Chelsea (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

We didn't lose despite a strange selection and disjointed display....nobody was fully on it today.

Presumably JS can't play 2 games a week yet and jeefs babying in, but PWF playing on the wing is an utter waste.

The issue was obvious after 15 minutes, why wait another 50 minutes to make the obvious change.

Players sensitivities come second to to the benefit of the team.

They'd all start getting use to it if it happened more regularly.

It could be the point that wins us the league !!
 
super_city_si said:
Yes agree, they were all poor. Foden though….makes my blood boil sticking him out there after his performances
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Complete waste. Pep’s obsession with Alvarez is bizarre. I couldn’t believe the line up today. 5 attacking players was suicidal against them. They should have been out of sight. They had 5 glorious chances and only scored one.
 
abu13 said:
Piss poor tonight, I guess wrestling in the area is accepted now.

Haaland needs to up his game.
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He was miles off it tonight, but fuck me, Alvarez was fucking useless again in that midfield role. The knock on effect is it forces Phil wide and he’s isolated, not involved enough. And Akanji playing that link role? Pep has a blind spot with Alvarez and Akanji.
 
kippax123 said:
On a more positive note how good has Ake been for us this season.
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And last season!

I love him, hope he stays for a decade. Always puts in 100% effort and while he’s not perfect, when he makes mistakes they’re very rarely because he’s switched off or been lazy or casual.

I wish we saw more of him at CB, maybe if we buy a full time LB we will.
 
Frankie lad said:
We cant keep insisting Rodri plays 100 minutes twice a week like that the bloke will burn out.
You could add Kev into that too.
Not sure how and when we rest them but at the business end coming we need these boys as fresh as we can get them.
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This is why we had a poorish transfer window in summer 2023. We must address this in the summer, Rodri will be dead (footballing wise) if we don't get someone in that can do his job without a huge drop off in quality..........probably easier said than done.
 
I wonder if any of the other players or coaching staff have ever explained to Kyle Walker that he’s a full back for a reason - that the other players are better at shooting than him. If the ball gets played to him centrally, within 30 yards of the goal, my heart sinks.
 
levets said:
He was miles off it tonight, but fuck me, Alvarez was fucking useless again in that midfield role. The knock on effect is it forces Phil wide and he’s isolated, not involved enough. And Akanji playing that link role? Pep has a blind spot with Alvarez and Akanji.
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It’s staggering for me how Pep must believe it works I feel for the guys as he is making them look poor players
 
comparing the way we attacked Chelsea and the way Liverpool attacked them few weeks ago, the speed our attacks are so much slower.
even in transition, we get the ball back at half way line, when dippers do this they try to get to a shot through Jota, Nunes, Diaz within 10-15 seconds etc.
we take the ball, pass it sideways, or even back, make it go around from left to right, all this allows Chelsea reshape, and we are up against a solid block rather than a confused/out of place/not settled Chelsea defence.
this also means if we lose it close to their box we are not as unsettled at the back/midfield because our slower approach also lets us be in shape, but still opponents find it way too easy to beat us in certain chances.

Pep probably seeing how 1 counter often beats us dead and 1 shot is often enough for a goal against us, he aint gonna risk us become more quicker to end up in more risky situations when we lose the ball. but this will leave us in a lot of games like this one that we need to go trough a brick wall to create chances, we create lesser big chances and more mediocre ones with lower xG.

still we really miss the experience of Mahrez, Gundo in/around the box making good decisions, setting up goals, scoring goals. Foden/Alvarez did improve their numbers seemingly, but Grealish is worse than he was last time, KDB was out for so long (in that period Gundo/Mahrez would have been more important), Doku brings a few assists but not many goals, but then Nunes/Kovacic adds literally nothing output wise, yet to score a PL goal the two of them and Kovacic yet to assist one.
 
domalino said:
And last season!

I love him, hope he stays for a decade. Always puts in 100% effort and while he’s not perfect, when he makes mistakes they’re very rarely because he’s switched off or been lazy or casual.

I wish we saw more of him at CB, maybe if we buy a full time LB we will.
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Ake has been top drawer since his Bournemouth days, positioning is probably the best in the PL, and I don't recall him making a single calamitous mistake for us.
 
Mad 4 It said:
Yeah agree, strange decision to let him go. Should have saved the money and gone big on a creative central midfielder. We never really replaced Gundo and we are worse for it
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a little clue he wanted to go and like spoiled brat wouldnt wait for team selection
10 million signing on fee had nothing to do with it
 
Mr Ed (The Stables) said:
This is why we had a poorish transfer window in summer 2023. We must address this in the summer, Rodri will be dead (footballing wise) if we don't get someone in that can do his job without a huge drop off in quality..........probably easier said than done.
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At the time I wasn’t at all bothered Rice went to arsenal..now I believe that would have been good business to acquire him.
 
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