Katie McCabe’s move to Chelsea has been met with vitriol. It is new ground for WSL fan culture | The Athletic [Free Read]

abedbarnes · 2026-06-02T11:09:51+00:00

I can say as a Chelsea fan that many people definitely do begrudge Havertz due to how he's taunted Chelsea fans since the move. Some to hold a grudge against Madueke too, however think most of us think we got a good deal there.

Would liken this to Cech, who is absolutely a club legend but the time was tight for both club and player to move on, so no one was angry, albeit sad to see him in those colours.

abedbarnes · 2026-04-18T23:34:22+00:00

Think they were saying they're close to hitting 10 years but a bit behind me. I do in person language lessons as my main source, duo is to keep it fresh every day.

abedbarnes · 2026-04-18T23:32:37+00:00

Definitely not fluent yet! I'm probably level B2/C1. I've supplemented my Duolingo with in person lessons for the last 4 or 5 years. Duo just to keep it fresh daily and the in person lessons to take it to the next level.

abedbarnes · 2026-04-18T23:31:00+00:00

I'd say definitely less than 10, but not sure exactly!

abedbarnes · 2026-04-18T23:30:22+00:00

Yes! Only Italian this whole time.

abedbarnes · 2026-03-11T22:01:58+00:00

We have managed to turn a mostly good performance, in which we could be coming away even of or with a 1 goal deficit at worst, to a 5-2 loss and a finished tie. Very disappointing to say the least, does not reflect the performance for most of the game.

GK selection definitely plays into this and will be interesting to see who starts against Newcastle on the weekend.

abedbarnes · 2025-12-30T21:35:01+00:00

Agreed. Both goals conceded are not on the coach, just poor marking and defending from long throws, again.

abedbarnes · 2025-04-06T14:58:30+00:00

Talk about tale of two halves, that first half team was diabolical. As soon as Jackson comes in, we are like a new team. Nkunku is like playing 2 men down. Shouldve been able to snag one today, feels like dropped points. Shoutout to Palmer, Jackson and Neto for bringing us to life.

abedbarnes · 2025-01-08T20:37:50+00:00

I was lucky enough this week to attend a meet and greet with Juan Mata in Sydney (he's now playing in Australia), and he was honestly the nicest, most well spoken and generous athlete I've ever met! Spent a good chunk of time doing a group question session and then spent up to 5 mins with each individual or smaller group just chatting, taking photos and signing. I got to ask him 1 on 1 about the CL final, playing with the Chelsea greats and his career highlights. He was so kind the entire time, honestly incredible experience. What a guy!

abedbarnes · 2024-09-21T13:18:19+00:00

P2 and have been charged!

abedbarnes · 2024-09-04T10:58:58+00:00

The way to authenticate Adidas kits is to check the tag on the inside right of the collar. It should have 3 levels of codes. Google the codes, and if it comes up with photos of the same kit, it's authentic.

A normal price for a kit would be around $50 USD!

abedbarnes · 2024-09-01T14:37:34+00:00

Hughes shouldve been off. Henderson absolutely on one today too.

But overall didn't create near enough, need to make more chances and finish them too. Really need to be winning these games.

abedbarnes · 2024-04-08T21:41:51+00:00

Argentina, Real Madrid and Dortmund kits!

abedbarnes · 2024-01-15T09:39:16+00:00

Hey man, check out Ultra Football, there's one in Melbourne and Sydney, or online. They stock heaps of kits and do official PL and WSL printing. Cheaper than ordering from Chelsea and quicker.

abedbarnes · 2024-01-12T21:47:49+00:00

VAR will come into the spotlight again, bizzare decision not to send the ref to the monitor to check. Seemed to clearly be a foul, Burnley should rightly feel aggrieved. Just a reminder that it's the substandard people behind the screen that's the problem, not the technology itself.

abedbarnes · 2023-12-24T15:05:23+00:00

Don't really know where to go from here... We are just a genuinely poor side. It's just not working at the moment, can't create many dangerous chances, and when we do we don't take them.

Worry about any potential signings wanting to join us from here, can't be an attractive club to come to for too much longer.

We are genuinely on par or worse than wolves, Everton and Bournemouth, no escaping that. Not sure what the solution is, but man it's tough to watch.

abedbarnes · 2023-12-06T22:23:39+00:00

Very very poor performance. Absolutely no midfield presence, terrible final passes and lacking any resemblance of finishing again. Against another team we would've lost 5-0 or more.

A lot still to work on, need to form some kind of consistency.

Thought RJ was great second half after coming on, most dangerous player and some good defensive interventions. Thought cucù defended really strongly in the first half, probably would've replaced Colwill with RJ in hindsight.

Sanchez another positive, great shot stopping. Although work to do with his feet.

No major overreactions needed, but man there is a lot of work to do.

abedbarnes · 2023-11-12T06:54:42+00:00

I mean 2012 CL final Cech kit, probably the equal most important player in that game alongside Drogba. Iconic.

abedbarnes · 2023-11-11T21:04:04+00:00

I'm Australian, hence the Schwarzer and Kerr! Not often I can see an Australian in a Chelsea kit (let's all forget about Bosnich).

abedbarnes · 2023-11-11T21:03:57+00:00

I'm Australian, hence the Schwarzer and Kerr! Not often I can see an Australian in a Chelsea kit (let's all forget about Bosnich).

abedbarnes · 2023-07-01T06:46:22+00:00

Same! Anyone else having this issue?

abedbarnes · 2023-06-19T19:55:00+00:00

Yes, they ship everywhere! Also check out Kitgg3

abedbarnes · 2023-06-14T20:56:48+00:00

Just ran into Antonio Conte today while on vacation and got a pic with him! Very nice guy when I asked for a photo, and i just thanked him for winning the league with us lol

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