Chelsea (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

Looks like I picked the wrong day to go back to being a Chelsea fan.
The disparity between the compliments to our players in the post match thread compared to the Match thread can only mean the latter is riddled with red tops.
Great result after a shaky start.
Love this club.
 
madloaf said:
Tbf Gundo set up the first goal, and credit to Nunes with a perfectly timed run. But it doesn't follow that we won 9:1 because of Gundo. There are still countless times he's pirouetting into trouble.
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You didn't count them yesterday or you'd know they weren't countless.
 
malg said:
Wonder what the loud mouth **** made of Haaland having a laugh with Sancho before the second half.

Neville is a ****.
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He'd have been flummoxed by good mates Summerbee and Best kicking lumps out of each other on the pitch then going clubbing together. He played for England when the United players thought they were a cut above the rest and had a little clique.
 
Pep has completed a full spiral turn tactically. Changing from tiki taka to gigan pressing to a english type distributing ball straight from keeper or wingers to the giant CF.
Only italian type defensive play is remaining.
 
Have to say Nunes did really well yesterday.

I think we all can be a bit hard on him and after yesterday showing he is clearly good enough to do a good job for us. Rb is his until one of the new guys takes it off him.

Great engine and work rate. I know he is supposed to be a midfielder but I think we have found our Delph/Zin mark 3.

Good for him.
 
coolcity said:
True, but playing the ball over the top doesn't work against a 10-man defence. The way Chelsea played further up the field suits us perfectly.

New signings look good, we now have a serious new threat up front who was on fire from the kick off. Khusanov was clearly nervous to begin with and I think it was crazy to throw him straight in - he looked nervous when he was having his medical! But I lay the blame for the error on Akanji, he should have either left it of put his foot through it. My view is that he thought Akanji was going to play it but he stopped and backed off. Good support from the players afterwards but he didn't do anything wrong after that. I thought the booking was very harsh so early in the match but I'm not going to knock him for having a go when most of our defenders over the past few months have stood back and watched was refreshing. He also prevented a certain second goal early on.
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I don't think it was 'crazy', but for an unforseeable slip up and five dodgy minutes afterwards I thought he looked good myself. Pep coming out and saying he was substituted due to the yellow not the mistake was good and will have given the lad confidence. Early days yet but I think he has a lot to contribute and I'd like to see him play against Brugge
 
Great comeback when it would have been easy to fold after that awful start. Good to see us doing something different and going long.
Marmoush looks promising and added something different.
Young lad at the back looked like he was going to start crying at one point early doors. Seemed to calm down after a bit though.
Silva was excellent, I feel he has received a fair bit of stick in recent weeks, most of it unjustified. Those arrogant people on the 93.20 podcast, Lloyd "to be honest" Scrotum for example, have been dishing it out. He was also giving Walker heaps of stick (even for games he didn't actually play in...Feyenoord for example)
Anyway, encouraging signs last night.
 
City showed real character yesterday, especially after going behind so early.

It made a nice change with the opposition playing such a high line, which gave Erling space to show his power and pace.

I’m sure there will be a few ups and downs in the coming weeks, but we’ve still got Bobb & Echeverri to come in very soon.
 
Thaksinssoldier said:
Much better.

Dark times were there it seemed. But Josko really stepped up. Brilliant from him.

Great game from Haaland.

Nunes did a great job too an Bernardo is putting in some shift.

Thought Akanji was abysmal again and really didn’t help khusanov at all. I said last month he’s likely playing hurt but he didn’t looked arsed at all. Thank god stones is back.

Result also won’t reflect the lapses from Kovacic. (Did anyone see him lose his runner around 68 mins and then pick up the ref and start marking him? Embarrassing stuff)

Marmoush gave me serious negredo vibes with his running.

Khusanov looked like he shit himself when the Tony Book tribute began. He’ll be fine surely, live and learn.

Let’s win v Brugge and start building.
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Kovacic is a warrior, i don"t get all the grief he gets !! ???
 
noseve said:
Some of the greatest players hold back, because often they can then collect the ball with control and do something meaningful with it.
Going in Julian Dicks style might please the fans, but pointless if nobody knows where the ball is going to end up and you're lying on the floor, helpless.
There's a time for getting stuck in, and a time for seeing the bigger picture.
Just my 2p-worth
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Studs in yer arse & you're a world beater !!
 
Really_here said:
I don't think it was 'crazy', but for an unforseeable slip up and five dodgy minutes afterwards I thought he looked good myself. Pep coming out and saying he was substituted due to the yellow not the mistake was good and will have given the lad confidence. Early days yet but I think he has a lot to contribute and I'd like to see him play against Brugge
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He can’t play against Brugge.
We need to qualify for later stages and then he’ll be registered to play.
 
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