Chelsea Banter

27 Apr 2024 22:14:58
Petrovic had his chance, done ok,

Ok isn't good enough,

Mudryk, struggling for words,

Jackson missed a sitter of header,

Punished other end,

The lack of fight is unreal,

27 Apr 2024 22:11:40
I was happy with our performance but obviously not with the result.

I don't think VAR should have referred that decision back to the ref because for me it wasn't a clear and obvious error.

They are 4th and and we have totally outplayed them. Also the Poch tactical switch moving Cucarella into midfield was a good call.

Caicedo was absolutely outstanding and it can be no coincidence that his beat games have been when he is playing next to Gallagher.

Noni was again a handful and a big shout out for BB because he quit rightly got pelters for his recent performances but today he was generally solid.

27 Apr 2024 19:12:22
I'm watching women never a pen the defender hasn't even made a move she even asked for VAR the people that run want stringing the whole VAR thing has been a joke from the start it's a total joke doesn't solve anything has been proven it not bullet proof so why not get rid of its like the Chelsea back line unreliable slow and inconsistent but most of all like anything else people should be Punished just like the players when they do something wrong let's see who's making the wrong decisions let's get them in front of the to to say sorry but they won't because the whole lot are cowards and have not balls to come out and so protected why do we go through life protecting the weak.

27 Apr 2024 18:53:54
Anyone read the poch interview, seems to be pointing at the sporting directors, few subtle digs about the
" managers responsibilities but the club is planning and structuring a plan that needs to prove it works, because of the results you can say it's just the manager, but I don't have the keys to the club, I don't make all the decisions here "

When asked who needs to prove themselves to be here next season " it seems only to be me but it's the whole organisation, I think it's important "

Also he admitted he hasn't spoke to the owners in a over two months,

I'd say the writing is well and truly on the wall,

Problem we have is, poch is PART of the problem, but the problems are bigger and higher up than him and he is spot on with what he is saying, majority of issues will land in the next managers lap, if the next manager isn't as tactile and arm around player approach, we really need a manager coming out hanging players out to dry, players on long contracts and only young? What if next guy in doesn't think palmer offers enough off the ball so goes with another player, what if he keeps oublicslly talking about inexperience after the owners tell him not to?

27 Apr 2024 21:07:16
I didn’t like the interview he gave but he made a good point that it shouldn’t just be a managerial review.

27 Apr 2024 22:18:46
Matt, you are right Poch isn’t the only problem at the club ; it’s difficult to know where to start. Leaving aside Poch’s performance as a coach, he seems to be talking himself out of a job.

27 Apr 2024 07:39:16
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26 Apr 2024 19:35:58
Sterling and carney, injured, barley played, but injured, something's seriously wrong,

26 Apr 2024 19:54:13
It’s got to be pochs training methods carney didn’t even play against arsenal.

26 Apr 2024 20:08:51
Barnet, why has it “got to be” the training methods of Poch?

26 Apr 2024 23:47:58
Newcastle have had a similar amount of injuries guess it must be Howe’s training methods then? What about Utd and Liverpool? Both have had a fairly high amount of injuries this season, guess that’s also down to Klopp and Ten Hag’s training methods too no?

None of us know whether our injuries have been impact or muscular injuries etc, so not sure how the blame is laid at Poch’s training methods. It’s the medical department which says when players are allowed to return to training and what level of training they should be doing. They also advise if players workloads are too high etc. Unless Poch is ignoring their advice and having crocked players run 10km/ day before they’re fully healed I’m not sure how it’s down to him.

27 Apr 2024 08:24:31
Players these days are just extremely brittle, didn’t see this with John Terry as skipper. You notice how Gallagher and players like Alfie Gilchrist will rarely get an injury, made of sterner stuff.

27 Apr 2024 08:44:22
Fuser

The players workloads will be high due to the fact they are carrying half the squad who are on the sick list every game this season.

There is something badly wrong at our club at the moment.

27 Apr 2024 09:13:03
Poch is well known for doing the gacon test. It’s an awful lot of running and the youngsters of today aren’t like the old. I read somewhere they didn’t like his training methods at psg.

27 Apr 2024 12:34:07
Bill, you could be correct that a lack of availability and there player rotation could have had an effect on some players but the problem is it’s been a lot of the same players from the start of the season. So it’s hard to imagine it’s to many games.

Barnet, I have a theory that it’s a lack of fitness in the sense that Jose and other would have daily full on games that were reportedly harder than actual games. This is only my theory because I’m not a football trainer or medical person.

27 Apr 2024 16:53:18
I agree Bill, my point was that it’s not down to Poch. I doubt he’d going against the medical departments advice.

27 Apr 2024 17:24:33
Fuser totally agree, it's not Poch's fault.

Somebody though does need to take responsibility for the dreadful injury record this season.

27 Apr 2024 21:10:55
My guess is it’s not a single person’s fault.