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Strike

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  1. Bad selection yesterday. Cahill was poor and Bakayoko had a horror game. Even before the red card, he gave the ball away in 3-4 occasichalons under little pressure. And everybody and their milkman knew Hazard as false nine was not going to work. Why didn't Giroud just start? I don't think Conte will be sacked now but at the end of this month with Barcelona around the corner, he looks doomed. Such a shame this, really. At the start of the season, I felt there was potential to kick on from the title win, add quality players to the squad and take the pressure off Hazard to create attacks.
  2. Actually, even after the red, Watford didn't really create any chance other than the penalty that lead to a goal.
  3. Surprised at the lack of outrage against Kane. Posterboy, good reputation England captain dives to win a penalty and there is silence
  4. All doom and gloom on here. Surely we're going to go unbeaten this month and beat Barca United and City along the way
  5. and to think the potential the club had at the start of the season with Fabregas - Kante - Matic and RLC in midfield. They've gone and spent a combined 90 million on Drinkwater, Barkley and Bakayoko and we are no better in quality.
  6. Scenes when Giroud comes on and scores against Barcelona
  7. I like Giroud. He is more than just a big man. He can control a ball in tight spaces, bounce it off to Hazard/Willian. Morata/Giroud/Tammy Abraham next season? I'm down.
  8. Someone with the profile of Tolisso. Think we should still sign a creative midfielder in the summer. Pjanic?
  9. Losing a game is not the issue but after a decent performance in the first half, the team completely caved in the second. At no point did they look like they are playing for a Wembley final and that infuriates me.
  10. they are exceptional cases. Malouda, Ivanovic, Bosingwa, even Cole, plenty of players at the club regressed dramatically around their early 30s With that said, I think Dzeko is the best fit for the club for the type of striker the club is looking for. Gives Conte an option to change the game. May even add him on top of Morata if the team is trailing
  11. After Roma game, the Luiz in midfield experiment is over
  12. Dzeko is not better than Morata. For all of Morata's faults this season, he is comfortably the better striker of the two. He works tirelessly, is better on the ball and is on par with Dzeko in the air, Dzeko has the edge in hold-up play and finishing and is a fantastic option to bring on to change games but first choice? No, it's a wrong move.
  13. He's looking for the target man mould for the second striker role. Dzeko, Llorente, Carroll. Of the three, I prefer Llorente but he seems happy to warm the Spurs bench instead
  14. Sorry. Thought he was below average. Could not carry the ball past the midfield area and if this is what we expect from him now then might as well ship him in January itself
  15. I think he is being honest. Says a lot about who takes transfer decisions, if we didn't know it already
  16. Alexis Sanchez, trying to sign him? I don’t know, I don’t think so. - Conte at presser today
  17. Lot of questions to the board if he joins Arsenal, Sanchez joins United and Chelsea don't sign an attacker.
  18. People saying Man City have been exposed, they did make a spirited comeback to make the final score 4-3. It is an admirable trait about this City team that even when they are not having a good game, they've managed to keep their heads till the final whistle and play with composure in attack. Bailed them out many times. They arent even like United years ago when they would put the opposition under a lot of pressure late on in games by crossing the ball into the box or hoofing it. The goals they've scored late have been patiently built and coolly finished under pressure like the Bernardo Silva goal today.
  19. Mahrez is not just a dribbler and a runner, he also creates. Plus he has the confidence and ability to take the ball in tight situaitons and hold it under pressure - something only Hazard is capable of in Chelsea's attack.
  20. Horrific performance.Home to under-strength Arsenal in a League Cup Semifinal. Did not create one decent opening. Several players look like they are just mailing it in this season.
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