Marcos Alonso

[Yeboii 1,844]

31 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

I see what Sarri did by picking Emerson for the Europa league match midweek

I guess Malonso is going to be starting the PL games from now on. Possibly at Old Trafford as well.

Alonso was injured for the match so Emerson had to play.

[Blue Armour 4,290]

2 hours ago, Yeboii said:

Alonso was injured for the match so Emerson had to play.

Regardless of the reason, I think theres a good chance he will be starting this weekend.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

He should play for the rest of the season. Emerson is not it.

[Vesper 28,861]

2 hours ago, Vybz Kartel said:

He should play for the rest of the season. Emerson is not it.

Emerson may not be IT, but Alonso is SHIT.

hard pass

sell the wanker, bans or not

Dasilva can backup or even eventually start

Alonso is a FAIL

[robsblubot 3,508]

Hah the one game he would have been useful... burnley, as he’s actually good at set pieces, both defense and attack.

in most other cases, there does not seem to make a difference which one plays.

[nyikolajevics 2,578]

7 hours ago, Vybz Kartel said:

He should play for the rest of the season. Emerson is not it.

Both horrible. They are so bad, I'm starting to miss Baba Rahman and Del Horno.

 

A few years ago we had Ashley Cole and Bertrand was his backup..

[Special Juan 27,429]

Both average players but Emerson is less of the two evils.

[ja1 1,166]

Emerson has been average as opposed to Alonso being truly awful. Last night he wasn’t an issue, poor crossing but good energy levels and still found RLC, Higuain multiple times in the box. We attacked many times down our left with him. 6/10 performance. I think there’s a lot of negative hyperbole with him, I concede he’s not the answer as starting LB going forward but, for instance I think in his recent run in the team he’s done better than Azpilicueta.

[robsblubot 3,508]

17 hours ago, ja1 said:

Emerson has been average as opposed to Alonso being truly awful. Last night he wasn’t an issue, poor crossing but good energy levels and still found RLC, Higuain multiple times in the box. We attacked many times down our left with him. 6/10 performance. I think there’s a lot of negative hyperbole with him, I concede he’s not the answer as starting LB going forward but, for instance I think in his recent run in the team he’s done better than Azpilicueta.

The only big disagreement is regarding azpi, who for me is still twice the player and was a lot better than Emerson against burnley. Emerson final ball wasn’t good and that’s what’s important at this level... anyone can run and be active.

Our defense line conceded 2 goals from set pieces and Emerson was part of that defense line. Imagine what folks would say if it were alonso sitting on his ass for the second...

alonso’s obvious (and perhaps only) virtue is set pieces. He also fares better against physical teams due to height and power. Emerson is easily outmuscled, and often is. At least that’s what I see.  

Alonso’s lack of pace would not have been a problem either, against burnley, since we played in their half for most of the game. 

While both have been poor, they also have different characteristics and the manager should chose the one who fits the needs of the team in a game by game basis.

Words like better liability, solid, are way too generic for me. Things are usually a bit more nuanced that that.

[lucio 5,418]

worst player i've seen

[Vesper 28,861]

40 minutes ago, lucio said:

worst player i've seen

He is wretchedly slow and lazy, plus one of the worst fullback crossers I have seen in the 20 teenies

[OneMoSalah 8,778]

30 minutes ago, Vesper said:

He is wretchedly slow and lazy, plus one of the worst fullback crossers I have seen in the 20 teenies

If Alonsos crossing is that bad what does that make Emersons? We need an upgrade on both desperately 

[Vesper 28,861]

24 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

If Alonsos crossing is that bad what does that make Emersons? We need an upgrade on both desperately 

Midget Jay Dasilva to the rescue!!!

 

I only half jest

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

2 hours ago, lucio said:

worst player i've seen

Thought he was decent especially in the 1st half. Watford barely trouble us at set pieces like what has become the norm

[robsblubot 3,508]

I thought he was great at United and was picked as motm by many. Now, he was terrible against warford.

In attack, he was timid, slow, uncommitted, just passing the ball back even though he had lots of space. Rattled by the fans perhaps?

in defense, wasn’t closing down on players quickly enough for me.

he was contending with higuain as the worst player on the pitch, but then higuain scored, so alonso won.

[Vesper 28,861]

I would rather have

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/women/magdalena-eriksson?pageTab=biography

at LB than fucking Alonso

 

 

Eriksson arrived at Kingsmeadow following a four-year spell at Linkopings in her home country, where she captained the club to the league title in 2016 despite only being in her early twenties. She made her senior Sweden debut against France in 2014 and was part of the squad which reached the quarter-finals of the 2017 European Championship.

Immediately looking at home from the moment she joined our growing Swedish contingent, Eriksson marked her Women’s Super League 1 debut with a powerful headed goal against Bristol City in a thumping 6-0 victory.

Her set-pieces in the attacking third, often whipped in dangerously with her left foot, proved to be a regular source of goals throughout 2017/18, but her most telling contribution in the attacking third came when we faced Everton in mid-April, when an early goal settled a tense game which proved vital in bringing the WSL1 title back to the club.

Eriksson also started the FA Cup final and both legs of our Champions League semi-final against Wolfsburg, which helped take her tally to 31 appearances at the end of a successful first season in England, with Emma Hayes highlighting her as one of the unsung heroes of the squad.

 

[the wes 7,212]

According to Spanish outlet AS, Diego Simeone is a big admirer of the Blues full-back and wants him to replace Filipe Luis, who is set to leave Los Colchoneros at the end of the season.

https://talksport.com/football/544386/atletico-madrid-chelsea-marcos-alonso/

please let this happen 

[1905didierblue 748]

7 hours ago, the wes said:

According to Spanish outlet AS, Diego Simeone is a big admirer of the Blues full-back and wants him to replace Filipe Luis, who is set to leave Los Colchoneros at the end of the season.

https://talksport.com/football/544386/atletico-madrid-chelsea-marcos-alonso/

please let this happen 

Atletico owe us this much good will. Please let this happen