Feigning an injury to the face when he was shoulder-barged?

Thanks. I'll have a read. I wasn't on social media four years ago, but I've fallen from grace.

Excellent method for discriminating between hot streaks and quality finishers.

@dmitry.mclachbot.com might enjoy this.

Awful news.

Great to have Cerys on for her debut.

You really need to go to two shows a week so that you can give proper coverage to both the men and women, especially now they both have midweek games.

Her most influential game in a Chelsea shirt so far; she tormented Neville throughout.

I'm looking forward to seeing her find her range for shooting and crossing. She skied too many.

Old news!

Incorrect ai summary. England, not Chelsea, called up O'Reilly.

The firms paying for ads in the ground will demand cheaper prices, if they are only seen by the stand opposite rather than the TV audience. And the TV companies will want a cut, else they could overly their own ads instead.

I wonder if we could get an Adblock program so we see none of it!

I've not watched Liverpool this season, but the Chelsea preview podcasts I listened to were making that very point. So, as you say, it's not an undiscovered weakness. Just as it's obvious that Chelsea are consistently vulnerable through the middle on a turnover.

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No. Agyemang had a few high-profile high-impact moments, but not enough for an award.

I love AKB but Hampton is better these days. Even allowing for THAT save.

That seems ridiculously cheap.

Good chart. I see Aggie as another striker primarily, and LJ as the natural alternative RW.

Which may explain the rumours about Alyssa Thompson from Angel City.

Mainly this window hasn't advanced the team much. I feel Arsenal & Man C have moved to catch up.

Sam Kerr 🤞

I know you didn't, Tom.

I'm aware Jackson does get questions about his attitude in view of his card record and that penalty squabble, so I was adding some context.

Obvs, it's just my opinion having watched him almost every game for two years, which may be more than many others.

I don't think Jackson is a 'dickhead'. He's raw and enthusiastic and makes errors.

Don't forget he hasn't been carefully nurtured through academies since age 8, unlike Hall & Livramento.

Jackson was still playing barefoot in Senegal at age 16.

Phew! I've had quite enough of Chelsea players picking up long term injuries.

No Cole Palmer is no longer a problem for Chelsea Enzo Maresca now has a wealth of attacking options available - he should be able to keep Cole Palmer fresh for the season ahead

#CFC should take the opportunity not to rush Cole Palmer back from his groin problem. My column here:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

Great stuff. I've been reading the UEFA settlement and trying to understand the implications.

Presumably Mudryk's salary & amortized transfer fee will come off the A List calculation, but Fofana & Lavia would have to be added on if they're to play, as will Pedro, Estêvão, Gittens etc.

Why Chelsea and Aston Villa (and Arsenal) are wary of UEFA’s financial rules PSR is at the forefront of everyone's minds, but it is not quite that simple over the rest of the window

PSR is for life, not just for June 30th. Or something like that.

A look at why (at least) three Premier League clubs have one eye on UEFA rules as the transfer window nears its merciful close

@theathleticfc.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/656...

You have that luxury. You're not paid to finance a whole team and keep the players at least reasonably content.

Well, it's a myth that PSG are using to justify playing their new lad.

I'm sure Sanchez would say similar.

Realistically? Rodrygo would break the wage structure. So would Donnarumma.

Aren't you already fed up with a goalkeeper who's a perfectly good shot stopper and claims crosses well, but who was dropped by his club because he's poor with his distribution?

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Cole didn't win all the PKs he took.

My point is that if Jackson had scored the average 8/11 PKs that 🥶 did in2023/24, we'd see him as the one who had a huge break-out season. He'd likely have been Chelsea player of the year.

PKs do skew scoring stats.

On average, shots are scored about 12% of the time.

Penalties are scored 78%.

Being good at PKs is a valuable skill, but they're a different thing.

Considering them together confuses the analysis. If Nico Jackson has been on PKs instead of 🥶 in 23/24 we'd think very differently about them both.

If prices solely depended on ability then you're probably right.
But it also incorporates age, remaining contract length, the player's desire to leave or stay, and how desperate the selling club needs to get rid.

At the moment, buying clubs are giving the last factor a lot of weight.

Sandi Baltimore should have been in.

Malo Gusto should be instructed to never shoot unless he is inside the six yard box and within the width of the posts.

Upon further review, I retract my second sentence. Guehi shoved Caicedo into the wall and was therefore definitely within 1 m.

Good process, lads!

But var IS supposed to re-referee every goal.

I think you can legitimately ask whether Caicedo was part of the wall to qualify for the 1m protection, which was the first offence given. But the shove is still a foul afterwards.

I'd have been furious had I been bundled out of the way like that.