsea. We were blessed with a relatively smooth schedule to start out, which means we can hopefully work out growing pains while still getting results. If we don’t take a decent amount of points from the next five (Palace, Bournemouth, West Ham, Brighton, Forest) then we’re not in a good spot.
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RIP Sven Göran Eriksson.
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Sveriges främste fotbollstränare genom tiderna, Sven-Göran ”Svennis” Eriksson är död. ”Svennis”, som kämpat mot cancer i bukspottskörteln, blev 76 år gammal. – Det har gått väldigt fort på slutet, och i morse somnade han in hemma, med sin familj runt omkring sig, säger hans agent Bo Gustavsson...
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Paulie Gualtieri
R.I.P. Tony Sirico
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cgf
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I wonder if he had a bet on whether he’d get suspended again before this happened.
spintheblackcircle
incoming!!!
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spintheblackcircle
incoming!!!
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Paulie Gualtieri
R.I.P. Tony Sirico
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gary69
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They can only register a limited number of players and if Maresca has already set his mind up who those players will be, then that's the blunt truth for those left out. Even if Maresca later would want to give them some minutes, he just can't.
If someone rates Mudryk over Sterling I don't rate them
Can’t wait for injuries and bad form and Maresca crawls back to Starling like it was the plan all along.
My impression with all these quotes is Maresca is just playing muscle for the board. I think he’d prefer to have Sterling in the squad, but the club wants to offload him so rather than look weak by fighting it he’s just leaning in.
bleedblue1223
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He’s objectively more effective than Mudryk and featured in every preseason game. My take is it’s the board, not Maresca calling the shots. Feel free to disagree.
A lot of the “wow, what a straight talker!” stuff strikes me as reminiscent of the dumb Postecoglu “he said mate again!” flattery from last summer too.
spintheblackcircle
incoming!!!
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maclean
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Pretty freakin ridiculous stat.
True, though only losing at home is kind of a weird flex
It's been confirmed to be worse, 6-8 weeks due to a fractured bone in his shoulder. Freak accident as Gabriel fell on him during training.
