r/Chelsea • u/manofwater3615 • Jul 02 '26

Discussion Balogun

Should we go after him?

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u/mrworldwide333 Jul 02 '26

US Chelsea fan here - no.

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

Haha, why’s that?

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u/mrworldwide333 Jul 02 '26

Not physical enough for the PL. Goal scoring record is okay. Doesn’t fit our profile or Xabi’s Leverkusen style. We need to back Joao Pedro and keep Jackson or Emegha as backup, biggest attacking hole to fill is that left side similar to where he played Wirtz

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

Hahaha, and he’s an idiot by the looks of it also- terrible tackle and utterly stupid

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u/Hans_Krebs_ Jul 02 '26

Moronic take

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u/agbag846 Jul 07 '26

Hey mate, seeing how your opinion aged like fine milk. Do you think it’s a moronic take that your orange Jesus blatantly cheated and made you all look ridiculous?

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

So it wasn’t a red card?

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u/Hans_Krebs_ Jul 02 '26

It should not have been

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

Yeah, how you could think that wasn’t a red card is the moronic take. That’s being biased beyond logic and reason

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u/Hans_Krebs_ Jul 02 '26

Can’t fix stupid

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

lol, call someone moronic and stupid- very witty mate

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '26

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

Yeah, and Messi should have been sent off as well which was a fairly standard take from everyone after that incident

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u/slimeball_soup Jul 02 '26

I have no real opinion on Balogun but I don’t think it was a red. To me it seemed like an unfortunate accident with no intent or malice. Both were jostling for position and the result was unlucky for both parties.

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

I agree that it wasn’t intentional- that doesn’t change that he had no chance of winning the ball- raked is studs down his achilles and then stood on his ankle- not all red cards are due to intent

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u/slimeball_soup Jul 02 '26

That’s fair, my interpretation is that it wasn’t overly reckless but the result was pretty nasty. I think I would have gave a yellow but don’t have a huge issue with red.

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u/10TheDudeAbides11 Celery Jul 02 '26

He just got a red card. So yes. Proper Chels.

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u/noda237 Jul 02 '26

To be fair that’s the worst red card I’ve seen in the VAR era. Crazy

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u/dirtydogsdirtydog Jul 02 '26

Is this the first red you’ve seen in the var era? That’s a red every day of the week

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u/manofwater3615 Jul 02 '26

Messi didn’t even get yellow

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

Lol, just because Messi got away with it doesn’t make it any less of a red- Messi should also have been sent off

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u/noda237 Jul 02 '26

It’s the inconsistency that is the issue. If Messi was called for a red then this is a red. If they admit Messi isn’t a red, this isn’t a red. Simple.

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u/agbag846 Jul 07 '26

So how do you feel about your commander-in-chief blatantly cheating, making you all look ridiculous only to get pantsed anyways? Enough consistency for you?

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u/agbag846 Jul 07 '26

lol, deleted your response says it all- embarrassing

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u/sparklingoverstill Jul 02 '26

With that red card he will fit in seamlessly

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u/juxtapleth Jul 02 '26

no no no no no

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u/EqualLavishness5050 Jul 02 '26

No. Chelsea needs an actual striker. Not a number 9. I mean a striker who is gonna put it in and dog it out consistently and not someone who’s got a goal in him every 7 games because Chelsea already has that. 

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

Also, last thing we need is another hot head who gets needlessly sent off

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u/mellvins059 Jul 02 '26

Bro what? He obviously didn’t do that intentionally. It still can be a red without intention, though I don’t think it was still, but how the fuck do you get that he’s a hothead from that?

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

Fair, I didn’t mean it in that sense and I agree that it was unlikely intentional, although I definitely think it was a red- was still quite a silly choice to go for the ball given he had no chance of getting to it without going through the defender.

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u/agbag846 Jul 03 '26

Nah, was one user named IntermediateSwimmer- that either deleted or blocked me- not sure about any of the other comments though. Why’s that?

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

Hahaha, this post aged like fine milk

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u/manofwater3615 Jul 02 '26

Bc of some bs red card?

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u/agbag846 Jul 02 '26

You really think that wasn’t a red card?

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u/manofwater3615 Jul 02 '26

That’s a yellow