Match Thread | Chelsea vs Man City (12/11/23)

[Kippax77]

Didn't say anything for about 30 seconds when it went.in

Too busy spewing into the sick bucket

 

[I'm Blue]

As well as Foden is playing, I’d be interested to see Doku up against Cucurella for 10–15 minutes. He’s on a yellow and Doku is a bag of tricks.

Cucurella is all arms, every challenge is a push.
He’ll get away with it whether it’s against Foden or Doku.

 

[platty7]

Wrong set up. Ake and Grealish should have started and Kovacic in place of Alvarez.

Ake is injured agree with jack starting

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

WTF did we do to offend Sterling?

 

[Rory Bluelow]

Didn't say anything for about 30 seconds when it went.in

Scouse twat

 

[remember arthur mann]

Same old Sky commentary, devastation when City score, ecstasy when the opposition score. Spiitty is a cnut.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Few other players before that should be blamed

I think to be honest you can blame virtually the whole defence for that one…

Not our finest moment.

 

[Ellenbrook_blue]

I don't normally have the commentary on, unfortunately today I have no choice. Fuck me it's a disgrace.

Totally agree, that Spitty so want Chelsea to win.
couldnt even mutter anything about the brill header for our second goal.

 

[phargrave]

Great game but that’s was some of the worst defending I’ve seen from
City for a long time ..

 

[Ghostofmerlin]

The Akanji goal was a great example of why short corner routines are a thing. Initially, every aerial threat is being man-handled/blocked, then when the ball gets played short all the Chelsea blockers stop blocking and step up, leaving Akanji free. It’s so simple but it really does show why just whipping the ball into the mixer is not always the best decision. Teams are far more prepared for a standard whipped in corner than they are for a short one, as there’s more variety with what you can do with them.

Read some analysis of corners somewhere on the Internet that said regular corners in the EPL convert at a 3.5% rate, whereas the short corners are roughly double that. Either way, have to take a lot of corners to get a goal.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Walker needs to work on his positioning. He is frequently the wrong side of an attacker in our box.

I think that's more down to the fact that we look short of bodies at the back, Our midfield is getting exposed and nobody else but Rodri dropping back in to give a dig out.

The absence of Stones is incredibly noticeable.

 

[OntarioBlue]

As well as Foden is playing, I’d be interested to see Doku up against Cucurella for 10–15 minutes. He’s on a yellow and Doku is a bag of tricks.

From what I’ve seen of him so far he doesn’t look s effective playing on the right, although it would be fun to see him turning Cucarella into a jibbering wreck.

 

[vmsuhail]

Best I've seen of Chelsea we have to rethink this in my opinion

Yep. Draw is a good result. We should avoid a repeat of the Wolves game.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Not even rinsed, just a massive fuck up. The attacker didn't have to do much to get past him.

The ball from Cole Palmer was perfection... fired straight at Gvardiol's heels. Gvardiol didn't know whether to shit or shower, giving the Chelsea player an easy opportunity to cross. Brilliant by Cole in my opinion.

 

[northendenton]

Carragher sounded like his fog had died when Akanji scored.

Yes bet he has mist it

 

[Dr Jacoby]

True, sometimes you have to give the opposition credit.

Absolutely. But you can patently see that our set-up was a contributory factor.

 

[I'm Blue]

WTF did we do to offend Sterling?

He should be thanking us the amount of money he’s on.

 

[bluealf]

Carragher sounded like his fog had died when Akanji scored.

I love a bit of impartial commentary

 

[kanovic]

Because Alvarez is offering nothing and we're being overrun in midfield.

Nunez over Alvarez imo.

 

[Dax777]

Dias - no more cross field passes.

Gvardiol - Cut out the errors

Alvarez - Join the game

Doku - pick and choose your battles. Diversify your game.

Kyle - Quicker play.



If I was to make a sub right now, Id go Grealish for Alvarez and play Grealish behind Erling