Captain obvious here but anyone who wins the league runs good.

That being said all of Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool had a lot of games where they were really poor and Chelsea had very few I don't think a 10 point gap is particularly outrageous

Nothing to see here.

otoh: Kante

resting Sterling before an Fa Cup game was probably not the best move. Or was he injured? nvm if he was injured

Chelsea's first XI plus Fabregas and Willian is STACKED.

The have no real weaknesses in their starters. And the worst players they do use are put in a position to succeed with the system they play.

Guys like Luiz, Aziplicueta, Pedro, Moses, Alonso all being underrated bigly ITT

go blues

Lads, Ox wants to leaves Arse

Liking an Arsefantv video was the final straw.

This might feel like forever for a team just five points above the drop.

Kind of a shame to see Ake go back to Chelsea and barely ever even make their bench.

None of them get in Spurs team. Okay, one of Luiz or Azi for Dier.

I don't think Chelsea have run good in terms of results, but they have run good with injuries. Spurs had that stretch when they were without Kane and Toby; Rose and Lamela were also injured. During that spell, we drew with Lester, WBA and Bournemouth. Point made.

Vertonghen has also been out. Rose is injured now. We have struggled to consistently put our best team out, and as has been pointed out there is a drop off to our reserves (which is the case for all teams who don't have unlimited resources).

If Spurs were able to put their best 11 on the field for the whole season like Chelsea have been able to, they would be much closer.

Chelsea haven't been able too either. There have been s few games when they haven't been able to play their first choice 11. Makes a massive difference having Cesc for example coming off the bench too.

Spurs and Plop fans just coming a cross as bitter.

If Pep had not fancy played syndrome so much and KDB does not miss one sitter then the points difference between City and Chelsea is much less and it does not even cross salty Pool fans mind that Chelsea are running good.

The whole so and so teams win record is X is worse than the XG argument.

Have you actually watched the games?
Which incidents of run good have you seen?
eh eh eh Barcelona have drawn moah games than you (though have lost less).

So far we have KDBs miss of a sitter.

Oh and don't forget it's not fair that Chelsea have a squad and are able to cope when players don't play and can bring quality off the bench whereas Plop and Spurs can't.

Its also highly debatable if Pedro gets in the Spurs side on current form. Score points has him very level with Spurs options.

This seems like the correct take to me

Already on a yellow, Gentle Diego was a fraction late on the keeper. He was given a stern telling off and went on to score the winner. He then repeated the feat in the next game by not being sent off for a dive when already on a yellow and went on to score the winner.

I dare say you could pick out stuff like this for any side, I just like throwing a bit of kerosene on the flames.

Like you say, the ability to get the same XI out every week looks to be a big factor. Conte must be credited with what has happened to Moses and getting Kante for what looks to be a snip.

This is just rubbish and doesn't stand up to scrutiny. Look at how many games their important players have missed:

Hazard - 1 game
Matic - 1
Kante - 1
Costa - 2
Luiz - 0 (since he got into the team)
Cahil - 0
Azi - 0
Moses - 1
Courtois - 0

Alderweireld has missed more games than all of those combined. So has Rose, so has Dembele.

Chelsea, like Lester last season, have been very fortunate with injuries. It's not even debatable.

oafk's advantage here is that chelsea are too boring for any of us to watch regularly. obviously they're running hot because they win every week and they're not that good. but to win stuff you always have to run hot so it's all pretty pointless.

The other factor in Chelsea's favour is that everyone else, bar Tottenham, has been underwhelming. Plop just entered the bust phase later than normal.

I mean I know its trollolol but Chelsea easily one of the more entertaining sides this season, obviously cant supply the LOLS of Arse and Plop, but on pure footballing terms are right up there.

Obviously cant provide the pure footballing joys of a nil nil at home to Stoke.

Well yeah,this is the whole point, run good is one variable amongst many, the other variables seem much more influential.

So having a great squad + your main players not getting injured + no European football = increases your chances of winning the league

#ThisIsBrandNewInformation

No one said it was BNI, that it is ****ing obvious no **** sherlock is really the whole point.

According to salty Pool fan its non of the above and is all run good.

Obviously I hate to see Chelsea score goals and accumulate points, but that aside, they've been pretty great to watch on the counter this year.

Chelsea have been the best team, I don't think they have run good in terms of results and thoroughly deserve to win the league.

wernt spurs fans saying how great european football is as it allows you to bring players into form / match fit and theres no difference? or something something?


i cant really remember a big controversial decision when it comes to chelsea this season

Don't know if it's been mentioned but the PL have today been granted the right to shut down illegal streams on set top boxes. I think it's the internet provider that can now block Kodi etc.