villa4europe Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 13 minutes ago, villalad21 said: They didn't look great defensively to me on Saturday. No they didn't And still conceded 0 That old cliche... And Lukaku will win them tougher games than vs us City are still the team to beat imo but Chelsea winning the league can't constitute a shock for a anyone, there's no magical narrative behind them doing it, spent an absurd amount last summer and £100m on one player this summer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: No they didn't And still conceded 0 That old cliche... And Lukaku will win them tougher games than vs us City are still the team to beat imo but Chelsea winning the league can't constitute a shock for a anyone, there's no magical narrative behind them doing it, spent an absurd amount last summer and £100m on one player this summer Yeah they have best spine in the league imo with Thiago Silva-Kante- Jorginho-Lukaku with many threats out wide aswell. Favourites for league I'd say and actually can't wait until they roll over Man. United with Fred/Matic passing them the ball every two minutes and Ronaldo having about three touches in the box all game. If Lampard was still there they'd probably be on about six points now e.g. loss to Liverpool and draw v us so shows difference Tuchel has made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted September 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2021 Isn’t it odd how the media are jizzing all over Lukaku? like him going to Italy has made him the striker he is today? He was good at Everton when Chelsea didn’t want him, he was good at Utd when they were relatively crap… but now he’s gone away and come back they’re losing their shit over him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Just now, alreadyexists said: Isn’t it odd how the media are jizzing all over Lukaku? like him going to Italy has made him the striker he is today? He was good at Everton when Chelsea didn’t want him, he was good at Utd when they were relatively crap… but now he’s gone away and come back they’re losing their shit over him. Its a bit ridiculous but I think in his last months at United he lost his drive and looked to gain weight. Move to Inter and Conte made him the star player and he thrived and is a lot fitter now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted September 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, Zatman said: Its a bit ridiculous but I think in his last months at United he lost his drive and looked to gain weight. Move to Inter and Conte made him the star player and he thrived and is a lot fitter now Yeah, Conte is a real stickler for the fitness, hence why Ashley Young was getting in that side. I just find it odd that the media think that Lukaku wasn’t really ‘worthy’ of the great Chelsea before now… but that’s the media for you, always full of shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 41 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: Isn’t it odd how the media are jizzing all over Lukaku? like him going to Italy has made him the striker he is today? He was good at Everton when Chelsea didn’t want him, he was good at Utd when they were relatively crap… but now he’s gone away and come back they’re losing their shit over him. I don't see any difference in him from the United days. The only difference is he is playing in a system that gets the most out of his qualities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 On 13/09/2021 at 20:17, villa4europe said: No they didn't And still conceded 0 That old cliche... And Lukaku will win them tougher games than vs us City are still the team to beat imo but Chelsea winning the league can't constitute a shock for a anyone, there's no magical narrative behind them doing it, spent an absurd amount last summer and £100m on one player this summer Lukaku will win Chelsea games they don't deserve to win. They don't concede goals, he will score them. Man City will draw games they deserve to win by not having a striker. Chelsea the team to beat for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJCB Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Lukaku looks more a finished article now than he did at Utd. He’s still got a god awful first touch but he’s better now at focussing in what he does best- I.e finishing off moves- rather than trying to get involved in the build up where he doesn’t add any value. He’s the type of player who ironically probably plays better when he only gets 20 touches a game vs when he has over 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 13 hours ago, pas5898 said: Lukaku will win Chelsea games they don't deserve to win. They don't concede goals, he will score them. Man City will draw games they deserve to win by not having a striker. Chelsea the team to beat for me. Lukaku doesn't score goals against the big teams that should be the worry. At United I think he had 1 or 2 goals against the top 6 in total or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono62 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 2 hours ago, villalad21 said: Lukaku doesn't score goals against the big teams that should be the worry. At United I think he had 1 or 2 goals against the top 6 in total or something like that. He does score against big teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 3 hours ago, villalad21 said: Lukaku doesn't score goals against the big teams that should be the worry. At United I think he had 1 or 2 goals against the top 6 in total or something like that. 25 league goals vs the Sky 6 and Leicester. 7 vs Milan and Juventus Only big team he struggled to score was Juventus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Zatman said: 25 league goals vs the Sky 6 and Leicester. 7 vs Milan and Juventus Only big team he struggled to score was Juventus If you can even count Arsenal these days he has 3 goals in 16 appearances against them. 1 goal in 10 against Chelsea 3 in 11 against Man Utd 4 goals in 14 against Man City 1 in 12 against Spurs 5 in 11 against Liverpool Doesn't sound elite to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, villalad21 said: If you can even count Arsenal these days he has 3 goals in 16 appearances against them. 1 goal in 10 against Chelsea 3 in 11 against Man Utd 4 goals in 14 against Man City 1 in 12 against Spurs 5 in 11 against Liverpool Doesn't sound elite to me. He has 3 against Chelsea, 5 vs City, 5 vs Liverpool and 4 against Arsenal He also played about 70 percent of them games for Everton and West Brom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 32 minutes ago, Zatman said: He has 3 against Chelsea, 5 vs City, 5 vs Liverpool and 4 against Arsenal He also played about 70 percent of them games for Everton and West Brom In his time at United his record against the big clubs was abysmal. Recently against Liverpool he was appalling. Flat track bully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: In his time at United his record against the big clubs was abysmal. Recently against Liverpool he was appalling. Flat track bully. playing under Mourinho then your favourite manager Ole dropped him. still scored twice away to PSG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 12 hours ago, villalad21 said: In his time at United his record against the big clubs was abysmal. Recently against Liverpool he was appalling. Flat track bully. A game in which Chelsea were down to 10 men for more than half the match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 5 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: A game in which Chelsea were down to 10 men for more than half the match? Yeah he didn't look good when it was 11 v 11 either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 It must be loneliness. Has to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StefanAVFC Posted December 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2021 With the huge focus on head injuries and the impact of them, to see a Chelsea player fake a head injury to waste time, and then instantaneously recover with the help of docto- I mean, his teammates when it meant he'd need to go off, was **** disgusting. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: With the huge focus on head injuries and the impact of them, to see a Chelsea player fake a head injury to waste time, and then instantaneously recover with the help of docto- I mean, his teammates when it meant he'd need to go off, was **** disgusting. Second time I've seen that happen in the last 2-3 weeks, and it's just so incredibly disappointing that players are willing to sink to such depths we might need to weigh up the cost of protecting genuine head injuries vs discouraging this kind of cheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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