Our series of members articles that evaluate the form of each team over 2015/16 before assessing their chief protagonists continues with Chelsea.
Having clinched the Premier League crown in 2014/15, the Stamford Bridge outfit suffered a disastrous title defence and, after losing nine of their first 16 matches, replaced Jose Mourinho with Guus Hiddink in December. The Dutchman helped steady the ship and ultimately guided the Blues into tenth spot, some 31 points behind champions Leicester.
Firmino lol
May land in Australia tomorrow.
I'll go to the Harbour Bridge then.
Mane to Firmino close
Mane close
No spoilers 😆
Sorry x
Mane close again
Does the keeper keep kicking it out to him on goal kicks, or something?
Sorry for going off topic but did anyone see Roger Federer's post match presser? He's a complete gentleman when he wins but man he's got to be one of the sorest losers out there. Murray can come over as dour at the best of times but Djoko and Nadal were never as ungracious in defeat.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser,
Ps. Posts starting with the word sorry are Meh
Being a sore loser is a good thing IMO. Djoko loses infrequently so he can afford not to be sore , Nadal knows his days are numbered. These guys want to be the best , if you aren't sore when you lose there is something wrong.
He gave credit to Raonic and he does when he is outplayed by his opponent but he wasn't today imo. Unlucky not to convert one of 3 break points in the 4th set and 2 consecutive double faults. Thats really so not like him. He mentioned that. Plus it was clear he was having a bit of a problem with his leg. He was unlucky today not outplayed.
He is also very disappointed because it was a huge chance for GS18 which he might not get again with Djoko around.
Bad losers show passion and the will to be competitive. People who ignore negatives and are la di da all time are just boring lol
So El Loco quits again 😆 & it looks like Lazio are taking legal action as well, which is understandable: http://www.espnfc.us/lazio/story/2909801/lazio-say-marcelo-bielsa-has-resigned-amid-argentina-vacancy
https://twitter.com/paalpot75/status/751388297067368448 : "Reports in ARG that Bielsa called 5 clubs with players he was promised by Lazio, and learned that Lazio had never contacted them."
Wouldn't be surprised if it were true as a similar thing happened with Marseille's board. It led to him quitting after he signed for another season, then quit after the first match (which was a crushing loss). The club were trying to change details in the contract that they agreed to already. Didn't accept & all trust went down the toilet. On top of that, in the summer transfer window before that, they didn't sign of the players he wanted .
Pretty shitty from Claudio Lotito though, & no surprise Bielsa would leave here after being lied to. You don't mess with a guy who is as extremely demanding as a coach as Bielsa. Someone that wants full liberties within the club whether it be through changing the youth training in Marseille, or being highly influential in the construction of Athletic's training centre, etc.
People are speculating whether Martino's resignation from coaching Argentina a few days ago had anything to do with it. Part of me doubts that considering the train-wreck & toxic organization that the AFA has been of late. Plus, I don't think they'd be willing to guarantee him the control & freedoms he'd want to exercise with the team. Hard to imagine him being too trustworthy after all that's occurred.
Hi Zasa. I read your Batshuayi post. Thanks for the insight. I feel so much happy now that Chelsea went for him. 🙂
No problem, AK 🙂 He's in good hands, best of luck with him. Hope he does well for you guys.
Link?
Awesome. Will check it out later.
I hope Bielsa becomes the Argentina manager. We need someone like him or Simeone at the reins right now.
Bielsa holding the key to that team with a lot of authority would be one of the scariest sights in world football. There's a lot of untapped potential in that team (moreso in midfield), & I'd hate to come up against you guys playing a similar game to us.
If Argentina adapted Chile's style, they would be the best in the world.
They kinda did it in the first Copa game against Chile. High pressing.
I doubt Argentina will ever play like Chile with the players they have. Mostly flair players who don't like to defend. Aguero, Higuain, ADM, Lamela. A high intensity high pressing game doesn't suit them. They also lack the physicality to employ such a tactic.
Kinda sick of those guys right now. No heart.
Yes Mané, saving the goals for the PL. I like that.
He is ready to troll Reds supporters
Anybody here have any experience in managing a Sunday League football team? Bloody expensive isn't it??
Anyways just wondered whether or not you guys had any tips/hints as to what I could expect.
Is this adults or kids ? Kids Wakey is your man although I worked as a coach with a kids team.
What happened to pre launch price teasers? That was fantastic last year
We may get them yet.
#LFC's second-half XI...
Karius, Randall, Wisdom, Ilori, Moreno, Alexander-Arnold, Stewart, Chirivella, Markovic, Woodburn, Ings.
Bogdan not Karius
Oh, Liverpool Twitter tweeted Bogdan in goal, not Karius after that. My bad.
Following up on the best keeper in the world post, I don't know if you guys follow Serie A but imo Handanovic is better than the keepers mentioned. He is the only reason Inter were winter champions last season. Makes outstanding saves, magestic on penalty saves, very few mistakes and he has played in a Inter team that has been very poor defensively for a while now. Inter's decline in the last few seasons is why he is so underrated. He has been the best keeper in Serie A (neck to neck with Buffon) for a few years now. As for Neuer, I believe he was better at Schalke. He rarely has anything to do for most games of the Buli because of Bayern's dominance and their possession game. That can stop a keeper developing imo.
Good on fifa, that's all I know
Yep, you just look at the rating he's given and in my head, he's #1 😉
The rotation tool on the ticker is fabulous.
Gives a few suspect results though, especially with the home, away only options selected
Rotation is home-away.
You can select home or away only fixtures and also sort by rotation, so to rotate two teams by only their home fixtures
Selecting home works better. Picking Swansea shows GW1,3,5 are away. The top 6 rotation play at home in 1,3,5.
Say you pick home only, click Leicester and sort by rotation
Has ARS playing LIV and SOU first
But BUR playing SWA and HUL
Or MIDD playing STO and CPL
are better picks surely? and they are bluer fixtures in the ticker also
What is this tool??
Season ticker. Select a team. Click 'Sort by Rotation' under the ticker.
Okay found it, but what's it showing me? What is "rotation"?
You can see which teams go well with other teams. You can get a good fixture out of the 2 each GW.
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/season-ticker/ or on the right
Any news from FPL TOWERS?
yeah. they have a new site
Some serious issues regarding costs of licensing player names for the fantasy game, clubs have kicked up a stink and are demanding outrageous fees.
Early days, but looks like FPL might not go ahead this season.
This should be pinned to Mark Rogers' Twitter. 😀
Perhaps I need to create a new Mark Rogers account 😉
Seriously?
I know right? Shocking.
My fingers and toes are crossed
What would I gain from lying?
You heard it here first, FPL is off.
😀
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Dont do me that
Don't leave me this way
nope
LOL no real news then. Thanks all the same! Will keep F5'ing it.
Mark Rogers said after the Euros. Monday is my guess.
Thanks Bane, seen his update too
Will the last season's app update or do we have to download a new FPL app?
New free one.
Markovich has 18 feet of net and hits the post. Skills
Who is the worst?
Markovic, Sterling or Navas?
you serious?
navas by a long long way
au contraire
Navas gives you work ethic
Let's assume Mkhitarian and Aguero cost 23m and so does Zlatan + De Bruyne...
Which pairing do you choose? I would say the first one as Aguero is more captain material.. Thoughts?
Aguero + De Bruyne
Aguero + KDB
Agueryne
#coverageproblems
Ings 1-0
Alexander-Arnold assist.
Cheers, turned it back on to see delayed goal 🙂
first of many
klopps boy
seen him live -vision and movement
Wow. Ings. Lovely movement, lovely finish.
Just put him in my team.
Maybe wait til you've seen Origi and Sturridge too. 😉
Yeah, Ings, Wow
£13m price tag?
7 years, 9 months agoWhat's up with Firmino's hair? Lol