if i talk you listen. Nkunku 2.0

Cole Palmer has 54 league G/A since start of last season.

Only one Englishman has more in Europe's top 5 leagues: Harry Kane (74).

ON THIS DAY: In 2017, Antonio Conte became the first manager ever to complete a league double over Pep Guardiola.

He's just one of three managers to win the league ahead of a side managed by Pep alongside José Mourinho and Jürgen Klopp.

Chelsea 23/24 accounts details:

Revenue £468m ⬇️9%
Wages £338m ⬇️16%
Highest paid director £1.69m ⬆️491%
Amortisation £192m ⬇️6%
Underlying loss £214m ⬇️14%
Profit on sale of women's team £199m
Player sale profits £153m
Profit before tax £128m (2023 loss £90m)
Player purchases £553m
Player sales £208m
Total cost of transfers for squad £1,437m
Share issue proceeds in year £315m

So unfortunate for Guiu that his injury coincided with Jackson's. The stars had aligned for him to show his worth instead of Nkunku. He would have been great to have in our offensive slump before the international break, he's easily closest to Jackson in terms of attacking profile among our offensive players

🤕 Romeo Lavia has played 14 matches for Chelsea in 20 months.

He's started 9 games, completing zero.

He's played more than 45 minutes just 7 times.


"Till the end Romeo. I’m with you through thick and thin💙"

This level of inconsistency 🙄😂

West ham under Potter

You could say they have nothing to play for and a shit squad built for another manager, but being worse than Leicester and Southampton is pretty bad.

Probably still says"The boys gave it their all"😂😂😂

What is Maresca doing?

I get that we played on Thursday and need to rotate, but with the fixtures we have to end the season and how close the top-four race is, why would you drop almost all of our goal-scoring threats?

Is he resting players for the mighty Legia Warsaw?

Palmer and Jackson just came back from Muscle injuries, same injury that has taken Lavia, Fofana and Reece majority of the season from us. the last thing we should do is to overplay them as they just returned last Thursday. Use your brains for once. Reece was rested last game and is ready today.

Julien Laurens on Chelsea lineup:

🗣 "I guess Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson have just come back from injury. Jackson was longer than Palmer. Maybe Marc Cucurella could do with a rest because he was away with Spain on international duty. There's a bit of managing minutes there for some.

You don't want to take any risks either because it could be a very busy end of the season for Chelsea if they go far in the Conference League, but it's not like you're playing PSG or Real Madrid in Arsenal and Aston Villa's case."

What is James doing at Left back, Maresca. i can’t be defending you every time

#INGAME

With Nkunku and Sancho, you are virtually playing with 9 players on the pitch

Brentford haven’t kept a clean sheet at home this season. Nkunku and Sancho turn up and they look solid

#INGAME

We are so disoriented

Maresca is slowly losing me. 4 right footed defenders so we can’t build up from the back due to angles, Reece is uncomfortable receiving the ball on his left, Nkunku can’t run behind, we’re predictable on the ball too. Such a mess

Au revoir Nkunku in the summer👋. thanks for the balloons

Nkunku not running after Noni to help him press, send him to the U21s

Brentford have conceded 13 goals after the 75th minute and have scored 10 in the 15 minutes after the restart. Get to 60' without conceding, throw on Neto, Jackson, Palmer seems like Maresca's gameplan.

Via CFCentral3

Jackson is a very important player. Very very very important.