I meant a forward in their prime. Good to see Gallagher and Broja get chances but they haven't torn up trees so far.
I think that's a shortsighted way of looking at it , going as far back as to when you started your domination of English football in the mid 70s the trend has always been for dominant club to show up after a miniscule stretch of time with no clear big dog or what u would like to call the wilderness years in fact that's the trend in all of Europe, I have no reason to believe it won't be the same this time around, maybe we'll have a few shock winners but the top dog will finally show itself.
You're giving him too much credit, the bayern machine was built up by haynckes and they actually seemed to be better off in Europe without him, and in the case of Barcelona they probably would gobbled up league titles anyway as they did before.
I just think that there's too much money spread out around several clubs for any one of them to dominate. United had Ferguson and City have Pep but I think those managers are rare. You might get someone win back-to-back titles but not three in a row/five out of six etc.
When Potter got appointed I immediately thought Caicedo and Trossard could potentially end up with us. Now i think it'll be only Trossard, because i think Rice to Chelsea next summer is one of the worst kept secrets out there, and there'd be no need for another DM aswell...
Also if we actually went up against them for Caicedo 1, you’d hope we finish above them and 2, he’s a United fan.
Eh, the degree to which he does well depends on expectations. It's very hard to go from top 4 to real title challengers. Probably the hardest step in football. He's a good manager, but he might not be good enough to be more than a top 4 teak. And the problem is he's competing with Pep, Klopp, Ten Hag, Conte, Arteta. Obviously Pep and Klopp are in a league of their own, wo being a good or very good manager sometimes isn't good enough ultimately. It's not like they've been struggling the past few years, Tuchel is a very good manager and did well with them. I doubt Potter gives them a higher ceiling.
Couldn't disagree more. This is our tenth game in 31 days and its fecking stupid to be playing a near full strength team when this meaningless game is just before Arsenal, City and Newcastle in the next 10 days. It's not remotely defendable.
You being serious mate? Mount, Chalobah, Sterling, Havertz, Aubameyang, Jorginho, Mendy, Chilwell. And to top it off he brought Thiago Silva on! None of these guys should have been playing a meaningless game when you consider what we've had and what we have in the next ten days. It's a joke and we have shot ourselves in the foot just like we did with RLC a few years back.
Arsenal performance recently won't make me afraid about that match but city and Newcastle will get real ugly for us in my opinion.
The team that’s drawn the most in the league? That’s drawn as many as they have won? It’s got draw written all over it.
Worth a try.Football never has or never will work like that.
Certainly been very lucky at Chelsea so far
