Edit: I will include some of the more interesting answers in the OP.
1) Hazard's overall play is one dimensional: he is rather limited in many areas of his play, but exceptional at others. His crossing, finishing and movement off the ball has a lot to be desired, but his dribbling, agility and ball composure is exceptional.
2) I hate using this term but; Kante is perhaps our most "overrated" player. A brilliant midfielder yes, but he is not the world's best DM like many make him out to be. He has been overall rather inconsistent this season, especially against the big teams.
3) Our striking issues has a lot do with the service provided from midfield. There is nobody is in this current team who can offer reliable service to forwards; in previous seasons we had Lampard, Fabregas or Mata who were amazing at creating chances. Hazard, Willian and Pedro all over run the ball - one of the few players who is good in this department is actually CHO, who is brilliant at crossing the ball. It also partially explains why many of forwards in recent seasons keeping getting found offside - as midfielders keep on delaying the pass.
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4) Morata got too much hate. Was he good? No. Was he absolutely awful? Imo no, but most fans hyperbolised our striker position so much in first half of the season. About how having any half decent striker (such as Wilson or Mitrovic lol) would see us be closer to title contenders, and that no striker is better than Morata or Giroud. Our play especially around Winter time was soooo slow. Any striker struggles except the most clinical in the world. Morata, Giroud are not bad strikers, I am not surprised Morata is doing reasonably well at Atletico. Both manage roughly a 1 in 3 goal record with this dysfunctional side something I think 95% of ‘good’ strikers would. Morata has no future at Chelsea more due to mindset reasons but still people were so harsh. I think Higgy being no better as seen people hyperbolise less that this means all our strikers are awful and we just need someone half decent to complete the side, goes way deeper than that.
5) RLC..I don’t think he will be good enough to be a key starting player for us. I like him and as of now he is first name on team sheet with other midfield options. But I think he looks fantastic off the bench and often more underwhelming when starting. If we ever get to City/Liverpool level, for example, I think he would be perfect for Gundogan/Henderson role as opposed to the key starting mid..allowing us to utilise him more as super sub.
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6) MTC vs Ronnie
MTC : "also and finally if someone says "he needs another loan in the premier league" you need to go sit in a dark room and think about things you are just rehashing the current wrong narrative from chelsea Fc about their loan system which isnt currently being used to blood player but to create revenue"
Ronnie: "think Abraham needs to go on loan to a team in the premier league next season. We need to see if he can cut it at premier league level. We are a top 6 club and I'm sorry but why on earth do people think he can do it for us just because hes scored goals in the championship? I think people completely underestimate the pressure and the level of talent you need to play as a striker for a top 6 team"
My vote goes to Ronnie on this one
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7) Flash on Ranieri:
I believe Ranieri’s best work at Chelsea was getting us to 4th Place in 02/03. I understand he finished 2nd the following season. But I look at the 2 contrasting pre-seasons. In Summer 02 he only signed De Lucas on loan. The club was on a different planet the following season.
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Me again:
8) Our fans scapegoat too much in general. The criticism for Bakayoko, Jorginho and Morata in recent years is massively OTT!!!!!!
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NPE
9) John Terry wasn't as good at defending as we like to remember. He was a great leader, but Gallas and Carvahlo were superior defenders.
10) Makalele was actually holding us back for being a more fluid team that could take the initiative in big Champions League ties.
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Devil D.A.
11) I have no opinion of Jorginho what so ever!!!
What are your unpopular opinions?
Unpopular opinions!
posted on 2/5/19
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Also, NPE why not add your own unpopular opinion 😊
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Because all my opinions are unpopular!
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haha... Dude I need you to back up Jorginho with me!
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"Dude"....are you Wahl in disguise...perhaps you are
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Also, NPE why not add your own unpopular opinion 😊
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Because all my opinions are unpopular!
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haha... Dude I need you to back up Jorginho with me!
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Jorginho is a wonderful football mischaracterised by myopic fans who can't understand the value in what he does.
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Oh...there it goes
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Also, NPE why not add your own unpopular opinion 😊
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Because all my opinions are unpopular!
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haha... Dude I need you to back up Jorginho with me!
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"Dude"....are you Wahl in disguise...perhaps you are
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I've been around a lot longer than Wahl my bro...
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But fine here we go:
1) John Terry wasn't as good at defending as we like to remember. He was a great leader, but Gallas and Carvahlo were superior defenders.
2) Robben was wonderful for three months but then seldom performed on a consistent basis. Though I concede part of that was mismanagement by Jose.
3) Makalele was actually holding us back for being a more fluid team that could take the initiative in big Champions League ties.
4) Robinho would have been a success at Chelsea.
5) David Luiz was better than Juan Mata in the 2012/13 season.
6) Rafa Benitez did a good job and would have been preferable to Mourinho Mk2 who was a disasterclass.
7) Conte's 3-4-3 2016/17 PL winning side is vastly underrated by our fans and would beat all Chelsea sides from the past except for the 2004/05 team.
8) Courtois was right to leave, Real are a bigger club than us.
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1,2,3
Drivel...utter drivel
4 - who knows
5,6,7,8...I'm ok with
posted on 2/5/19
2, - I'll concede injuries didn't help...but still wrong in general
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comment by NPE (U22020)
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comment by The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Ent... (U16342)
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Also, NPE why not add your own unpopular opinion 😊
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Because all my opinions are unpopular!
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haha... Dude I need you to back up Jorginho with me!
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Jorginho is a wonderful football mischaracterised by myopic fans who can't understand the value in what he does.
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Oh...there it goes
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Oh please, you are more predictable than hemorrhoids.
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Does anyone know how to predict hemorrhoids....?
You either have them or you don't
posted on 2/5/19
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comment by NPE (U22020)
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But fine here we go:
1) John Terry wasn't as good at defending as we like to remember. He was a great leader, but Gallas and Carvahlo were superior defenders.
2) Robben was wonderful for three months but then seldom performed on a consistent basis. Though I concede part of that was mismanagement by Jose.
3) Makalele was actually holding us back for being a more fluid team that could take the initiative in big Champions League ties.
4) Robinho would have been a success at Chelsea.
5) David Luiz was better than Juan Mata in the 2012/13 season.
6) Rafa Benitez did a good job and would have been preferable to Mourinho Mk2 who was a disasterclass.
7) Conte's 3-4-3 2016/17 PL winning side is vastly underrated by our fans and would beat all Chelsea sides from the past except for the 2004/05 team.
8) Courtois was right to leave, Real are a bigger club than us.
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1,2,3
Drivel...utter drivel
4 - who knows
5,6,7,8...I'm ok with
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I think 5 and 7 are actually really interesting; never really considered either before.
1,2 and 3 I would like an argument to back them up.
I can certainly see the case that Carvalho or Gallas may have been better than Terry in their prime. And I get that Terry may have had more plaudits because he was both English and our captain.
Also, my recollection of Robben was that he was excellent during his first season, and good through patches of his second.
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I have no opinion of Jorginho what so ever!!!
Not actually true, but that's the mother of all unpopular opinions
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posted on 2/5/19
But fine here we go:
1) John Terry wasn't as good at defending as we like to remember. He was a great leader, but Gallas and Carvahlo were superior defenders.
2) Robben was wonderful for three months but then seldom performed on a consistent basis. Though I concede part of that was mismanagement by Jose.
3) Makalele was actually holding us back for being a more fluid team that could take the initiative in big Champions League ties.
4) Robinho would have been a success at Chelsea.
5) David Luiz was better than Juan Mata in the 2012/13 season.
6) Rafa Benitez did a good job and would have been preferable to Mourinho Mk2 who was a disasterclass.
7) Conte's 3-4-3 2016/17 PL winning side is vastly underrated by our fans and would beat all Chelsea sides from the past except for the 2004/05 team.
8) Courtois was right to leave, Real are a bigger club than us.
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(1) Depends what you like in a defender, I'd probably agree in his prime Carvalho was an all round better CB than Terry, but as a combination they were phenomenal. Classic aggressor/sweeper partnership.
(2) Injuries had more to do with it, Jose had nothing to do with it, IMO Jose played a significant role in making his career. He was one of the first managers (certainly in England) to get his WG's swapping sides popularizing the Inside Forward role - and in his prime at Bayern, Robben was arguably the best Inside Forward in the world.
(3) Nope, categorically disagree with that one. For the type of team we were back then Makelele was the perfect defensive midfielder. If we were a more technically based side less reliant on pace and power I'd see your POV.
(4) Yep, agree 100%. He'd have been that spark of flair and dynamism which was the only thing our team lacked back then.
(5) Both were very good that season. I'd say Mata was better but that's just me.
(6) Benitez did a good job, with you on that, but keeping him on rather than appointing Mourinho would've been a disaster and that's removed from anything Mourinho did in his second spell. Our support would've never accepted him as a permanent manager and that resentment would've only strengthened as Mourinho probably would've gone to United instead of Moyes. We'd have become a toxic shambles of a club, worse than Arsenal in Wenger's final years.
(7) Wouldn't disagree with that at all. But I would point out like the 04/05 season the driving force behind the domination was the system itself more than any individual player.
(8) Agreed, but it was the way he left that was the problem. Hazard won't get the traitor treatment if he leaves for Real and there's a reason why, he's not constantly running his mouth coming up with BS excuses/justifications.