OhForAGreavsie

Marcos is the same as he ever was. He is what he is. He is NOT the problem. The problem is the £50m transfer fee spent to recruit an upgrade. Clearly, as far as TT is concerned, that upgrade attempt failed. I now expect to see Marcos continue to start but eventually TT will turn to Chilly. Some time after that he will be forced to accept that there was a reason he was preferring Marcos and the cycle will continue.

Being vaccinated reduces your likelihood of contracting the virus and increases your chances of surviving it if you do. Put it another way; looking to your right, left and right again before crossing a road does not guarantee you wont get hit by a car but it helps. Each of us was taught that behaviour by our parents and either have taught, or will teach, it to our own kids. We do that because it's a blindingly obvious precaution.

You've read what I had to say. Others have probably done the same. This was my wish and my intention. You have done what I hoped you would do. What anyone does beyond that is for them to decide. I have great respect for the people in this forum and their opinions are of interest to me. This is not true in your case.

It was a good, fun, trip. As the fan's coach was pulling out of the motorway services on the way back, the player's coach was just pulling in. Despite cries of, "Go back!" The driver headed on to London. Poor bloke probably just wanted to get home.

Didn't watch so can't comment but generally speaking sportsmanship is better in the woman's game both on and off the pitch. P.S. I ask everyone to join me in boycotting international football during international breaks. Don't buy match tickets, don't watch on TV, don't listen on radio, don't follow online, don't discuss on social media. The vast majority of us hate international breaks so let's stop whining about them and try to do something instead. If football fans refuse to engage with international breaks they would die and the regular interruption of the club season would stop. This then allows the club season to be completed in a shorter span of time meaning it can start later and finish sooner. That leaves time for an international season during which all international football can be played. The same amount of time is dedicated to the international game but all at once rather than scattered throughout the year. In fact it would get more time since an international season reduces the number of days currently 'wasted' while squads gather and breakup several times a season.

I agree that this is a reason for suspicion as is the reported fact that Atleti were so desperate to include an obligation to buy in the deal.

It didn't seem that way to me, especially in the first half. He was struggling to get in the game and gave away a couple of unnecessary free kicks because he wanted to be seen to be trying to get stuck in. If he is to get acclimatised at all it seems likely to take a good few more games. Another big reason to be pleased that we went through last night and earned extra potential minutes for Saul.

Bar one unforced poor touch Sarr looked very tidy until someone actually challenged him. When he was pressured however the frailties were on show. Some of that can be cured I think. He seems to me to be one of those players who feels he looks good because he takes his time rather than being good because his technique and calm speed of thought makes it look like he has time. The difference between those can be learned if a player has enough self awareness. Whether doing this would help Malang make it has to be in doubt in however.

I was glad he stayed on and the same with Saul who could easily have been subbed at halftime again. If there is to be improvement from either of them time on the pitch has to be part of the medicine.

I haven't watched them at all but on paper they look scary of course. If it isn't working then Poch and Leonardo have questions to answer.

Bound to play tomorrow night so let's hope his performance wins TT's confidence.

Bettinelli Chalobah Chris Sarr James RLC Saul Chilwell Ziyech Werner CHO Cavalry on the bench if required.

🙂 I also said no chance we'd win the CL in 2012. Then I said there was no chance we'd win the CL in 2021. I'm not always wrong however. In November 2009 I said there was no chance we would win a thing that season. Well we didn't win 'a' thing, we won two things. It's a kind of genius I have so, no, there's no chance we'll break the Premier League goals conceded record!😉 Of course I didn't really have any universe altering reverse manipulation of the fates in mind when I said those things. I said them because I meant them and I still believe we have no chance of beating that record. It's an incredible one.

And a great stadium.

True unfortunately.

Can't argue with this.

Yessss!

A goal always helps.

At some point we are going to have to come back to the £50m which was spent to replace Marcos.

Just logged in. Sorry to reopen a negative if it's been talked about already but, in that break away with Kai to his left and Rom to his right, Mason once again failed to produce the right combination of decision and execution. I know people want to defend Mason. I want to defend him but this is an issue.

If you watch highlights of Jimmy don't forget that they are not highlights of his entire career, they are only highlights from the games which were recorded. For the majority of his games no cameras were present. That's how it was in those days.

As noted elsewhere in the forum, Jimmy Greaves has passed away. Given I never knew the man I feel strangely sad today. The greatest Chelsea player of all time and probably the greatest English footballer ever. In his heyday Jimmy would have been an automatic pick for an all world eleven. Simply the best.

When you say it's a trade off do you mean that having Rom in the side necessarily causes chance conversion to rise but chance creation to fall? I'm guessing that you do mean something like this because obviously it can't be true in general that just because a team's efficiency increases in one attacking metric it must decrease in another. If you're right about the Rom effect then I hope the number of games played so far this season is too small for us to be sure that we can't keep the improved conversation rate but also get closer to last term's creation rate. Otherwise the arithmetic is too finely balanced for comfort. Two out of seven is less efficient finishing than one out of two but, as long as we're making that many chances, it will still produce more goals.