January 2018
Morata departs as Izzy Brown is recalled
Replay goes to pens against QPR..
Pickwell with last minute winner against City
Transfers
Ins
One familiar name and one not so much. Odegaard joins on loan and hopefully has a good spell ahead of a potential move in the summer if I'm impressed enough. Barroso is a CDM but didn't get a work permit so heads out on loan.
Outs
Two big names leaving in Morata for a whopping £60m, didn't really wanna sell him to a rival but their strike force is now very flooded with talent which will cause unhappiness when certain players aren't getting game time. Traore sadly had to be sold with 6 months left on his contract and he was constantly getting refused a work permit, I chucked on a whopping 50% sell on fee and will keep an eye on him and maybe sign him again.
League
Cardiff 0 - 4 Chelsea
Hazard, Traore, Pickwell, Kenedy
Three nil up after ten minutes and good to see Pickwell netting again.
Chelsea 3 - 0 Aston Villa
Kenedy, Morata, Pickwell
Morata with his last goal for the club. Kenedy back amongst the goals after coming back from injury and Pickwell yet again netting for us off the bench.
Derby 2 - 2 Chelsea
Hazard(2)
Eden with a brace and we had a two goal lead before throwing it away in the second half. Credit to Derby they played well.
West Ham 0 - 1 Chelsea
Jedvaj
This looked to be heading for a draw before Jedvaj scored with 10 minutes left. Could end up being an important win.
Chelsea 1 - 0 Man City
Pickwell
Very tight affair but we worked their goalkeeper more than they worked us. It was only ever going to be 1 goal that split us and a massive shout out to super sub David Pickwell who scored yet again in the final minute. Could be the result that wins us the league.
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FA Cup
Third Round
Chelsea 0 - 0 QPR
Ake got sent off midway through the second half but we still should have won. Replay it is.
Third Round Replay
QPR 0 - 0 Chelsea
QPR win on pens
210 minutes of football against ******* QPR and we couldn't score.... what a joke. Lost on pens. Very annoying.
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Monthly Review
Not a bad month at all really except getting knocked out of the FA Cup by ****** QPR. The draw to Derby was frustrating too but these things happen, at least it wasn't a loss. Pickwell has been superb this month as has Dele Alli who's coming along really really well.
I was sad to see Morata go personally but we made a bit of profit off him, and he just hit 25 and with Pickwell coming along so well, Solanke and Izzy Brown as well. Blair out on loan. The talent of young strikers is incredible and Morata was amazing but stunting the growth of some of them, and this save is all about developing youth players.
Player of the Month
David Pickwell
Good month from the boy winning BPL Young Player of the Month. Big boots to fill with Morata leaving lets hope he's up to the task.
Table
Watford and QPR look ******. We've pushed a whopping 13 points clear now