Chelsea (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Gone for a Burton]

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 !!

 

[Mad 4 It]

Palmer is better than Doku and Nunes combined.

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

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Yes agree, they were all poor. Foden though….makes my blood boil sticking him out there after his performances

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.

 

[Gordyola]

Same ref as Everton at home last season and we know how that went. He is crap

Crap maybe but also very dubious to say the least the 4mins added time says it all

 

[dubblue]

If we were reffed to Liverpool standards, how many penalties would we have got today?

At least 1…I’ve had loads of non City fans message me after the game saying the same.

 

[levets]

Piss poor tonight, I guess wrestling in the area is accepted now.

Haaland needs to up his game.

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.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

We never really replaced Gundo and we are worse for it

This is at the core of everything we’re struggling with this season.

There’s a gargantuan Gundo shaped hole in this team.

 

[domalino]

On a more positive note how good has Ake been for us this season.

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.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Yes, top teams win the league. How many have you won? Asking for a friend.

Kids could still eat turkey twizzlers at school last time Arsenal won a league.

Do you have any of these? Asking for a friend

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

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.

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.