Andreas Christensen

[Jase 43,479]

11 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Two and a bit months ago you'd have reacted the exact same way about Rudi and Zouma!

Having Mendy in goal might make Christensen or Rudiger more stable in defence but he isn't going to suddenly erase the defensive flaws from their game - e.g. Christensen's problem when dealing with physical players. Even Emerson looked OK against Sevilla but I don't think anyone is suddenly thinking he's up to the job. Zouma's main problem, IMO, was not his defending but rather his ball playing capabilities. He tends to keep it simple enough when defending and that is good and since we have more and better passers on the ball now, Zouma's ball playing capabilities is less of an issue. 

Unless one of Zouma or Silva gets injured (touch wood!) or needs to be rested, I don't see why we should deviate from that partnership. They have formed (an unlikely) solid partnership at the back and it would be silly to change that just for the sake of giving Christensen or Rudiger more game time. If anyone needs more game time and for the sake of the long term, then it is Tomori but that's another discussion altogether. 

[Tomo 21,751]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Having Mendy in goal might make Christensen or Rudiger more stable in defence but he isn't going to suddenly erase the defensive flaws from their game - e.g. Christensen's problem when dealing with physical players. Even Emerson looked OK against Sevilla but I don't think anyone is suddenly thinking he's up to the job. Zouma's main problem, IMO, was not his defending but rather his ball playing capabilities. He tends to keep it simple enough when defending and that is good and since we have more and better passers on the ball now, Zouma's ball playing capabilities is less of an issue. 

Unless one of Zouma or Silva gets injured (touch wood!) or needs to be rested, I don't see why we should deviate from that partnership. They have formed (an unlikely) solid partnership at the back and it would be silly to change that just for the sake of giving Christensen or Rudiger more game time. If anyone needs more game time and for the sake of the long term, then it is Tomori but that's another discussion altogether. 

I was thinking more in terms of squad player roles.

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John Terry blasts former Chelsea teammate Andreas Christensen following Aston Villa draw

Andreas Christensen failed to rise from the turf after a coming together with Jack Grealish in the build-up to Anwar El Ghazi's goal, which drew Aston Villa level at Stamford Bridge

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/terry-chelsea-christensen-aston-villa-23235241

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“You’ve cost us the game” – Tim Sherwood blames Christensen for Villa goal

https://www.chelsea-news.co/2020/12/video-youve-cost-us-game-tim-sherwood-blames-christensen-villa-goal/

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

It was shameful from him not to get up but tbf that goal never should have stood. he was clearlyfouled by grealish and villa had a clear and intentional hand ball in the build up. The ref once more was clearly biased against us and gifted villa the point.

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3 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

It was shameful from him not to get up but tbf that goal never should have stood. he was clearlyfouled by grealish and villa had a clear and intentional hand ball in the build up. The ref once more was clearly biased against us and gifted villa the point.

Disagree, Grealish was running with the ball and Christensen charged in, missed the ball and got the man! Its a foul by Christensen on Grealish. So stupid to stay down after that.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

too weak

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3 hours ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

too weak

he is shit

so done with him

and now we get so much less than we could have

[Vesper 30,106]

On 04/12/2020 at 9:10 AM, Jason said:

lol, that comment you replied to aged well

NOT

[Jase 43,479]

On 12/4/2020 at 0:55 PM, Tomo said:

Quietly good game against Sevilla in what his first with Mendy behind him.

Given Zouma and Rudiger's vast improvements since Eduoard's introduction AC also deserves a fair shot to see if he can similarly grow with the stability we now have.

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

Hope he is the first to be sold out of all the dead weight. 

[Vesper 30,106]

so now the deadwood has hurt his knee

FFS!

so sick of this all

[Tomo 21,751]

So it turns out he actually was injured during that clash with Grealish and played the rest of the game through injury....

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

Just me who thought he played decent last night? Seems that many have made their mind up on him but if he can cut somethings out of his game he can be a very useful player for us still. Won some big headers last night and showed a bit more intent on the ball. Not the most physical CB and if he can bulk up a bit or be more clever for duels in the same way Thiago Silva is, theres no reason why if TT persists with a back 3 he cant be a part of the squad. 

Edited February 8, 2021 by OneMoSalah

[Milan 17,955]

12 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Just me who thought he played decent last night? Seems that many have made their mind up on him but if he can cut somethings out of his game he can be a very useful player for us still. Won some big headers last night and showed a bit more intent on the ball. Not the most physical CB and if he can bulk up a bit or be more clever for duels in the same way Thiago Silva is, theres no reason why if TT persists with a back 3 he cant be a part of the squad. 

I got a bit negative when I saw him getting ready to replace Thiago against Spurs. But in that game and against Sheffield as well, he was solid and deserves credit. He kept it cool at the back, read the game quite well and won big header against physically superior players, especially yesterday. I had to apologize as I did not see it coming. Long may it continue.

Just one thing. I know I know he is a defender. But bloody hell can he score some goal for Chels already? 😄 With Zouma and Thiago not in the team now, we need to continue our trend of scoring from corners, one of our main weapons this season.