Magic Lamps

alonso looks like he is treading water every time he runs

new manager same problems

the lineup was terrible to begin with. alonso, zouma in the middle, no real winger on the pitch, double rb way too conservative vs such a passive side

Not that the press had anything to do with it

wtf terrible goal to concede after all this posession.... the kind of goal we would ocncede under lmapas. wtf is zouma doing

Alonso has een his usual terrible self cant remembe ra cross of his not beign blocked his is jsut to slow to get rid of the ball or run iwth it

we need to try playing the ball over the top more often for werenrs runs

thankfully it is the other way round. giroud is a better fit for atleti and tammy for today other than that, i think our left defensive side with azpi and reece is a bit too much safety first while the right with alonso and rüdiger is way too YOLO

ANOTHER AM/winger. please no. do not really believe that will happen. The guy is in the form of his life in a decidedly average career. Would be the most graphic of middle fingers in the direction of havertz, pulisic and ziyech. All three of which have more talent in their little toe than Jonas Hofmann.

If that is true Marina fucked up big time. Anyway, I read somewhere there was a power struggle between lampard and cech and cech wanted kepa to be given another chance. Lampard won that fight but Cech kept a grudge and did not oppose Lampard's sackign on account of that. I do not really believe the Reina recommendation. Why would the club trust a keeper who hates Chelsea and periodically forgot about the basics of goalkeeping himself.

We should not get ahead of ourselves. What is refrehsing about Tuchel is that we appear to be in control of matches almost all the time, enjoy lotsof posession which in the end is good for all midfielders and attacking players, esp their confidence. But the fixtures we had were piss-easy and i strongly doubt we would have got significantly fewer points under Lampard in these fixtures. So I concur with @killer1257 on staying a bit on the fence whether Tuchel is now the big deal. We won 3 of Lampards 4 last games and in the win vs Luton he finally swichted to 4-4-2 and immediately looked more fluent. Sure the opposition was poor but it might very well have turned things around. The reasons for Lampard's sacking are just as much down to the board as to Lampard's tactical deficiences. There is a very real possiblity that indeed tuchel is streets ahead of Lampard technically but that does not guarantee success. Lampard was clearly not in his element training the squad as he is not a very vocal guy and did not really have assistants that were able to compensate for that. But I still believe in Lampards vision and the way he imagined the squad to become. All of Lampards signings were quality and fitted right in. I still think 4-3-3 with a structured hexagonal build up play formation, inverted wingers, a technical+physical anchor in midfield, 2 b2b midfielders and an allround striker is probably the best set up you can have in modern football. Werner and Havertz do not really fit that system and it increasingly feels like they were dumped on him to no avail. Anyway, they badly let him down. Still, Lampard has an unerring eye for talent unlike many far superior coaches who win titles and leave the squad in shambles like Conte, Pep or Mourinho. Lampard has left us in a great position squad-wise and I fear this being undone now he is gone. Lampard eventually realized how shit jorginho, kepa, alonso and christensen are. Tuchel playing those duds makes me immediately distrust him a bit. Time will tell if they will be his undoing or if he sees the light at some point. In the end I really enjoy the recent results, esp as everyone around is is cr,umbling and I appreciate Tuchels open, outspoken manner. Most of all I enjoy not having to force myself to actively differentiate between my respect for the Lampard the man, my admiration fo rhim as a player and my opinion of him as a coach. For me FL remains our best ever player and one of the greatest midfielder to ever play. This memory remains untarnished.

Good game but no save I would not 100% expect any pl keeper to make. he made that palming away of the bouncing header look like a worldie due to his short arms but in fact the speed of the ball was almost like slow motion.

Really good set of games for Tuchel to get his ideas through. Oppositions have been absolutely poor throughout . Feels about like pre season apart from the Spurs one. They don’t tell us anything tho. Atlético is the first real test. And we really should not start Kepa, Alonso and Christensen vs Atlético.

Chemistry between Hudson odou and kovacic is terrible 🙈

Alonso runs are totally killing Werbers space

Oh Jorginho you Tool

Replay shows stonewall penalty

so happy for Timo to finally break his duck. long time ocming. created the other one too obviously. Imagine what he is able to do with chilwell instead of alonso now he has his confidence back

Lewis whacks Werner kn the face ref, commentator: no foul wtf

Would rather have Alonso off, not due to injury tho.

Tammy, Timo, Alonso, AC, Jorginho, Kepa... so many liabilities. The first 3 with a terrible first touch as well

Lampard might have got the tactics wrong. But he saw the players for what they are. His treatment of Kepa, Alonso, Jorginho was spot on. Should not keep superior players out of the side. Terrible lineup

Surely not vs Newcastle-park-the-bus-Utd but vs high-line teams like Brighton, Leeds, Southampton he can be devastating when leading our offense.

You mean this https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/01/27/harnessing-antonio-rudigers-strengths-may-first-step-towards/ ? I guess it is well known he is an outspoken and influential character in the dressing room. Tuchel was wise to get him on his side early. But we know that Rüdiger's qualities on the pitch do not quite match his attitude. Seriously doubt he will again be an undisputed starter in the long term. Anyway, good to have you back!

Even worse. He tried his absolute best to stop those players but for the life of him couldnt even bring them down. He is just so terrible physically/defensively. Seems like he is already 40 and not a sturdy 40 y.o. at that. Alonso is a shockingly bad player. Both Alonso and Jorginho are not the standard we should aim for and I am pretty sure they are only playing to facilitate Tuchels start with their experience