closed Chelsea 3-0 Burnley

[robsblubot 3,217]

Kante is indeed an excellent player, but we already knew that.

Our defense line is still pretty poor in quality and numbers... some of the passes from the back are just fucking awful. Need a ball playing cb asap.

I don't we played that well especially in the first half. Much better in the second, but the schedule has been very nice to us and the opposition, esp today, so very poor.

Not entirely sure we can challenge top4 without signing players.

[coolhead23 1,146]

Could only see the first half and it was evident that we're moving in a positive direction ... Link up play, one touch, positional sense, taking shots from outside the box, maintaining tempo with the high line pressing game ... just to name a few. Though there are still work to be done but there are improvement in place. 

Importantly, Kante was the best decision we took ... One thing, lot of us having been saying that getting Rodriguez would mean that we will have a creative edge in attack but looking at today's game (even the previous) the real question is would he be able to the dirty work that Oscar puts in? Said it before Conte system is a life line for Oscar because he fits into the system and can provide so much... rest in his hand!!! 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Wonderful game. More of that lads.

Tho the real test will start in two weeks. Swansea, pool, leicester, arsenal. 

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

That was some of the best football I have seen us player since 2010

[samzilla 517]

Made a trip down to Seattle yesterday and woke up to the good news this morning!  Stoked to watch MOTD later!

[Kezza 1,965]

I liked how we actually utilised our wing options instead of trying to walk the ball through the middle of the D. Bravo team.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

2 hours ago, Kezza said:

I liked how we actually utilised our wing options instead of trying to walk the ball through the middle of the D. Bravo team.

So many times under Mourinho, there was this sense that we were so narrow and would be passing slowly through the middle where there's no space, it was so frustrating. Conte seems to be different, we spread wide and made the pitch big, Burnley couldn't mark the whole space and this made hazard have much more one on one's with the fullback compared to being double marked before. We're pressing more as a team instead of being disjointed and attacking as a team with the fullbacks high up and we're even shooting more from outside the box

When we completely blend to the system, we'll be much more fluid and hopefully more clinical in finishing. 

[MefiX19 1,092]

43 minutes ago, kellzfresh said:

So many times under Mourinho, there was this sense that we were so narrow and would be passing slowly through the middle where there's no space, it was so frustrating. Conte seems to be different, we spread wide and made the pitch big, Burnley couldn't mark the whole space and this made hazard have much more one on one's with the fullback compared to being double marked before. We're pressing more as a team instead of being disjointed and attacking as a team with the fullbacks high up and we're even shooting more from outside the box

When we completely blend to the system, we'll be much more fluid and hopefully more clinical in finishing. 

I watched the Man U vs Hull game today, and they legit looked like this, they just put balls into the box and thats it. He really doesn't teach any attacking pattern.

[Fulham Broadway 16,392]

Just a note on Clattenburg, he was excellent yesterday and got nearly all calls spot on

Refs only seem to get mentioned when at fault

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Good game it was...

enjoyable...

[cosmicway 1,252]

Mourinho's attacking pattern is lousy.
Maybe in the distant past when he had players like Didier-Lamps-Essien it was working better.
Mourinho is good for parking the bus. His best parking the bus performence was against Atletico in the Calderon, when in fact there was no other option for us. It worked but the replay went Atletico's.way.
Yesterday UTD looked dull most of the time. In the last ten minutes all of the play was inside Hull's 18 yard box and something was bound to cave in.

 

[Kezza 1,965]

15 hours ago, kellzfresh said:

So many times under Mourinho, there was this sense that we were so narrow and would be passing slowly through the middle where there's no space, it was so frustrating. Conte seems to be different, we spread wide and made the pitch big, Burnley couldn't mark the whole space and this made hazard have much more one on one's with the fullback compared to being double marked before. We're pressing more as a team instead of being disjointed and attacking as a team with the fullbacks high up and we're even shooting more from outside the box

When we completely blend to the system, we'll be much more fluid and hopefully more clinical in finishing. 

Getting back to the Duff and Robben times..will take a while to perfect this, but they're getting there very nicely

[Special Juan 27,101]

Watched it live in Spain, what a tremendous performance from the first whistle to the last. The pressure, the work rate and the joy at seeing some sublime goals with lighting quick pace was a joy. 

Hazard is back it, just wonderful to see, he's smiling, he's confident and like this plus the confidence of the rest of the team we may just fuck the media off and spoil the United and City wank fest.

Kante was fabulous, just the complete water carrier and did everything he did last season. Cahill and Terry need mass protection, they must fucking love seeing him in front of them.