On Sancho... Great technical player but I'd really like to see him take more shots. More often than not he creates half a yard for himself cutting inside but always looks for the pass rather than hitting it

Referee was too indulgent with Forest timewasting.

Some Chelsea fans on twitter think he should have sent off the Forest player for pushing Cucurella over but would need to see it again

comment by minididi (U17584)
posted less than a minute ago
On Sancho... Great technical player but I'd really like to see him take more shots. More often than not he creates half a yard for himself cutting inside but always looks for the pass rather than hitting it
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Don’t mind that so much but yeah, mix it up a bit.

No clean sheets at
home this season so far.

comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
posted less than a minute ago
Referee was too indulgent with Forest timewasting.

Some Chelsea fans on twitter think he should have sent off the Forest player for pushing Cucurella over but would need to see it again
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100% should have

comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted less than a minute ago
Another awful refereeing perfomance today too
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Yep - VAR really needs to be used to stop cheating and time wasting, with points deductions after multiple charges. I have no issue with teams being difficult, what forest done was blatant cheating

So, who is suspended for Liverpool - Cucurella and Caicedo I think....

Means Veiga and presumably Lavia start at Anfield?

comment by RtM (U1097)
posted 23 seconds ago
comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
posted less than a minute ago
Referee was too indulgent with Forest timewasting.

Some Chelsea fans on twitter think he should have sent off the Forest player for pushing Cucurella over but would need to see it again
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100% should have
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I think only Chelsea players got booked out of all of that - ridiculous

comment by RtM (U1097)
posted 36 seconds ago
comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
posted less than a minute ago
Referee was too indulgent with Forest timewasting.

Some Chelsea fans on twitter think he should have sent off the Forest player for pushing Cucurella over but would need to see it again
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100% should have
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Yup

comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 39 seconds ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted less than a minute ago
Another awful refereeing perfomance today too
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Yep - VAR really needs to be used to stop cheating and time wasting, with points deductions after multiple charges. I have no issue with teams being difficult, what forest done was blatant cheating
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I am increasingly in favour of a stopped clock like rugby.

Cucurella and Fofana suspended

Colwill looks injured

comment by Superb (U6486)
posted 6 seconds ago
comment by RtM (U1097)
posted 36 seconds ago
comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
posted less than a minute ago
Referee was too indulgent with Forest timewasting.

Some Chelsea fans on twitter think he should have sent off the Forest player for pushing Cucurella over but would need to see it again
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100% should have
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Yup
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Fair, my stream cut out for 90 seconds around then so I missed it.

And honestly new rule should come in - all head injuries go off for 2 mins for "safety"

Would love to see a stat on how much head injuries have increased since the rule change

comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
posted about a minute ago
comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 39 seconds ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted less than a minute ago
Another awful refereeing perfomance today too
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Yep - VAR really needs to be used to stop cheating and time wasting, with points deductions after multiple charges. I have no issue with teams being difficult, what forest done was blatant cheating
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I am increasingly in favour of a stopped clock like rugby.
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100% dude

comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 2 minutes ago

It’s why I can’t believe mons narrative that Maresca is much better than poch. Hes got a much better team and this result has happened twice already v palace and forest.

Still a work in progress
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Still moving in the right direction though. Started with Potter's last month or so, Poch continued it, and Marseca's kept it going.

Only seen two games so far so it might be an unreliable opinion, but we look a little bit fitter than we did under Poch. We keep playing at an acceptable standard deeper into matches, with Poch we had a bit of the "one half good, other half bad" problem.

Cucu carded for being fouled and then not getting involved in the scuffle. Only at Chelsea

Curious about Liverpool - expect them to beat us but wonder if we'll have lots of space in behind them and they'll try to press and dominate the ball or if they play more pragmatically under Slot.

comment by RtM (U1097)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted about a minute ago
It’s why I can’t believe mons narrative that Maresca is much better than poch. Hes got a much better team and this result has happened twice already v palace and forest.

Still a work in progress
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He’s much better imo. He’s already shown he can organize us, give people actual positions with roles, give us a style and make us fun. He just needs time with the defense.
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Organise us? I couldn’t disagree without that more. We’re as all over the shop as last year, maybe more so than the end of pochs time. Wolves and Bournemouth alone should have scored 10 against us between them

comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 39 seconds ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted less than a minute ago
Another awful refereeing perfomance today too
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Yep - VAR really needs to be used to stop cheating and time wasting, with points deductions after multiple charges. I have no issue with teams being difficult, what forest done was blatant cheating
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I am increasingly in favour of a stopped clock like rugby.
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Not sure why it hasn't been brought in yet - time-wasting would disappear almost overnight

comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 58 seconds ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted less than a minute ago
Another awful refereeing perfomance today too
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Yep - VAR really needs to be used to stop cheating and time wasting, with points deductions after multiple charges. I have no issue with teams being difficult, what forest done was blatant cheating
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Yeah as I said during the game that second half should be the blueprint for any team wanting to know exactly how to time waste and shethouse their way through a half of football.

comment by minididi (U17584)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by NPE - Maresca's Minions (U22712)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 39 seconds ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted less than a minute ago
Another awful refereeing perfomance today too
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Yep - VAR really needs to be used to stop cheating and time wasting, with points deductions after multiple charges. I have no issue with teams being difficult, what forest done was blatant cheating
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I am increasingly in favour of a stopped clock like rugby.
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Not sure why it hasn't been brought in yet - time-wasting would disappear almost overnight
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Some bs prob about grass roots refs not able to do it

Problem is more games will be like today with 11 men behind the ball than versus Brighton when they played their back four on the halfway line...

We probably have about 12 more home PL games like today. Need to find a way to win them.

I read somewhere that our home win percentage in the league over the last three seasons is 40 percent or something.

Does feel like we struggle at home these days

comment by Devil (U6522)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 2 minutes ago

It’s why I can’t believe mons narrative that Maresca is much better than poch. Hes got a much better team and this result has happened twice already v palace and forest.

Still a work in progress
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Still moving in the right direction though. Started with Potter's last month or so, Poch continued it, and Marseca's kept it going.

Only seen two games so far so it might be an unreliable opinion, but we look a little bit fitter than we did under Poch. We keep playing at an acceptable standard deeper into matches, with Poch we had a bit of the "one half good, other half bad" problem.
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I think we just we’ve just got more depth and better players, one of which we owe their improvement to poch (madueke)