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It's more about the overall approach. Exactly. Playing defensively (at the cost of offensively) against Sevilla and Man United might be acceptable to an extent but no one is gonna accept this against teams in our next 6 games. All against lesser sides before we face another big one in November.

@Tomo will be having fits over this...

Yeah but our attacking play was sacrificed for it. 0.4 and 0.21 xG against Sevilla and Man United say it all. All good playing defensively against those 2 to get a point but can we maintain the balance - good offensively and defensively - against the lesser teams? The next 6 games will tell us a lot.

A back 8 (or 9) and then just the 2 upfront...

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Yes but we were actually exciting to watch as a team in the first half of that 2014/15 season. We were also exciting to watch as a team early on under Lampard, before it all changed from one thing to another till I'm not sure anymore.

Assuming we played defensively in the last 2 games because they were against Sevilla and Man United, then there's no excuse not to be more offensive in the next 6 games before facing another big side (Spurs)... Krasnodar (a) Burnley (a) Rennes (h) Sheffield United (h) Newcastle (a) Rennes (a)

Our xG in the last 2 games: v Sevilla - 0.4 v Man Utd - 0.21 🤮

Let's not rewrite history here, go through the old threads and you will definitely see people complained about Mourinho's and Conte's ultra defensive approach in these big games. For example, let's not forget Mourinho decided to start parking the buss in the second half of the 2014/15 season while Conte once had the team go walkabout at Man City! There were also countless of away matches where Mourinho set up to play for a point and people complained because we could have done more. It's all fine if Lampard wants to play this boring defensive football but just like Mourinho and Conte before him, he then needs to justify it with results. Otherwise, what's the difference between him and those ex-managers of ours?

These games against Sevilla and Man United remind me of the time when Mourinho decided to start parking the bus after the 5-2 loss at Spurs in 2014/15 and relied on individual brilliance. Had Hazard back then to make the difference. No one capable of doing it now.

BACK 3 ALERT!

TBF, there's every chance he could maintain his form better than those two. Leeds look a much better side than Norwich last season and than the Wigan team with Zaki in it.

What exactly is Frank Lampard's Chelsea? (note the 9th paragraph below...) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/10/23/exactly-frank-lampards-chelsea/

6 in 6 - https://www.transfermarkt.com/patrick-bamford/leistungsdaten/spieler/183334

6 goals in 6 Premier League games for Bamford. Not bad... (cc @Tomo )

Looks like Pulisic will have a USMNT game to contend with (against Wales in Wales) in November... https://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states-usa/story/4215338/usmnt-to-visit-wales-for-november-friendly-clash

Pretty sure they would still be counted as wins. They just might have an asterisk beside it to indicate it's won in extra time or on penalties.

Sevilla ended Bayern's 22-game win streak? They didn't. They drew with them after 90 minutes but still ended up losing within 120 minutes in the Super Cup anyway.