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🇵🇷 Chelsea fan. Analytics enjoyer. Options trader but I don’t want to talk work. Cynical but fair. Also: Rangers, Red Sox, Survivor, sports gambling, foodie, TV + movies, and other things. Humans are multifaceted after all.
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Wrote a few words in anticipation of the biggest games most of these guys have ever played for Chelsea. Feel free to have a read: sebontheweb.substack.com/p/forest-awa...

I know many are thinking Delap to United is off now that they missed out on UCL, but I still think they'll move heaven and earth to make it happen. Affordable, Mancunian, and PL proven they can't afford to lose out here. I suspect Chelsea will focus on bigger fish anyway.

Ekitiké is probably my favorite of the striker options on the market after Osimhen, but man that is a STEEP price.

Trying something new. If for whatever reason you are interested in reading my thoughts on just about anything in longform, subscribe to my substack! open.substack.com/pub/sebonthe...

Joao Pedro as a Jota replacement is pretty immaculate succession planning.

Third straight year of bottling my FPL draft mini-league. Second place again despite having accumulated the most points, same as last year. Year before that got second place by 18 points, despite having the same record as the winner. When will it end Robbie?

Seems like clubs are pouncing early on the striker market: • United about to sign Cunha + in for Delap • Liverpool working on Sesko • Saudi in for Osimhen • Arsenal eyeing up Gyokeres Chelsea understandably waiting to see where they land in the table, but might be too late for some of these guys.

How do Inter fans feel about Bisseck? His data is great, every time I see him he looks fantastic, he’s an absolute unit and pretty mobile, also part of a very competitive team (26 league starts)… why am I seeing links to West Ham? Am I missing something?

Assuming that City win one of their remaining two games, Newcastle get at least a point against Everton at home, and Villa beat United (all likely) Chelsea’s final game will come down to: win - UCL 😁 draw - UEL 😐 lose - UECL 🤮 Biggest game of the season. What do you got, Chels?

I love Caicedo. Love love LOVE Caicedo. Chelsea POTY by miles and deserves a spot in the PL TOTY. Probably my favorite Chelsea player atm. I cannot emphasize this enough. To the idiots on that other app saying he might be reaching Kanté levels, PLEASE have some respect.

Me when I revel in the downfall of physical currency:

Winning the next two games will be so crucial for this crop of players. It’s nowhere near enough for a club like Chelsea, but these players need to achieve success with their backs against the wall. Have been serial losers for years, they need to show they can deliver.

Beat Forest man, I beg you.

LET’S. FUCKING. GO.

All right I’ll bite, who on Earth is Ben Nelson?

Trent, Huijsen, and now links with Wharton? Real Madrid dipping into the Prem to take basically whomever they want is a stark reminder that their appeal > the Premier League’s by miles. It’s one of the largest normalizing forces that keeps the Prem from becoming the super league.

A lot of people, including savvy analytics folk, perplexed by that Frimpong move but I think it’s really smart. Just €35m for a guy who has pretty reliably generated output from the right and in theory can defend. Him in conjunction with a defensive stalwart who can pass from deep would be mint.

Florian Wirtz is one of at most 5 superstars who I genuinely think is worth destroying your finances for. Whoever gets him out of Liverpool, City, Bayern won’t have overpaid, no matter the number.

SELL JACKSON SELL ME WITH HIM CHELS I TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU.

Tried binging Survivor this season leading up to the finale rather than watching week by week and I gotta say, it is SUCH a superior experience. Miss out on the discourse but it’s a worthy sacrifice for the gratification of watching the momentum of the game in full swing.

Say what you will about SebC, some of his slander names are objectively hilarious. Gretelmino kills me every time.

I don’t think it’ll happen but man if Liverpool sell Konaté to Madrid they are going to need a DEEP rebuild. All this despite literally winning the Premier League 😭

Last minute switch-up in my defensive assignment leads to a 7(4)-8(5) loss. Chelsea can’t defend and neither can I. Learned League is so back.

Well Real Madrid entering the race means Huijsen surely gone. Wasn’t my ideal profile at all but had warmed up to the idea due to his ability to play either side, comfort on the ball, and proactive style (contrasting with Colwill). Will be interesting to see if Chelsea pivot to LCB or RCB.

A miraculous Leicester point here would of course be nice, but they’re not who I’m worried about anymore. It’s Villa. That’s who I need to see lose.

LEICESTERRRRRRR

Head obviously gone, but UCL is incredibly *still* in their hands. You just have to be perfect from now on. 2 wins out of 2 does it. Backs against the wall, pressure on more than ever, against a huge club AND a rival. What have you got Chelsea? Make me eat my words, I dare you.

I just never have any hope for Chelsea in games that really matter. The stretch since 2021 has beaten me down every time. That’s UCL gone, 0 chance we win both our remaining games, this team will slip against United because they always do because they’re bitch-made. It’s their DNA at this point.

Lot of people absolutely foaming at the mouth to rip Jackson apart on the other site. Can't help but wonder how they'd react if the exact same moment was Palmer.

Such a disappointing result in the biggest game of the season. Absolutely brutal. Chelsea fail to rise to the occasion AGAIN. Every fucking time since 2021. Put me out of my misery man.