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should be fun for folks who took those claims seriously: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/politics/sidney-powell-dominion-lawsuit-election-fraud/index.html Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell is claiming in a new court filing that reasonable people wouldn't have believed as fact her assertions of fraud after the 2020 presidential election. The election infrastructure company Dominion Voting Systems sued Powell for defamation after she pushed lawsuits and made appearances in conservative media on behalf of then-President Donald Trump to sow doubt about the 2020 election results. Dominion claims that Powell knew her election fraud accusations were false and hurtful to the company.

oh definitely mendy made a huge difference: technical and mental. However, there were times when Frank's suicidal starting XI made it really hard to keep a clean sheet.

And tactics 😉

Neymar injury list is vast and mostly caused by actual tackles as opposed to Hazard, who had far fewer injuries (serious or not) with the vast majority of them muscle injuries. Needless to say, his work ethic, or the lack thereof, is likely to play a much bigger part than rough tackles. Always thought Hazard did not expose himself too much, which matches his demeanor on and off pitch. e.g. "when I'm on vacation I'm on vacation" thing.

one difference between Pulisic and Werner is that one of them is not made of glass. Pulisic is in danger of dropping a tier... he needs to stay fit. Injuries take a toll, esp muscle ones.

It was just one bad call, the penalty, but what a bad call that was. Porto's attacker actually fouls the defender, which is made even clearer in slow mo. VAR is all over the place. It's not underserved though, as Porto looked like the sharper side from the get go. Cuadrado did well, but he's such an undisciplined player... Morata was a joke and Ronaldo looked like a retiree. Juve does not look like CL contender to me. Neither does Porto, but they don't care.

That's looking at half of the picture. Werner's biggest strength imo is his ability go get into positions due to his quickness. His quickness (as in blinding pace) will also make him look bad at times, as he will make himself available more often and often without proper balance. Yes, he should do better, and I think he will; again, because he's a good player. Good player who is contributing to our current good form - that's really all there is to it.

Kai was really good and got most votes here, but I really like what I saw from Odoi, so gave him mine. Tuchel must be happy with the quality he's got - can make small swaps and shift the characteristics of the team without losing sleep. Which is especially important during these times. BTW, I thought Jorginho was massive as well. Really glad to see him playing his best under Tuchel.

ah I don't disagree. The point being, is that he is fully aware of the situation and so is the club. They might even be working on him to strengthen muscles and what not, which would def affect his form - they wouldn't disclose that info. So, I'm afraid the priority for him isn't the season, but his Chelsea career.

Having followed players with the same recurring injuries as Pulisic, my take is that his fight isn't for the season, but for his career, at least, in top-flight clubs.

regardless of the outcome, Mount is easily MotM for me. Complete player today.

I rest my case 😂 what a goal! great long ball by Kante!

Thought same line was onside... wtf indeed!

He seems to like the "dead zone." no compromise... worrying. doubly worrying... I too get the Ozil vibe from him. Hope to be very wrong here.

As discussed before, Chilwell plays like a "proper" wingback, which makes this formation a tad overly defensive. Reckon it was very much intentional for the united game. Maybe Tuchel wanted to block the sides, or simply thought United is in a better form than we are atm. For me it is clear as day that Alonso plays as a left midfielder, same as Odoi on the other side. They both cut inside and join the other mids in the midfield line, while James and Chilwell will mostly roam the flanks. James does a bit more of the cutting inside, or making those nice crosses, but he's def not a mid. Alonso fits better in this formation and our best games since Tuchel took over have been with Alonso. There is a lot more to a left mid than taking on players, or defending. Passing for example, becomes far more important. Alonso's many weaknesses are not as exposed in this formation, while his strengths are much needed to bring balance esp by populating the midfield.

looked like an SNL skit for a second there.... then it quickly went from (sort of) funny to really sad.

I disagree regarding younger players. With that mindset, no younger player will ever get minutes. Abraham got a lot of minutes (and starts) under Lampard and I don't see any quality in him (wish I did), but that's information. Folks at the club clearly see attributes in mount's game which warrants investing in his development. I think he gets to start because he's good tactically and has a lot of intensity to his game, aside from his good technique. In short, no, don't think he will be good enough if he does not develop, but the club (myself and others here) think that he will, and what he does right now is already good enough, hence why he starts regardless of manager.

eh yeah that depends on how you look at it, but I'd definitely consider him a goal threat. And at 22, I honestly think we are way too demanding on him.

It seems to me that by pinpointing very specific players from top clubs at that (except that lazy fuck Anderson ), and very unique in their leadership role, they'd be by definition not average? It's like saying Kante was "just" a workhorse at Leicester. And honestly, think he's pretty good skill wise: he's got quick feet, can work in tight spaces, and scores regularly. underrated.

TBH, thought chilwell was in a bad patch even before the whole Tuchel and formation change. We are not even playing wingbacks, but left and right midfielders. Alonso and Odoi/James always roam and start from the midfield line, which IMO is key for this system to work and not become too defensive. Chilwell can prob play on the left, but I can definitely see why Alonso has been selected for now.

Good game against Atletico. People talk about his first touch, but I see that it is just not very consistent atm like the rest of his game. That turn and shot (stopped by the goalie) was really good and the first touch, perfect. Just needs to settle a bit more and start turning some of the shots into goals. He does not have to become a prolific scorer to be a great player imo, just improve that final pass/shot. Perhaps now playing in a better system (imo it is) will give him the confidence to do just that. BTW, has been diving a bit too much for my taste.

While we all love to talk about individuals, football is a team sport and you can imagine that whoever may be the manager, Mount will play. He makes the team better, and being a team sport, that's no small feat. We can certainly go into what we'd like him to do better, esp when comparing him to other players, but in fairness, we'd also need to say that that other player may not do certain things that mount does on the pitch. You always need a player like that and It does not really matter which position he starts from "on paper" his role is being that guy who makes things click. The fact we have more creative options in the squad can only be a good thing for any manager.

Christensen is a good player - the most technical Cb we've got excluding silva obviously. Overall a really strong performance. Voted on Giroud for the fantastic goal, but so many good performances today.

hey we used to play like that... (Jose) 😃

heheh true. speaking of which, don't really understand how can one be a Chelsea fan and not appreciate what Mount does on the pitch - even on an off day. Maybe we will lose, but strong performances from a number of players. Odoi doing very well in attack and defense - nice to see that energy.