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Want to give a special appreciation to the away fans. They have supported the club through thick and thin and they deserve all the best things in life. Caicedo in a previous interview during the summer said he was more comfortable playing away from home and I didn't understand till this season. We now have four home games in a row (Barrow, Brighton, Gent and Nottingham Forest). I want to appeal to the home fans to support the team during the match. Please don't boo the players or chant about players that are not playing for Chelsea. We all love Chelsea and all we want is anything to keep the club winning. So we need to support in any way we can, no matter how small

He looks a proper striker. Anytime he comes on the pitch or is on the pitch, we score more, create more and play better. When he goes off, we are worse off as a team this preseason. And he is surprisingly very fast We might have discovered a gem here...

Announce Enrique and end this madness. Stop hiring managers who don't have a pattern of play, a system, a philosophy. We had Tuchel, Conte and Sarri who had this and ended up winning trophies. They didn't tinker their formations for any opponent. Guardiola, Ancelloti, Klopp does not tinker formations for anyone. These are top level managers whose philosophy can handle any tactics or situation and they force the players to abide by the system. That is what Enrique will bring. Announce Enrique to come and take over even if it is in the summer. So that we fans can have a reason to endure this torture.

Frank does not build a team, he builds individuals and tells the players to express themselves. No tactics or ideas passed on to the players by Frank so it's easy to dismantle after the players have exhausted their energy in the beginning of the match. Tuchel, Conte and Sarri were excellent at building teams, a style of play, a system to follow no tinkering of formations, just one style and we stick to it and form chemistry and understanding. Knowing this, I think the owners should announce that Luis Enrique is taking over in the summer to bring some calm. He will bring a system, a style, a philosophy and compel the players to stick to it. Eventually the team chemistry and understanding will improve and we will be back to the top. He is the best fit for the club and is the kind of high level manager we need for a club of our stature. Chelsea fans need to realize that only an elite manager can take us back to our level, stop managing scrubs.

The 6 keys to our recent form are because: 1. Potter has gone to a 3-4-3 formation which the players already are used to, helps cover the half spaces in defense, provides enough cover defensively to prevent counterattacks 2. Most importantly he is finally playing the same group of players, who have formed some chemistry and understanding of each others game. 3. He has removed Havertz from the striker position and he is playing as a free role attacking forward now. 4. Kovacic-Enzo is a great midfield pairing as Enzo is a massive upgrade to Jorginho. 5. Ben Chillwell making runs from the wingback has provided us with a massive outlet to switch balls to the flanks and play long balls in behind defenses. 6. Lastly Potter is now making tactical switches in the second half to adapt and react to the opposition changes and secure our wins. Against Leeds he put in Gallagher, Zakaria to shore up the midfielder and secure the win. Against Dortmund he put in Gallagher again to shore up the midfield and secure the win. Against Leicester he noticed that they were going through the middle and Felix wasn't pressing so he removed Felix and put Gallagher to make some tackles and block the midfield from being overrun

Tuchels last 13 Premier league games P 13 W 5 D 4 L 4 F 22 A 19 Hope it's not a case of the back 3 being found out

We have no accurate passers in the whole team We have no finishers or dribblers who can create something out of nothing in attack and Tuchel is focusing the whole money on DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE No team with a poor attack can ever do well in the premier league. Forget it the best attacks come first or second. You can't have the 8th best attack and hope for magic

Ex Arsenal players have always done well with Chelsea. Gallas, Ashley Cole, Fabregas and even Giroud have done well in our colours. We also need a finisher and he has premier league experience and has also worked with Tuchel before. This is a no brainier, Get Auba in!!

We don't create chances with through balls through the middle of the pitch from midfield. We don't create chances through combination plays like one twos or one touch passes like mancity We don't create chances through individual dribblers on the pitch since we lost Hazard We don't create chances by pinging the ball into space to find runners like Liverpool We only create from wingbacks. This is why our attacking is dross. Until we mix things up and have other ways to attack opponents, we will continue to be boring to watch. I don't know if Tuchel has identified this problem because it's bad.

We don't create chances with through balls through the middle of the pitch from midfield. We don't create chances through combination plays like one twos or one touch passes like mancity We don't create chances through individual dribblers on the pitch since we lost Hazard We don't create chances by pinging the ball into space to find runners like Liverpool We only create from wingbacks. This is why our attacking is dross. Until we mix things up and have other ways to attack opponents, we will continue to be boring to watch. I don't know if Tuchel has identified this problem because it's bad.

His passion for the club is needed on the pitch. Sometimes you have that one average player that bleeds blue and inspires the rest of the team with his sheer effort and desire. Liverpool has Henderson for this, Manutd had Anderson, they always play even though they are average. We just have to improve other areas of the pitch technically.

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I hope he starts looking for forward passes instead of passing backwards every time, if not he risks losing his place to Hudson Odoi who is more daring in space in this 3-4-2-1 formation.

Best game from him in a while. Nice to see

Fantastic goal. Undeserved lead but we'll take it. Nice to see Mount being clinical in the box, he will do well to keep his place in the England team ahead of Foden and Grealish. Werner has been fantastic today.

I hate all our creative players. I was one of the first that was never impressed with Havertz too. Only Ziyech has the talent to be on that level but we will see. Chelsea as a club has gone down from challenging for the league because we have been satisfied with not having absolute quality as our creative midfielder like Lampard and Hazard

I hope Mount watched the performance of Foden and sees the level required for the creative role in a big team. Its not just about energy and running, Foden has that and also adds quality passes, shooting and dribbling in the box.

The drop off from all the new signings compared to when they were in their previous clubs is alarming. Lampard has to do something and fast. The quote below in bold is spot on. If one attacker does not adapt well, you could attribute it to differences between leagues, a shift in style and a lack of time. If two very different attackers flop, you could blame freakish bad luck. If three of them bomb, it becomes less luck and more of a system issue. Some of these numbers have not just declined, they have absolutely cratered even when accounting for the mitigating factors. And this is also a big worry. We are creating the same amount of chances as last season. The only difference was we were more clinical in the beginning of the season, but now it has balanced out. The fact we have not improved the amount of chances we create per match compared to last season is baffling. We're not improving. The quote below hits the nail on the head. Alas, the improvement has not been as significant as expected. Chelsea were on an incredibly hot streak of finishing in the first few months of the season and some regression to the mean was always to be expected. However, the degree to which the team’s finishing has fallen is shocking. One would think this run of finishing will not last for long and the team will find the proverbial shooting boots soon. Even before December, Chelsea created fewer chances than last season (excluding penalties). While game state has to be considered — for example, the team might have opted to ease off and not boost stats when 2-0 up thanks to a penalty and a corner — this is not a great look. For a squad of Chelsea’s age-profile, year-on-year improvement must be the first expectation. The metrics showing that we are more or less the same as last season performance wise is not good. Hopefully it gets better.

This debate is an interesting perspective of what happened in the match. Do the experienced players take charge and decide that things are not working and call teamates to come back and sit deep. Or is it the managers fault for not saying anything or making any tactical changes when his team is being battered for 20 mins straight?

Looking at the tactical performance of Chelsea just annoys me. See how we were destroyed in the middle with city players occupying spaces between the lines. Just pure tactical schooling

Look at the quality and calmness Gilmour brings into the team when he came on. How people like Mount have been starting over him is a mystery to me. We only create chances from the wingers/fullbacks because our midfield looks devoid of creativity and we have someone like Gilmour who is fantastic at passing between the lines not playing

Damn.... After laughing at them for so long this season. This would hurt

This is a manager that wants a player, knows his weaknesses and has a plan on how to improve them to the benefit of his team. Ours just looks like we liked some YouTube videos and paid 50mil

This just means that if a team has time to work out the weaknesses of our tactics, we find it hard to win. We don't have tactical plans of our own.

Yes I know Werner has so many weaknesses. I'm one of the most blunt Chelsea fans you can meet as I say things the way I see it. Werner's first problem is his terrible first touch (Lukaku levels) which even affects his first time shooting. He has major problems but the system of play we employ is a disaster for Werner. I saw a stat that Bruno Fernandes has played more through passes this season than the whole Chelsea team combined. How does a player who lives on the shoulder of the last defender survive without balls through the middle?