Jase

I don't want to say I told people so but...

Have you not been watching us play?

Only 12 other players have reached that landmark for the club and only the 2nd overseas player to do so, after Cech.

Only 12 other players have reached that landmark for the club and only the 2nd overseas player to do so, after Cech.

Pulisic and Ziyech starting together on either side of Werner...where are you, @killer1257!?

Didn't see that front 3 coming and hope Ziyech isn't rushed back early from his hamstring problem...

That front 3.

YOU TWAT!

LMAO

Why are you being so combative today? My point is, yeah COVID-19 has had an impact on every one and we know the Havertz situation but he now suddenly talked about other players being asymptomatic, the medical staff etc? Not playing the virus impact down but it will sound a lot less of an excuse if it was also mentioned during our good run of form/results.

Not playing down the impact of COVID-19 of course but...

Yeah, the same thought that gets mentioned every single time before this kind of game but nothing disastrous really happened (of course now that I say this, something disastrous will happen today)...

Pretty sure the situation also aligned for us against Arsenal last weekend...

How is someone slow getting outpaced by someone quicker from balls over the top even a good example? I mean that situation is obvious, simple logic, no? Give me an example of where Azpi has truly struggled 1 v 1 against someone else.

Yes but that's down to the system on that day. Imagine knowing your team have slow defenders and yet you ask them to play a high line. If Lampard suddenly ask the team to play a high line today against City with Silva in the back 4 and he struggles with balls over the top, who are you gonna blame? Silva for having no pace or Lampard for setting us up to fail knowing there are slow defenders in the backline?

That's gotta do more with our defensive line on that day. We tried to play a high one and didn't press well, always bound to fail. If we had played a deeper line, we wouldn't have any problem no?

Who exactly? What does that have to do with Azpi specifically? We were just dumb to play a stupid high line with little pressing upfront against that Arsenal frontline to begin with.

Err...

Saw this yesterday and imagine my shock at seeing The Athletic and Simon Johnson making excuses for Lampard again... If these journalists want to make excuses for Lampard or try to convince people why he is the right manager for us, then maybe they should address the concerns that we fans have about Lampard because would like to think that they aren't blind and can see the debates people are having. Arguing the PPG is taken out of context or whatever else along the same lines is not going to convince people that Lampard is the right man.

Against who exactly? And no, one or two moments doesn't/don't count.

Firstly, Jorginho agent really likes to open his mouth, doesn't he? Secondly, his agent keeps on talking like Jorginho himself is widely wanted by the major clubs in Europe. 🙄

Am probably gonna end up jinxing it this fucking time but christ, do people not get tired about saying that about Azpi all the time? Every time, there's 'Azpi will struggle against X, Y, Z' bla bla bla but every time, he dealt with whatever threat well enough that there's no problem from his side.