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There’s no place like home 💙 https://t.co/Mb1tP54jNy

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@Shednotty That's slick from Malo 😮‍💨

[Shed @Shednotty]

Malo Gusto wow, there's a reason why he is called the Ronaldinho of defenders 🪄🥶🤯

[JR. @ChelsOnTheRoad]

🔙🔵 Drogba in full beast mode. Hat-trick with an assist🐐

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📲 Roméo Lavia on Snapchat.

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Morga Rogers 🥷

[Legion HQ @LegionHQ_]

🚨🗣 Harry Kane on Cole Palmer’s omission from the squad:

“Cole Palmer deserves to be here with us in the national team. After missing out on the World Cup and being sidelined by injury during the last international break, it is unfortunate to see him left out again despite being fit and available. I sympathize with him—he is an exceptional talent with a great deal to offer the squad.”

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📲 Maxence Lacroix on IG.

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@LegionHQ_ I believe in you, Palestra 👏🏼

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🚨🗣 Marco Palestra:

“I have recently recovered from my injury, and I am fully committed to working harder than ever to earn a place in Chelsea’s starting lineup. My goal is always to be on the pitch rather than on the bench.”

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Preach on bro👑

[𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐎 🥷🏾 @ENZOIZU]

🎙️You can blame Malo Gusto for wanting to leave. You can call him ungrateful, question his loyalty and pretend Chelsea are bigger than every player who walks through the door.

But ask yourselves WHY another talented player is considering leaving this club.

Enzo Fernández was made the villain. Now Gusto, who hasn’t started a Premier League game in nearly two months, is reportedly open to an exit in January.

Even with Reece James injured, Gusto has struggled to get into the team. Chelsea valued him at £75m in the summer, yet now we’re potentially watching another good player become a transfer story rather than an important part of the squad.

And some of you will STILL blame the players.

How many players must become expendable before you realise the problem isn’t always the individuals leaving? How many departures must happen before you question the people making the decisions?

Clearlake’s ownership model and Alonso’s decisions deserve scrutiny. Stop protecting the people in charge while making villains out of the players caught in the middle.

You cannot keep destroying the squad’s continuity and then act surprised when players want out.

Some of you owe certain players an apology. And you know exactly who you are.

#CFC

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@ENZOIZU Keep Preaching @ENZOIZU

[𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐎 🥷🏾 @ENZOIZU]

🎙️You can blame Malo Gusto for wanting to leave. You can call him ungrateful, question his loyalty and pretend Chelsea are bigger than every player who walks through the door.

But ask yourselves WHY another talented player is considering leaving this club.

Enzo Fernández was made the villain. Now Gusto, who hasn’t started a Premier League game in nearly two months, is reportedly open to an exit in January.

Even with Reece James injured, Gusto has struggled to get into the team. Chelsea valued him at £75m in the summer, yet now we’re potentially watching another good player become a transfer story rather than an important part of the squad.

And some of you will STILL blame the players.

How many players must become expendable before you realise the problem isn’t always the individuals leaving? How many departures must happen before you question the people making the decisions?

Clearlake’s ownership model and Alonso’s decisions deserve scrutiny. Stop protecting the people in charge while making villains out of the players caught in the middle.

You cannot keep destroying the squad’s continuity and then act surprised when players want out.

Some of you owe certain players an apology. And you know exactly who you are.

#CFC

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🚨💣🔵 EXCL: Alonso has informed the hierarchy he wants Levi Colwill’s contract situation prioritised immediately.

Barcelona interest is noted, but he sees Colwill as non-negotiable for the rest of the season and beyond. Talks are expected to start soon. 👀 #CFC

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🚨💣🔵 EXCL: The hierarchy have been told Alonso is frustrated with the lack of a reliable centre-forward option.

With Joao Pedro still out and the attack blunt against Sunderland’s low block, he has asked for January striker targets to be accelerated. 👀 #CFC

[𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐎 🥷🏾 @ENZOIZU]

🎙️The João Pedro dependency is another warning sign.

One injured striker should not make an entire Chelsea attack look this helpless.

João Pedro’s absence has exposed something uncomfortable: we don’t seem to have a convincing alternative way to play when our preferred attacking structure is unavailable.

Against Sunderland, we struggled to create chances. Against Liverpool, we couldn’t find a way through. Too often, the attacking responsibility falls on individual moments rather than a properly functioning system.

And that’s where recruitment and coaching meet.

Why does the squad lack reliable alternatives? Why are we so dependent on particular players? Why does the manager appear to have so few solutions when the first plan isn’t working?

You cannot build a serious team around the assumption that everybody will always be fit.

Chelsea have spent enormous sums assembling this squad. The expectation should be that the manager has enough quality and depth to compete, not that supporters must accept another season of excuses whenever an important player gets injured.

João Pedro being unavailable is a problem. Chelsea having no convincing answer is a bigger one. #CFC

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@Shednotty Absolutely true

[Shed @Shednotty]

Cole Palmer became a victim of of his own first season standard at Chelsea and some times I feel sorry for him for all the criticism he gets because he set a standard that he simply cannot maintain every season,

Other players in his position gets high praise for finishing the season with 15 G/A but in Cole Palmer's case everyone expects him to have 30+G/A every season to consider his season a decent season,

They want him to compete with strikers in goals and also compete with midfielders in assists and I actually don't blame these people because Cole actually set these standards for himself and it's being used to judge him,

Cole has been good for us even when he was struggling with injuries,I know that his output reduced but we have to look beyond that, 8G/A in 12 games this season is a solid number for a midfielder, he won't be having Erling Haaland and Harry Kane numbers because he is simply not a striker.

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Blues, are you satisfied? 🤔

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@Shednotty This was a bang

[Shed @Shednotty]

I don't understand why we don't hype this Joao Pedro bicycle kick enough, Imagine it was an Arsenal player that scored this stunner, their fans wouldn't let us rest 🤯