🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lampard

[Tomo 21,751]

10 minutes ago, kellzfresh said:

Very good of him adapting to the other team and changing formation, hopefully he finds out what to do about Zouma upsetting the balance of our defence. Maybe put Azpi in the Right centerback position once Reece james comes back.

Despite the success today I don't really want 3atb being a regular thing. Too many games will come about where we struggle to create (infact it was the case today until Tomori's bullet opened the gate).

[killer1257 3,282]

Just now, Tomo said:

Despite the success today I don't really want 3atb being a regular thing. Too many games will come about where we struggle to create (infact it was the case today until Tomori's bullet opened the gate).

I also do not see that as a long term thing, but I would try out this system against City and Pool.

[Tomo 21,751]

2 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

I also do not see that as a long term thing, but I would try out this system against City and Pool.

Against those two depends on who we have back, should Rudiger and Kante be fit next weekend I'd rather the 433 as we shown we can dominate Liverpool in the middle with those three (Kova, Jorginho, Kante) while Rudiger always seems to deal with Salah.

[killer1257 3,282]

Where is his post match interview and post match press conferece. When we are losing or drawing, they are instantly uploaded and now I can not find anything after a win

[MoroccanBlue 5,382]

Kepa

James---Christensen---Rudiger---Emerson

Jorginho (c)

Kante-----Ruben

CHO-------------------Mount

Tammy

[Fernando 6,585]

6 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Kepa

James---Christensen---Rudiger---Emerson

Jorginho (c)

Kante-----Ruben

CHO-------------------Mount

Tammy

 

Is Christense better then Tomori?

I think Tomori might come good with Rudgier. 

I would prefer to push more Tomori then Christensen. Andreas is better for 3r CB or he can be sold next summer and get another CB. 

Ruben in mid? I'm not sure, where does Pulisic land? To me Pulisic also has good potential, just that is first season in England. 

For now it will continue to be Kante, Jorginho and Kovaic in mid. 

[Superblue 6,372]

Above all else this season, the biggest positive for me personally from Lampard's appointment is how much more I'm enjoying this season.

The last two seasons have been a real hard watch. Conte seemed to pretty much give up and our performances reflected that, and whilst I appreciate the changes Sarri was trying to incorporate (and I actually think some areas Lamps has benefited from Sarri's work) a lot of the football was so boring and pedestrian.

I'm not sure if it is simply having Lamps back, integrating the younger players, more attack minded football, lower expectations for the season or a mixture of all but I'm enjoying watching the games.

Yes there are clearly some issues which need to be addressed and consistency I think throughout this season could prove a problem, but I'm just really enjoying the ride so far.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

9 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Changed the system today which was smart as it accommodates Alonsos strength more although he was still quite poor but still conceding goals. 

Our priority this season should be to try scoring more than opponent. 

Get that attacking chemistry going, make sure everyone gets involved, build up the team work and develop players. Our young players to enjoy and play as relaxed as possible.

Then we fix our defence come summer and next season. 

This is what rebuild looks like and how it should be done going from pragmatic/defensive to attacking football. Sarri last year was simply a doll to play fancy football but with instantly many many restictions and expectations that cant be achieved nor demanded in transition seasons. 

Now we have no pressure, just a manger and bunch of young players enjoying, experimenting and developing every week.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Defending set-pieces must improve. It takes time to build a system, it takes time for players to understand how to defend and press as a unit, that I understand but defending set-pieces is one of the basic things in footba. We can't afford to have that as our weakness being already sometimes open and shaky in open play. I don't know who is insisting on zonal marking, whether its Frank, Jody or someone else but this is quite clearly not working. We've conceded twice from corner-kicks in the league, Norwich hit the post, against Liverpool in the Super Cup we also had major issues. They need to reshape it, maybe mix zonal with man-marking, because its leading to too many easy headers. Anyways we can't keep defending set-pieces like this, its going to cost us alot.

[NikkiCFC 8,324]

17 hours ago, Fernando said:

 

Is Christense better then Tomori?

I think Tomori might come good with Rudgier. 

I would prefer to push more Tomori then Christensen. Andreas is better for 3r CB or he can be sold next summer and get another CB. 

Ruben in mid? I'm not sure, where does Pulisic land? To me Pulisic also has good potential, just that is first season in England. 

For now it will continue to be Kante, Jorginho and Kovaic in mid. 

Zouma was on the pitch for all goals conceded this season. Just dropping him will do wonders. With Rudiger, Kante and James back we will improve massively. 

[Vesper 30,186]

41 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Zouma was on the pitch for all goals conceded this season. Just dropping him will do wonders. With Rudiger, Kante and James back we will improve massively. 

Zouma is this season's Alonso (when Alonso is played at left back, as he is quite a good left wingback, his only effective position, as he showed yesterday).

Unfortunately Willian is still last season's Willian.

Zouma (minus the players we could not buy) is most disastrous effect of the bans, as we could have gotten £40m or so quid for him from the spendthrift and desperate Toffees this summer.

He frustrates me every bit as much as Alonso did for the first 2/3rds or so of the season last year.

He is NEVER going to be Chels quality. He is so poor on the ball and now has added consistently bad positional play to his repertoire, which unbalances our entire defensive scheme.

[Tomo 21,751]

I think we have actually improved a fair bit defensively these last few games despite the fact we've still been conceding a lot.

Pre season alongside United and Leicester were total horror shows defensively and we looked like conceding every time the ball entered our half (that's why I couldn't take Madison's MOTM seriously, we gave him the an unlocked door in the second half and he still couldn't find his way through us) however recently I think while we're still a long way off what a title winning defense should look like we have been very unlucky to have been conceding two a game still.

Norwich and Wolves created fuck all but were clinical when they did breach us while Sheffield did a bit more we did completely nullify their attack for all bar one moment in the first half.

Still a long way to go but we have made a positive baby step defensively in the last few weeks despite it not looking so on the scoreboard.

[killer1257 3,282]

14 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Zouma is this season's Alonso (when Alonso is played at left back, as he is quite a good left wingback, his only effective position, as he showed yesterday).

Unfortunately Willian is still last season's Willian.

Zouma (minus the players we could not buy) is most disastrous effect of the bans, as we could have gotten £40m or so quid for him from the spendthrift and desperate Toffees this summer.

He frustrates me every bit as much as Alonso did for the first 2/3rds or so of the season last year.

He is NEVER going to be Chels quality. He is so poor on the ball and now has added consistently bad positional play to his repertoire, which unbalances our entire defensive scheme.

I think that Zouma,  Azpi and Alonso are just not good enough. Alonso looked horrible when we conceded the second goal. Azpi and Zouma cost us a lot of points this season already and Alonso was horrible against Traore. At least, Tomori could handle Traore. We will improve massively when Kante, James and Emerson are fully fit.

[Vesper 30,186]

 

[Nicco 927]

43 minutes ago, Vesper said:

 

Yernited because of penalties.

[Vesper 30,186]

3 minutes ago, Nicco said:

Yernited because of penalties.

fucking Manc wankers

[1905didierblue 748]

21 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Kepa

James---Christensen---Rudiger---Emerson

Jorginho (c)

Kante-----Ruben

CHO-------------------Mount

Tammy

I think this might be our best team once we get all the players fit. Only thing to swap would be CHo and mount

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Vesper 30,186]

4 hours ago, 1905didierblue said:

I think this might be our best team once we get all the players fit. Only thing to swap would be CHo and mount

Who should stay next year
   
Kepa

Jamie Cumming   
Antonio Rüdiger    
Andreas Christensen    
Fikayo Tomori   
Emerson  
Reece James    
Jorginho 

Ross Barkley 

N'Golo Kanté    
Mateo Kovacic 
Ruben Loftus-Cheek    
Mason Mount    
Callum Hudson-Odoi    
Christian Pulisic

Pedro <<< his last year with us should be next season

Michy Batshuayi
Tammy Abraham  

we need to buy a backup keeper, a WC CB, a LB, a RB, a WC Winger, a young MF to start to work in over the next 2 or 3 years to replace Kante (Kante turns 30 next season, eeeeek), and another decent CF

 

who needs to go Go GO and be replaced

Willy Caballero (he is just getting too old, he will be 39 near the beginning of next year, 6 or so league games in)  
Kurt Zouma <<< NEVER wil be good enough
Marcos Alonso < truly has to go, if we do sell him next year, we will get shit for him as he turns 30 in the middle of next season (I fucking hate our board)    

César Azpilicueta <<<< FFS cash in on him whilst we can at least get something remotely decent in terms of return  

Willian  << at this point it will not shock me if he leaves on a free (thus costing us the FULL £65m in lost revenue from that 2018 Barca turndown, FUCK YOU Marina), one of my least favourite Chels players of all-time, he is poison and arguably one of the most overrated players in the last 10 years of world football        
Olivier Giroud    

 

Loan Out

Ethan Ampadu (we may have to recall him from RB Leipzig and find a new team for him as they are refusing to play him even though he just starred for Wales over the international break)

Trevoh Chalobah

Dujon Sterling
Conor Gallagher

Marc Guehi

Billy Gilmour

Tariq Uwakwe

Karlo Žiger
Tariq Lamptey
Ian Maatsen
Tino Anjorin
George McEachran
 

Loan Army who need to be sold (I am SO fucking sick of these names)

Marco van Ginkel (his career has been ruined by injures, and just know he worsened it again)    
Nathan 
Matt Miazga    
Davide Zappacosta    
Danny Drinkwater    
Kenedy
Abdul Rahman Baba  
Danilo Pantic   
Tiemoué Bakayoko  
Eduardo    
Lucas Piazón    
Jamal Blackman 
Juan Castillo  <<<< so pisses me off, as we loaned him to Ajax as soon as he renewed, BUT we gave them a goddamn option to buy, which they will sure use, so he is gone
Jake Clarke-Salter 
Josh Grant
Richard Nartey
Charly Musonda
Lewis Baker
Jacob Maddox
Luke McCormick
Mario Pašalić
Victor Moses
Izzy Brown
Ike Ugbo
 

[Vesper 30,186]

Only 5 games (only 3 in Italy) into the season, and the ONLY unbeaten, undrawn teams in major European football are Klopp's Bindippers and Conte's Inter