Mattoon

Pathetic

Lack of quality behind Bruno is what's killing us, too much retention and no vision to get the ball out quickly, I'd be tempted to bring Hall and Livra on, I think Burn and Schar will be fine shepherding the back line. We're giving then too much time to close us down and when we do get it out, too much time to reset the lines and no space for our front 3.

Looking like we've clipped their wings here, don't seem as effervescent as they were in the first 30 minutes. We at least have something to build on, but that was a pretty dire first half.

Murphy again there, the 1-2 was on but he kept the ball and got surrounded with no out options. They're pressing well but we're keeping the ball far too long in dangerous areas.

Why the fuck are Palace passing it round like prime Barca man, we look shell shocked, really poor start

No way are Chelsea winning

Villa (A)

Spurs (H)

Brighton (H)

Bournemouth (A) 

All of them will give them a game, they'll definitely drop points. Just can't see them catching us, Man Utd however I can see scabbing more points than they deserve.

I'd snap your hand off at the conference league after the season we've had and you've got to expect us to be favourites. Having said that we've never finished above Man Utd in the Premier league, I think its about time that ended.

5 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

 When's the last time we did that

My mistake, we drew with them last season, I was thinking of the 3 in a row now but one was in the cup at Old Trafford, the last double was 1972!

3 minutes ago, Bellars said:

6th is essentially down to us and Man Utd now

Genuinely think the game at Old Trafford will be the decider, hope we do the double over them again

Gonna be 5 or 6 this, Chelsea absolutely pathetic

6 minutes ago, joeyt said:

Odegard is magic to watch

Genuinely think Arsenal are a joy to watch when they're on it, just cannot for the life of me stomach their manager and supporters

Did Jackson win some kind of mail in competition to be a football player for a year?

What a ball for that 3rd, cool finish by Havertz too

8 minutes ago, black_n_white said:

Would it be fair to say we are in a mini league with Man Utd, West Ham and Chelsea now? 

We're in the driving seat now, West Ham have had a couple of bad results, we've got the far superior GD over Man Utd and this Chesea result puts them 3 behind with an inferior GD, concentrate on our own game and we finish at least 6th.

Decent finish by Ben notquitewhite

This is going to be a long second half for Chelsea it's turning into shooting practice for Arsenal, and there it is 2-0

6 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

Don’t even want us to get a penny for him. Want the skinny little rat on gardening leave as long as contractually possible 

I've come to the same conclusion, paying his wages for him to sit on his arse has got to be more valuable to us in stifiling Man Utds progress while we gain momentum than a token gesture payment from Man Utd.

£2m  They can buy a bunch of his roses for that, it'll give him something to do at least.

Watched it on my dinner today at work, massively impressed with Gordon, though I will say even though he's always clearly been ambitious I think that he has matured a lot since he has joined us. I think that's probably a combination of Howe's leadership, self improvement and moving away from home comforts. The way he thinks of every detail to improve his game means he's nowhere near his ceiling and I hope he continues to improve here with us, love the visualisation techniques, something my daughter does with Cheerleading, a really effective way to prepare mentally for every eventuality. 

I will hold my hand up, I said I didn't want him here, he seemed a trouble maker and wasn't impressed with his first half a season here, however I am happy to eat my words and admit I know nothing  not many I would swap him for right now.

4 minutes ago, BergenMagpie said:

They dont give yellow cards for complaining about referee decisions anymore, or have the sky 6 been immune all season? Think we must have picked up like 15 cards in the first quarter of the season for less than what Cucurella did just now

I think you know the answer to that one

4 minutes ago, Joe1984 said:

Or as its also known by "The Man U Special" 😅

Don't it infuriates me how we struggle to keep up with them when I couldn't tell you a single game they played well and dominated, also known as the Pardew effect.

Chelsea offering absolutely nothing here, if they get anything out of this game it will be daylight robbery.

Properly cheered the Arsenal goal and been swilling my mouth out with bleach ever since! Anything but a Chelsea win, thanks.

Scabby pricks

Hojlund wins it