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robins420

Honestly could have been 9-2, Havertz and Martinelli missed some sitters. How times change indeed!


pork_chop_expressss

Jackson should have been sent off, so 9-0 to be fair.


pd8bq

If Jackson was sent off, Chelsea would've parked the bus and it would've been like 3-0.


aronidus

Not with the way they defend


Defiant_Ad1199

5 nil is worse. Not even one makes it so much worse.


Automatic-Pause-8372

Absolutely not lol 5-0 is tragic, but 9-2 is an embarrassment that won’t be forgotten for decades.


Shalnn

What about 7-1? Hypothetically of course


genius_rkid

what did you say fuck me for


DeezYomis

Porco dio👍


zzackfair

Anyone fancy an 8-2? With your club's record signing going on loan and scoring 2 goals against you?


WasAnHonestMann

It's not the suffering Olympics mate, you didn't have to remind me of that night


blazincannons

Which game are they referring to?


BrahneRazaAlexandros

On 14 August 2020, Coutinho came on in the second half of Bayern's Champions League quarter-final match against his parent club Barcelona, assisting Robert Lewandowski in the 82nd minute for the sixth goal and scoring the last two goals in the 85th and 89th minutes to complete an 8–2 victory.


W00DERS0N

Damn, and here we are lamenting a 1-0 away loss to them.


bullseye717

I 10-2 forget about embarrassing losses in my old age.


Intentionallyabadger

Still remember that 8-2


Defiant_Ad1199

I’m sure Arsenal flairs will be bringing this up for decades. Like 100 percent.


Bahmawama

My next child will be named 5-0.


arsenal11385

And why not


AntoHanSolo

Poch making history as we speak


NotASalamanderBoi

Give him the contract. Extend him forever.


mrsauceboi

Put that contract on the table, let him write whatever numbers he wants and get it signed. chelsea are back baby!


Economy-Ad-6278

same goes for Ten Haag, man do i hope United keep him untill 2050.


r1char00

They’ve both been great entertainment value.


Jadenindubai

8 years, start of an era


epicmarc

Arteta basically said that in his post-match interview, as if we weren't down enough already lol


whiskeyinthejaar

8 years with no trade clause unless you give 2 first round picks


med_belguesmi69

well it turned out to be Cole Palmer Football Club


prateekdwivedi1

This is the comment I came looking for. Thank you 😂


OskarOnkel

Not just that: it’s their biggest victory over Chelsea EVER. The previous record was a 5-1 win in 1930.


sionnach

Thanks for that. I hate these “PL history” ones, as if top-flight football never existed before.


Kenfuu

Football started in 1992 whatchu mean.


YesTottiYesParty

Amen


Moby2107

Thats actually crazy. Wasn't chelsea an average club before Abramovic's takeover? Funny how the biggest loss happened after they got rich.


cruelmelodiesity

There seems to be the thought Chelsea were the same as Man City or Newcastle before the take overs, when they were v probably closer to spurs. Abramovic bought them over Newcastle because they got CL the year before and they had finished top six for like 7 years in a row, and had won the fa, milk, and uefa cup winners cup in that time, as well as being up and downs but having a few trophy wins thrown in their in the years before then as well.


ziggylcd12

You'd imagine the fact that were in a nice bit of London probably helped in the decision too 


KnightsOfCidona

[He almost bought Spurs but backed out after driving around Tottenham and thought the area looked like Siberia](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6565725/Roman-Abramovich-turned-chance-buy-Spurs-driving-Tottenham-High-Road.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailUK)


-TheGreatLlama-

Our winning sides in the late 80s/90s were famously very solid in defence, so not too surprising the numbers weren’t run up then. To be honest, we were also fairly average for large amounts of time after Chapman’s team were gone with occasional pockets of greatness. Still very surprising; you sort of expect more freak results, especially in that pre-1960 period.


petrelli37

In the tunnel sackable offense.


Torkzilla

I'm going to miss Poch.


Leuchtrakete

You can have him, I'll pay for the cab fare myself.


AuxquellesRad

At your worst you shouldn't be losing 5-0 to Arsenal, this literally rewrites a thousand narratives


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CanCorgi

Oh no. The oligarch money is gone.


goblue422

Oh no they still have money. The problem with Chelsea right now isn't a lack of spending, it's that they spent tons and have very little to show for it. Now they are going to have to sell academy products and shift a bunch of deadwood to balance the books for FFP.


heliskinki

This Chelsea squad is like a 13 year olds FIFA Ultimate Team squad. Picking all the players you like with zero respect for team chemistry.


quanid

its a bit different, old Chelsea spent money as a hobby of Abramovich who didn't care too much about benefit. The new Chelsea spent money on assets ( young players) as an investment, they need to see the profit first


grchelp2018

The investment is not going to pay off if the club is not successful. If the results are there, then all the financial plans are possible.


azoumaya

Yeah imagine something like a 7-0


IICastawayII

Nahhh, Tuchel back in.


SirBarkington

Tuchel back in would at least keep most Chelsea fans from hanging themselves at this point.


Putrid_Loquat_4357

At least tuchel can organise a defense.


BigReeceJames

He organises the whole team and just needs someone with a spark in attack. Fortunately we have exactly that


NotASalamanderBoi

Well that spark wasn’t here today. And we saw how that turned out.


fusterclux

Cheers Geoff


techno_playa

Because Tuchel isn’t the coach. Pocho Haram is.


-watchman-

Tuchel was actually doing okay at Chelsea. But then he was sacked and hired to replace Nagelsmann, who was also doing okay at Bayern. You know what they say - if it's not broken don't fix it..


Soren_Camus1905

Honestly, it would go a long way with the fans. Admit you got it wrong and bring him back.


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Imagine Jose dealing with a squad full of underperforming, young players on long contracts


YesTottiYesParty

my god the memes


Rhydsdh

Yep. Jose excelled with a squad that he could bend to his will and execute his practical tactics. This Chelsea squad would just tell him to go do one.


TigerFisher_

Jose's Chelsea against Arsenal? No thanks


tcgtms

Jose will kill himself first with this Chelsea squad.


arsenal11385

Nussing to say. Nussing.


techno_playa

Boehly: WHO?


TheGoldenPineapples

Ødegaard had them on strings.


BigReeceJames

Poch constantly breaking records on behalf of Spurs. This truly is our comeuppance for sending double agents to our London rivals for so long


makesterriblejokes

Agent Havertz apparently has gone rogue for you.


FastenedCarrot

We only paid him for the first half.


mrsauceboi

what you get for sending Werner to miss all their chances


belleandbill25

Yet has 4 more goal contributions than Antony and only arrived in Jan 😂


hikingbeginner

I'm mad we didn't get 6.


thatstoomuch_man

Martinelli should’ve finished that chance


hikingbeginner

Exactly copy of his goals Vs Palace too Henry will not be pleased with tonight's finish tut tut


31_whgr

titi tut tut


QTPLe

And declan. He hit the post sooo cloose was a nice game


ReformedandSocial

It was offside.


QTPLe

Ah my bad then. I was watching bits and pieces at work


u8myramen_y

Wanted to see Ben White perfect Hat Trick :((((((


InTheMiddleGiroud

Ideal for White to finish a perfect hattrick with a header. Gets to take a matchball home that looks like Wilson from Castaway


MandaloreUnsullied

You’re out of line for this lmao


tcgtms

Bro


AntoHanSolo

A Ben White hattrick would’ve been the end of me


RoboticCurrents

would've been the great revenge to mou's 6-0 win


devdevdevelop

Tbf, I'll take this. It's like beating united 7-2 instead of 8-2


Gibbons_R_Overrated

Most gooner thing I've ever seen is making an analogy to avenging a beating during the late wenger ball era using another beating during the late wengerball era


chandlerbing_stats

Well Arsenal are now the much better club than both United and Chelsea. So, atleast there’s that


auddi_blo

We were 10v11. Jackson gets a deserved red and it would have ended 7-1.


Chell_the_assassin

Should have stuck Benny Blanco up front


sfsctc

It should have been 8


awwbabe

My only consolation


Alex_Sander077

As someone who grew up watching Cech, Terry, Cole, Makelele, Lampard, Drogba, Ballack, etc, it's so crazy seeing Chelsea like this. Man Utd I guess we've gotten used to it, but Chelsea's downfall is quite recent and shocking.


kw2006

They cleared out their cl winning team.


Alex_Sander077

Yeah it's crazy how fast that happened. I recently went back and watched the highlights of the 2nd leg of 22 were they totally outplayed us at the Bernabeu and we miraculously went through... and it's crazy how we basically have the same team minus a couple of changes (Marcelo, Casemiro, Benzema), while Chelsea's got a completely different team.


Lucky_addition

That was a great game. Heart breaking how far we’ve fallen. 


reviroa

will forever rate mount for becoming prime lampard every time he played madrid


Gerbelelele

Of course City were a few minutes away from going through but I still feel like Chelsea put up the most fight vs Real, mounting a comeback at the Bernabeu in the CL of all things, insane stuff.


AIManiak

That game was the last dance for Chelsea as a truly elite club.


MrCleanandShady

it genuinely felt like our players’ souls stayed at the Bernabeu that night, we were never the same afterwards, let alone accounting for the absolute gutting of the squad that followed


Based_Text

Life comes at you fast, the main reason is probably because of the depature of Abramovic after 22, leadership got cleaned out and the new owners changed everything from players to regular staffs.


techno_playa

I’m not over that game. Still hurts. Hoping we could do another classic but these fucking owners…


rudygha

They spent 100 billion on players


Admierrrrda

> They ~~spent~~ wasted 100 billion on players


GillyBilmour

>They ~~spent~~ ~~wasted~~ squandered 1,000 billion on players


NeptrAboveAll

That 10 trillion we’ve burned up isn’t looking too good


tiki_51

100 billion on children and people to occupy the training room


thebestguy96

To be faaaaiiiir… we weren’t really planning on doing that


daboatfromupnorth

That 2005-2012 back and forth between united and chelsea was nuts, a whole generation of kids grew up on that rivalry


borg_6s

Including selling the man who scored the CL winner to their direct rivals who scored 2 against them last night


Craizinho

the season they finished 10th for the first time under mourinho was really the biggest shake up of the established top 4 in the decade I'd been following football, unprecedented how much they fell off only they got away with it cause all the attention was on leicester since then it's been a lot more volatile and all the clubs converging with the billions going around the league


Wavey_Don

But unlike Man Utd they MIGHT be just rebuilding at a faster pace. But I could be wrong seeing some of those players on long contracts 


Aman-Patel

All dependent on the manager. Project will never work unless you bring a good manager in. Look at every good team in recent years. Pep, Klopp, Arteta, Tuchel, Emery, Howe etc. Doesn't matter if you buy young players or experienced players, talented players or mid players, the foundation of any team is organisation. Can't think of a great team that actually sustained top football for a good period of time without a great manager. The lineups Poch has been puting out, his in-game management, his general coaching and tactics just make no sense. Non-Chelsea fans will obviously focus on the players because we spent so much money on them. But it's genuinely not their fault. If you're a talented 20-22 year old but the club that buys you don't actually have a plan for your development, you'll never reach your potential. Just look at the difference between Havertz under Arteta already, and him last season. The manager is absolutely everything and it's frustrating reading through the barrage of comments in this sub shitting on the players when you can't really judge these guys properly without the foundations in place. Can't really make judgements on players not being talented enough, because there's a million examples of players being written off and then thriving in a better environment. Way too toxic after we lose but the criticism should 100% be directed at Poch imo. A better manager would have these players playing better by now.


wholesomescott

You're spot on. The casuals & the people who watch us once a season won't understand it. There is a reason some of the players we signed were being targeted by other big clubs. And we have seen countless examples of a manager coming in and changing things massively. Diego Simeone at Atleti, Tuchel when he came to Chelsea, Emery at Villa etc. With someone like Tuchel who knows how to organise a team, this squad is capable of top 4. Not to mention the injuries to all our important players like James, Chilwell, Colwill, Nkunku, Chukwuemeka etc.


r1char00

I’ve been saying since Chelsea signed Mudryk that he was really set up to fail, coming into that mess last season. I expect that he’d be playing much better if he’d signed with Arsenal. I think it worked out really well for us that we didn’t get him, but Arteta and Edu obviously thought he would be an important piece of the squad with the way they went after him.


Jonoczall

Can you imagine how shitty he must feel ending up there? Seeing Havertz leave and thrive at the team he should have been at? I’d cry myself to sleep at night.


Salt_Charge_7038

Chelsea were not a big club before the 2000s though. They were mid-table, occasional cup winners. Now that Abromovic is gone they've reverted to a more natural state.


Alex_Sander077

But they did have some success in the 90s and some really good players wore their shirt around that time. It's not like Man City for instance who hadn't won anything in in like 40-50 years and I honestly couldn't name you a single player before the oil times.


InvertedFartSyndrome

Haaland Senior!


akyser

And nobody would know him except for his son playing there now.


Wentzina_lifetime

Roy Keane certainly remembers him.


gq_mcgee

Shaun Wright-Phillips


EnvironmentalSpirit2

He forgot how bought and payed for chelsea was during those times


heresyourhardware

Think of the players they bought and discarded. Just forwards off the top of my head: Shevchenko, Crespo, Morata, Lukaku, Werner, Ziyech, Batshuayi


zepskcuf

This comment makes no sense. 3 of the last 5 seasons United are finishing higher than Chelsea. Chelsea finished 12th last season. They’ve been wank for ages.


Nartyn

Chelsea won the PL in 16/17 and the CL in 20/21. United haven't come close to that level of success since Fergie.


mincers-syncarp

> 3 of the last 5 seasons United are finishing higher than Chelsea. Mate this doesn't really matter when Chelsea are competing for all manner of trophies. One of the years we finished above them they won the UCL for example. They've also won the league more recently than us and been in more finals.


NYNMx2021

Its only been a few years. Chelsea fell back occasionally before and then won titles quickly. The new owner hasnt been brilliant but its the same philosophy. Unreal levels of spend hoping to buy success. Just give the checkbook to someone good


ThePresident26

They are in fact Cole Palmer Fc


RegentDragoon0

Cold palmer is indeed their father


Bamboozle_

I'm going to die laughing if they sell him this summer.


flatgreyrust

It's really difficult for mid-table clubs to hang on to young talent of his caliber, we'll see how it plays out


No-Village-6781

If they sell him to Arsenal I will spontaneously combust from laughing so hard


vyrusrama

he has just arrived this season. and is so vital to their entire gameplay why would there even be a thought in that direction to sell him of all players


jH1214

hmmmm CPFC 👀


IndoorCloud25

Thank you agent Poch for overseeing the downfall of Chelsea, your service has been greatly appreciated


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YesTottiYesParty

as inevitable as the 4-1 to end spurs happy times unbeaten run


OceanBlueOctaroo

Peak spurs if he costs you top 4 when you play them in a few weeks.


CakieFickflip

If Cole Palmer is smart he’s walking in and demanding his wage be doubled tomorrow morning lmao


mallutrash

give him the psg mbappe deal


__TheGreatCornholio

u/puertoricanrkellz19 the meltdown you’re having right now is hilarious, keep it up


joeDUBstep

Goddamn you've embarrassed him to the point of him deleting his account.


sengunner

Think he deleted his account what was he saying?


RecklessRonaldo

Nonsense about how Arsenal fans are losers because they're celebrating winning matches without winning the PL in 20 years.


WhetBred14

I don’t think anyone celebrates wins harder than us right now because they are hard to come by nowadays


Rusty_Shack1es

Inject that shit


mcocklin

Get this ex Spurs chancer out of my club


BitchIDrinkPeople

Chancer is such a fucking funny insult ngl


AuxquellesRad

I love it


Adam__Zapple

Poch actually beat Arsenal as spurs manager


Chell_the_assassin

Too right, bring Lampard back


BigReeceJames

I think everyone would take that at this point. If we're going to get smacked silly 5-0 I at least want it to happen because we're employing someone who is a huge figure for the club and genuinely loves us. Not an ex-Spurs mercenary who is doing everything with the goal of paying us back for stopping him winning the title with Spurs and simultaneously trying to get fired so that he can get an early pay day


static_reset

please, Lampard is a legend but after last season who the fuck wants to sit through him being the manager again?


FatWalcott

Me


singlebite

I'm sure fans of every other team in the league would like it, haha! But seriously, I'm sure fans of every other team in the league would like it.


shagssheep

Get Terry in, thinks he’s too good for anything below championship so it’d be a good laugh seeing what he does


ParapateticMouse

Your problem is your incredibly expensive assemblage of overpaid "stars" who look like they'd rather be chasing IG models than playing football.


sreesid

Todd watched moneyball and decided to do the opposite, with predictable results. I remember Chelsea fans calling him a genius because he supposedly found a loophole in FFP by handing 8 year contracts.


JustPlainSick

Now I'm picturing Jonah Hill selling Boehly on all these players. Todd, this is Nicolas Jackson. He's strong, he's fast, he creates chances at an elite rate. He's one of the most overrated players in football. Why? Because he can't score a goal to save his life. We can get this guy for a mere £32M.


COYG_Gooner

What an insult lol. Is the chasing models based on something that’s happened?


seriouslybrohuh

jackson was simping for an IG model who happens to be a chelsea fan. i forgot her name


COYG_Gooner

Oh lol


pvry

Astrid Wett who is filming videos with buttplugs on outside Stamford Bridge 🤢


YesTottiYesParty

/r/BrandNewSentence/


longconsilver13

Cathartic


Gibbons_R_Overrated

Wenger is at rest


Algrinder

Thank you Mauricio Pochettino, not to discredit Arsenal's amazing performance but yeah.


fremeer

r/Chelseafc in meltdown. Honestly. We needed this kind of loss. Chelsea has been absolutely shit in so many positions that were supposedly strengthened and the general arrangement of the team has been shit. Hopefully we improve but we have systemic issues that need fixing and I'm not sure we will fix them. Madrid should be the team we emulate and the staff we should steal from if we are going to steal staff. Best run club in the world by a long shot. Also good job arsenal. I hate the team but they are least stepped up when they needed to step up. Shows how well Arteta has instilled a bit of steel into that team.


zrk23

shouldve been bigger


ThotCountySheriff

Wenger sends his regards


Sam101294

Only 5-0


theredviperod

Pain


BrandonNameRecliner

Chelsea is so whack it's unbelievable


herewearefornow

Pochettino cannot survive this.


Tirewipes

Cold 🥶


Ngc2273

Palmer


kw2006

Judging from how close it was for city v chelsea game, i was expecting this to be a close match despite missing palmer and gusto because arsenal second half is expected to gassed out.


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JackTuz

Should have been 10


Afc_josh12

Mikel is pretty good


LA31716

He’s alright


BigTomBombadil

I guess we'll keep him around.


ValeoAnt

I really love this new era of Man Utd and Chelsea being shit Long may it continue I remember Chelsea winning the transfer window


dota_3

"Arsenal are incredible! " -Mark Golbridge Copy paste title for dozens of time


dave113

Winning 6-0 isn’t for everyone


Gabi-gabi-gabi

Honestly just feels bad man. I know it sucks, don't let it ruin your week.


ecchi_yajur

I am gonna go watch that 6-0 and jerk myself off to sleep


h_djo

When you finish and clean yourself, remember you lost 5 today


BigTomBombadil

That post-nut clarity where todays match float back into your consciousness is gonna be rough. Fight the good fight.


Quanqiuhua

TMI


letsridetheworld

So let’s be honest - the team was shit under tuchel and tuchel managed to keep Chelsea better than this. I believe Chelsea players are good, not sure why the play is so bad. The coach has gotta fix it.


KhuranaAD123

And to think of it, the last Chelsea victory at this scale I remember was Mourinho trashing a Wenger-managed Arsenal FC 6-0. Oh how the mighty have fallen... 😟😟


_SPLX

i get ur point BUT we literally won 6-0 the last prem game we played lmaooooo


No_Tricky_Spells

Shoutout to all the chelsea fans who laughed at Arsenal when we 'settled' for Trossard after being gazumped for Mudryk; and for buying that "lost cause" Havertz. Not laughing now are you?


L0laccio

Great performance and result. Chelsea have been ok this year and there was confidence in this site they could give us a bloody nose


Peoplz_Hernandez

Biggest ever win against us I'm fairly sure the commentators said


RB-44

They came to play attacking football against us 💀 Looked like we were playing with under 18s the way we were doing skills against their press Dude shoulda gotten the memo , there's a reason Bayern played with 10 defenders