Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 You put Cahill in there instead of Zouma and here everyone would be killing him. It seems that many people saw an increadible game by Zouma, Again, the reality shows another thing.He's got to get the Cahillisms out of his game for sure but how can you honestly fault him today? he was fucking fantastic! Liverpool's entire plan was to try to catch us playing a high line and Zouma snuffed that out every time they tried. He had 11 effective clearances today..11! Barbara, The Skipper and didierforever 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Zouma done very well tonight. He is a bit raw and I do worry against opponents with more clinical and out and out strikers but he will learn game by game and can only improve with minutes on the field I guess. But you can see that Liverpool are crying out for Sturridge. Had he been playing, Zouma would have been much more tested imo. Will be interesting to see if Zouma is selected against City. I have a feeling he will go for Cahill. Because of his experience and he often performs in the big games tbh. Whoever is picked will need to be on the top of the game up against Aguero.It'll be Cahill for sure. City don't look to get in behind for pace, they look to play it through the defense and Cahill still reads the game better than Zouma. mannyfreshh and Stats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teignman 441 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 He has insane raw physical abilities, but still seems to struggle judging the flight of balls in the air, which puts us in some very dangerous situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyfreshh 164 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Easily fooled by Coutinho but overall had a good game IMO.Definately want to see more of him. Coutinho fools everyone easy. Not a big deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyfreshh 164 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Zouma played a good game and will only get better. Hopefully cahill doesn't lose to much confidence because he is a very important player for us. Chelsea Legend 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Good to watch again last night. One mistake with the mis-timed jump but all in all he was solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFC888 219 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 We all know Kurt is very raw, but there's so much potential there and that's really promising for the future.He is an outstanding athlete - his almost supernatural leap and blistering speed can attest to this - but I am perhaps more impressed by the head he seems to have on his shoulders; he speaks extremely well for someone so young whose first language is not English.I watched his post-match interview from last night on the Chelsea website, and he spoke really impressively about how he treated it as "just another game" instead of the cut-throat sudden death match that it was. He didn't seem at all overawed by the situation and for a 20 year old that's massively admirable and you could see the joy on his face after the final whistle, top stuff.Couple this with his actions in defeat on the weekend also (being the only player to acknowledge our fans despite being visibly distraught at the loss), he makes for one seriously impressive character.Keep it up Kurt! Yeboii 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul 1,615 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Better than Cahill atm, it's as simple as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 If there's one thing counting against Zouma right now, it's obviously his lack of experience. But if you do not give him the games, the challenges for him to face, then he won't improve, would he? He will make mistakes (he's only 20 after all) and we may pay the price from time to time but it can only be a good thing in the long term as Mourinho seems certain he'll be a permanent starter in the first XI in the future. Moreover, compared to Cahill, you would think Zouma is one who'll learn from his mistakes, evaluate and get better. Cahill doesn't seem to learn from his mistakes and consistently make the same errors over and over again, this despite having played over hundreds of games since 2004. manpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 i can tolerate Zouma making a few mistakes as it's a learning curve for him and He has scope for improvement. cahill on the otherhand is already in his prime and has no excuse for his shambolic defending at times. Beigl, manpe and Barbara 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonsFinest 692 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I am going to be disappointed if Cahill starts versus City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovieticus 743 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I am going to be disappointed if Cahill starts versus City.He probably will due to 'experience' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababoom 4,478 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 On another day he could have quite easily made two costly mistakes. The first was a mistimed header, Sterling was through if not for Terry slowing him down giving Zouma a chance to catch up and intercept. The second was when Countinho completely sent him the wrong way, if Countinho had any end product we could have been in trouble. This was all in the first half, i'm not being too harsh mainly because he's still so young, inexperienced and tbh was excellent in the 2nd half and E/T.As i said in the second half he was impeccable, the amount of tackles he made was impressive and i really love how athletic he is. He could work on the technical side of his game though, he's pretty raw on the ball. yuvala and Stats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It'll be Cahill for sure. City don't look to get in behind for pace, they look to play it through the defense and Cahill still reads the game better than Zouma.Highly debatable. Zouma IMO already reads the game much better than Cahill, and it shows in his confidence and ability to intercept the ball before it becomes dangerous. Cahill can't do that. kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mak 4,459 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The only real mistake you could point to was the massive gap the gave Coutinho. The difference between him and Cahill is simple, Zouma will learn from that experience and become a better player, Cahill will not. Here's hoping Terry stays at this level for as long as possible, because Cahill is no partner for Zouma. Barbara and Despiadado.Maleante 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 When our regular back four is Luis - Terry - Zouma - Azpi, you'll see that our possession game will massively improve. Pace (apart from JT but he makes up for that with excellent positioning), anticipation and high pressing from the back. The Chels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 When our regular back four is Luis - Terry - Zouma - Azpi, you'll see that our possession game will massively improve. Pace (apart from JT but he makes up for that with excellent positioning), anticipation and high pressing from the back.Not sure this day will come... Iva won't be dropped... The Skipper and The Chels 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Highly debatable. Zouma IMO already reads the game much better than Cahill, and it shows in his confidence and ability to intercept the ball before it becomes dangerous. Cahill can't do that.I don't believe that for a second. The reason he gets in ahead of cahill is because of his speed to close people down. Reading the game has to do with occupying spaces on the pitch where a threat can be and right now Cahill is still better than Zouma... When Zouma makes a mistake and he made a fair few yesterday he has the speed to make up for it, that's not the same for cahill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Good to watch again last night. One mistake with the mis-timed jump but all in all he was solid.He settled into the match but there was still that effort when Coutinho got in on goal and Zouma turned the wrong was to let him in 1v1 with courtois. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman2610 1,417 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Can you really call being beat by a clever player a mistake.. the best defenders in the world past and present get beat by tricky players that is hardly a mistake on their part... I feel the criticism of that as an error is over the top his one true mistake yesterday was mis-timing his leap and letting the runner through which he recovered with his CB partner to mop up killer1257 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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