N'Golo Kante

[Jase 43,479]

5 minutes ago, manpe said:

He scored one goal in each of his last 3 seasons I think. Let's see if he can double it this season 

If we're counting league, then yes. 1 in 15/16, 16/17 and 17/18.

If overall, then he actually scored 2 in 2016/17 - both against United. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

Just when I thought I couldn't love the wee baldy man any more. Would do my head in if Sarri gets him scoring goals too!!

 

N'Golo Kante interview: Chelsea midfielder talks World Cup 2018 glory and his aims for new season

“Whatever you did in the past is quickly forgotten. We all have to go again and prove we are worthy of our ­position. So, yeah, hopefully, I am able to do that again.”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ngolo-kante-insists-world-cup-13082390

[manpe 10,861]

20 minutes ago, Unionjack said:

Just when I thought I couldn't love the wee baldy man any more. Would do my head in if Sarri gets him scoring goals too!!

 

N'Golo Kante interview: Chelsea midfielder talks World Cup 2018 glory and his aims for new season

“Whatever you did in the past is quickly forgotten. We all have to go again and prove we are worthy of our ­position. So, yeah, hopefully, I am able to do that again.”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ngolo-kante-insists-world-cup-13082390

Don't think I've ever seen a more humble and down-to-earth footballer than Kante.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

 

[manpe 10,861]

10 minutes ago, kellzfresh said:

 

Sarri confirming what we all suspected - he is a new breed of AI superhumans.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

7 minutes ago, manpe said:

Sarri confirming what we all suspected - he is a new breed of AI superhumans.

While moving without a care in the world

[Jase 43,479]

Apparently, he wants to extend his contract!

[the wes 7,212]

16 minutes ago, Jason said:

Apparently, he wants to extend his contract!

Happy days 🤗🤗🤗

[mccg 1,528]

Kanté wants to extend his Chelsea contract — report

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/2018/8/18/17726422/kante-wants-to-extend-his-chelsea-contract-report

 

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

I think Kante can score close to 10 goals this season if he keeps doing this third man runs. Really think his runs into the box caused Arsenal huge issues, fair enough eventually it gave us problems as they started to create overloads and caught players out of position but its a trait that can be used in certain moments of games. Really think hes going to be another level under Sarri because hes not having to labour for 2 players like he did most of last season,

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

5-7 goals tops. You just dont magically start scoring 10 goals a season when you're a Kante. 

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

I’m still skeptical over Kante’s new position. Is he really necessary to play so high up? It feels like we’re wasting his supreme strengths which are defending and intercepting at the deepest of the midfield, shielding our back line. He is THE BEST DM in the world after all.

[Fernando 6,585]

1 hour ago, Ryan Fong said:

I’m still skeptical over Kante’s new position. Is he really necessary to play so high up? It feels like we’re wasting his supreme strengths which are defending and intercepting at the deepest of the midfield, shielding our back line. He is THE BEST DM in the world after all.

Well we don't need that if we are going to have a lot of the ball. Unde Sarri it will be like that. 

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Jorginho is going to dictate play from deep. Don't think anything is going to change that.

 

The only change I can see happening is when playing the bigger sides, Kante drops alongside Jorginho to 2-man central defensive mid. Kante is most likely B2B for the majority of the remaining games.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I dont see the huge love for Kante new position. Yes he is very decent in his new role, but as DM, he was pure world class. To me he is a DM that has good ball control and allround play, which is a bonus. But he isnt better in more attacking role than as DM. Dont know why people want to make him something he is not. He is fantastic if he plays DM but has licence to push forward if he decides to. In current role, we miss his protection infront of back 3 and his allround tackling/marking isnt on same level as DM. I just dont see benefit in his more attacking ability for the sake of his great defensive ability.

Only reason I see for this is that Jorginho is best suited to deep playmaker role and Sarri decided to play him there. He cant play in more forward position, because then he loses his control of play from deep which is his biggest strenght.

Maybe we could play Kante and Jorginho in double pivot, possibly ideal, but ball transition in midfield wouldnt be as clean. In 4.3.3. Jorginho has player next to him on both sides, in double pivot he would only have Kante and if #10 dropped deeper, but that becomes midfield.

Still very good player and maybe with time he will properly adopt. but for now, I liked his DM role under Conte more. He should be given more freedom than under Conte, because as typical DM, his quality is a bit wasted, but current position takes too much of his defensive side away, the side he is world class.